Re: [xubuntu-users] I cannot install printer - xubuntu 23.10

On 30/01/2024 11:07, Alessandro Lin wrote: Synaptic program works. Unfortunately  ' hplip '  is still incompatible with ubuntu 23.10 HPLIP (from the HP site) install failures are unfortunately very common because they expect highly specific packages, especially Python libraries, and these

Re: [xubuntu-users] 32 bit or 64 bit motherboard P5KPL-AM IN/GB [ASUSTek]

Burn the 64bit ISO image to USB or CD and try to boot from it. If it boots, it'll run. If not, it won't. P On 13 December 2023 12:05:06 James Freer wrote: I'd be grateful if someone could advise if i can run Xubuntu 64 bit on this machine. Reading the manual it mentions about running 32 bit

Re: [xubuntu-users] Xsane icon

On 06/11/2023 23:14, Victor Forberger wrote: On 11/6/23 15:44, Peter Flynn wrote: Just curious. Why is the Xsane icon a stylised old dial telephone? Good question. The icon actually is spiffy when see in full view and glory. It is. But what *is* it? Or is it just two swirls

[xubuntu-users] Xsane icon

Just curious. Why is the Xsane icon a stylised old dial telephone? P -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users

Re: [xubuntu-users] I hate chatting here

On 18/10/2023 21:41, Cody Smith wrote: The original message reads a lot like a dramatic exit to me, Peter. Very possible. Assuming he's able to work out how to. Peter -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [xubuntu-users] I hate chatting here

On 18/10/2023 15:36, Leo Historias wrote: Why no discord here, i wanna unsubscribe this right now! No-one is stopping you. This is for old 90s guys Discord is for people with 30-second attention spans who write half-sentences. I know, I'm on it  Peter -- xubuntu-users mailing list

Re: [xubuntu-users] Odd behaviour on laptop suspend/resume

Thank you all for your suggestions. On 15/02/2023 14:48, Victor Forberger wrote: If I select sleep first before closing the lid, the problem does not occur. There is no 'sleep' option in Cinnamon, only 'suspend'. But selecting 'suspend' from the Shutdown menu item works, then close the

[xubuntu-users] Odd behaviour on laptop suspend/resume

I don't know if this is hardware, OS, or X. I have been running Mint 20.2 on a Dell XPS 15 laptop for a few years and it's been fine. It's set to Suspend when the lid gets closed (both on power and on battery) and that's exactly what it was doing. Lifting the lid brought back the lock screen

Re: [xubuntu-users] Domestic project management

Thank you all.for the recommendations. GanttProject is fine — I had missed it at first. P -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users

[xubuntu-users] Domestic project management

I'm having a bathroom stripped out and refitted. I'd like to maintain the state of play in some kind of personal (open source) project management software capable of generating a Gantt chart and highlighting overlaps and conflicts. All the apps I look at are gigantic, aimed at corporate

Re: [xubuntu-users] 22.04 - allowing remote X11 access to my display?

On 31/01/2023 21:45, Larry McVoy wrote: I'm sorry people, I spent the day googling and I can't figure out how to do this. I recently upgraded from 16.04, where I had it working, but for the life of me I can't figure it out how. Things I've tried: I found some config settings and added them to

Re: [xubuntu-users] Installing an older version of a package

On 14/11/2022 21:49, Peter Flynn wrote: Where would I find the .deb that would have been installed by Mint 19.2 in the days when that was current? I managed to find that after some trawling. Now to see if it installs. P -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify

[xubuntu-users] Installing an older version of a package

I would like to be able to use an older version of Emacs (25.2.2) in a current distro of Mint (or some other Ubuntu or derivative). The current version of Emacs in the repos for (eg) Mint 20.2 is 26.3. The 25.2.2 version of Emacs was last distributed for Mint 19.2 (maybe different for

Re: [xubuntu-users] gimp-helping "not available" ...in Firefox 104.0.1

On 05/09/2022 10:02, Ralf Mardorf wrote: the good news, you can still save an image to /tmp, maybe not an image shown by firefox, but by any app that isn’t a snap. The really good news is actually that I junked FF years ago anyway. But not being able to save to /tmp is a killer, so snaps are

Re: [xubuntu-users] gimp-helping "not available" ...in Firefox 104.0.1

On 5 September 2022 06:07:27 Michael Hoehne wrote: Snaps are not allowed to use "/tmp" because of security issues. Does this mean (for example) that I would not be able to Save As... to /tmp (eg an image). If so, I'm going to need a snap-free distribution. That kind of restriction is

Re: [xubuntu-users] Evince rendered page size incorrect (too big)

On 24/11/2021 18:12, Victor Forberger wrote: [...] > Evince was changed drastically at some point, and Atril basically > replicates how the old evince functioned/appeared. Evince lost its menu, making it virtually unusable. I have no information on what the designers were smoking. Peter --

Re: [xubuntu-users] Two network icons in panel area

On 26/04/2021 12:59, Eddie wrote: > I upgraded from Xubuntu 20.10 to 21.04 and now have two network icons in > panel. > > One is next to power manager icon and one is a double arrow in a > notification area. > > Not sure whether to remove one or not. I'd leave them. I *think* the double arrow

Re: [xubuntu-users] MFP aus hplip installieren

On 10/12/2020 18:52, linux@gmail.com wrote: If the HPLIP installer is a .deb file, hplip is a shell script. It does a lot of checking, installs any missing dependencies, and ends up installing all the HP tools and configuring whatever printers it finds. It's pretty good, but it does

Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 20.04: Qt Library

On 09/12/2020 15:35, Hartmut Haase wrote: Hi, to compile LyX I need the Qt Library for qt5-gtk, but I don't know the name of its Package. Can someome help? I think it's called qt5-style-plugins Peter -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or

Re: [xubuntu-users] Outlook Calendar error "something went wrong, refresh page"

On 03/07/2020 20:29, avengethecathars wrote: [...] I cannot even remember where to find which release of xubuntu I use, I think it is 14.04. I need help, and to retrieve my calendar. In a console window, type the command lsb_release -a This will tell you what Linux you are running. Peter --

Re: [xubuntu-users] keyboard and touchpad stop working after a few hours

Borrow another and see if the same happens. If not, trash it and buy a new one. If the same happens, it's not the keyboard. P On 29 June 2020 02:28:00 ajay patel wrote: I'm running Xubuntu 16.04 on a Lenovo laptop. A few weeks ago my keyboard stopped working properly. Its works fine after

Re: [xubuntu-users] Trouble receiving e-mail from this group

On 08/06/2020 15:31, Phil Staub wrote: Hi Ralf: [...] If I send to the list with my 'staub dot us' address, the mailing list rejects the submission as an attempt to post to a members-only list from a non-member. That email came to me from the list with your address as From. So something is

Re: [xubuntu-users] problem upgrading from 18.04 lts to 20.04 lts

On 30/04/2020 16:59, John R. Sowden wrote: I did it, most were about 23 ms. < 5% went up to 35-60 ms.  what is the purpose of this? what is 8.8.8.8? Google's domain name server. Pretty much always up. P -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or

Re: [xubuntu-users] XFCE destroyed V $ rm .cache/session/*

On 23/04/2020 14:59, whyskyh...@yahoo.de wrote: sorry. did my email go lost? No, but you never answered the questions we asked, which is very rude. P Am Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:36:45 +0100 schrieb Peter Flynn : On 21/04/2020 12:00, whyskyh...@yahoo.de wrote: Shall I do this? $ rm .cache

Re: [xubuntu-users] XFCE destroyed V $ rm .cache/session/*

On 21/04/2020 12:00, whyskyh...@yahoo.de wrote: Shall I do this? $ rm .cache/session/* NO. Answer the questions we asked you. We cannot help you without more information. P -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [xubuntu-users] XFCE destroyed

Can you give more details (LOTS more details)? Without more information it is impossible to help. P On 21 April 2020 09:11:39 "whyskyh...@yahoo.de" wrote: good morning this is another PC Xubuntu is not working XFCE destroyed What can I do? Regards Sophie I tried some things but no

Re: [xubuntu-users] Can't create PDF from DVI

On 18/02/2020 21:59, Jan Borowiec wrote: I work under Xubuntu 18.04. After executing latex ttt,tex, I get the ttt.dvi file. Please don't do this. Unless you are using some VERY old packages, there is no reason to use the old latex program. Use pdflatex or (better) xelatex to generate PDF

Re: [xubuntu-users] Font colors

On 02/12/2019 18:58, Barbara Westmoreland wrote: I have Ubuntu  18.04 and use Thunderbird for e-mail. There has been a change when you want to use different colors for fonts. Why was this done? If this is within Thunderbird, then you might want to ask the Thunderbird support list at

Re: [xubuntu-users] From 16.04 to 18.04

On 13/11/2019 10:20, Fritz Roth wrote: well ... if this xubunto > does not have the ability to be used on the internet with any internet stick I have no idea what an "internet stick" is, but I assume it's a plug-in USB 3G/4G SIM with a modem. Is this true? What happens when you plug it

Re: [xubuntu-users] Old Computer

On 20/02/2019 09:08, Ken Traynham wrote: > I have an old computer that I am trying to convert from Windows 10 to > Ubuntu or Xubuntu.  Are there any recent versions of either that come > with an installation CD (64-bit) instead of a DVD?  My computer does not > have an DVD drive. Does it have a

Re: [xubuntu-users] Desktop suddenly behaving strangely, need help

On 20/01/2019 18:21, avengethecathars wrote: > Hello > Suddenly my desktop is behaving strangely. New windows lack the upper > right hand corner controls (maximize / minimize) and I cannot get to my > desktop and other folders. The panel has turned black, but still has all > the items, including

Re: [xubuntu-users] Preferred Browser Setting Ignored

On 14/12/2018 20:04, Rog wrote: > I've installed Vivaldi on my Xubuntu 16.04 desktop machine. Problem: > FireFox keeps popping up when I click links and calls itself the > preferred browser. > > In FF, I can not turn-off the check box for Always check if Firefox is > your default browser. I

Re: [xubuntu-users] Need help registering my nick to get Ubuntu help

On 02/11/2018 21:28, avengethecathars wrote: > Could some kind person help a confused one register my nick so I can get > ubuntu help via freenode? Sign onto IRC with a valid nick and then type the command /register PASSWORD EMAIL where PASSWORD is a password you make up, and EMAIL is your

Re: [xubuntu-users] Viber on 32 bit Architecture

On 14/09/18 04:17, Klaipedaville on Google wrote: > Thank you for replying, Peter! Do you remember what version of Viber did > you have running? No, I'm sorry. It was a long time ago, before WhatsApp was invented. > I found one Viber's version that is 32 bit. It’s for win xp. The > Viber's

Re: [xubuntu-users] Viber on 32 bit Architecture

On 12/09/18 23:30, Klaipedaville on Google wrote: > Hello List, >   > Does anyone know if there are any work arounds to run Viber that has > always been 64 bits on 32 bits machines? >   > I have Xubuntu 18.04 running on my 32 bit machine. I tried to use > different versions of Wine (www.winehq.org

Re: [xubuntu-users] how to upgrade

On 25/08/18 00:06, nomedarosa9 wrote: hello, friends! I'm still learning how to use Linux so I wanna know more about upgrading, since my 16.04 version is already receiving notifications about 18.04. Others have warned against 18.04 and some have said it works for them. I moved off Xubuntu to

Re: [xubuntu-users] Firefox using loads of memory.

On 14/08/18 12:39, lefty wrote: > On 08/14/2018 05:56 AM, Peter Flynn wrote: >> One of the reasons I trashed FF and switched to chromium-browser. > > otoh, Google Yeah, something to suffer for the convenience... ///Peter -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@l

Re: [xubuntu-users] Firefox using loads of memory.

On 14/08/18 10:06, Marc Coevoet wrote: > Hello, > > I do not know if other people are seeing this, but I have maybe 10+ tabs > active ... One of the reasons I trashed FF and switched to chromium-browser. ///Peter -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings

Re: [xubuntu-users] new pdf file

On 03/08/18 14:39, Victor Forberger wrote: [...] > From what I see, Atril has all the functionality of evince. And, the > interface is better, so it it easier to use. Sounds good. Always happy to try something out, just excuse me that decades of usage has left me skeptical about wonderful new

Re: [xubuntu-users] new pdf file

On 02/08/18 20:48, Victor Forberger wrote: > atril is the new pdf reader, and its functions and layout are like > evince under 14.04 (at least from what I recall). I do hope that atril is adding something, because it isn't worth changing for the sake of change. Evince was one of the few PDF

Re: [xubuntu-users] Move hard-drive into new PC

On 09/07/18 12:31, David Wright wrote: > My son has just built himself a new PC so I'm thinking of moving my > hard-drive into his old one and benefit from 16gb RAM compared to my 8gb > and a newer Intel CPU compared to my five year old AMD. I'll also move > my existing graphics card across.   >

Re: [xubuntu-users] Garmin sat nav updates

On 17/06/18 11:43, James Freer wrote: > For over four years I have been able to update my sat nav 52LM model > with Openstreetmap data each month which has worked fine with Linux. I didn't know you could do that with any commercial GPS unit. > I also think OSM is better than either TomTom or

Re: [xubuntu-users] News reader for 16.04.

On 27/05/18 14:29, Marc Coevoet wrote: > Hello, > > somebody knows a good newsreader, I was used to knode, but cannot find a > .deb for it... I use Thunderbird. It's not perfect but it's enough. P -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [xubuntu-users] Easier to Resize Window by Mouse Pointer

On 03/05/18 13:13, Vinzenz Vietzke wrote: > Hi Minghang, > > please check: > https://xubuntu.org/news/window-resizing-in-xubuntu-and-xfce/ Very useful, thanks. Unfortunately, the core of the problem may lie in too many system/theme/application designers not wanting to provide grab areas at the

Re: [xubuntu-users] need help with installation

On 22/04/18 23:22, Thiago Cantanhêde da Rosa wrote: > hello guys and gals > this is my first time trying ubuntu and xubuntu seemed like the best > choice for my old machine Xubuntu certainly; regular Ubuntu has an interface that is too big and hungry for older machines. > I'm stuck at

Re: [xubuntu-users] Linux substitute for Dreamweaver

On 21/04/18 20:21, Jim wrote: [...] Or maybe use a VM to run windows and Dreamweaver. That's how I use TurboTax to do my taxes. Or cough up the $50 for Codeweavers WINE ("CrossOver"). I think Dreamweaver installs in that. I have used CrossOver for the occasional random piece of Windows

Re: [xubuntu-users] WIFI NOT WORKING

On 21/04/18 17:41, Cody Smith wrote: We're going to need more information to be able to help you. What Wifi card, and what version of Xubuntu you installed. A new user is unlikely to know what wireless card is in the machine, or even where to find that information. If it's a laptop, you may

Re: [xubuntu-users] A Bionic Experience

On 07/04/18 10:18, Leigh S wrote > Remove Installation Media: > > I can definitely say that there was no indication to remove installation > media as I have seen on other distributions, as I distinctly remember > thinking that I should take it out but as it was not written then I > wouldn't risk

Re: [xubuntu-users] A Bionic Experience

On 06/04/18 08:55, Chris Green wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 08:14:55PM +0100, Peter Flynn wrote: > [snip] >> >>> (Also, I did not know if I should remove the stick before reboot after >>> installation finished >> >> Most distributions explici

Re: [xubuntu-users] A Bionic Experience

On 05/04/18 18:52, Leigh S wrote: > Hi, Moin, Olá etc > > I am really, really happy with the absolutely excellent Xubuntu, thanks! [...] > The live USB stick (made using usb-creator-gtk) would only work when in > the USB 2.0 port of my computer (it got stuck on the blue Xubuntu splash > screen

Re: [xubuntu-users] Easy home file share

On 23/02/18 19:36, Jeffrey wrote: > I am looking for an easy way to do a home file share. > On Ubuntu mint, I use Caja-share to right click a folder to share. Yes, caja shares well. > I tried the options in the App Store for simple file sharing and I > couldn’t get any to work. Any

Re: [xubuntu-users] Chromium updates (16.04 LTS) - you tube clips

On 10/01/18 18:52, James Freer wrote: Since the last update about a week ago. I have found that You Tube clips do not seem to play. Yesterday and today there were updates that I installed and yet still the clips do not play. Forefox seems ok and plays fine since its last update. I used to use

Re: [xubuntu-users] Dual Boot With Windows and Xuduntu !6.04 Help

On 02/01/18 20:52, leegold wrote: in addition it says: gpt All I can offer is what I found when installing on a Dell XPS 15 GPT is some type of partition format, I think. I had to use gparted while booted from the USB in order to reformat with gpt. On Tue, Jan 2, 2018, at 11:50 AM,

Re: [xubuntu-users] No scrollbar steppers in xfce4-terninal

On 15/11/17 07:01, Teresa e Junior wrote: Em 14/11/2017 21:50, Len Philpot escreveu: From what I recall, the debate was fundamentally about more options and complexity vs. fewer options and good defaults. There were good points on both sides and the idea of good, intelligent defaults always

Re: [xubuntu-users] The Devil's Advocate

On 07/12/2017 08:45 PM, Joao Monteiro wrote: > I have been using Turbocad for nearly two decades and rely heavily on it > for my electric schematics. Sadly, the software authors/company never > provided any drivers for linux. And after a fairly deep search for > alternatives, the odd couple of

Re: [xubuntu-users] Rookie question on backups

On 07/12/2017 05:58 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:31:57 +0800, Guang Chao wrote: >> no one is paid > > Hi, > > JFTR "free" is for "libre", not for "gratis". An important point, often missed. There *are* a few people paid...there are some Open Source based companies whose

Re: [xubuntu-users] Update failure / disk full error

On 07/06/2017 07:14 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Thursday, July 06, 2017 10:04 AM, Roger wrote: >>> End users should not have to face such an obscure problem. > > OTOH "end users" should consider that even a user-friendly Linux distro > such as Ubuntu with it's flavours, such as Xubuntu, still

Re: [xubuntu-users] Rookie question on backups

On 07/06/2017 03:05 PM, Joao Monteiro wrote: > I was used to use the command prompt to select which files I wanted > to backup both from my own as well as from any other user of the same > machine and/or network. > > In Linux, though, I haven't yet figured how to do such a selective > backup

Re: [xubuntu-users] Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit

On 06/30/2017 07:52 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote: > On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> wrote: > [snip] >> Or do I have to do a from-scratch installation (not a major >> problem, as /home is on a separate partition, and most all the >> i

Re: [xubuntu-users] Need help with needing help and support

On 06/23/2017 10:04 PM, avengethecathars wrote: > Hello > I humbly need your help because I am out of options. I realize this is > not a help list, but I am reaching maximum frustration. > I am trying to log in to the xubuntu irc help channel. > When I go to https://xubuntu.org/irc/ it tells me to

Re: [xubuntu-users] Terminal: Batch Unzip All *.7z Files In Folder While Deleting Each 7z File?

On 06/20/2017 06:19 PM, Jesse Palser wrote: > Hi, > > I need to batch(from terminal) decompress all *.7z files in a folder > while deleting each 7z file. > How can I do the above in Xubuntu 16.04? First, install 7z $ sudo apt-get install p7zip-full Then in the directory where the .7z files

Re: [xubuntu-users] Noticeable drop in performance of Xenial

On 06/19/2017 06:34 PM, Apurv Jyotirmay wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a Xubuntu 16.04 LTS installation as my primary system, but the > system has started to lag a lot. Earlier everything would go smoothly, > but now lightDM would take about a 40 seconds to show after booting up, > then Firefox would

Re: [xubuntu-users] Telegram group for Xubuntu

On 06/16/2017 01:21 PM, Apurv Jyotirmay wrote: > Greetings everyone, > > I've created a Telegram group for Xubuntu as there was no other group > (official or unofficial). Thanks, but I'll stick with email for the moment. Or is there a mail-sync option that adds Telegram conversations to the

[xubuntu-users] Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit

A rather odd request. I have a Dell Optiplex 745 which I rescued from oblivion last year when an office was being cleared out. I hurriedly installed Xubuntu 16.04 on it and it's been fine. It now turns out that I used a USB containing the 32bit distribution instead of the 64bit, so I wanted to

Re: [xubuntu-users] Failure to Connect SFTP Error

On 06/01/2017 09:27 PM, Rog wrote: > I rely on Filezilla to transfer files to my hosting service but it no > longer works. It fails at the very beginning, failing to connect. Much > searching w/ Google turns up no answers. Nor does a tech support > consultation with the hosting service. The

Re: [xubuntu-users] No indication of disk checks at login

On 26 May 2017 10:50:30 Chris Green wrote: The default is every 24 reboots isn't it, hardly "extreme rarity". But the point isn't how frequently it's configured, it's the fact that it doesn't tell the user AT ALL TIMES what it's doing. There are long pauses with a blank

Re: [xubuntu-users] confirmation dialog when delete files from gui (thunar/nautilus)

On 05/25/2017 08:34 PM, Gustavo Sansone wrote: > What I'm seeing frequently, is some users suddenly "miss" files from > folders and then I find out those files goes to the "trash". > So, knowing that 99,9% is users fault, Do you know exactly *what* they are doing to make the files go to the

Re: [xubuntu-users] No indication of disk checks at login

On 05/19/2017 01:46 PM, Chris Green wrote: > I just want the warning message in the GUI to appear when it *does* > run so that I won't think something has gone wrong and hung the > system boot process. This and several related pauses during boot have been the subject of repeated questions over

Re: [xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

On 13/05/17 23:12, chris wrote: > On 14/05/17 07:25, Peter Flynn wrote: >> On 13/05/17 20:22, Joao Monteiro wrote: >>> Hi, >>> > >> Delighted to hear it. >> >>> Basically, I found a Xubuntu Xfce (desktop) version available for >>> dow

Re: [xubuntu-users] latest update issue 16.04

On 05/03/2017 02:04 AM, Justin O'Shea wrote: > Hi All > > The latest update to Xubuntu 16.04 has wrecked my screen resolution and > killed my wifi. > > Anyone know how to rollback the changes? No, but thanks for the warning. I was just about to run an upgrade. ///Peter -- xubuntu-users

Re: [xubuntu-users] Abiword 3.0.2?

On 02/05/2017 04:03 PM, James Freer wrote: [...] > My requirements were for preparing docs for teaching What kind of docs? You might certainly look at using LaTeX for that. It's designed for the automated formatting of documents that follow a pattern. ///Peter -- xubuntu-users mailing list

Re: [xubuntu-users] Abiword 3.0.2?

On 02/04/2017 09:52 PM, flocculant wrote: > That version is in the repos for Zesty. > > To get it available for xenial would mean an SRU [1] > > Abiword is no longer part of the default Xubuntu What a pity. It's much more stable than Libre Office. ///Peter -- xubuntu-users mailing list

Re: [xubuntu-users] xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 120, Issue 26

On 01/16/2017 12:20 PM, Mindaugas wrote: > Hello. This is a confirmed bug in Xenial Xerus (16.04). First, delete > everything related to msttcorefonts, then |wget > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb, > and then ||sudo dpkg -i

Re: [xubuntu-users] installing and using tex on debian/Ubuntu

On 01/14/2017 09:47 PM, pereira wrote: > I use gedit; it can highlight TeX commands (and many others). > I did not find qpdview. $ sudo apt install qpdfview ///Peter -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [xubuntu-users] Is there a Linux Distro with MS Word Pre installed?

On 01/14/2017 03:37 AM, pereira wrote: > Steve, [...] > On the TeX end I used to use plain tex, but now I use latex. I > haven't investigated what others might do. Whatever started to work > for me I stayed with. Most people do this if they have been using [La]TeX for a while. I stick with Emacs

Re: [xubuntu-users] Authoring tools: Was Is there a Linux Distro with MS Word Pre installed?#

On 01/14/2017 07:02 PM, pereira wrote: > for TeX on a debian-based system do > sudo apt-get install texlive* You probably want to add an editor. texstudio is good, so is kile; both are debian packages. I use emacs, but that's just me :-) You will also need biber if you are creating documents

Re: [xubuntu-users] Is there a Linux Distro with MS Word Pre installed?

On 01/13/2017 02:24 AM, pereira wrote: > FWIW, I use Libreoffice whenever someone in the MS Windows world > sends me a document in .doc or .docx format. So far I've had no > problems with sending them back documents made by Libreoffice and > exported into docx (which actually tends to shorten the

Re: [xubuntu-users] Is there a Linux Distro with MS Word Pre installed?

On 01/12/2017 08:07 PM, Will wrote: > I would like to leave Windows forever but I need MS Word. I can understand this: Libre Office is fairly good as a wordprocessor, but its support for the .docx XML file format is unutterably abysmal — it completely reverses the naming of styles, substituting

Re: [xubuntu-users] partition intermittently mounts: dying hard drive or bug?

On 01/11/2017 05:41 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:37:51 -0500, fred roller wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:36 PM, fred roller >> wrote: >> >>> 1G >> >> *..1T... > > :D > > I've got a SCSI drive with IIRC around 42 MiB. I'll raise you two 5¼"

Re: [xubuntu-users] shell tools

> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:06 AM, Ulli Horlacher > SysV UNIX On 01/10/2017 12:17 PM, Benjamin P. August wrote: > In some worlds it was /opt and others it was /usr/local that got used > for extra packages. > But Solaris (SysV based) used /opt, and once upon a time it was the #1 > proprietary

Re: [xubuntu-users] shell tools

On 01/09/2017 10:03 PM, pereira wrote: > On 01/09/2017 08:19 AM, Ulli Horlacher wrote: [...] >> Though I am German, I have NEVER written German programs. All my >> programs are in English, because this is the world languange. All my [few] programs are in English, but I have also written the

Re: [xubuntu-users] Why does Firefox persist as default browser in some contexts...

On 01/05/2017 12:43 AM, Len Philpot wrote: > ...despite not being visibly set as default? For HTMLfiles in a volume, > Chrome opens by default. Yet particularly from applications when opening > HTML help, for example, they all-too-often do so in Firefox. > > * I have Chrome set as the

Re: [xubuntu-users] Missing packages libpng12-dev and libxp-dev in 16.04 and 16.10

On 01/04/2017 10:48 PM, Robert Streeter wrote: > You could try pkgs.org <http://pkgs.org> just search for those packages. > I am sure you might find them there, just look for the Ubuntu versions. Unfortunately they are not there. ///Peter > On Jan 4, 2017 4:21 PM, &q

[xubuntu-users] Missing packages libpng12-dev and libxp-dev in 16.04 and 16.10

I am trying to compile Enlightenment under 16.04 and 16.10 but two packages required (libpng12-dev and libxp-dev) seem to have vanished from the Ubuntu distros, although they have been in earlier releases for years, and are still current in Debian. Does anyone know where to get them? ///Peter

Re: [xubuntu-users] Upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 got aborted

On 01/03/2017 09:17 PM, Peter Flynn wrote: [snip] > so I'm asking the same here: what do the 'rc' flags really mean (ie on > what criteria are they based) and can they be trusted? The actual list > is below... Belay that question. Turns out that these are obsolete *config* f

Re: [xubuntu-users] Upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 got aborted

On 01/02/2017 03:20 PM, Dave Dodge wrote: > I recently upgraded a machine directly from 14.04.5 to 16.10 and ran > into a lot of trouble along the way, ranging from dependency conflicts > to pre-script failures to a cat stepping on the reset button while I > was trying to fix things. cat(1) needs

Re: [xubuntu-users] please name included messages - solved

On 12/06/2016 07:09 AM, Bernhard Aicher wrote: > Hello Peter, > Yes I am sending and recieving mails by Thunderbird. OK, thanks. > I was talking about the names of included messages - they have all the > same name in Thunderbird. Messages don't have names. Do you mean the "From" header? Or the

Re: [xubuntu-users] please name included messages

On 12/05/2016 08:50 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 19:39:24 +0000, Peter Flynn wrote: >> Forward the full raw source of an example message (with FULL headers) >> to me at my personal address so I can see what it is doing. You are >> using Yahoo — I don't know h

Re: [xubuntu-users] Where are Panel Setting Saved / Revert Panel1

On 12/01/2016 04:55 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 11:42:58 -0500, Rog wrote: >> Where / what config file are Panel settings stored in? > > Hi, > > after taking a brief look into $HOME/.config I suspect in > > $HOME/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml

Re: [xubuntu-users] Scroll bar behavior?

On 11/19/2016 07:52 PM, Lee Gold wrote: > In my opinion the complication that (is it GTK3 or Xfce that's doing it > ?) with the scrolling in new versions of Xubuntu is nuts. There's also > the scheme they do now were they hide the scroll bar till you mouse over > it - I turn that off whenever I

Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 16.04 Status

On 11/17/2016 02:09 AM, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > About the icons in Dolphin > > What would happen if you quit Dolphin, deleted the config file/s and > restarted? I'm sure I went through this loop, back when it started to fail (maybe 2–3 years ago). If it had worked, I would have been delighted.

Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 16.04 Status

On 11/17/2016 06:34 AM, Roger wrote: > I also like Konqueror, for more "complex"tasks. But installing it causes > s lot of KDE dependencies to download. In my case, abundant disk space > enables loading useful software. Ones can open several windows. I used to use Konqueror when I used Fedora

Re: [xubuntu-users] Adobe Flash

On 11/10/2016 09:55 PM, Bruno Benitez wrote: > I dont know why it would say that. The package still exists in yakkety > http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/flashplugin-installer Could be a transient problem with update? Occasionally a sources.list entry references a wrong file or a misspelled

[xubuntu-users] Enlightenment on Ubuntu 16.04

I have been (and still am) running Enlightenment 18 without problems on Xubuntu 15.10 but I just upgraded a system to 16.04 and found that the only packaged version in the repos was e17! Does anyone know why this has gone backwards? I know I should be using e20, but the PPA doesn't support 16.04

Re: [xubuntu-users] Log-in Screen : Flashing and Lose of Wallpaper

On 08/30/2016 01:59 PM, Florian Coste wrote: [...] > I can imagine drivers and graphics cars are hard to program. I just > wanted to know what was the difference between his laptop and his > computer, in order to have more information about what could be > responsible of this bug. I'm sorry, I

Re: [xubuntu-users] showing disk space used

On 05/13/2016 07:51 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: > There is a program in DOS called hog. It shows me the amount of disk > space consumed by each of the current directory's subdirectories in a > pie chart with different colors. I an instantly see where I am > consuming disk space. Is there

Re: [xubuntu-users] Thunar Does Not Remember

On 04/28/2016 01:49 AM, Lee Gold wrote: > Using 14.04. > Thunar never remembers last used views. > I set the columns to certain widths and Thunar never remembers. > Is there a fix? I wish I could say "use Dolphin", but at the last update someone screwed with the location of icons, so it's

Re: [xubuntu-users] xubuntu 14.04: strange behavior on thunderbird drop down recipient box

On 03/15/2016 10:03 AM, Fabrizio Tivano wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm managing a large scale of Xubuntu 14.04 based desktop installation, > all systems are kept up to date by a centralized provisioning server. > > Few months ago, I don't exactly know when, but certainly in conjunction > with some

Re: [xubuntu-users] mousepad help

On 02/08/2016 07:14 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: > I am looking for help for xubuntu's mousepad editor. When I hit Help in > the menu, I get a list of xfce programs > > with links to the internet?, but nothing for mousepad. I want to assign > key strokes to make mp similar to wordstar. Why

Re: [xubuntu-users] Screen blank during version upgrade

On 07/02/16 19:20, Tim Preston wrote: > I have the exact same issue on my laptop and desktop while attempting to > do the same thing. even trying a fresh 15.10 install wasn't working for me Does the screen light up at all when you power up? Or is it permanently dead. If it's always black, you

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