This is kinda surplus, the system is still ubuntu based so the standard
repos can be used to install apps if they are needed.
If the OS is going to be as it says below, you may as well install a minimal
install then have a gui to select apps which can then be installed off the
repos. This however
You'll find most users simply will not use anything else other than firefox
(sad but true) So will more than likely install it anyway due to ignorance
or some form of loyalty, despite its massive shortcomings (like ridiculous
ram usage)
I personally use Chromium and believe there is a time when
FeatherLinux, DSL, Puppy all work great on old rigs
On Sun, 2009-11-22 at 00:38 -0500, Josh Embrey wrote:
Although others have suggested other things, there are specific linux
distributions that can really work well with old (I mean REALLY old)
systems. The issue is that they're really
What about Kazehakase which is a stripped down Firefox.
Firefox is a crappy browser once you try other stuff. The only thing I have
seen people sa yits great about is plugins which other browsers are now ok
with.
You failed to mention Arora which is webkit based and fully supports scipts
and
How about a few screenshots in a few different colours to see what the
consensus is?
2010/2/18 jo franz jo.ge.s...@googlemail.com
hm, ok, purple is a trendcolour. thats right, its in (even if some
magazines say that grey is the new purple), but it will become out again.
maybe one year,
You can install the 64bit minimal system or u-lite then install the
lubuntu-desktop metapackage. It will then be 64bit
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Julien Lavergne gi...@ubuntu.com wrote:
Le mardi 02 mars 2010 à 08:22 +0100, M. Daub a écrit :
I don't know anything about packaging, so
No because it causes more bother than its worth. Too many users getting
nonbootable systems then losing data as they can't/won't decrypt their
drives.
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Leszek Lesner leszek.les...@web.de wrote:
Hi,
did anyone test the Alpha 3 with encrypted home folder ?
On
I liked both so did not vote.
2010/3/8 PCMan pcman...@gmail.com
Maybe we can hold a vote on http://forum.lxde.org/ :-)
2010/3/8 神癒礁湖 rafaellag...@gmail.com
I know we're freezed, so we don't need to change anything except the
logos.
PS. At the end of the day, both proposals are tied
As Lubuntu uses gstreamer like Ubuntu just use ubuntu-resricted-extras. kde
uses something different so has its own thing, i believe xubuntu-restricted
extras is the same as ubuntu-restricted-extras. Just need to copy the
package and rename t on the repo afaics ;)
Just my 2p worth
-Andy
On Mon,
Its only looks though. Like gaps in icons.
I'd rather the devs concentrate on getting things working than minor
graphical issues like this.
I actually commented on the post to this effect.
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Phill Whiteside phi...@uk.vpolink.comwrote:
Indeed, PCMan, if you get a
install xsane from the repo and you will get it, you may have to setup
drivers etc, similarly you can install gwenview or eog and view / print
images. gwenview is the choice in fluxbuntu.
HTH
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote:
Unless I’m missing
Why not just use /etc/samba/smb.conf ?
simply add this sort of thing to share a folder:
[DOWNLOADS]
path = /home/andy
comment = Some stuff
browsable = yes
read only = no
writable = yes
hide dot files = yes
guest ok = no
invalid users = root bin daemon nobody named sys tty disk mem
valid users =
Wicd also doesnt support 3g which users may need (as far as i remember)
I prefer wicd personally, it is DE independant which is swt
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:04 AM, PCMan pcman...@gmail.com wrote:
Wrong list.
Please join lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net and ask there.
Besides,
why not use command line, so much easier than messing with stupid slow GUIs:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-desktop/ppa; sudo apt-get update; sudo
apt-get upgrade
or whatever. Simple to describe in qan email rather than click this click
that type this etc
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 10:19 PM,
If you then run:
sudo iwlist scan
Do you see the network?
You may have to connect to it after you make it.
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Roger Dean
rogeralexanderd...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi there
Congrats and thanks for all the hard work with Lubuntu!
I've noticed that lubuntu B2
Firefox is notoriously bad with ram. It's one reason I dropped it long ago
when chromium came out, prior to that i mainly used arora.
2010/4/16 ¤•thony•¤ Rulez kernell...@hotmail.com
I have the same problem installing firefox and check the memory usage,
use firefox instead of chromium
Yes:
sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
is an appropriate way to upgrade your system at CLI
the command:
gksudo leafpad
is the way to run leafpad as root, do NOT use sudo with GUI apps as you can
damage file ownerships as sudo does not setup the environment correctly.
Otherwise
Thats a really bad idea and destroys system security completely.
I strongly advise nobody to do this, its a REALLY bad idea.
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Chow Loong Jin hyper...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sunday 25,April,2010 10:18 PM, Pierre Yahoo wrote:
Visudo permissions do not work. I tried
I agree but most users will want the full flash / java experience. The open
source versions do not have the full capabilities of the proprietary
versions but some form of option could be incorporated into starting the
live cd etc etc to achieve the below without infringement of license etc.
Glad
ZIP doesn't do a fabulous job of compression, Bzip will get the data
significantly smaller. Hosting both files will require more storage on the
server side and essentially double the space needed to store the same info.
If space is a luxury then I'd say do it, otherwise you may have to bite the
Yes as you will only download what you need instead of the full OS which may
contain files and apps you do not need
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:35 PM, T.Beemster c...@tbeemster.nl wrote:
On 05/11/2010 04:18 PM, Phillip Whiteside wrote:
i was thinking possibly down-loading the minmal.iso, and
Make a symlink to the .desktop file in /usr/share/applications/name.desktop
in ~/.config/autostart
and it will run.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Lane Lester lles...@info-fast.com wrote:
I'm a long-time user of Ubuntu. Lately I've been using Openbox for my WM,
so I decided to try Lubuntu
Open PCManFM and go to Edit Preferences Desktop. There is an option
Manage the desktop and show icon files. Turning this off removes all icons
from the desktop.
You have to have it, or no icons at all. Your choice.
-Andy
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Ted To foru...@theo.to wrote:
Hi, Can
I always use gnome-mplayer
mplayer is one of the oldest and most respected players out there
-Andy
2010/5/13 神癒礁湖 ・ rafaellag...@gmail.com
Well, LXMusic isi a good program, but remeber that it depends on libpango
libraries and xmms2. Have anyone tested listening music music with
If yuo want to test deadbeef:
*sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexey-smirnov/deadbeef; sudo apt-get update;
sudo apt-get install deadbeef*
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 12:46 AM, PCMan pcman...@gmail.com wrote:
Maybe we can take some time to do this and send the patch to its
author. This should not be
If you install a full ubuntu then install LXDE then automount is ok.
Just my 2p worth
On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, PCMan pcman...@gmail.com wrote:
PCManFM2 actually can do automount on startup, unless your policykit
is not working correctly, which happens frequently. However, which
device to
in this case) you get all the applications associated with both Desktops.
Where you to strip out the gnome desktop fully, then pysadm would go with it
(along with things like OpenOffice etc. etc.).
Regards,
Phill.
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Andrew Woodhead
andrew.woodhead
You can also create a credentials file in this format:
username=yourusername
password=youpass
Then use this in samba:
//server/share /media/samba cifs
credentials=/path/to/file,uid=1000,gid=100,noperm 0 0
Having a username/password setup on samba is a very good idea as it keeps
users out but
Yes thats on way to get 64bit Lubuntu. You want a minimal amount of stuff
installing to then install the metapackage. Your networking will need to be
workable from command line too.
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Bob Trevithick bob.trevith...@gmail.comwrote:
If I were to use the Ubuntu 64-bit
Well if you want it now then the minimal ubuntu install is the way to go to
get 64bit Lubuntu. Depends if you can wait or not :)
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Bob Trevithick bob.trevith...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Andrew Woodhead
andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/hplip
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/hplipStates 3.10.2-2ubuntu2 but it's easy
enough to use the binary from the HPLIP site.
If you have more than 2Gb RAM You can easily get away with no swap due to
the size of Lubuntu but I have yet to install it myself due to
I'm kinda up for a Run the whole OS in RAM. like puppy has if its THAT
small. Who's with me. There is a guide on this which I intend to use in my
next system / this laptop if I get bored.
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Leszek Lesner leszek.les...@web.de wrote:
Am 24.05.2010 07:06, schrieb
Try:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvidia-vdpau/ppa; sudo apt-get update; sudo
apt-get install nvidia-glx-185
Works perfectly for my onoard nvidia 6150 so will work with your 9800GT
-Andy
2010/5/28 Radovan Suchánek radovansucha...@atlas.sk
Hello,
Long time I use xubuntu and ubuntu linux, some
As Jaeic says, removing metapackages is harmless, they are hollow and empty
and o not remove the packages they install so are fine to remove, this is
the same with any metapackage
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Phillip Whiteside phi...@phillw.netwrote:
Hi,
I guess this is more a question
will not, as has been reported as a bug cause
any issues with updates / upgrading?
Thabks,
Phill.
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Andrew Woodhead
andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com wrote:
As Jaeic says, removing metapackages is harmless, they are hollow and
empty and o not remove the packages
I'm in #ubuntu quite a lot (remember to say yo yo yo to your friendly
parsnip :D) and I do enforce the rules but am not an op. If people
tell others to obey the rules / use !ops if they are not compliant
then it helps keep things smoother.
On Friday, June 4, 2010, Goh Lip g@gmx.com wrote:
On
The packages in the metapackage will be available in both 32bit and 64bit.
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:37 AM, M. Daub m.d...@web.de wrote:
Hi Andrew,
hello *,
I know, that the packge manager pull down the 64-bit version, if they
exist.
But I assume, that the package manager will get the
try:
cd /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins; sudo ln -s
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/IcedTeaPlugin.so
Should be ok.
Personally I use the .bin file from www.java.com as all the systems I'd need
java on are 64bit. I then symlink the libnpjp2.so to the plugins folder and
it works.
Java
Not sure, I dont install flash or java using the repos nowadays.
Let us know how you get on
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Carsten Agger ag...@c.dk wrote:
søn, 06 06 2010 kl. 11:56 +0100, skrev Steve:
Maybe install another JVM? But this is supposed to work fine, I should
think?
It
You only need PAE on 3Gb+ RAM as stated. 32bit address registers can only
hit ~3gb RAM so need special software to manage the memory addressing. This
is what PAE does and allows up to 12Gb RAM for 32bit Linux. If you only have
1Gb RAM then weather or not the kernel has PAE or not will not affect
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver p http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/gp.mit.edu
--recv-keys ACC3E225CF57B0F4
Should be ok
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Phillip Whiteside phi...@phillw.netwrote:
Hi gang,
I have an OP on with a problem, the pastebin is due to expire, so I include
it at the bottom.
sure you know
what I mean in that regard as keys are important.
Regards,
Phill.
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Andrew Woodhead
andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com wrote:
Yeah that server gets swamped due to every man and his dog using it. If
you use a different one then you will more than
I'd just like to add one thing that EVERYBODY is forgettin
GRUB IS NOT THE *ONLY* BOOTLOADER
Try LILO, It is a perfectly fine bootloader, or am I just thinking
outside the box here and being too radical. Just because Grub is default
in Ubuntu doesn't mean it is the best solution. You could
Just copy it to /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins
Simples
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:14 AM, Phillip Whiteside phi...@phillw.netwrote:
Hi,
Okay, I can leave that bit out, it is just I know that set of instructions
work so am not to blame if it does not work for the next peron ;-)
Regards,
wasted? --Bob
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Chow Loong Jin hyper...@ubuntu.com
wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:19:17 +0100
Andrew Woodhead andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com wrote:
Just copy it to /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins
And run chromium-browser with --enable
No I just use one that plugs into my already configured soundcard. Using USB
for audio just over complicates things and I have no idea why the idea has
taken on so much. We have audio in and out on the soundcards we use, even
ones back i the ealy 90s had them. Why can't we just use those. So much
To install a deb file you can use:
sudo dpkg -i file.deb
And it will install, you can make apt attempt to satisfy dependancys (if
they are needed) with:
sudo apt-get -f install
Should be fine
-Andy
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Daniel Hallett dhallett2...@gmail.comwrote:
How am I able
Did you MD5 test the ISO?
If you installed using a CD, did you check the CD for defects?
-Andy
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Bob Trevithick bob.trevith...@gmail.comwrote:
I just did the alpha-2 install on my Mini-9 Netbook, and there were
various little issues that arose. I'm not sure what
Burn as SLOWLY as you are allowed. Even 1x if you can. It will give a better
image on the CD and will reduce errors by jitter and such. Using a USB
device alleviates the need for moving CDs and such (assuming you can boot
USB). If not definately burn slow, try another brand if you still get issues
to add to ubottu (the bot in #ubuntu) run:
!factoid is description
e.g.
!eggs is Eggs are laid by chickns and can be made into tasty omelettes
etc.
Run this in #ubuntu channel and it will be reviewed for addition.
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Phillip Whiteside phi...@phillw.netwrote:
Do you mean using gksudo or sudo in command line??
Remember sudo is ONLY for command line apps and gksudo is for X based apps.
-Andy (actionParsnip)
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.comwrote:
I noticed this before, but forgot about it. When you open any app
Yeah that is normal. Happens on my Ubuntu desktop too.
-Andy
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.comwrote:
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:51:33 +0100
Andrew Woodhead andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Yorvyk yorvik.ubu
If you tweak openoffice to use less ram, simple
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:57 PM, John Zoidberg zohn.joidb...@gmail.comwrote:
Slightly off-topic:
3. Gnome office is a light office suite but very poor, Open Office is
heavier but is a real working tool.
I do 95% of my 'office' work
evince does a fine job, not too sure on its lightness but will review
-Andy
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Julien Lavergne gi...@ubuntu.com wrote:
Hi,
I made some changes to the lubuntu-desktop package (which was a bit
broken recently) for Maverick :
- Replacing epdfview by evince :
Install wicd instead.
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Mikhail Maksimov mcwil...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, list.
Lubuntu Lucid installed from mini.iso seems to be affected by a bug in
NetworkManager (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=530024):
the wired network interface is not
:
i915.modeset=0 xforcevesa
but it stopped at the same place, although with a small font.
Lane
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Andrew Woodhead
andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com wrote:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-ubuntu-10-04-lts-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup.html
On Mon, Aug 2
...@info-fast.com wrote:
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Andrew Woodhead
andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com wrote:
Did you MD5 test the ISO?
No, but I just did, and it's correct.
Did you burn as SLOWLY as you could?
Yes, 8.
Have you checked the CD for defects?
No, don't know how
://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Developers
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/DevelopersHas the work-around for it.
Regards,
Phill.
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Andrew Woodhead
andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com wrote:
When you see the First boot screen, press pace and you will get the normal
text
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