Ok i'm a beginner. I installed unrar but the only unrar code i know is x  which unrars to /home/linuxlite.  I  have my rar files on a usb pen. How do i unrar them to the usb pen? I did check the man page but only e seemed relevant but that just unrars to home as well. What is the point of x and e then?  >

Although I have newer machines I use, I have a couple older Pentium 4 boxes (2.66 and 2.8 Ghz, 533 bus (both), 2 Gb ram on both) that I like playing around with. I dual boot as there are some XP games that won't run on Wine.  I don't go on-line with the XP side due to security concerns, etc so frequently go on-line with the Linux side. 


I have tried a bunch of Distros on these machines, especially those with low system requirements.  Usually these run quite well and fast until I hit the icon to pull up a browser ... then it takes forever to get a browser window open.  Once open it will take forever to pull up Gmail,etc.  Obviously if it's Chrome or a similar browser it is somewhat quicker the next time as it's running something in the background, but still slow.


I was recently watching the resource usage when I hit the browser icon and the CPU did not max out (pretty close though 90+%, the memory did not max out, no swap used.  So, based on this I figured it's limited by bus speed or something and that's as good as it is going to get.  I am always trying new Distros though, more of a hobby than anything , and last week I loaded a Debian-testing based Distro, I think it was Sparky Linux, and the browsers (relatively) screamed! I would say they came up 5X faster than on the Ubuntu releases tried, and once up loading new pages was faster!  After a couple days of trouble with Sparky though I gave up.  For whatever reason Debian does not seem to run well on these older boxes of mine and I getinto enless loops, can't load drivers, etc.  I liked the speed though, so tried some more Debian based Distros, the last I tried was a Makulu Distro.  I really liked it, but again had some issues and gave up.  Then I noticed that Makulu had a Ubuntu based Distro, and figured "what the heck ..." and tried that.  I seems stable, and the browsers are quite fast.  I should note that most of these Distros tried (incl. Makulu) used xfce (or a similar lightweight DE if the Distro did not have xfce as an option).


So, what's the deal ... why do browsers run faster in Debian (even though I can't use them), and why are browsers running much faster on Makulu (7.1) Ubuntu based than other Ubuntu based Distros I have tried?  This would lead me to believe that a lot of the speed issue I am experiencing is due to OS/software not my old hardware.  What effects browser speed (way beyond my knowledge but I find it puzzling)?  Anyone have and ideas, just curious more than anything?


Chris 

Hello

i'm writing with my Girl-Friend on a FB (know that it's not segure ://  ) , but we
are not some terro/ activists

and in KDE / Fire Fox , on FB there's a "bar/list" on the right side , where are all
(friends) "conocidos" and when some1 is logged in there are two opt. - green
"web" + DOT or green "cell" / "cellular" + DOT / point

but recently there has started 2 happen? a strange "flowers" / things  :
"She" or next to her name (she's always writes from a cell phone)
there appear not a "cell" (cellular ) but only green Dot / point , or a
"web" (net / cpu) and Dot or only "1 min."

it is strange because "She" appears as a "web" only somtimes ...
and sometimes as a "cell" , 4 most cases as a (green) Dot  ://
should i be worry , can some1 (listen/ spy) Us ??

                                                                            regards , santis                            

Having my own motorcycle shop. These kind of things irk the hell out of me.

http://www.slrlounge.com/beware-new-bad-...ographers/

So the next time you read a bad review for a service provided.

Just be aware of this.

In my neck of the woods. The email says the price is 300 bucks not to be attacked.
Screw em.

I thought I set my keyboard up as UK during the install however certain key presses give the wrong results. Pressing the @ key gives " and vice verse. There may be others that I haven't noticed. How can I reset to the UK keyboard driver?
Thanks.

Hi
Pretty new to Linux Lite and am enjoying using it and getting used to it
One question please Updating ..How do you know when to update Linux Lite there seems to be no indication anywhere when updates are available like another Linux Distro i use ..is it just when you log on you hit  update or am i missing something
Many Thanks

Hi again did try and work this out for myself! But taking time  :-[
Trying get firewall to startup I found the startup box and have added firewall program and have ticked box ticked but it doesn't load.

On old computer I think I did the same steps and it worked sometimes.
I would like firewall to load and I not have to put in password.

I'm I going to have to type code in Terminal to make this work?
See screenshot of startup popup box.

Thanks

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Is there any way that I can permanently move (and preferably resize) the terminal window?

If I'm going to be doing a lot of terminal work then I can do this manually at the beginning of each session, but if I'm using Geany to compile C++ it opens a new terminal window every time I compile and run (and if you are a terrible programmer like me, that's a lot).

I've been through the settings menu but I can't see anything that gives me the desired result.

Have not been receiving e-mail notifications of responses on last two topics I posted which are set for notify. Still getting all new posts notifications by RSS feed.

Also another minor problem is that my post count has been stuck at 274 for some time after more post. No biggie. I not in a competition. 

I'll start of by saying I've been using Linux Lite for a while so I'm quite familiar with it's comings and goings. When 2.4 came out I immediately ran the Lite Update in 2.2 on my htpc it upgraded with no issues. On an SSD it runs great. I have a smaller PC, Athlon 5350/ASrock MB, that i decided to install it on and therein lies my dilemma. I can boot into Linux Lite via USB stick or Dvd and loads up fine but I can't log out. I keep gettings this message

received error while trying to logout
did not receive a reply. possible causes include:the
remote application did not send a reply. the message
bus security policy blocked the reply. the reply
timeout expired or the network connection was
broken

after this, I tried every route possible to get it right.

3 different usb drives
5 different linux usb install apps (including the windiskimager recommended by the LL team)
1 burned dvd via dvd drive/usb
Xubuntu/LXLE/lubuntu all installed without issue
Actually installing Linux Lite...reboot and it still hangs and gives the error message
I tried the same with the old Linux Lite 2.2...usb or dvd...same error message
My HTPC it runs great, no issues, older phenom II and my laptop (Intel)...loads and runs fine...no errors

the error message usually takes about 2 or 3 minutes to pop up. If I just surf or run the apps on the Live dvd or USB drive, it runs fine. As soon as I click on the log out/off button...it hangs and the above mentioned issues happen. Is this due to the newer hardware (CPU/MB) ?

I think Linux Lite has the best balance between Lubuntu and Xubuntu. It's a shame I can't get it running on this little pc...any ideas?