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    Thread: Firefox is so slow to start up?
Post: Re: Firefox is so slow to start up?

On mine, FF takes ca 20" to fully load up with Startpage as home page. So it may depend what the meaning of "slow" is.
richtea Installing Software 2 3,457 04-30-2018, 05:38 PM
    Thread: Best way to install Clamtk?
Post: Re: Best way to install Clamtk?

GregO link Wrote: (04-18-2018, 12:12 AM) -- I've read mixed opinions on AV use with Linux distros. -- I would go along with what trinidad says, word for word. It is a good time getting rid of the u...
richtea Installing Software 12 11,299 04-18-2018, 07:25 PM
    Thread: what do you think about this guy Linux video ?, microsoft having influence ?.
Post: Re: what do you think about this guy Linux video ?...

A nice find: Lunduke is lucid, his presentation logical, and providing a timely heads-up. It makes one think and contemplate future developments. Well worth watching!
richtea Off Topic 5 5,344 03-20-2018, 09:35 PM
    Thread: Deletion of Files on USB Stick not always Clearing Space
Post: Re: Deletion of Files on USB Stick not always Clea...

[ On inserting (mounting) a USB stick, sometimes there appears to be (significantly) less space than ought to be available.] Might this resolve the issue? https://www.wikihow.com/Restore-or-Delete-...
richtea Hard Drives and SSDs 7 6,336 01-29-2018, 05:53 PM
    Thread: Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion
Post: Re: Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion

Krzanich talks his book, but will he walk the (perp) walk? https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-08/it-doesnt-look-good-intel-ceo-jeopardy-selling-stock-after-learning-staggering-flaw (https://www....
richtea Security & Bug Fixes 157 258,781 01-08-2018, 08:21 PM
    Thread: Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion
Post: Re: Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion

The Linus Torvalds email message is well worth reading; quote: "I think somebody inside of Intel needs to really take a long hard look at their CPU's, and actually admit that they have issues instea...
richtea Security & Bug Fixes 157 258,781 01-05-2018, 03:03 PM
    Thread: Can you “test” LL from USB on a computer with a virus?
Post: Re: Can you “test” LL from USB on a computer with ...

Double-check trinidad points 2) and 4) above. This is why: ad 2) UEFI proves troublesome while installing Linux. As long as the hardware is old enough not to have it, you can ignore the issue. ad...
richtea Installing Linux Lite 12 7,668 11-19-2017, 06:37 PM
    Thread: Can you “test” LL from USB on a computer with a virus?
Post: Re: Can you “test” LL from USB on a computer with ...

usa.kaspersky.com "Founded in 2004, Kaspersky Lab North America is a Massachusetts corporation and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of its holding company, Kaspersky Labs Limited, based in the United ...
richtea Installing Linux Lite 12 7,668 11-18-2017, 03:59 PM
    Thread: Intel Atom Clover Trail CPUs - Time to come over to Linux Lite
Post: Re: Intel Atom Clover Trail CPUs - Time to come ov...

LL is on my Intel NUC mainly because it was easy to install. An IT guy tried putting Windows on it, without any luck.
richtea Off Topic 8 12,455 07-21-2017, 07:03 PM
    Thread: Goodbye Lite
Post: Re: Goodbye Lite

Care to elaborate, bluzeo?
richtea Off Topic 11 7,938 06-10-2017, 10:08 PM
    Thread: How do I install Opera browser without corrupting Linux Lite?
Post: Re: How do I install Opera browser without corrupt...

Using Opera as a backup browser on 2.8, no trouble with standard installation. If you are primarily after speed, try the Slimjet browser - stable, brisk, no issues.
richtea Installing Software 7 8,700 01-23-2017, 07:17 PM
    Thread: LibreOffice's is getting its own "ribbon" interface
Post: Re: LibreOffice's is getting its own "ribbon" inte...

I count RIBBON as a four-letter word. It was the reason I dropped MS Office for good a long time ago. From what I have read the thing in LibreOffice will indeed be optional, and so be it. For unfathom...
richtea On Topic 9 5,606 12-16-2016, 07:05 PM
    Thread: Thermal Paste Application
Post: Re: Thermal Paste Application

It´s a personal thing, so take your pick: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=applying+thermal+paste
richtea Other 5 5,980 12-04-2016, 12:19 PM
    Thread: Can anybody recommend a good laptop under $300
Post: Re: Can anybody recommend a good laptop under $300

newtusmaximus link Wrote: (09-23-2016, 03:40 PM) -- Anyone else's observations on this? -- Have a G60 with Vista (2009), and there has been just one incident of overheating recorded by diagnostics. ...
richtea Off Topic 10 7,691 09-23-2016, 04:24 PM
    Thread: Yahoo Hacked
Post: Re: Yahoo Hacked

It could happen to any corporation, and this one is headed by a blonde - so stop being sexist! With Yahoo, the occasional mail data breach is part and parcel of the service, as anyone using it like m...
richtea Security & Bug Fixes 9 9,776 09-23-2016, 03:52 PM
    Thread: Defrag
Post: Re: Defrag

Just to check on the HD as likely culprit, go to Disks, press CTRL+S, and look over your SMART Data. Curiosity kills the cat.
richtea Hard Drives and SSDs 35 23,986 09-06-2016, 06:33 PM
    Thread: Defrag
Post: Re: Defrag

There is just one correct answer to: then00b link Wrote: (09-05-2016, 04:43 PM) -- How can I defrag on this OS? -- Namely: "But why?" Now we know: then00b link Wrote: (09-06-2016, 11:14 AM) -- I...
richtea Hard Drives and SSDs 35 23,986 09-06-2016, 12:30 PM
    Thread: Defrag
Post: Re: Defrag

Got an SSD? Forget it for your own good.
richtea Hard Drives and SSDs 35 23,986 09-05-2016, 06:20 PM
    Thread: How do I install the printer software?
Post: Re: How do I install the printer software?

Press the Windows button; type in "print"; Printers - Configure printers comes up top of the Menu. Take it from there. Make sure to have your printer turned on & connected.
richtea Printing and Scanning 3 12,508 08-30-2016, 08:59 PM
    Thread: Cleaning software
Post: Re: Cleaning software

Back to the topic, tangentially: http://www.bleachbit.org/news/bleachbit-stifles-investigation-hillary-clinton I am told the new company mascot will be called the BleachBitch.
richtea Installing Software 12 12,985 08-29-2016, 03:56 PM