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Thread: 32 or 64 bit advice
Post: Re: 32 or 64 bit advice
| Thanks for all the details, Wirezfree. I've had similar experiences with my Gateway LT40 notebook with distributions other than LL when distro browsing. If I make another trip to the pawn shop, I'm ... |
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Installing Linux Lite
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03-23-2016, 02:33 PM |
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Thread: 32 or 64 bit advice
Post: Re: 32 or 64 bit advice
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Nice, nice, nice! I look forward to your details on getting wifi working. I had a similar experience bringing new life to a Gateway LT40 using LL. No hiccups whatsoever (except forgetti... |
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n1ksn |
Installing Linux Lite
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03-19-2016, 03:36 PM |
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Thread: Fix for Google Chrome on Linux Lite
Post: Re: Fix for Google Chrome on Linux Lite
| The same problem arose in my two 32-bit Mint MATE installations, so I'm grateful for the discussion here. I've removed the repositories and uninstalled Chrome.
I've been phasing out Chrome from all ... |
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n1ksn |
Installing Software
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03-04-2016, 09:46 PM |
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Thread: Update Checker
Post: Re: Update Checker
| Shaggy, the new config box layout is nice. Much more understandable.
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n1ksn |
Linux Lite Software Development
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03-04-2016, 01:32 PM |
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Thread: Update Checker
Post: Re: Update Checker
| I think you could leave the minutes and hours boxes as-is (although they could be horizontally smaller) but just put "Minutes" and "Hours" in front of them (to their left). Then put a text line above... |
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n1ksn |
Linux Lite Software Development
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03-02-2016, 03:23 PM |
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Thread: Update Checker
Post: Re: Update Checker
| I tried the lite-updater in LL 2.8 on my 64-bit Dell Latitude E6410. It correctly notified me of 67 available updates and did the updating.
However, after the update the checkmark icon was still vis... |
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n1ksn |
Linux Lite Software Development
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02-29-2016, 05:16 PM |
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Thread: More free games
Post: Re: More free games
| Hey, rokytnji. I've used dosbox for other stuff, but never vintage games. Many thanks for the links!
I installed Digger this afternoon and it runs just fine on my Gateway LT40 notebook with an At... |
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n1ksn |
Games Support
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02-27-2016, 11:53 PM |
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Thread: Using mplayer for radio and tv streams
Post: Using mplayer for radio and tv streams
| Greetings, all. I've been experimenting with mplayer for my notebook computer multimedia needs. For a while now I've been using it for the back end of SMTube, and it uses far less CPU that using a b... |
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n1ksn |
Off Topic
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02-19-2016, 12:19 AM |
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Thread: Font rendering in Linux Lite
Post: Font rendering in Linux Lite
| This morning after installing LL 2.8 on my Dell laptop and Gateway notebook I learned something new to me that I thought might be of interest to others. The background is that I had noticed that my n... |
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n1ksn |
On Topic
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01-31-2016, 07:58 PM |
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Thread: Linux Lite 2.8 Final Released
Post: Re: Linux Lite 2.8 Final Released
| Thanks for the upgrade, Jerry! My 64-bit upgrade was very smooth. After my update I started the upgrade and had breakfast. When I returned, the maching was ready for a reboot.
The 32-bit upgrade o... |
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n1ksn |
Release Announcements
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01-31-2016, 07:31 PM |
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Thread: Playing Youtube videos on my limited-resource notebook
Post: Re: Playing Youtube videos on my limited-resource ...
| Thanks for the suggestions. I will check them out for sure.
By the way, I decided to replace the dual booted MX-15 with Arch Linux, just for giggles. After one false start it has gone pretty well a... |
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Off Topic
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01-27-2016, 01:58 PM |
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Thread: Playing Youtube videos on my limited-resource notebook
Post: Re: Playing Youtube videos on my limited-resource ...
| Thanks for your comment, Jerry. I need to spend more time exploring what's available on the command line, especially when resources are on the light side. Maybe I should replace that dual boot distr... |
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Off Topic
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01-25-2016, 02:59 AM |
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Thread: Playing Youtube videos on my limited-resource notebook
Post: Playing Youtube videos on my limited-resource note...
| Greetings, all. My Gateway LT40 notebook computer runs a dual boot with LL and AntiX's MX-15. (LL is my preferred distribution, but I like to play around with alternatives.) Playing Youtube videos ... |
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Off Topic
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01-24-2016, 11:56 PM |
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Thread: Re-install repository problems
Post: Re: Re-install repository problems
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n1ksn |
Installing Linux Lite
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01-22-2016, 03:39 PM |
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Thread: Setting up auto login after Suspend
Post: Re: Setting up auto login after Suspend
| Thanks for your quick reply, firenice03.
That xfce power manager checkbox was already unchecked on my setup. However, turning off the Light Locker locking switch did the trick. The first time I t... |
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Other
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01-22-2016, 01:50 AM |
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Thread: Setting up auto login after Suspend
Post: Setting up auto login after Suspend
| I've decided I don't need a passworded login for my laptop. The LL "Enable Autologin" did not work (it gave me an error message), but I found on this forum a fix involving creating a lightdm.conf fil... |
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Other
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01-22-2016, 12:25 AM |
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Thread: Linux Lite 2.8 Suggestion Thread
Post: Re: Linux Lite 2.8 Suggestion Thread
| My notebook is also 1024 x 600 and the control center window is cut off at bottom. |
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Suggestions and Feedback
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01-07-2016, 12:03 AM |
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Thread: Distro hopping and Linux Lite
Post: Re: Distro hopping and Linux Lite
| I did install the non-free extras in MX-15 as part of my installation, so I think they were in there. The MX-15 Firefox had two Flash plugins installed (19.0 r0 and 11.2 r202) and the older of the tw... |
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n1ksn |
On Topic
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12-15-2015, 07:40 PM |
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Thread: Distro hopping and Linux Lite
Post: Re: Distro hopping and Linux Lite
| I recently set my Gateway LT40 up for dual boot with two Linux distributions, LL 2.6 and MX-15. I installed MX-15 so I could do a somewhat longer comparison of it with LL, as it was one of the distro... |
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On Topic
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12-15-2015, 05:13 PM |
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Thread: Re-install repository problems
Post: Re-install repository problems
| Greetings. Yesterday I decided to modify my notebook running 32-bit LL 2.6 so I could add a second set of partitions to do a bit of distro-hopping. I installed AntiX-15, but the grub bootloader got ... |
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n1ksn |
Installing Linux Lite
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12-13-2015, 05:10 PM |
