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by Colonel Panic
Wed Aug 09, 2023 12:43 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: Really impressed with Debian 12!
Replies: 25
Views: 7444

Re: Really impressed with Debian 12!

OP, thanks for the glowing review of Debian 12. I haven't tried it yet but I hope to soon.
by Colonel Panic
Tue Mar 07, 2023 9:17 am
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: In Praise of "Kiddie" Distros
Replies: 12
Views: 1292

Re: In Praise of "Kiddie" Distros

I think there's a place for distros such as Mint, Manjaro and Gecko which come with all the software you are likely to want already installed and are ready to use as soon as you've installed them. There's a third option though; there are distros such as Absolute (based on Slackware) and Bunsen (base...
by Colonel Panic
Sun Feb 20, 2022 4:21 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: FVWM3 myExt
Replies: 1
Views: 532

Re: FVWM3 myExt

Thanks for these! I'm a big fan of fvwm and will check them out soon.
Best wishes,

Colonel Panic .
by Colonel Panic
Tue Mar 10, 2020 5:27 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Two pendrives mapped to the same folder on installation
Replies: 1
Views: 1818

Re: Two pendrives mapped to the same folder on installation

Just a quick update; I've found a fix for my computer setup by adding a new folder (/boot/efi2) and changing the fstab file to direct the second pendrive to it, so following a reboot it's all working well now with both pendrives mounted.
by Colonel Panic
Sun Mar 08, 2020 3:52 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Two pendrives mapped to the same folder on installation
Replies: 1
Views: 1818

Two pendrives mapped to the same folder on installation

Hi. I have two pendrives plugged into USB sockets at the back of my desktop machine, which show up when I lsblk it as devices /mnt/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1. I've just installed Mint 4.0 Debbie and everything went well except for one thing; the installation tried to map both my pendrives to the same folder...
by Colonel Panic
Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:26 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Firemin?
Replies: 13
Views: 2854

Re: Firemin?

Hi,

There's also an excellent add-on for Firefox called One Tab, which converts all your open tabs into a list that you can then click on to open whichever ones you want. I find it saves a lot of memory;

https://www.one-tab.com/
by Colonel Panic
Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:14 am
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: Window tiling
Replies: 3
Views: 970

Re: Window tiling

WindowMaker allows you to "maximise" windows either to halves (horizontally or vertically) or to quarters, which can easily be used for tiling. I've used this feature when I've had a program's registration code sent to me by -e-mail and I'm trying to enter the same code to install the prog...
by Colonel Panic
Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:25 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Libre Office - Spell Check not working [SOLVED]
Replies: 12
Views: 14490

Re: Libre Office - Spell Check not working

Beardedragon wrote:

Code: Select all

sudo apt-get install myspell-en-us
Could use Synaptic or Aptitude or change languages.
Thanks for this! I had (but no longer have) the same problem. I also had to install myspell-en-gb as I live in the UK.

Cheers,

CP .
by Colonel Panic
Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:13 am
Forum: LMDE Archive
Topic: Dialog box unreadable after Update Pack 7 installation
Replies: 7
Views: 2439

Re: Dialog box unreadable after Update Pack 7 installation

and I also can't see a .files folder in my home directory I suppose you mean .fonts :) Oops! Yes, that's what I meant. Sorry, I have a /files folder on my pendrive so I'm used to saying that :) I'm no expert but in my opinion there are some forgotten dots in the UP7-packages. In fonts.conf (thread ...
by Colonel Panic
Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:11 pm
Forum: LMDE Archive
Topic: Dialog box unreadable after Update Pack 7 installation
Replies: 7
Views: 2439

Re: Dialog box unreadable after Update Pack 7 installation

Thanks for your reply! I'm looking at the thread you linked to right now, and I also can't see a .files folder in my home directory (last but one post in that thread), so that looks like the problem right there.
by Colonel Panic
Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:23 am
Forum: LMDE Archive
Topic: Dialog box unreadable after Update Pack 7 installation
Replies: 7
Views: 2439

Re: Dialog box unreadable after Update Pack 7 installation

I think I might have posted this in the wrong forum (it should be in Update/Upgrade Issues instead), and if so, please accept my apologies.
by Colonel Panic
Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:32 am
Forum: LMDE Archive
Topic: Dialog box unreadable after Update Pack 7 installation
Replies: 7
Views: 2439

Dialog box unreadable after Update Pack 7 installation

Hi. I've recently installed Update Pack 7 into Mint DE, and mostly it went without a hitch except for one thing; the text in the dialog boxes now consists purely of blank rectangles (meaning the font is missing) so I'm no longer able to read what the various options are. Is there an easy fix for thi...
by Colonel Panic
Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:23 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Adding items to Mint's master menu
Replies: 4
Views: 2461

Adding items to Mint's master menu

Hi again. Most items which I install to Mint's master menu (the one which shows up in every window manager I use) add their own entries to the menu, but there are some which don't, like Seamonkey, or even don't have packages you can install from the repositories so you have to do the whole installat...
by Colonel Panic
Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:19 am
Forum: Releases & Announcements
Topic: Linux Mint 12 LXDE released!
Replies: 18
Views: 50603

Re: Linux Mint 12 LXDE released!

Thank you for a fine release of Mint LXDE. I'm new to Mint and so far really enjoying it. I have Mint 12 with Cinnamon on my main laptop and this lite version is running well on my old, old Satellite A65. Very limited resources in this laptop and no, it doesn't have a webcam built in so a lite vers...
by Colonel Panic
Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:09 am
Forum: Releases & Announcements
Topic: Linux Mint 12 LXDE released!
Replies: 18
Views: 50603

Re: Linux Mint 12 LXDE released!

Hi. Just installed gkrellm and am running Mint 12 LXDE live. With one terminal open and firefox running, Gkrellm shows 240 MB in use and 265 MB of swap. AFAIK it's no heavier on resources than Mint 11 LXDE was, which is a very good result.

Thanks for another fine release,

CP .
by Colonel Panic
Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:33 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: How can I install Portabase in Mint Debian?
Replies: 2
Views: 698

Re: How can I install Portabase in Mint Debian?

gn2 wrote:Get it here.
Thanks, I'll give it a go.
gn2 wrote:Did you download the correct architecture package of Portabase...?
I think so, but I'll check anyway.

Best,

CP .
by Colonel Panic
Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:50 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: How can I install Portabase in Mint Debian?
Replies: 2
Views: 698

How can I install Portabase in Mint Debian?

Hi. I've become fond of the Portabase flatfile database program in another distro and would like to install it in Mint Debian, which I'm running at the moment. I downloaded the .deb file from the Portabase website and tried to install it using dpkg -i, but it seems to need a library I can't download...
by Colonel Panic
Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:12 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Linux Mint E17
Replies: 168
Views: 84249

Re: Linux Mint E17

The text based installer was already suggested in other threads but is not necessary because you can install Mint 11 with less than 256MB of RAM. If you have 512MB of RAM or less make sure you have a SWAP partition before running the installer, if necessary use Puppy or other low RAM distro do crea...
by Colonel Panic
Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:38 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: Best browser for Linux?
Replies: 359
Views: 61435

Re: Best browser for Linux?

Matti L wrote:
KBD47 wrote:I never have just one browser on a computer. I currently have Opera, Chrome, and Firefox. I say the more the merrier.
I agree! Why choose if you don't have to?
Yeah, so do I but if I had to have just one it would be Seamonkey, with Opera in second place.
by Colonel Panic
Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:34 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
Topic: Linux Mint E17
Replies: 168
Views: 84249

Re: Linux Mint E17

Yeah I think you're right, the problem seems to be in the installation. I've seen someone else say (on a different distro's forum) that his installation on Mint 11 LXDE slowed to a crawl at the same point mine did, and he also had 512 MB of RAM. Once it was installed though, he said it ran fine. I'm...

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