+1 for each. +10 for the last one.mintybits wrote:Can't run MS Office without running Windows in VBox.
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- Thu Jun 05, 2014 5:57 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: What are you most dissatisfied with in Linux Mint?
- Replies: 385
- Views: 56153
Re: What are you most dissatisfied with in Linux Mint?
- Sat May 31, 2014 8:44 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: I have/like Mint- but...WHY? What was the point??
- Replies: 78
- Views: 19017
Re: I have/like Mint- but...WHY? What was the point??
The point is, for a lot of people, Win XP's demise. That was a huge opportunity for the OSS community generally. I think that *nix, but especially easy to learn distros like Mint, have mostly missed that opportunity. From my personal experience (admittedly anecdotal evidence), many of the people wh...
- Sat May 31, 2014 2:06 am
- Forum: Scripts & Bash
- Topic: [solved] A curious backup issue
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1363
Re: A curious backup issue
Thanks, that fixed it for me.
Much appreciated
Much appreciated

- Tue May 27, 2014 4:22 am
- Forum: Scripts & Bash
- Topic: [solved] A curious backup issue
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1363
Re: A curious backup issue
Hi WharfRat, My SD card is a 32G SD-HC, which registers as vfat. I've checked that it isn't write-protected and I can write to it by sudo'ing - except, oddly enough, with rsync --update. Do you have any ideas on how to fix the problem? I'd prefer to avoid reformatting my sdcard to ext-n (because I a...
- Mon May 26, 2014 2:07 am
- Forum: Scripts & Bash
- Topic: [solved] A curious backup issue
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1363
Re: A curious backup issue
Sorry for the late reply WharfRat, I've been bogged down in assignments over the last few days. Getting ready for exam season, and all the joys that entails! Ok, I ran WharfRat's suggestion, here's the code I used: cameron@cameron-ThinkPad-X220 /mnt/Storage/Test $ echo "I was created on $(date)...
- Fri May 23, 2014 12:06 am
- Forum: Scripts & Bash
- Topic: [solved] A curious backup issue
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1363
[solved] A curious backup issue
Hi forum, I've made a backup bash script using rsync to sync files between my laptop and USB. Basically, I use rsync -uai x y to backup x to y. Now, the files transfer fine, but interestingly the script doesn't update old files on y with the newer versions from x. It just skips them. Isn't the -u sw...
- Sun May 11, 2014 8:11 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: [Solved] Making a backup script
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1286
Re: Making a backup script
Hi Wharfrat, That's it - I can't believe I overlooked mounting the USB before trying to write to it! :facepalm: I guess I'm so used to HAL (I think?) doing the hard yards of mounting it when I plug it in. Anyway, that's solved it for me. Here's my solution in case it helps anyone else: 1. Run lsusb ...
- Sun May 11, 2014 12:57 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: [Solved] Making a backup script
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1286
Re: Making a backup script
Ok, so far you're right - running the udevadm test code with the original file gives an error saying invalid use of ACTION. I've made the changes you recommended - I changed 90-usb-backup.rules to say: DRIVERS=="usb",ATTRS{idVendor}=="0781",ATTRS{idProduct}=="5576",RUN+...
- Sat May 10, 2014 1:46 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: [Solved] Making a backup script
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1286
Re: Making a backup script
Hi WharfRat, Thanks for your help! You were right, I ran a version of your script and it returned ATTRS instead of SYSID. I've tried amending my udev rule, restarting my computer, but it still doesn't run my script. I've double checked that it is executable and in the location the rule looks in. All...
- Thu May 08, 2014 6:17 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: [Solved] Making a backup script
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1286
[Solved] Making a backup script
Hi all, I'm trying to make a backup script that runs when I plug my USB in, following this guide: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4189383/bash-script-to-detect-when-my-usb-is-plugged-in-and-to-then-sync-it-with-a-direc My script works fine and does what I want it to do when I call it from the con...
- Sun May 04, 2014 10:53 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: The best thing for CLI?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2902
Re: The best thing for CLI?
most people have no need to know all the different system administration programs This is true! It also makes it easy for people like myself who come from a gui environment too. That's something that I love about Mint - it makes you the owner of your computer. I've only recently come to realise how...
- Sat May 03, 2014 4:03 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: The best thing for CLI?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2902
Re: The best thing for CLI?
that is even a bridge too far for most... While that may be true for some/most cases, surely that comes more from the ubiquity of the internet as a problem solving medium? In fairness, often finding the GUI way of doing things in certain Mint programs is different to what Win users are used to, and...
- Sat May 03, 2014 2:25 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: The best thing for CLI?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2902
Re: The best thing for CLI?
[quote="Pilosopong Tasyo" <Off topic> (Explains command) [/quote] Cheers for that. it would be better to help a newb learn about availible gui tools than to send him to the terminal. Agreed, especially If you're dealing with a noob migrating from Windows who's used to seeing GUI, GUI every...
- Fri May 02, 2014 11:40 pm
- Forum: Scripts & Bash
- Topic: (SOLVED)How to sync files to a USB stick, INCLUDING DELETING
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2293
Re: (SOLVED)How to sync files to a USB stick, INCLUDING DELE
Hey Habitual, I know this is an old post, but thanks for the tutorial - helped me out too.
- Thu May 01, 2014 2:27 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: The best thing for CLI?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2902
Re: The best thing for CLI?
Sometimes, you just need the computer to narrow down your choices to a reasonable amount and present them so you can make a decision; that's what a GUI is for Please don't think I'm maligning GUI in any way - I'd be mincemeat without it. I'm simply asking for thoughts on how to spread the power of ...
- Thu May 01, 2014 12:26 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: The best thing for CLI?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2902
Re: The best thing for CLI?
What is the output of "date -u +%V$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?(Required) 9a93b71d5b2841e649195bc81f8e38600860a040bc368cdbd0cde346b73248a1 Point proven. Honestly, just looking at that command made my eyes hurt. I figured out parts of it - I knew it was doing something with turning th...
- Wed Apr 30, 2014 9:36 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: The best thing for CLI?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2902
The best thing for CLI?
Hi all, As you're all undoubtedly aware, Linux based systems aren't anywhere near as popular as Windows. I'm thinking a big part has been due to the GUI based framework of Win - it makes transitioning to CLI terrifying, even for experienced Win users. As you can probably tell, I'm a relative newbie ...
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:16 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: about installing GRUB without installing mint
- Replies: 3
- Views: 352
Re: about installing GRUB without installing mint
Or alternatively, you can boot with your live cd/usb and fix from there - that's what I do every time I break my GRUB. I found a nifty little install guide: http://www.webupd8.org/2009/05/fix-restore-grub-boot-loader.html Essentially, you find out what your boot partition is using sudo fdisk -l . On...
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:19 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: [Solved] Setting up programs to run on startup
- Replies: 7
- Views: 700
Re: Setting up programs to run on startup
Hi all, @karlchen - thanks for explaining the PATH variable for me. I guess it's one of those things that must exist to make the console work, but I'd never given any thought to. Much appreciated! @all - I've found a workaround that works ok in Cinnamon (I'm guessing because it's an offshoot of Gnom...
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:27 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: [Solved] Setting up programs to run on startup
- Replies: 7
- Views: 700
Re: Setting up programs to run on startup
sudo rfkill block bluetooth @administrollaattori, thanks for your reply. Apologies if my OP was ambiguous on this point, but that part of my rc.local had been working fine for me - what I'd had problems with was running redshift and jitsi on the lines after it. I followed karlchen's advice, taking ...