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My favorite ripping tool is K3b - available through the package manager.

For a selective home directory backup, you could use a backup/sync program such as Lucky Backup. Lucky has a nice gui and a lot of options (which can be confusing at first). It can do a dry run to test if your backup profile is working OK. As a former Windwoes user, I formed a habit of keeping all m...

My favorite browser is Pale Moon. Lighter and faster than Furryfox, and quite customizable. Doesn't crap up the RAM. Works with all decent websites (nothing's good with indecent bloatbergs like Twitter). Can use a lot of FF extensions. I usually use Advanced Night Mode for heavy reading because my e...

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh, So good. I'm tucking that script somewhere it won't get lost/forgotten, I hope. This time. Every install/upgrade it's the same thing -- "What did I do last time...where did I put that...." and the fonts are driving me dingbats in GIMP. Thanks all.

Thanks! It's hard to live without it once you're hooked. This time I'll stash the installers, because they are a double-dyed roaring beyotch to find. Thought I had what I needed a couple of times but nothing worked until now. The pro versions have extreme graphics issues with no clue how to fix. The...

I use Cheese to check a webcam in a window that I can't see out of easily. But every time I open it, there is a 50% or better chance that it will immediately start taking photos in burst mode. I'm using a perectly normal launcher to start it. The same thing happens with different computers, and I've...

The only time you could be as vulnerable as a Windozer is if you were using an unsecured wifi connection. Or bit a phish. Or let a potentially hackable site keep your credit card info. Some interwebz hazards are OS-independent. I live in a small town and am car-free, so I'm a fanatical online shoppe...

Wish I had gotten here sooner. I am a youngster of 68, with Mint on all three computers and Copy installed therein. Also in Windows on my dual-boot and at work (I'm the IT department of a small non-profit). I'm wondering if you have an "open with" problem on top of It All. That can be checked out an...

After wasting a lot of time looking for solutions that didn't seem to exist, I rebuilt most of my drawers. I temporarily dumped custom launchers on the desktop so I wouldn't have to do all the work over, then started deleting the drawers. During the deletion process, the "disappeared" drawer (contai...

What exactly does "stuck" mean? Is GIMP opening but not able to save or export? Or....? I like puzzles, but one needs a few pieces to put together Anyhowl, if you want a nest of GIMP gurus, go to GimpChat http://gimpchat.com/

Dug up this thread because the same thing is happening to me. I'm glad it's normal abnormal behavior; the computer most of it is happening on mutters enough about wanting to retire. I have several drawers on a left-side panel for frequently used items. Before today, I've had a disappearing drawer --...

Hella lotta good stuff in this thread. I'll add my two small coins worth anyway. :) Read. Try out some live disks. This will also help you learn how to boot from a disk if you haven't been there yet, and you can see what your computer will run comfortably. You can do whatever you like and not break ...

LOL. My ISP setup guy had to deal with my Debian laptop, but survived. One of my favorite jokes is that, around here, more that 2 Linux users in one room is a hacker convention. I have two dual-boot machines, and run some virtual Windwoes. Windows is necessary only for Microsnot Publisher (I'm too l...

I've been running Debian 7x Wheezy on my main machine for a year and a half and loving it. So I thought why not plop the latest version on the second box, a rather "experienced" HP XW8400 that I'd finally got settled down and running Windows smoothly. Well, I sure didn't love Jessie. I wasted a whol...