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    Thread: "Linux Lite 3: The Ideal Platform for Old Hardware and New Users"
Post: Re: "Linux Lite 3: The Ideal Platform for Old Hard...

Hello! Thanks for the added input. It is my hope that as the use of LL expands within government entities, they will feel led to help financially towards LL's further development, if only in their ow...
N4RPS On Topic 19 11,402 07-15-2016, 03:05 AM
    Thread: Caps Lock blinking and freeze on my new laptop
Post: Re: Caps Lock blinking and freeze on my new laptop

Hello! A quick check online states that the caps lock key blinks during a 'kernel panic'. What's a 'kernel panic', you say? (That's OK. So did I.) "A kernel panic (sometimes abbreviated as KP) is ...
N4RPS Other 22 17,023 07-15-2016, 02:58 AM
    Thread: Updating connection timed out?
Post: Re: Updating connection timed out?

Hello, Jerry. Jerry link Wrote: (07-12-2016, 11:08 AM) -- UPDATE from Host: "We are aware of the situation and are working as quickly as possible to get this resolved and services back online" -- T...
N4RPS Installing Software 6 4,811 07-14-2016, 08:41 PM
    Thread: "Linux Lite 3: The Ideal Platform for Old Hardware and New Users"
Post: Re: "Linux Lite 3: The Ideal Platform for Old Hard...

Hello! We all drift, but I follow an old, unspoken rule from the Fidonet days known as LTMM, or "let the moderator(s) moderate". Without going into too many details, if you're unemployed in this Mid...
N4RPS On Topic 19 11,402 07-14-2016, 05:47 PM
    Thread: Hi everyone!
Post: Re: Hi everyone!

Hello, Merlin. Welcome to the unique community of Linux Lite enthusiasts! 73 DE N4RPS Rob
N4RPS Introductions 4 3,491 07-14-2016, 05:36 PM
    Thread: shutdown and restart problem
Post: Re: shutdown and restart problem

Hello! Like PPAs, it's best to only update the BIOS when it's absolutely necessary. If something goes haywire, you can end up with a bricked computer. It was along time ago, but I updated a BIOS for...
N4RPS Start up and Shutdown 13 11,936 07-12-2016, 01:34 AM
    Thread: MultiSystem LiveUSB Multiboot
Post: Re: MultiSystem LiveUSB Multiboot

Hello! I don't think folks search first, but then again, it can be difficult to find things in a search sometimes. Depends on how you word the search, I suppose. Most of the questions I take on here...
N4RPS Installing Software 6 13,320 07-12-2016, 01:23 AM
    Thread: Make an image of usb drive
Post: Re: Make an image of usb drive

Hello! Redo Backup should be able to back up your entire SD card quite nicely. It is a LiveCD/USB that's Lubuntu-based, and plays quite nicely in a mutiboot USB envoironment. I use it HERE all the ...
N4RPS Other 17 14,075 07-12-2016, 01:16 AM
    Thread: "Linux Lite 3: The Ideal Platform for Old Hardware and New Users"
Post: Re: "Linux Lite 3: The Ideal Platform for Old Hard...

Hello! tomt link Wrote: (07-11-2016, 10:18 PM) -- No offense guys but this is a Linux Lite forum so you might want to move this Kubuntu stuff to http://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum.php or somewhere e...
N4RPS On Topic 19 11,402 07-12-2016, 01:10 AM
    Thread: Looks familiar
Post: Re: Looks familiar

Hello! Their home page (sans malware?) is duzeru.org. An excellent opportunity to add and use the translation plugin. Though they say it's Debian-based, it looks LL-inspired to me. With the Rio Olym...
N4RPS Off Topic 12 8,232 07-12-2016, 12:42 AM
    Thread: new laptop
Post: Re: new laptop

Hello! Glad you found you something that left you some euros for something else! Yup, Amazon or Ebay should have some RAM at a good price. Enjoy... 73 DE N4RPS Rob
N4RPS On Topic 32 19,839 07-12-2016, 12:30 AM
    Thread: Ubuntu and the future of 32bit
Post: Re: Ubuntu and the future of 32bit

Hello! One can get 64-bit machines used for chump change now, so it's just as well, I suppose. I am only buying 64-bit machines for resale these days, so I test 'em with a 64-bit LL LiveUSB. If it te...
N4RPS On Topic 9 6,500 07-12-2016, 12:24 AM
    Thread: Is there anything to be gained in having Linux run in UEFI mode?
Post: Re: Is there anything to be gained in having Linux...

Hello! Dookus link Wrote: (07-10-2016, 05:40 AM) -- and M$ use it to stop pirated versions of their products being used, -- If that was truly M$'s attempt, then they've failed miserably... 73 DE N...
N4RPS Off Topic 9 6,319 07-11-2016, 07:38 AM
    Thread: "Linux Lite 3: The Ideal Platform for Old Hardware and New Users"
Post: Re: "Linux Lite 3: The Ideal Platform for Old Hard...

Hello! In its earlier days, KDE was a resource hog to the point that any Linux using it was agonizingly slow. It being much less responsive than the Windows systems of the day kept me away from Linux...
N4RPS On Topic 19 11,402 07-11-2016, 07:28 AM
    Thread: LL 3.0 crashed by installation on Lifebook E Series
Post: Re: LL 3.0 crashed by installation on Lifebook E S...

Hello, dietmar. dietmar link Wrote: (07-09-2016, 02:53 PM) -- Dear Rob, thanks for your kind support and hints. Meanwhile I tested Kanotix with LXDE and it runs directly so called "out of the box". ...
N4RPS Start up and Shutdown 11 8,239 07-11-2016, 06:19 AM
    Thread: This is just another reason folks hate Linux
Post: Re: This is just another reason folks hate Linux

Hello! If a question gets asked here, the people that help out here voluntarily will either answer your question promptly, or will let you know that they don't have an answer for you. I've been here ...
N4RPS On Topic 8 5,993 07-09-2016, 06:28 AM
    Thread: Regarding upgrade from Linuxlite2.8 to Linuxlite3.
Post: Re: Regarding upgrade from Linuxlite2.8 to Linuxli...

Hello! With all its faults, to ME, getting around in Ubuntu seems easier than getting around in Debian - less of a 'learning curve'. Since the primary focus is former users of Windows XP, using Ubunt...
N4RPS Installing Linux Lite 5 5,035 07-09-2016, 05:52 AM
    Thread: Is there anything to be gained in having Linux run in UEFI mode?
Post: Re: Is there anything to be gained in having Linux...

Hello! For ME, the benefit is NOT having to switch the BIOS settings back and forth between Legacy and UEFI all the time... 73 DE N4RPS Rob
N4RPS Off Topic 9 6,319 07-08-2016, 02:11 AM
    Thread: LL 3.0 crashed by installation on Lifebook E Series
Post: Re: LL 3.0 crashed by installation on Lifebook E S...

Hello! This post explains why Bluetooth in the 16.04 series of all the 'buntus is broken: https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/network/ll-3-0-and-bluetooth-support/msg24563/#msg24563 (https://www.linu...
N4RPS Start up and Shutdown 11 8,239 07-08-2016, 12:06 AM
    Thread: How to update VLC?
Post: Re: How to update VLC?

Hello! Haven't tried 2.2.4 in Windows yet, but even in the version just prior to that, playing H.265 in VLC was, at best, a hit-or-miss proposition. Do what you feel to be best, I suppose... 73 DE N...
N4RPS Installing Software 15 34,449 07-07-2016, 11:58 PM