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    Thread: Linux Lite 5.0 .vs MX Linux
Post: Re: Linux Lite 5.0 .vs MX Linux

Hi, I have used Lite up to 4.8, I haven't tried 5.0 yet, but have it on a USB for a friend.  I am trying MX now, I like it, but I'm not campaigning for either. The Linux Lite manual is way ahead, an...
Searchernow Suggestions and Feedback 17 28,684 08-18-2020, 12:33 PM
    Thread: clicking on Logout does not show options window
Post: Re: clicking on Logout does not show options windo...

misko_2083 link Wrote: (03-10-2020, 10:45 PM) -- [quote author=Searchernow link=topic=7128.msg51200#msg51200 date=1583864183] [quote author=robinc link=topic=7128.msg51181#msg51181 date=1583820028] R...
Searchernow Start up and Shutdown 4 16,723 03-13-2020, 07:41 PM
    Thread: clicking on Logout does not show options window
Post: Re: clicking on Logout does not show options windo...

robinc link Wrote: (03-10-2020, 06:00 AM) -- Right click on the button>Properties>Show Confirmation Dialogue - tick it. -- I don't see that. I right clicked on the button at bottom right of Menu - n...
Searchernow Start up and Shutdown 4 16,723 03-10-2020, 06:16 PM
    Thread: clicking on Logout does not show options window
Post: clicking on Logout does not show options window

When clicking on the Logout icon, the circular green one at the right hand end of Menu,  I used to get a logout options window showing suspend, logout, shut down, re-start etc. Now it immediately clos...
Searchernow Start up and Shutdown 4 16,723 03-09-2020, 12:45 PM
    Thread: lite source not working
Post: lite source not working

I have set my lite source to a Europe one, yet I did Updates this morning and it was from a US repository. I went to change source back to the Europe one but the system told me that was already the de...
Searchernow Other 0 5,163 03-09-2020, 12:06 PM
    Thread: Stuck in Initramfs
Post: Re: Stuck in Initramfs

probably my situation is different, but for what it's worth ... I got stuck at initramfs, I eventually put it down to deviating a bit from the LL Manual during installation, then I re-installed stric...
Searchernow Installing Linux Lite 6 19,777 03-04-2020, 01:10 PM
    Thread: can I use different passwords for boot-up decrypt and for admin?
Post: Re: can I use different passwords for boot-up decr...

Thanks for your reply. Actually that makes FDE far more secure, as it's possible for a non-FDE computer to have it's password re-set by another person who gains device access. Then you yourself are ...
Searchernow Installing Linux Lite 2 4,261 03-01-2020, 10:05 PM
    Thread: can I use different passwords for boot-up decrypt and for admin?
Post: can I use different passwords for boot-up decrypt ...

Hi, I am going to fresh install LL.4 with full disc encryption, single boot, and I would like to confirm that I can have different passwords for 1: login FDE decrypt 2: day-to-day user/admin, authe...
Searchernow Installing Linux Lite 2 4,261 03-01-2020, 04:27 PM
    Thread: Passwords and Keys app missing?
Post: Re: Passwords and Keys app missing?

Jerry link Wrote: (10-31-2019, 12:04 AM) -- Try sudo apt install seahorse, it will appear under Accessories. -- Thanks, that took a few seconds. Q: is it safe to change passwords there, apart from ...
Searchernow Other 5 6,922 10-31-2019, 11:39 AM
    Thread: Passwords and Keys app missing?
Post: Re: Passwords and Keys app missing?

Not sure what you mean. On the previous 4.6 install Passwords & Keys was there after the install, or perhaps it came with Updates, I didn't notice. That install was not FDE. This install, same comput...
Searchernow Other 5 6,922 10-30-2019, 11:26 PM
    Thread: Passwords and Keys app missing?
Post: Passwords and Keys app missing?

Hi, problem on a computer, I hope I can fix the following: on a fresh install of LL 4.6, after all updates etc., with full disc encryption, the Passwords and Keys utility is missing from the menu! Ho...
Searchernow Other 5 6,922 10-30-2019, 03:38 PM
    Thread: "Do Not Track" - does it do justice?
Post: Re: "Do Not Track" - does it do justice?

The browser extension Privacy Badger, from the respected Electronic Frontier Foundation, says this (among other things) on its site "Invisible tracking happens in all sorts of ways; ads are just the...
Searchernow Off Topic 10 7,624 10-25-2019, 02:25 PM
    Thread: Will LL re-install fully delete previous?
Post: Re: Will LL re-install fully delete previous?

torreydale link Wrote: (10-24-2019, 03:02 PM) -- [member=7079]Searchernow[/member] , I went to your link.  I don't see enough to warrant a reinstall in my book.  You may want to use Lite Tweaks to do...
Searchernow On Topic 7 6,253 10-24-2019, 03:23 PM
    Thread: Will LL re-install fully delete previous?
Post: Re: Will LL re-install fully delete previous?

Jerry link Wrote: (10-23-2019, 07:25 PM) -- Let us start with, how do you know LL has malware in it now? What has happened? -- Hi Jerry, thanks. Why and what happened are here  https://www.linuxli...
Searchernow On Topic 7 6,253 10-23-2019, 08:41 PM
    Thread: Will LL re-install fully delete previous?
Post: Will LL re-install fully delete previous?

I wonder can anyone help with this. On a dual Win7 and LL 4.6 I suspect some malware has infected the LL partition, though the Win7 seems fine. I wish to keep the Win7 and re-install LL 4 - my quest...
Searchernow On Topic 7 6,253 10-23-2019, 02:53 PM
    Thread: Computer crash mystery
Post: Computer crash mystery

I don't know if there is any connection between these events on another LL 4.6 i5 computer, which had been working fine for a long time. 1:  Using Vivaldi browser I used DistroTest.net to look at a d...
Searchernow Other 0 3,054 10-19-2019, 07:38 PM
    Thread: password managers
Post: Re: password managers

Firefox's own built-in password manager works well, but do set a strong master password. It gets a good review on ProPrivacy, so long as it's not synched - i.e. just use it within your computer. I ha...
Searchernow On Topic 2 3,411 10-16-2019, 10:19 AM
    Thread: Missing wifi network menu icon
Post: Re: Missing wifi network menu icon

I have the same problem since 2 days ago - immediately after moving the calculator icon the wifi icon disappeared. Sound icon is still there. I tried: re-bootings Timeshift to last snapshot added In...
Searchernow Other 7 10,323 10-02-2019, 10:17 AM
    Thread: Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion
Post: Re: Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion

Agreed.
Searchernow Security & Bug Fixes 157 258,611 07-27-2019, 08:50 PM
    Thread: Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion
Post: Re: Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion

It's been a long time since I looked at this issue, I had frankly forgotten it! I keep my Updates up-to-date each week, so am I safe to assume the vulnerabilities are no longer a threat? LL 4.4, 64...
Searchernow Security & Bug Fixes 157 258,611 07-27-2019, 08:29 PM