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by tenfoot
Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:39 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: It is heck getting old
Replies: 48
Views: 1746

Re: It is heck getting old

Although getting old is not fun, it is preferable to dying, isn't it? :D I'll be celebrating my 93rd birthday in another 7 months, and although my doctor tells me that the pump which is my heart is wearing out, I have too much to do to die for a few more years. Linux gave me an incentive to exercise...
by tenfoot
Fri Jan 05, 2024 11:51 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Choosing bootable drive on startup......
Replies: 1
Views: 109

Choosing bootable drive on startup......

If this is the wrong section for the subject, it will be appreciated if it could be transferred to where it should be, please. I hope to exercise my ancient brain during 2024 by venturing into FreeBSD - because it's different - but I have no idea if what I want to do is possible. Here is my current ...
by tenfoot
Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Font Manager installation...... (SOLVED)
Replies: 5
Views: 240

Re: Font Manager installation......

Thank you to all the members who responded so promptly to my request for help, especially those who pointed out that Font Manager was in the repositories. I now have Font Manager safely installed. There are times when I feel that getting old holds few benefits. Then it hits me that the alternative i...
by tenfoot
Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:13 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Font Manager installation...... (SOLVED)
Replies: 5
Views: 240

Font Manager installation...... (SOLVED)

Using LM v21.2 with MATE in Lenovo T450s, My brain has turned to mush as I've forgotten the simple l process of installing a .zip, file. :-) In a previous query regarding fonts, there were many suggestions that installing Font Manager was a good way to manager fonts.. So I went to GitHub and downloa...
by tenfoot
Sat Dec 30, 2023 9:55 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Fonts -removing Noto (foreign fonts) (SOLVED)
Replies: 10
Views: 594

Re: Fonts -removing Noto (foreign fonts)

Did you realize that you deleted fonts-noto-color-emoji this way? Most users would like to have system-wide emoji support. Anyway, It is better to uninstall fonts via apt than manually delete system directories. Hi! I avoided that by saving the Noto fonts I thought I could need at some point and no...
by tenfoot
Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:02 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Fonts -removing Noto (foreign fonts) (SOLVED)
Replies: 10
Views: 594

Re: Fonts -removing Noto (foreign fonts)

AndyMH wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:12 am Unless there is a better way, go to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto and delete the ones you don't want, then in a terminal fc-cache -f -v. This is what I have:
Screenshot from 2023-12-20 11-11-23.png
Thank you. Did as you suggested and those pesky fonts have gone. :-)
by tenfoot
Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:52 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Fonts -removing Noto (foreign fonts) (SOLVED)
Replies: 10
Views: 594

Fonts -removing Noto (foreign fonts) (SOLVED)

Using Linux Mint v21.2 MATE and LibreOffice v7.3.7.2 Thanks to Ptor's helpful hints, I always remove the Asian fonts installed by default, but it doesn't include the Noto fonts which remain in LibreOffice. It could be that they are installed by LibreOffice independently. As I will never use them I w...
by tenfoot
Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:30 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Libre Office Question
Replies: 11
Views: 384

Re: Libra Office Question

There should be a couple of "English" fonts by default. Remove the clutter like this: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/clean-mint.html#ID8 (item 8 ) Hi! I have a similar problem in that after applying your suggestions, I still have all the foreign Noto fonts present. Is there a...
by tenfoot
Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:51 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Onboard keyboard - two computers......(SOLVED)
Replies: 2
Views: 108

Re: Onboard keyboard - two computers......

Attention billyswong Hi! Thank you for your very helpful suggestions. In the end, it turned out that the icon was hidden. When I initially installed Linux Mint on the T550 - it's my wife's computer - I must have sent my brain on holiday and for some unaccountable reason chose to hide it :oops: . The...
by tenfoot
Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:42 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Onboard keyboard - two computers......(SOLVED)
Replies: 2
Views: 108

Onboard keyboard - two computers......(SOLVED)

I have two Lenovo laptops: a Thinkpad T450s and a Thinkpad 550. Both are running Linux Mint v21.2 MATE On the T450s the Onboard keyboard Menu displays successfully and works perfectly On the T550 the Onboard keyboard icon does not appear in the Menu. A search of Synaptic show that the software onboa...
by tenfoot
Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:21 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Size of Linux Mint Mate Download
Replies: 4
Views: 191

Re: Size of Linux Mint Mate Download

I use Ventoy frequently for various Live Linux operating systems, and it has never let me down.
by tenfoot
Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:44 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: I can see Clearly Now
Replies: 15
Views: 706

Re: I can see Clearly Now

Had cataracts removed from both eyes in 2019 at the age of 89. For the first time ever, I do not need glasses for driving, only for reading. After the operation I thought all my Christmases a]had come at once. :-)
by tenfoot
Sat Aug 05, 2023 2:35 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: what the heck is DIODON?
Replies: 9
Views: 710

Re: what the heck is DIODON?

Hi,
Lady Fitzgerald
!

Unfortunately, the link you quote returns an error. :-(

However, I have tried Sticky Notes and for some reason it doesn't sit comfortably with me. So, I'll stick with Diodon fo the present.
by tenfoot
Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:17 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: what the heck is DIODON?
Replies: 9
Views: 710

Re: what the heck is DIODON?

As a clipboard manager, Diodon is a joke. I tried it out because my old standby, which I had been very happy with, would no longer work properly when I installed Mint 21.1. :( Hi! Interested to learn which clipboard manager you use as your default. At present I use Diodon and really have no issues ...
by tenfoot
Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:28 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: More Users
Replies: 18
Views: 1465

Re: More Users

A big welcome to your Dad TaterChip.I was the same age when I converted to Linux Mint in 2006, after using the Acorn RISC OS system for the previous 15 years.
by tenfoot
Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:44 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Trouble with Lenovo Thinkpad T-Series laptop
Replies: 5
Views: 1821

Re: Trouble with Lenovo Thinkpad T-Series laptop

I run a ThinkPad 450s and a Thinkpad T550 on LM v21.1 MATE with no problems.
by tenfoot
Sat Jul 08, 2023 3:26 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: [SOLVED] How to "one-klick-open" desktop shortcuts?
Replies: 2
Views: 688

Re: How to "one-klick-open" desktop shortcuts?

You don't say which Desktop Environment you use. Here is how to do it in MATE. Open your Home folder Click on Edit and then on Preferences at the bottom of the window, which appears Click on Behavior Click on Single click to open items Close your Home Folder The procedure for Cinnamon and Xfce are p...
by tenfoot
Mon Jul 03, 2023 1:35 am
Forum: Scripts & Bash
Topic: Uninstall unwanted LibreOffice fonts
Replies: 14
Views: 1349

Re: Uninstall unwanted LibreOffice fonts

I have a similar problem with LibreOffice fonts. I applied the suggestion by Pjotr and the Asian fonts were safely removed. However, at some point LibreOffice has installed numerous Noto fonts and I haven't worked out a way to safely remove them. I grit my teeth every time I have to choose a font wh...
by tenfoot
Tue May 09, 2023 1:33 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: gParted - moving partitions......
Replies: 1
Views: 188

gParted - moving partitions......

Using gParted v1.3.1 on Linux Mint v21.1 on a Lenovo T450s. My SSD has three partitions. Linux Mint -gParted.png The second partition used to have Linux Mint v20.3 on it. I want to increase the third partition by using most of the unallocated space on the first partition and show all unallocated spa...
by tenfoot
Tue May 09, 2023 12:57 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: QUERIES LibreOffice Base - Episode 2.....
Replies: 8
Views: 290

Re: QUERIES LibreOffice Base - Episode 2.....

This is an update and apology for not responding earlier.

To RIH
Regrettably, the solution did not work for me. It may well be that I haven't understood the amendments you suggested correctly, and I will come back to it later when more urgent matters are dealt with.

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