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    Thread: Linux Lite Updates Have Failed
Post: Re: Linux Lite Updates Have Failed

I am getting this error as well. I am launching the update from the control center.  It is asking me for my admin password, so why would I still be getting the error?  I can go through the sudo apt-g...
greenisland Installing Linux Lite 2 3,431 01-24-2016, 11:07 PM
    Thread: Anyone using Veracrypt?
Post: Anyone using Veracrypt?

I need to work on encrypting some folders that I plan to store in Dropbox, and after googling it appears that Veracrypt is the current leader and compatible with both linux and windows systems. Does ...
greenisland Installing Software 4 3,759 01-15-2016, 04:49 PM
    Thread: Need help with panel customization
Post: Re: Need help with panel customization

FWIW I installed Dockbarx and finally got it working, but decided that it degraded my system performance and deleted it.  I had previously posted this question but resolved that issue when I changed t...
greenisland On Topic 7 9,307 12-07-2015, 01:37 AM
    Thread: Oracle VM VirtualBox
Post: Re: Oracle VM VirtualBox

Thank you Jerry.  What about the issue of getting the latest (version 5) of virtualbox itself?  I have been doing regular updates but I don't think that it upgraded itself to version 5 til I went to t...
greenisland Other 20 15,883 12-01-2015, 05:42 PM
    Thread: Oracle VM VirtualBox
Post: Re: Oracle VM VirtualBox

OK I just had the same problem - very disconcerting - I thought I had somehow corrupted my virtualbox appliance. Anyway, I solved the problem by uninistalling everything and downloading the latest vi...
greenisland Other 20 15,883 12-01-2015, 02:14 PM
    Thread: Is there a file manager that will preserve the original date and time .....
Post: Re: Is there a file manager that will preserve the...

Thank you both very much for your suggestions.  This has bothered me for quite a while but I let it just hang in the back of my mind as a mystery of linux without following up to track down the proble...
greenisland Other 3 9,913 11-30-2015, 12:51 PM
    Thread: Is there a file manager that will preserve the original date and time .....
Post: Is there a file manager that will preserve the ori...

I am trying to use a file manager to get files off my android phone and copy them to a directory in my linuxlite PC.  The problem is that when using Thunar (for example) to copy a photo from the phone...
greenisland Other 3 9,913 11-29-2015, 03:04 PM
    Thread: PODCASTS: what is the best application for downloding & playing them on LL 2.0?
Post: Re: PODCASTS: what is the best application for dow...

Now that I have installed MIRO I have to say WOW.  It does everything I want it to do.  Now my problem is remembering why I thought Clementine was so great because I am about to uninstall and abandon ...
greenisland Other 5 5,341 09-22-2015, 03:21 PM
    Thread: Is anyone here using Autokey?
Post: Is anyone here using Autokey?

I have installed it today so that I can set up a system of pasting boilerplate text, but I am finding it crashing on me.  Is anyone successfully using it without problems?  If so or if not, is anyone ...
greenisland Off Topic 3 5,041 09-22-2015, 03:15 PM
    Thread: PODCASTS: what is the best application for downloding & playing them on LL 2.0?
Post: Re: PODCASTS: what is the best application for dow...

Thank you Jerry!
greenisland Other 5 5,341 09-22-2015, 03:10 PM
    Thread: PODCASTS: what is the best application for downloding & playing them on LL 2.0?
Post: Re: PODCASTS: what is the best application for dow...

Did you ever find a good podcast app?  I am not able to use clementine because it won't let me configure a feed manually for authentication.  I don't like gpodder because it can't play the podcast in ...
greenisland Other 5 5,341 09-18-2015, 08:26 PM
    Thread: Skype Pop-Up Menu from Panel (Want to see full menu rather than scrolling)
Post: Re: Skype Pop-Up Menu from Panel (Want to see full...

Thanks Zead.  You are correct - I want to keep the standard bottom Linuxlite menu, so I will learn to live with it - but thanks!
greenisland Other 7 5,149 08-20-2015, 11:06 PM
    Thread: Skype Pop-Up Menu from Panel (Want to see full menu rather than scrolling)
Post: Re: Skype Pop-Up Menu from Panel (Want to see full...

Thanks for the warning and I will NOT head there! ;-)  Perhaps at some point the bug will be fixed, and in the meantime I will live with the inconvenience!  thanks Jerry -
greenisland Other 7 5,149 07-21-2015, 01:16 PM
    Thread: Skype Pop-Up Menu from Panel (Want to see full menu rather than scrolling)
Post: Re: Skype Pop-Up Menu from Panel (Want to see full...

I also see this, but have no clue how to apply the patch myself: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lanoxx/indicator-applet/menuitemfix/revision/430 (http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lanoxx/indicator-applet/me...
greenisland Other 7 5,149 07-20-2015, 09:40 PM
    Thread: Skype Pop-Up Menu from Panel (Want to see full menu rather than scrolling)
Post: Re: Skype Pop-Up Menu from Panel (Want to see full...

Well after reading through this thread perhaps I am not so embarrassed to have asked the question.  It appears this has bothered others.  But if I understand the thread correctly, it is still not reso...
greenisland Other 7 5,149 07-20-2015, 09:31 PM
    Thread: Skype Pop-Up Menu from Panel (Want to see full menu rather than scrolling)
Post: Skype Pop-Up Menu from Panel (Want to see full men...

When I left-click on my Skype Icon in the panel (down at the bottom right of the screen), the Skype Popup menu only pops up with about three entries, and the rest have to be scrolled up or down to get...
greenisland Other 7 5,149 07-20-2015, 01:04 PM
    Thread: Dropbox Thunar Plugin
Post: Re: Dropbox Thunar Plugin

thank you Torreydale!
greenisland Other 5 5,918 07-14-2015, 10:51 PM
    Thread: Dropbox Thunar Plugin
Post: Re: Dropbox Thunar Plugin

Is there a different procedure to follow if we ALREADY have dropbox installed? I went ahead and tried to install dropbox again from the Lite software menu, and indeed the link "move to dropbox" appea...
greenisland Other 5 5,918 07-14-2015, 06:26 PM
    Thread: Restore Linux Lite - Systemback or Timeshift?
Post: Re: Restore Linux Lite - Systemback or Timeshift?

I voted Systemback. I have been using it successfully for several months to create live-usb versions of my system (including user data) which I then use to set up other computers. I have not yet tried...
greenisland Suggestions and Feedback 42 40,150 07-02-2015, 02:26 PM
    Thread: Remaster / Livecd / Systemback / Customizing Iso for friends
Post: Re: Remaster / Livecd / Systemback / Customizing I...

Well not to have a conversation with myself, but I added the ppa (the daily version) installed systemback, created a live system backup, installed the 8.2 gb live file to a usb stick, put it in anothe...
greenisland Other 3 7,379 02-04-2015, 03:42 PM