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    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: 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: The end of Linux as we know it?
Post: Re: The end of Linux as we know it?

Oobuntus link Wrote: (12-25-2018, 10:35 PM) -- And old blog posts like the one that follows do not help to assuage my concern: https://igurublog.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/biography-of-a-cypherpunk-an...
richtea Off Topic 12 13,882 12-27-2018, 05:41 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: Some desktop icons non-sticky
Post: Re: Some desktop icons non-sticky

JmaCWQ link Wrote: (05-07-2016, 02:26 PM) -- Code: -- sudo chattr +i ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/icons* -- -- This is golden - thanks, JmaCWQ! Out of curiosity, I set up another user account, playing...
richtea Start up and Shutdown 6 7,282 05-11-2016, 04:43 PM
    Thread: Video viewing on forum with LL 3.0
Post: Re: Video viewing on forum with LL 3.0

torreydale link Wrote: (08-01-2016, 02:49 AM) -- (1) Try a different browser. -- There are horses for courses, indeed. Slimjet comes across as eminently suitable for watching videos, without any twe...
richtea Other 4 4,917 08-01-2016, 04:34 PM
    Thread: F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware
Post: Re: F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to...

Monkeys I hear ... Let me raise you an OutlawCountry: https://www.wikileaks.org/vault7/#OutlawCountry So after resetting his router, Maximus may go and learn some more. And more. And more, to see ...
richtea Security & Bug Fixes 14 17,596 05-31-2018, 05:43 PM
    Thread: UEFI BIOS?
Post: Re: UEFI BIOS?

Got UEFI with Intel NUC (see my spec); works alright with LL. Installation was a bit tricky. I do not like it: Tick. Legacy Boot: Tick. Good luck!
richtea Start up and Shutdown 2 3,977 07-18-2016, 11:42 AM
    Thread: The end of Linux as we know it?
Post: The end of Linux as we know it?

First GitHub, now Linus: http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2018/09/17/sjws-just-ruined-linux/ (http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2018/09/17/sjws-just-ruined-linux/) (Just waiting for a moderator to ...
richtea Off Topic 12 13,882 09-22-2018, 07:04 PM
    Thread: External hard drive not detected or recognised
Post: Re: External hard drive not detected or recognised

Unfortunate as it may be, it looks like a dud. Some statistics re: reliability are quite appalling; viz. latest data on HD failure rates: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q...
richtea Hard Drives and SSDs 19 44,791 08-02-2016, 11:34 AM
    Thread: Some desktop icons non-sticky
Post: Some desktop icons non-sticky

This is progressive, but has concerned only browser icons thus far. First it affected the TOR icon, which on start-up would line up in the left-hand column instead of sticking to its position as of sh...
richtea Start up and Shutdown 6 7,282 05-05-2016, 07:43 AM
    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: 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: 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: Cleaning software
Post: Re: Cleaning software

BleachBit goes well beyond Lite Tweaks, and I would have it installed on any Linux system (with the exception of Knoppix and/or Puppy run off a USB stick). It is very powerful, and also has the root v...
richtea Installing Software 12 12,985 07-20-2016, 07:10 AM
    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: Remove Camera SD card from computer card reader
Post: Re: Remove Camera SD card from computer card reade...

Open File Manager; check on Devices - it should be listed. Eject. Note: Much safer to connect the camera to your computer instead of removing and inserting the card repeatedly. Wear and tear is thus...
richtea Other 4 4,808 06-20-2018, 05:48 PM
    Thread: Some desktop icons non-sticky
Post: Re: Some desktop icons non-sticky

Thanks for responding, guys! Having gone to the suggested link, I noticed rijnsma was a seasoned problem-solver on this, so went along with what he suggested. I met with little success, with the icon...
richtea Start up and Shutdown 6 7,282 05-07-2016, 11:25 AM
    Thread: Install Midori questions
Post: Re: Install Midori questions

JmaCWQ link Wrote: (05-07-2016, 05:37 AM) -- That and it crashes constantly when I'm trying to do online banking. -- Midori crashing in that instance may be a good thing. I tested it on Lubuntu som...
richtea Installing Software 15 19,113 05-07-2016, 11:41 AM
    Thread: LossLessCut
Post: Re: LossLessCut

At least double your memory stick. You run a combination of small RAM & slow processor, so what you get is no surprise.
richtea Installing Software 1 4,237 12-16-2018, 12:50 PM