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Thread: Advocating Linux to windows users - what to improve ?
Post: Advocating Linux to windows users - what to improv...
| Hi LL folks.
Because I've used Linux Lite and think its definitely one of the best distros for newcomers from windows world, when I do mention Linux as an alternative for a sluggish windows installati... |
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Off Topic
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01-17-2021, 08:03 PM |
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Thread: Considering installing on Acer Travelmate 634LC
Post: Considering installing on Acer Travelmate 634LC
| Hi.
I have an old laptop with 500 Mb ram. Does anybody here have any experience installing Linux Lite on that laptop model?
Reason why I ask is that I have already tested out Peppermint OS on that s... |
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On Topic
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07-25-2017, 10:11 PM |
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Thread: Every forum and threads show message "You have 1 message(s) unread"
Post: Every forum and threads show message "You have 1 m...
| Hi folks. This is my first post on this forum, so I feel quite funny about posting in this forum.
Anyway, this is the very first time I log in to the forum so I cannot say if that message will be aro... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Suggestions and Feedback
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05-23-2017, 05:47 PM |
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Thread: Export file / save as : Dialog box tend to not respond
Post: Export file / save as : Dialog box tend to not res...
| Hi.
I just got a new problem to my LL installation that have not being an issue earlier.
Using Libre Office now (but that doesn't seem to be the only program affected) when I try to export a file to... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Other
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04-21-2018, 07:30 PM |
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Thread: file copy from fat/ntfs - only copy newer files
Post: file copy from fat/ntfs - only copy newer files
| Hi.
Background (may be boring stuff)
This is one of my MS windows habits when it comes to copy files from my digital camera to local disk. When I used windows, I always used to use MS explorer and so... |
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Other
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12-30-2017, 05:27 PM |
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Thread: File manager - can I set it to run a command on selected files
Post: File manager - can I set it to run a command on se...
| Hi.
I often use LL when I manage my photo and video collection. I like to have control over the files last modified date, so if I have say converted an image into another format that new image file f... |
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Other
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05-15-2018, 05:52 PM |
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Thread: File sharing with Windows 7 computer
Post: File sharing with Windows 7 computer
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I just had great success installing Linux Lite 3.4 32 bit on a old Toshiba Satelite laptop.
I want to be able to share folders between this computer and two computers that runs Windows 7 home pr... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Network
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05-23-2017, 06:56 PM |
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Thread: First try to install a program by compile from a .tar.gz file
Post: First try to install a program by compile from a ....
| Hi.
I'm hoping to be able to get qDirStat installed, but I'm stuck now and need help to get further.
This is what I have done so farHave downloaded the file qdirstat-1.4.tar.gz from https://github.c... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Installing Software
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01-10-2018, 10:03 PM |
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Thread: grep - search for an "option" - text itself is a valid command parameter [solved
Post: grep - search for an "option" - text itself is a v...
| Hi folks. Have som beginner-issues using grep here.
I'm up to search for the term "--prune-empty-dirs" in the man page of rsync. So I tried to ran this command:
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man rsync | grep '--prune' -A1... |
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Off Topic
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08-09-2018, 06:36 PM |
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Thread: GSmartControl - any means to get smart data using terminal command
Post: GSmartControl - any means to get smart data using ...
| Hi.
I have installed the program GSmartControl 1.1.3 so that I can extract health data from any harddrives connected to the computer.
After I installed the program, the procedure to get HDD smart data... |
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Off Topic
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09-01-2019, 07:22 PM |
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Thread: Home partition not formatted when upgrade - how to retreive old settings?
Post: Home partition not formatted when upgrade - how to...
| Hi forum.
At last - I have done a install of Linux Lite 4.2 (had 3.6 before). Before I flood the text post with details about what I want and all that, I'll just say that I made a usb stick with like ... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Installing Linux Lite
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12-11-2018, 04:21 PM |
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Thread: How to get mouse wheel up roll up active window?
Post: How to get mouse wheel up roll up active window?
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See other Linux distros the default behaviour when mouse pointer hover over window title and user roll the mouse wheel up, is that the current window rolls up (I beleive it is also called windows... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Desktop Customization
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12-26-2017, 08:18 PM |
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Thread: Instaled LL 4.8 on a Corsair flash voyager GT USB3.0 64Bg - poor performance
Post: Instaled LL 4.8 on a Corsair flash voyager GT USB3...
| I recently committed to make myself an ultra portable "computer" - so I installed LL 4.8 onto this USB thumb drive.
I choose to encrypt the whole drive when running the installer, and I also disabled ... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Installing Linux Lite
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02-19-2020, 04:09 PM |
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Thread: Is it good practice tempting winguys on other forums
Post: Is it good practice tempting winguys on other foru...
| Hi forum.
First off - I love this distro, and using it in everyday use on my laptop.
So I'm also active in other forums - not neccesary using same username - where some forums is mostly for discussing... |
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Off Topic
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07-13-2018, 10:59 PM |
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Thread: Libre office - possible to start blank?
Post: Libre office - possible to start blank?
| Hi.
If installing Libre Office (any OS) as not part of OS, there would nomally be a shortcut named ust "Libre Office" without starting with any template. That opens a sort of "start screen" that show... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Installing Software
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02-21-2018, 05:36 PM |
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Thread: Linux Lite 4.2 live-session - require username and password
Post: Linux Lite 4.2 live-session - require username and...
| Hi.
I made myself an USB stick packed with several distros (to see how they respond on this old Latitude laptop) using yumi tool (sadly only for windows).
Thing is - when it was time to boot LL 4.2, t... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Installing Linux Lite
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12-10-2018, 03:05 AM |
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Thread: Logon screen - doesn't accept Enter key
Post: Logon screen - doesn't accept Enter key
| Hi forum.
This is just a minor thing, but so far (on other distros and windows too) I'm used to just press enter key after entering the password. But Linux Lite doesn't respond to Enter key.
I have ... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Start up and Shutdown
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05-25-2017, 09:53 PM |
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Thread: Middle mouse button paste text, can I disable?
Post: Middle mouse button paste text, can I disable?
| Whenever the mouse pointer hovers over a text field in a web browser or any local installed program (text editor) - when I hit the middle mouse button, it does a text paste from clipboard.
Can this b... |
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Other
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05-26-2019, 12:42 PM |
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Thread: Noob problems trying to compile Gnumeric
Post: Noob problems trying to compile Gnumeric
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I'm trying to compile Gnumeric, following the INSTALL file - but runs into problem imediately.
Code:
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gnumeric-1.12.46 ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Installing Software
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11-07-2019, 06:56 PM |
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Thread: not auto mounting removable drives - think I have an idea why
Post: not auto mounting removable drives - think I have ...
| Hi forum.
Have seen several threads around on the web (not just on LL forum) where users complains about usb drives that Linux for some reason does not mount automatically just after the device is pl... |
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Sprintrdriver |
Hard Drives and SSDs
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08-29-2018, 10:07 PM |
