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    Thread: How do I move /home out of the root partition?
Post: Re: How do I move /home out of the root partition?

Quote: -- m654321: The reason I want to do this is so that the configuration files in a separate /home partition preserve my settings, rather than these being wiped out each time I replace LL2.4 wi...
Kirkx Other 2 4,089 05-18-2015, 01:04 AM
    Thread: apt vs. apt-get
Post: Re: apt vs. apt-get

Thanks for the tip. So far I have three package information related commands in my Linux cheat sheet. It takes some practice to try out different commands and switches to see which one you like best f...
Kirkx Off Topic 1 4,694 05-18-2015, 12:45 AM
    Thread: System updates: apt-get or aptitude
Post: System updates: apt-get or aptitude

LL system update script is using apt-get: /usr/scripts/updates Code: -- sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -- As I was trying out Debian Jessie lately I noticed that aptitude seems to be c...
Kirkx On Topic 3 9,784 05-08-2015, 09:33 AM
    Thread: Social Network Intergrated Login
Post: Re: Social Network Intergrated Login

For those of us who don't care about social media Adblock Plus offers a feature to remove all those buttons in Firefox. Look for "Disable Social Media Buttons" at the bottom of this page: https://adb...
Kirkx On Topic 3 4,374 04-28-2015, 08:13 AM
    Thread: BIOS Clock Setting on Multiboot Systmes
Post: BIOS Clock Setting on Multiboot Systmes

The following tip might be of interest to fellow forum members who run multiboot setups with different operating systems (Linux Lite, Windows, Debian, Arch, etc). Windows and some Linux distros that ...
Kirkx On Topic 2 4,231 04-24-2015, 08:34 AM
    Thread: Windows Key (Super) and Whiskermenu in LL 2.4
Post: Re: Windows Key (Super) and Whiskermenu in LL 2.4

When I looked in keyboard settings just after upgrade from v2.2 to v2.4 the new Super entry (or Super_L to be exact) wasn't there, I'm pretty sure. The reason might be that I already had another short...
Kirkx Suggestions and Feedback 7 8,096 04-12-2015, 10:58 PM
    Thread: Why is zeitgeist datahub still installed?
Post: Re: Why is zeitgeist datahub still installed?

I have just run the following commands: Code: -- sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get purge zeitgeist zeitgeist-core zeitgeist-datahub sudo apt-get autoremove -- Running the last command resulted in ...
Kirkx Suggestions and Feedback 15 22,516 04-12-2015, 09:42 AM
    Thread: Windows Key (Super) and Whiskermenu in LL 2.4
Post: Windows Key (Super) and Whiskermenu in LL 2.4

There is a new feature in LL 2.4: Whiskermenu pops up when you hit the left Windows key (Super key). It can not be turned off neither from Keyboard nor from Window Manager settings and to get rid of i...
Kirkx Suggestions and Feedback 7 8,096 04-12-2015, 09:20 AM
    Thread: How to restore v2.2 configuration from /.llupgradebackup
Post: Re: How to restore v2.2 configuration from /.llupg...

Thanks, it worked like a charm. In theory restoring keyboard shortcuts from v2.2 to v2.4 (to get rid of Super key link to Whiskermenu) should actually be done in two steps: 1) Copy file "xfce4-keyboa...
Kirkx Installing Linux Lite 4 4,898 04-12-2015, 07:10 AM
    Thread: How to restore v2.2 configuration from /.llupgradebackup
Post: How to restore v2.2 configuration from /.llupgrade...

I want to restore the following two settings as they were originally in v2.2: - un-link Super key from the Menu (I always assign Ctrl+Esc to open the Menu and use Super key for all kinds of other sho...
Kirkx Installing Linux Lite 4 4,898 04-11-2015, 02:08 PM
    Thread: Custom Login Window
Post: Re: Custom Login Window

No, not TTY1. It displays user icons floating in the air over the mountains. Once you click on a user icon it jumps. I'm not much into graphics effects, booting all my distros without the splash scree...
Kirkx On Topic 2 5,902 04-01-2015, 09:36 AM
    Thread: How to troubleshoot system freeze-ups?
Post: Re: How to troubleshoot system freeze-ups?

Thanks for all suggestions. It's too bad there is no way to troubleshoot this kind of problem to get some clear idea of what's wrong. Testing different combinations of kernels and GPU drivers is time ...
Kirkx Other 5 7,660 03-31-2015, 08:11 AM
    Thread: How to troubleshoot system freeze-ups?
Post: How to troubleshoot system freeze-ups?

Lately I occasionally encounter system freeze-ups and the only solution is to power-off the PC (with the power button). Is there any log that can be used to pinpoint the source of the problem? After o...
Kirkx Other 5 7,660 03-15-2015, 03:02 AM
    Thread: Upgrade Error: Bad return status for module build on kernel
Post: Upgrade Error: Bad return status for module build ...

After running: Code: -- sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -- I got the following error. Is it safe to ignore it? Code: -- Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.18.0-linuxlite ...
Kirkx Installing Linux Lite 1 8,162 03-15-2015, 02:45 AM
    Thread: Custom Login Window
Post: Custom Login Window

I have been playing around with Pretty Greeter login window based on lightdm-webkit-greeter: https://github.com/jfbrazeau/lightdm-webkit-pretty-greeter (https://github.com/jfbrazeau/lightdm-webkit-pr...
Kirkx On Topic 2 5,902 03-11-2015, 08:17 AM
    Thread: [SOLVED] Forums: Show Unread Posts since Last Visit
Post: [SOLVED] Forums: Show Unread Posts since Last Visi...

I would suggest to make "Show unread posts since last visit" feature more visible. It is a great time saver when checking new posts. I have been looking for it since I started using LL last summer and...
Kirkx Suggestions and Feedback 3 4,148 03-08-2015, 01:01 PM
    Thread: Posting Images Reminder
Post: Re: Posting Images Reminder

A few years back, in Windows, I was using ImageShack QuickShot until the upload link stopped working sometime around 2011: http://i.imgur.com/ckmcJoC.png All what you needed to do to post a screensh...
Kirkx On Topic 19 14,704 03-01-2015, 09:30 AM
    Thread: Posting Images Reminder
Post: Re: Posting Images Reminder

Quote: -- misko-2083: Imgur keeps the images if they have 1 view per 6 months. help.imgur.com: How long do you keep the images? (http://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/201476457-How-long-do-you-kee...
Kirkx On Topic 19 14,704 02-23-2015, 08:54 AM
    Thread: [Nearly SOLVED] Permissions in Thunar
Post: Re: Permissions in thunar

Quote: -- Ukbrian: On other 14.04 distros the partitions are displayed unmounted but when you click on one it just auto mounts and displays the contents so I'm guessing the permissions ain't being se...
Kirkx Suggestions and Feedback 12 10,999 02-23-2015, 06:14 AM
    Thread: Linux Lite Kernel
Post: Re: Linux Lite Kernel

I created a second version of LL v2.0 on another partition (deployed from Clonezilla image of the original version) and then installed kernel v3.17.0. Everything works like a charm. Here is the output...
Kirkx Linux Lite Software Development 326 533,756 11-21-2014, 06:44 AM