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Posted by: rbdflyboy
09-19-2014, 07:22 PM
Forum: Member Submitted Artwork
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This one has come from quite a few transformations...finally achieved the desired end result.


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Posted by: Scott(0)
09-19-2014, 03:13 PM
Forum: Off Topic
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Independent/Unusual Movies or Short Movies

I like independent movies. They're not always the best (sometimes even terrible) but I still like them. Here's a few, please add your own - so I more to watch Smile

Wer (2013)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2229511/

Let the Right One In (2008)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

So Pretty (2012) <Short Film>
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2376210/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Freely available on YouTube



Posted by: elija
09-19-2014, 11:14 AM
Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
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I have been idly wondering if the menu options Install Additional Software, Remove Additional Software and Install / Remove software (under System) could cause some confusion for new users as it sounds very much like they do the same job? I was thinking that the Install Additional Software and Remove Additional Software could be renamed to "Quickly install popular software"
and "Quickly remove popular software" would make the difference more immediately clear.

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One last thought while I am being picky, would it be better for new users to have (a possibly re-branded) Lubuntu software centre replacing the slightly more scary looking Synaptic and giving it a name that suggests the now familiar concept of an app store?






Posted by: Alex
09-19-2014, 01:17 AM
Forum: On Topic
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... is the no-fuss way that it accepts new commonly-used hardware. This morning I plugged in a new mouse and it just went to work no problems. I remember that in windows one would get all the notices about 'found new hardware' installing your new hardware' etc...even for just plugging in a new USB thumb drive!

It's so refreshing!

Smile



Posted by: Richard B
09-18-2014, 10:11 PM
Forum: Printing and Scanning
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This is an "all-in-one". After several frustrating hours got it working. Installed it and test print worked fine. Tried scanner from scan application and that worked (surprise!). Then tried printing from applications and it would not work. Traced to having named the printer "Fred's printer" or equivalent. Remove the single quote and all is fine!

I guess this problem would apply to any HP printer, and quite likely to others. Beware!



Posted by: buddel
09-18-2014, 10:02 PM
Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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Hello,

I've just installed linux lite on an older computer - unfortunately I am not able to change the language (menus etc. to German for the main user.

I tried to change it via the setting > language support, applied system wide, even removed English as an option but all the menus in all programs remain in English.

How can I change the language?  (by the way German was selected during the installation process in the first place)

B.



Posted by: VaredJojo
09-18-2014, 07:39 PM
Forum: Games Support
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ok so i have been to MULTIPLE sites and tried everything to get to origin running on my laptop so i can play my sims 3 gams that i spent so much money on if someone could please please help me i'm really new to linux so i am assuming i may or may not be missing something i am really not sure .....thanks to anyone who tries to help in advance



Posted by: rentwist
09-18-2014, 03:51 PM
Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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Began trying to install LL last night after enabling AMD RAID (1) in BIOS for 2) 2 TB disks.  Left to install and went to bed.  This morning when I went to check on the install, there was a window on top of another saying that the installer had crashed.  Both windows were unresponsive and I had to reset.  Nothing was installed on the disk(s).  Will be working on it again tonight but wondering if anyone has done RAID on AMD HW and gotten LL installed successfully (do not know if the problem with installer crash is related to my attempt to enable RAID or not (and RAID may not in fact be enabled, only see one disk when the install begins and the AMD RAID BIOS screen does not look right)).

On a related note, I thought I came across a tutorial on the forum regarding how to properly provide pertinent info in a posting to get help when reporting on a problem.  Can someone put me onto that (or am I remembering incorrectly?)  Like for instance how to get the command line stuff behind the GUI if I continue to experience installer crashes?

Thanks,

Robert



Posted by: elija
09-18-2014, 11:23 AM
Forum: Introductions
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I'm a long term Linux user who has never settled on one distro for very long. I have poor attention span I guess! Although Linux in some flavour has been my only OS at home for over a decade my journey has been so smooth that I haven't really become an expert in it, except in areas where I have needed to learn my way around. Despite this I do moderate on a couple of other Linux forums.

For the past few months, I have been installing Fedora with Xfce which I love, using it for a while and then replacing it with Linux Lite which I also love and so on. Currently back on Linux Lite.

I love Fedora as it is so bleeding edge (it has just got the 3.16 kernel for example) and is pretty quick. I love Linux Lite because it is based on an LTS version so should be supported for a while and is blindingly fast which is all the more remarkable as it includes full fat software like Libre Office. Yes I am aware they are conflicting things. Welcome to my mind!

I had what I thought was a good suggestion to improve the software installer (check boxes instead of radio buttons for multiple selections) but found it had already been done after an update; so it seems the distro is in a constant state of incremental improvement which is a good sign especially after the recent news about Bodhi. I have been heard saying that Linux Lite is what Xubuntu should be, but isn't quite.

My main desktop:

Code:
richard@andromeda-ascendant:~$ inxi -Fxz System:    Host: andromeda-ascendant Kernel: 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)           Desktop: Xfce 4.11.6 (Gtk 2.24.23) Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty Machine:  System: Hewlett-Packard product: p6675uk version: xxx0204GRxxxxxxxx0           Mobo: MSI model: 2A9C version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: 6.12 date: 07/12/2010 CPU:      Dual core Intel Core i5 CPU 650 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 12769.7           Clock Speeds: 1: 1200.00 MHz 2: 1200.00 MHz 3: 1200.00 MHz 4: 1200.00 MHz Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 610] bus-ID: 01:00.0           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: [email protected]           GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 610/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.38 Direct Rendering: Yes Audio:    Card-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0           Card-2: NVIDIA GF119 HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-35-generic Network:  Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d800 bus-ID: 02:00.0           IF: p128p1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> Drives:    HDD Total Size: 2160.5GB (23.5% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HD161HJ size: 160.0GB temp: 37C           2: id: /dev/sdb model: ST31000528AS size: 1000.2GB temp: 35C 3: USB id: /dev/sdc model: M3_Portable size: 1000.2GB temp: 0C Partition: ID: / size: 50G used: 7.1G (16%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 917G used: 82G (10%) fs: ext4           ID: swap-1 size: 21.48GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present Sensors:  System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:54C           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A Info:      Processes: 214 Uptime: 4:07 Memory: 1639.0/15974.2MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17



Posted by: paulados
09-18-2014, 09:16 AM
Forum: Video Cards
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Hi,

I have used Ubuntu for some years and I like it because is really user friendly. However, I have a (not so) old computer (AMD Sempron, 2GB RAM and GeForce 4) and as there is no Nvidia drivers support I had to use Nouveau or vesa driver. The problem was that Ubuntu with nouveau drivers gives me a lot of problems (icons disappearing, suddenly crashes and system block).

Thus, I try to use it using nouveau without acceleration or vesa driver. However, Ubuntu was too heavy for my computer. I found your distro and I dediced to try it. As in Ubuntu, I had to use nouveau drivers in my computer. However, in this case when I start using nouveau drivers with acceleration, I had no issues. Everything works perfectly. No icon vanish, no crashes nor blocks.

So, I would like to thank your team and I also would like to know if you have applied any change (respect to Ubuntu) to nouveau driver, to Xorg or to Xfce so that it is more stable than in Ubuntu, or where/how could I check it.

Thanks !!!  ;D