Friday, May 30, 2014

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Tiny Core

 

Thank You
Sophie

Am 23.05.2014 01:50, schrieb Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies]:
> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 06:30:44PM +0200, 'highskywhy@yahoo.de'
> highskywhy@yahoo.de [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> > thank you. is it eady to use for an beginner? regards sophie
> >
>
> No. It's more of a very small system for more experienced people.
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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] xfce Xubuntu watch

 

THANK YOU THANK It worked Sophie
Am 22.05.2014 23:27, schrieb Justin Bell justin_e_bell2000@yahoo.com
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> I just changed my clock to show seconds- but I am using ubuntu 10 on an
> old pentium 4 system.
>
> To change the clock, I :
> 1. right-clicked on the clock/time icon

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Tiny Core

 

Thank You for help
Sophie

Am 22.05.2014 18:57, schrieb Joan Leach jleach728@sbcglobal.net
[LINUX_Newbies]:
> From Tiny Core Forum:
> Topic: remaster for graphic designers (Read 2043 times)
> http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=13227.0
> From Google search:
> http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/tce.html
> Joan in Reno

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] FF safe mode

 

I wanted to say
FF sometimes stop.
Kill and start again and then it is fine.
regards
sophie

Am 22.05.2014 18:46, schrieb Joan Leach jleach728@sbcglobal.net
[LINUX_Newbies]:
> Do you mean in Firefox, Edit, Preferences, Privacy, clean history or
> individual cookies? I do the latter, since I know from running Windows
> malware scanners what they usually remove, it must work, since Firefox
> is faster afterward.
>
> Joan in Reno
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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] black screen

 

No Desktop computer.
Am 22.05.2014 18:38, schrieb Joan Leach jleach728@sbcglobal.net
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> Is this a laptop, backlight problem?

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] system problem

 

sudo rm /var/crash/*
Thank You. Can this task produce a problem or can I do it always?
Regards
Sophie

Am 22.05.2014 18:35, schrieb Joan Leach jleach728@sbcglobal.net
[LINUX_Newbies]:
> https://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+discovered+a+system+problem
> Try looking here or in logs?
> Joan in Reno

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Delete some partitions from hard drive

 

Hi Joan,

You wrote:

You probably would have checked the advanced or do something else option for the partitioning tool to have displayed itself ...

That sounds like a way to miss all the partitioning
stuff!

Looks like I'll be watching for that kind of thing
"instead of" or "in addition to" some kind of
possible "partitioning" intros.

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Gene Falck
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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Delete some partitions from hard drive

 

You probably would have checked the advanced or do something else option for the partitioning tool to have displayed itself on Mint or some other Linux install set-up tools.

Joan in Reno

From: "'Gene C. Falck' gfalck@merr.com [LINUX_Newbies]" <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com>
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Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Delete some partitions from hard drive

 
Hi Roy,

I'm going to be watching this thread--I don't
know much about partitioning.

You wrote:

The 14.04 disk has a partition editor on it so you can fix the partitions and re-size as needed. Work from the disk and not from the hard drive or you can mess things up. The partition editor will show you the partitions and the size and file format of each.

Hmm--As I work along in the forthcoming Mint
upgrade, how do I spot the partition editor? I do
recall not seeing the lead-in when I installed 16.

I gather it would be appropriate to have a home
partition at least.

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Regards,

Gene Falck
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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Delete some partitions from hard drive

 

Hi Roy,

I'm going to be watching this thread--I don't
know much about partitioning.

You wrote:

The 14.04 disk has a partition editor on it so you can fix the partitions and re-size as needed. Work from the disk and not from the hard drive or you can mess things up. The partition editor will show you the partitions and the size and file format of each.

Hmm--As I work along in the forthcoming Mint
upgrade, how do I spot the partition editor? I do
recall not seeing the lead-in when I installed 16.

I gather it would be appropriate to have a home
partition at least.

--

Regards,

Gene Falck
gfalck@merr.com

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Ubuntu 12.10 Slooooow Acer Aspire Atom w/ 2GB

 

Hi Roy,

You wrote:

Ubuntu is the biggest and most popular by far, but it is not necessarily the best for everyone. It uses its own desktop manager (Unity) and it tries to be the most which means unfortunately the specs required to run it have gone up over the years. However, remember that there are no guarantees that your older hardware will work with Windows' new variants either. They too have upped the ante in order to compete.

No kidding! That's one of my considerations that
got me into trying Linux! My old netbook that was
on Windows XP fails the Windows 8 online test, I
don't know of anyone that liked Vista, and we're
going to Windows 7 where I work (so far, one it's
bad enough to keep me peeved at Microsoft).

... choice. Unity, GNOME Shell, Cinnamon, Mate and KDE. All take similar resources but they are vastly different in how they use them and how they look and feel.

When I started on this path, I had been told Mint
with the Mate interface was a good bet. So far, so
good; it isn't very fast but not worse than XP (and,
of course, I lot better than a windows version that
won't work).

Since this is all an experiment, I'm doing OK. One
feature that has been an eye-opener is that MInt
with Mate posts a popup notice whenever a WiFi
drops me--I'm seeing how poor some are and, of
course, why I had such a bad time just trying to
download the .iso.

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Gene Falck
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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Ubuntu 12.10 Slooooow Acer Aspire Atom w/ 2GB

 

Linux IS a good replacement for Windows XP. There are over 1000 distributions and all are different. That is the quandary facing many users moving to Linux and it has frightened off a fair number who are not used to choice. It is like going into a huge candy store in a foreign country when you have a sweet tooth. You don't know what to get.

Ubuntu is the biggest and most popular by far, but it is not necessarily the best for everyone. It uses its own desktop manager (Unity) and it tries to be the most which means unfortunately the specs required to run it have gone up over the years. However, remember that there are no guarantees that your older hardware will work with Windows' new variants either. They too have upped the ante in order to compete.

Linux really is just the kernel. On top of that is userland from GNU which is mostly the same in various distributions. But what you see and use varies greatly. There is a graphical user interface that makes a big difference. Part of that is the window manager and part of it is the desktop environment. 

Some distributions will completely from RAM with as little as 10 MBs with a GUI. From there the sky is the limit. Take the specs from any distribution and multiply that by at least a half in order to get something that you may be happy with in terms of performance.

Lowest RAM for a desktop environment also means less flexibility and convenience for the user. Openbox is one of the lowest but works best if it comes pre-configured by the developer. LXDE is one of the lowest that is user friendly. XFCE is one of the lowest that is user friendly and fun to use. Then take your choice. Unity, GNOME Shell, Cinnamon, Mate and KDE. All take similar resources but they are vastly different in how they use them and how they look and feel.

You can use Ubuntu for the base of any desktop environment. Some come pre-configured. Lubuntu is Ubuntu with LXDE. Xubuntu is Ubuntu with XFCE. Kubuntu is Ubuntu with KDE. Ubuntu GNOME is Ubuntu with GNOME Shell. Linux Mint will give you an Ubuntu base with Cinnamon or Mate. Or you can install ubuntu and add other desktop environments post-installation and test the performance difference on each. You can switch at login time.

The problem is not with Linux. It offers the user choice. It is small enough to run a watch and powerful enough to run the world's fastest supercomputer. The problem is that users coming from Windows are not used to choice. 

Microsoft in its attempt to become mainstream offered the user one look and feel for every situation. That is a fine strategy (also employed by Apple), but it does not give the user many options. Now Microsoft has followed Ubuntu's strategy with Windows 8 and tried to offer a common interface for all devices and users are rebelling. Ubuntu wants to put Ubuntu on TVs, phones, tablets etc. with the Unity interface on each and all apps the same on all devices. The name Unity was coined with this in mind and it pre-dates Windows 8.

Slaves who were freed must have felt like Windows XP users cut adrift by Microsoft. Where to go and what to do? That is the question and the answer is different for each person.

Roy





On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 4:47:31 PM, "Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies]" <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


 
On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 09:21:17PM -0500, Loyal Barber loyal_barber@yahoo.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
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> On 05/24/2014 03:57 PM, jon.perelstein@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> >
> >I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on an Acer Aspire One netbook
> >that is running an Atom Z520 chip (Ubuntu says it is 1.33GHz x 2).
> >The machine has 2 GB memory installed (verified by Ubuntu). This
> >install replaced Win XP that came on the machine - I reformatted
> >the HD (155 GB) and completely eliminated Windows - in other
> >words, it is a full install and not a dual boot situation (it
> >doesn't ask me to select an operating system when it boots up, so
> >I have to believe I got the single boot right). Ubuntu agrees
> >that it is a 155 GB drive and tells me that I have about 144 GB
> >remaining.
> >
> >
> >It is just unacceptably slow.
> >
> >
>
>
> I would be willing to bet it is the video driver. Someone who uses
> Ubuntu, where does one find the "restricted" drivers in other words,
> drivers created by video chip manufacturer.

If I remember correctly, the Aspire one has an onboard Intel.

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Delete some partitions from hard drive

 

I am not sure that I totally understand your situation, but I am assuming that you want to remove the distros that you do not want and reuse the space. There are a few of ways to do this.

If you have only two partitions then it is easy. Just install 14.04 and replace the distro that you want to remove by installing it to the same partition. 

If you have three partitions, XP and two distros, then you can install 14.04 across two partitions using one for home and one for / (root). That is advantageous because a separate home means that if you ever have to re-install you can keep your data and settings without having to back up. If you have more than three then you want to edit the partitions and re-size. 

Another option is to keep a partition open and format it as NTFS to use for backups or data from both Linux and Windows. That has its advantages too since Windows cannot read Linux file systems. That way you get to share data easily from both, say your photos or music.

You may also want to remove partitions to simplify things. The 14.04 disk has a partition editor on it so you can fix the partitions and re-size as needed. Work from the disk and not from the hard drive or you can mess things up. The partition editor will show you the partitions and the size and file format of each. You can remove a partition but you will not get the space back unless you use the editor to resize and adjoining partition to make it larger. You can also shrink a partition to create space rather than destroy it completely. Removing partitions will change the relative order and mess up grub, BTW. That will not affect Windows, but it may affect Linux since it uses ordinals to keep track of partitions in grub. The fix for that it to re-write grub using the installation disk. Google it if you need to do this. A word to the wise. Keep XP as the first partition. Linux does not care, but it will mess up your Windows C: drive numbering and Windows may be be prompting you to format what it sees as empty partitions where Linux is. Not a good idea.

If you want a separate home you need to choose a custom installation (the last option in the list, sometimes called manual -- the wording changes & I can't keep up). Choose the smaller partition as root or /. It should be anywhere from 4 to 10 GBs depending on how much you install and video edit. The large one should be reserved for home or /home. It can be as large as you like. Format home only the first time you set it up. Never re-format on subsequent installations and always choose custom installation in the future. as long as you check and double check before you hit the install button then you are okay. I have had the same /home since I bought this computer and have re-installed dozens of times. I have multiple distros installed and have a different home for each on the same partition. I just use a different user name such as roy-suse and roy-fedora.

Not much can go wrong as long as you do not touch the XP partition and there are no interruptions in the installation process. If there is an interruption then you may not get grub installed and may not be able to get into any operating system. In that case you will have to use the Live CD to re-install grub.

This is a rather long explanation, but it covers many possibilities and not all may apply. It is not as hard as it sounds.

Roy




On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 2:20:18 PM, "'Gene Henley' mhenley2@verizon.net [LINUX_Newbies]" <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


 

I`ve done what a green horn Newbie might do. I`d like to correct it.
Some of my computers have more than one distro along with XP.
I have put only 14.04 and XP from get/go on some other computers.
I`d like to make all my shared boot computers to only have XP and
14.04 until I dump XP. I have a good 14.04 disk I burned. How can I
 eliminate distros I do not want and replace with 14.04?
                              Thanks!
                                           Gene Henley 
 


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