I want to be prudent and back up my LL2 onto an external drive, in case of an accident...  What open-source software would any of you suggest for this?

Your ideas are much appreciated.
Regards
Mike

What software can I use for a simple sound recorder with LL2, so that I can record ambient sound via my laptop's inbuilt microphone?
There is the linux software gnome-sound-recorder 3.4.0, though I suspect it wont run on LL2 as an XFCE rather than a Gnome desktop.

Many thanks in advance for any ideas?

Regards
Mike

Can anyone please tell me how I can check the SMART (self test) data on a hard drive with Linux Lite? Lubuntu has a disk utility (possibly called Palimpsest) which does this, as well as being a quick method of checking partitions. It (or something similar) does not seem to be in the standard LL repositories and I can't find any reference in Help. I am probably missing something!

Hello ,I have a question I want to installing Linux lite 2.0 just for gaming(steam) in my new laptop , Do you really encountered any problem drivers carte graphique?
my laptop
lenovo b590
carte graphique intel 4000 hd
ram 4 g
pro i3
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OK, This is what I did. The Dell in question is the same one that I had the wireless issue.
Now I have tried to update it to Beryl. I tried using the live cd but then realized it is only a dvd-rom. So, I created a live DVD and the laptop booted up from there. I installed the OS on the drive and right at the end of the installer it says that the installer crashed. It would not shut down unless I clicked on shutdown. Then it hangs or something and I have to hold power button for 5 sec.

When I try to boot up the machine it does nothing. What have I done.?
Even if I hit F12 and select the HDD it still will not boot. I have even tried to boot from the grub screen with boot internal hdd, I see booting from local disk and a courser (<--spelling) below that, but that is it. What have I done or what can I do now?

Many thanks.
Ohjrson

This one has come from quite a few transformations...finally achieved the desired end result.

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

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

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.



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?

... 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!

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!