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Well, I did what I thought would be correct and it turned out fine. LM19 seems to be ok for me but I have found a couple of small things that I am not so happy with at the moment. The Welcome Screen seems to be missing and I found that very handy, like getting to this Web page, A very minor detail,....

Thank you catweazel,, the machine is about two years old? Aspire-TC-280 ~ $ inxi -b System: Host: djfjgj-Aspire-TC-280 Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana Machine: Mobo: Acer model: Aspire TC-280 Bios: American Megatrends version: P11-A4 date: 04/26/201...

I have a 2TB HD with just LM17 installed. Can I do the following:- Backup LM17 to an external drive Save Bookmarks and Address books to an external drive. Using GParted, Partition 2tb to 750gb and 1250gb just (so that I don't get confused) Install LM19 on new partition with Bookmarks, Address books ...

Thanks catweazel,
That makes sense, and that is what I'll do!

Hello,

How do I go about upgrading,
Can I update from LM17 to the latest LM (19?) and keep stuff like my Printer settings and my “Home” contents? Without having to reload everything.

Thank you

kc1di, Thank you. I have a spare HD which I installed after removing the faulty drive, after reformatting the new drive, I installed LM18.1, It is now up and running. Using my Docking station and my Windows 10 laptop, I cleaned and reformatted the drive which is now back to normal. It may sound a lo...

slavko, jimallyn,
Thank you both, sorry for the long delay, I have been away.
I am going to give up on this particular camera and my son is going to return it (28 days), we will have a look at the EasyCap device and I will let you know.

Thank you both for your help and advice.

Hello jimallyn,
thanks for responding, here isthe link.

https://www.green-feathers.co.uk/pages/ ... n720mg&p=1

Its the first one and cost £54 it seems (I must have a word with my son ) )

Thanks

Hi, I have just been given a spy camera for my Bird Boxes, unfortunately the software only runs on Windows, I have approached the Company "Greenfeathers" but they are unable to help, suggesting that I try and get third party Drivers for LM17, or LM18. Has anyone any ideas, or solved this proble m pl...

Hello, I have installed Linux 18 on an old Mac Laptop after removing Apple software. It was a good clean install, I am using Linux Mint 17 at the moment on my PC and I am very happy with that, however support end next year it seems and I want to be ready for a change. I decided to remove LM18 so tha...

Thank you both, I know there is no rush but you have given me something to think about.

Hello, I and my friends have been using LM17 since the start. I understand the support will end 2019 for LM17, and am wondering what version we should move to? LM17 has been brilliant for us, as we moved from Windows XP. I have an old Mac laptop, it has been wiped and will now install a new version ...

LM 17 I have started to get a window saying "The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAF11D:MATE_PANEL _TrashApplett" at startup, any ideas please?

My wireless mouse stopped working after a while, after spending a whole afternoon trying to resolve the problem on line, following every piece of advice, I found that I had installed the wrong Battery! Yes it was a AAA but not the correct number i.e LR03 as shown on the underneath of the the mouse, ...

Any advice please?

Just to update myself, I have now installed LM18.1 on the Mac and it seems to be running pretty well.
Thanks everyone.

Thanks BenTrabetere that will do me fine.

aes2011 - thanks
pete@pete-Aspire-TC-280 ~ $ apt policy khelpcenter
khelpcenter:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: (none)
Version table:

TLMAC - thank you, I will have a look

Linux Mint 17 Wiana Mate 64 bit,I have just downloaded Kolourpaint 4.13.3. But the Kolourpaint handbook will not open, I get the message "could not find service 'khelpcenter'", any advice please? thank you.

Thank you deepakdeshp, I am now sorted.