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Thanks Tovian! Probably you are right, there is a display server problem here (because "x" seems to be the culprit). I will do more research on this matter. I found the "startx" solution on a forum, and apparently worked. Then, with privileges regained (temporally?) I added my user profile to some g...

Hi, I don't remeber how, but I partially lost my privileges as administrator. Yes, I can enter the terminal with sudo, and perform some taks like update the system and install whatever, but I cannot run any program as administrator, for example. I cannot figure out what is happening here. When I try...

sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-guest* This didn't work for me :( I also tried TimeShift from the root command line and it won't run due to permission stuff? Had to run sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-guest* twice and now I'm back I've had a few updates today ... I had the same problem today, the sol...

32 bit OSes and software are still useful. I use several old pcs and laptops for work and entetairnment, some of them really NEED 32 bit either because the processor cannot support 64 bit or because performance is better with 32 bit (for example, I have an old Athlon 64x2 2GB ram desktop pc, with de...

I use windows rarely, only for some bureaucratic tasks (tax paying...).

wallyUSA wrote:

Addy458 wrote: what is your mail client?

I use web email. It follows me where ever I go and I can log in from MAC, Windows and Linux. I use gmail, yahoo & gmx (gmx.com). I have access to email from PCs, phones and tablets.

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Today is the dreaded change to FF 57. My first impressions: ...shocking. The UI is ugly, flat and window-ish. The speed improvement is noticeable, thought. Various extensions doesn't work anymore. I miss particularly downthemall! and hide caption titlebar plus. The last was very useful to reduce th...

This may work for you: https://gist.github.com/nanpuyue/ec7d34e174267db3927124edcd2a8844 It requires installing a shell script in your home directory and installing a new extension in your web browser. Instructions are on that page for both. See some more info here about other extensions you might ...

So, what I did: 1) Install devilspy sudo apt-get install devilspie 2) made folder mkdir ~/.devilspie 3) made file firefox.ds in ~/.devilspie and placed in it: ; firefox rule to undecorate all existing and new windows (if (is (window_class) "Firefox") (undecorate)) 4) Close my Firefox run in termina...

Chromium is also good (if not for the lack of video codecs support). I'm actually testing Vivaldi on a daily basis, to find if it could be "the" replacement for FF. In general, this browser is OK (amazing customization options and unique features), I've found only few bugs like the "freezing" of som...

Cinnamon is great but not the best option for older or low end hardware. Moreover, Xfce is more customizable. For example, Xfce has a simple option in window management, to hide window decorations when the window is maximized: very useful to eliminate the title bar in a browser. And Xfce main bar is...

Uso FF desde que fue creado, pero esta versión no me convence. Estos son mis motivos: 1 - se ha reducido drasticamente el número de las extensiones, algunas muy útiles como dowthemall! e Hide Caption Titlebar Plus. 2 - es pobre en las opciones de personalización, especialmente la modificación del en...

I think Vivaldi is already the best and it's always improving. If not the best, it's really great, a joy to use for the power user because its customization. Maybe could be considered as the replacement for FF as the default browser in LM or other distros, if Mozilla insist in following a "Window-i...

Slimjet - very good browser, but I'm hesintant to convert it in my main browser I run slimjet. AFIAC, it's the bee's knees. Slimjet is indeed a forgotten gem: it's fast, has a minimalist upper bar, open flawlessly whatever site, and has some usefuil in-built features. Admit Chrome addons, but not a...

I like Google Chrome. Easy to install and keep up-to-date. I get by with minimal extensions/add-ons. Good performance. Very convenient to go use a windows machine on occasion to use the same browser. Indeed Chrome is good, efficient and fast. It Has two weak points, tough: the hig RAM usage (bad fo...

So... Firefox, our old beloved browser, has changed drastically in its 57th version (Quantum). UI and workflow has ben distrupted, many extensions doesn't work anymore, the UI is rather ugly (reminds Edge) and customization is poor. In Mate and Cinnamon, is virtually impossible to remove the title b...

Really ugly. Faint, thin font. Toolbar icons hard to see....and SQUARED TABS?! Really disappaointed I like the square tabs - they waste less space. And you can fix the font, which I didn't like either. This changes all the GUI fonts - not the website fonts. file ~/.mozilla/firefox/<your-profile-nam...

Today is the dreaded change to FF 57. My first impressions: ...shocking. The UI is ugly, flat and window-ish. The speed improvement is noticeable, thought. Various extensions doesn't work anymore. I miss particularly downthemall! and hide caption titlebar plus. The last was very useful to reduce the...

I use an office suite on a daily basis, as I'm a teacher/writer. After years of experience my solution is to use LibreOffice 90% of the time (mostly Writer and Impress), and have installed MSOffice2010 (with PlayOnLinux) for those works that *require* the MS suite. Normally I send pdf files, sometim...

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for MX Linux 32 bits,. It's very frugal and relatively fast on old hardware.