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- Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:39 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: Replacement KDE distros... Feedback here!
- Replies: 215
- Views: 24029
Re: Replacement KDE distros... Feedback here!
I've been taking Kubuntu 18.04.2 for a test drive for the past 3 days and it's been smooth sailing. Boot-up and shutdown times are very good. I've found 1 bug in Dolphin though. When I click in the left sidebar under "Drives" to mount a partition, I get a BIG red scary box informing me the...
- Sun Mar 24, 2019 1:23 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: What type of computer or device do you primarily use?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2361
Re: What type of computer or device do you primarily use?
An old (Nov 2011) cheapie eMachines desktop. Currently multi-booting 8 distos with a shared 500GB data partition. I'm planning on re-formating to lower that number to just 3 or 4 if the HDD holds up. :D The wife uses a laptop with Linux Mint of course. I've offered to reinstall Windoze and she said ...
- Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:37 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: CPU maxed out [was: Do I need to upgrade Linux (from 17.3 Rosa)?]
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2046
Re: Do I need to upgrade Linux (from 17.3 Rosa)?
Today, I tried opening a 75MB jpeg image (using Image Viewer 3.10.2), and the thing just froze. I had a couple of other apps open at the time, so I rebooted (had to hold the power button to force a shutdown, it was that bad), and opened it again immediately after startup. It managed, but took a lon...
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:33 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: PlayOnLinux- "files mismatch" error
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1827
Re: PlayOnLinux- "files mismatch" error
This seems to be the error encountered: Error in POL_Download POL_Download - MD5 sum mismatch ! (1 attempt) Any ideas on how to proceed? The install script is looking for a specific (earlier/different) program version from what's available from the program's web site. Therefore the MD5 sum mismatch.
- Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:54 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Shutdown issue - Keyring-Daemon still running
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1642
Re: Shutdown issue - Keyring-Daemon still running
Re: Keyring-Daemon still running Apologies if I've entered this in the wrong place! I’ve no solutions, just observations and questions! Like several other Mint users, I have the ‘Keyring-Daemon still running’ problem when trying to shut down. I have Mint 18.3 Cinnamon, Kernel 4.13.0 running on two ...
- Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:25 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Update Manager Close this dialog after successfully applying changes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 282
Re: Update Manager Close this dialog after successfully applying changes
This behaviour occurs when the "Apply changes in a terminal window" is ticked in the settings of Synaptic. When un-ticked the Update Manager terminal works as expected. It appears that when ticked in Synaptic settings, the update manager uses the same terminal window as Synaptic, but doesn...
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Update Manager Close this dialog after successfully applying changes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 282
Re: Update Manager Close this dialog after successfully applying changes
The behavior of this dialog gets controlled by synaptic, the same dialog in the update manager does only seemingly allow to change it. Open synaptic and install anything. During installation you get the same dialog; change the behavior as you want. Afterwards it should have in the update manager th...
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:29 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Update Manager Close this dialog after successfully applying changes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 282
Update Manager Close this dialog after successfully applying changes
I've installed LM 18.3 KDE a few days ago and the terminal window in the update manager closes immediately after apply changes, even though the "Close this dialog after successfully applying changes" tickbox is unchecked. It's just the terminal window only, not the update manager itself. T...
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:08 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Different appearance / look of desktop icons when copied
- Replies: 10
- Views: 478
Re: Different appearance / look of desktop icons when copied
The ones showing up different are ".desktop" files. The path to their icons are non-existent on the USB stick, therefore you will see the generic .desktop icon for these in your file browser. Will this make a different in the appearance and function of the icons if I use the contents of th...
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:41 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: CD ripping speed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 738
Re: CD ripping speed
Different encoders will encode at different speeds depending on the format chosen and on the parameters passed on to the encoder. My first reply pertains to ripping speed, the time it takes to "rip" data from the CD, not the encoding time which is a different process.
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 6:16 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: CD ripping speed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 738
Re: CD ripping speed
IIRC it could be that Windows Media Player rips in burst mode (don't know for sure, as I've never used it), with no software error correction being performed, relying on the error correction of the drive itself (C2 error correction, if supported). Asunder uses Cdparanoia in ripping compared to burst...
- Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:38 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Update Manager Issue.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 698
Re: Update Manager Issue.
Updated from LM Cinnamon 18.2 to 18.3 today and this issue shows up for me as well. If any update is visible, but not selected, the applet is blue, showing that there is an/are update(s) available.
- Mon Dec 26, 2016 7:52 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Copy, Paste, New Folder ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1560
Re: Copy ,Paste, New Folder ??????
Not really i only get run command, add Widgets, add panel, activities ,lock Widgets ,lock Screen ,Leave and configure desktop that’ŝ it ,no plus sign anything Looks like you're using the "Default Desktop" layout. Right click on the desktop, Configure Desktop, in the View tab choose "...
- Tue Nov 01, 2016 2:57 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Screen Tearing in Browsers, Mate 18
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1632
Re: Screen Tearing in Browsers, Mate 18
This worked for me in Firefox:
viewtopic.php?f=208&t=224942&p=1202998#p1202998
viewtopic.php?f=208&t=224942&p=1202998#p1202998
- Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:28 pm
- Forum: Cinnamon
- Topic: Screen tearing on Linux Mint 18
- Replies: 39
- Views: 38300
Re: Screen tearing on Linux Mint 18
Cool I will try more fixes if I find any more tearing, thanks! For me the only tearing seemed to have been in Firefox, and it now seems to have been fixed by setting: gfx.xrender.enabled;true in about:config. I have smooth scrolling turned on and so far I haven't noticed any tearing, so for anyone ...
- Tue Jun 21, 2016 3:18 pm
- Forum: Open chat
- Topic: What Windows software can you not do without?
- Replies: 145
- Views: 13871
Re: What Windows software can you not do without?
LTspice, Micro-Cap and foobar2000. I could do without foobar if I had to, but it may be somewhat traumatic for me for a while. 

- Wed Apr 20, 2016 2:25 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Conky Broken after latest updates
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1149
Re: Conky Broken after latest updates
I have the same problem and I tried switching that code in the previous comment and no success. Anyone else have any suggestions? Yahoo has made changes to their API. Try looking here: http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Conky-Google-Now-366545753 I'm using the code found here: http://pastebin.com/5...
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:38 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Conky Broken after latest updates
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1149
Re: Conky Broken after latest updates
Is this conky google-now? If so open the conkyrc file in a text editor, find and change this line:
"http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=WOEID"
to:
"http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forecastrss?w=WOEID"
Where WOEID is your location code.
"http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=WOEID"
to:
"http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forecastrss?w=WOEID"
Where WOEID is your location code.
- Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:36 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Passwords: Isn't ONCE enough?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3055
Re: Passwords: Isn't ONCE enough?
<snip>I liked Linux from the beginning, but then.... I mean, having to enter my password a hundred times a day is beyond ridiculous. And yes, I have searched and searched for an answer. but I can't find it. I've been tinkering around in Linux for almost 2 years, learning my way around a dozen or so...
- Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:52 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: [SOLVED] Problems in Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon
- Replies: 13
- Views: 992
Re: Problems in Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon
I shot in the dark (as I did not see the problem and cannot reproduce it): Open the Window settings of Cinnamon -> behavior -> attach dialog windows (wording may differ): set it to off. I have seen this setting before. It's just that I haven't looked into changing it, as I was more concerned with s...