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Rolly Shed - Bingo. Worked perfectly. Much appreciated.
-Marty-

desktop computer, LM19.1, Tessa, 4.15.0-20 generic x86_64 To save a mouseclick when opening a program, such as email or browser, I have several icons not only on my desktop, where I have to doubleclick them to open them, but also down in the tray at the bottom of the screen, where just a single clic...

After testing, I have found that for my use, WeTransfer [1] is easy to register for, [2] is cleanly and smartly designed, [3] works without fuss, and [4] is an efficient and straightforward way to transmit large files by email.
Again, thanks to all.

-Marty-

Thanks for the privacy caution axrusar. Not a concern here - if I had something private, I would never consider a public cloud server.

-Marty-

Sollid, excellent advice from all - thanks. WeTransfer appears to be simple and good and I am exploring it now. Just signed up and sent out my first large AVI file. Will let you know if all goes well and if so I will mark this thread Solved.

-Marty-

Desktop computer running LM19.1, Tessa, 4.15.0-20 generic xB6_64 My routine emailing is with Mozilla Thunderbird. Very occasionally, I have a large file (e.g., a 194MB movie on my camera's memory card) that I would like to email to a friend. Thunderbird has a filesize limit that will not let this be...

desktop, LM 19.1, Tessa, 4.15.0-20 generic x86_64 I occasionally want to email a message with an attached video file, in .AVI, using Thunderbird. Even what I think of as a brief (10-20 sec) vid seems to be large for the server. If I have a vid of 25Mb, it will barely transmit. Bigger than that, no. ...

All is good again! Sincere thanks to each of you who helped.
-Marty-

Removing and reinstalling the LibreOffice package alters only the software, not the data files. Open the Synaptic Package Manager. Search for libreo. Right click the libreoffice package. You get the following options. Mark for Reinstallation Mark for Removal Marl for Complete Removal. Mark for Rein...

The first command (the one that was fixed) does eliminate LO; the second command will reinstall it. Sometimes this is the only way to fix borked programs. Thanks for the responses - much appreciated. I gather that executing the first command, by which I take it you mean sudo spt remove --purge libr...

There is a typo. DONT DO THE FOLLOWING, although it probably won't do much if you do. Code: Select all sudo spt remove --purge libreo* Should be Code: Select all sudo apt remove --purge libreo * This command looks like it will eliminate Libre Office. I don't want to do this, although LO is useless ...

What version of LO are you using?

Don't know. I would ordinarily start looking for that info by opening LO, but the act of opening LO locks up my entire system. Can you suggest a terminal command for getting an anwer to your question?

Any reason why you're still on the original version of the 4.15 kernel branch? There has been 30+ updates to it already. No, no reason. At the moment, my Updates shows 1 update, which asks if I want to switch to a local mirror and provides some information on an upgrade to v. 1.1.5. I have done not...

Desktop, Linux 19.1, Tessa, 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 Lost my Libre Office functionality - no Writer, no Calc. Other computer operations like email (Thunderbird) and internet (Firefox) are OK. Just an initial click on the Writer desktop icon brings up the initial Writer screen and then freezes up eve...

"...I did however notice that none of the other computers in the house (my wife's Win7 laptop, and my other computers which have Mint 18.3, MX Linux, and PCLinux OS) was suffering the same problem. That indicates that the router, and my ISP, are both working well." Same here. When I was e...

Thanks jglen490. OK, I installed the 2 plugins from the "bad" set, I thought successfully. DVD still would not play, and the message onscreen said I needed to install the following 2 additional plugins, from the "ugly" set, to support the multimedia feature "DVD source"...

Interesting - I thought I was having an only-me issue. I also run 19.1. The frequent and most annoying connection interrupts began 3 or 4 weeks ago, went on for maybe 2 weeks despite everything I could think of to remedy matters, and then disappeared. I am now getting none, and can only hope that wh...

desktop computer, running LM19.1,Tessa, 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 I have a couple of home movies I recorded onto the small size dvd discs (DVD-R format) using a Sony camcorder (Handycam). The discs play back fine in the camcorder. When I insert the discs into the DVD drawer of the computer, I get: &q...

Ah, Preferences/Screensaver! Both toggles were On, and I have just turned them Off. I think this should do it. Thanks Moem.

-Marty-

LM 19.1, cinnamon, firefox on a desktop. I recently installed 19.1 and it is working fine. However, would like to enquire about one minor annoyance. When firing up 19.1 from Off, I do not have to manually enter my password, which is fine with me. But if I stop working for a while (15 min or so?) to ...