Dear linux users.
I have searched the forum using the search tools if there is a thread with a problem equal or similar to what happens to me.
I have also read what could be the correct way to diagnose and explain the problem I have in my current installation of Linux Lite 3.8

The beginning of the problem is not clear, I will detail what I did and what were the consequences.

I was installing STEAM, in a terminal, already with root permissions.
The installation asked me to confirm a procedure to download some packages.
And to proceed I had to write textually in the console "Yes, as i say!"
With that, after confirming, the download of the packages required by the installation began.

After the installation, the terminal was at its prompt waiting for some new command. At that time I needed to move to the SEAM installation directory and wrote

When I click on the Date and Time in the panel, the calendar shows up, as expected. But, it is displaying the week number in the left most column. Is there a way to turn this off? I looked in the preferences for Date and Time, but there isn't anything there dealing with the calendar display, so where should I look?

Hello all!
Briefly I present myself, I am a software developer 10 years ago, I have used linux since 2002 (many and varied distributions) but never as much as for 2 years that I have installed it permanently as an operating system in my home PC.
I'm also passionate about technology in its broadest spectrum, games and everything related to software.

I'm 31 years old, I am married and my wife is also a Linux user since she has become accustomed to using it in our home as well as in her work.
I live in Uruguay , I like to attend MeetUp events related to linux, unfortunately the active community in my country is not very big but even so some events take place.

In this opportunity, he entered the forum to request support with a problem with my current installation of the operating system since I could not solve it by my own means and in #freenode nobody offered to help me with the problem. :'(

Thank you very much from now on and we are reading.

Not sure that I am writting on right place.
First I am new in linux, maybe I install aplications on wrong way...
I have often disapear aplications from linux 4.2beta.
Simple like they was never installed on my lite before, just empty icon.
For example playonlinux, viber, etcher...
I yust install them again and they work for some time again until disapear.
Is this problem with beta lite, or I install them on wrong way?

Hi,

Sorry if this has already been asked, not sure how to phrase it in search; but I'm kinda OCD about design and the U in 'Menu' text is WAY too close to the first quick launch icon. I was wondering how I could possibly edit the margin on that button ( that being the 'start' menu ).

I just want it to have more space. please?

I apologize If I've wasted anyone's time, just thought this would be the best place to ask.


Loving this distro ( came fro elementary, the king of bugs ) so far. very eloquent build!

thanks lads and lasses,
Ashley!

I am using Thunar now, which is the default file manager in Linux Lite. I hate that it always asks me if I'm sure I want to delete something! I found a way to make a custom menu item to delete without this here: http://blogs.dailynews.com/click/2013/03...e-manager/ but I can't figure out how to disable it for the SHIFT+DELETE keys combination, which is what I would usually use.

Well MS has managed to mess up the fall update for Windows 10, and they actually have yet to fix it, which is not a surprise to some insiders who actually warned against the new update implementation as suffering from mismatched protocols in some patches, since on the inside in their attempt to use a new sync script and tool they have caused the update to un-sync and delete the existing user documents folder. The great and laughable thing is, it is simply not repairable as it is, which means the entire update must be redone, and of course anyone who has lost work cannot run their computers at all if they hope to recover their files undamaged. The rumor is: and I also think it is the case, that some recent OS security implementations are the cause and will have to be rolled back first.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help...te-history

Lucky you can use your Linux system to get your MS files back.
https://www.howtoforge.com/recover-delet...h-foremost
And you can find it in synaptic.
So if your Windows 10 machine has to take a timeout, just let it pout in a corner for now, and fire up a nice new Linux OS.
TC

Linux Lite has been mostly great, and I have been showing it to people, who tend to be impressed. One thing, however, is really NOT impressive, and for most people it's a deal breaker - this is the problems I have when I want to copy files from (for example) my flash drive to (for example) my second internal disk. I cannot do this with drag and drop, period. However, I can COPY the files on the flash drive and then paste them into the folder on the internal drive. What in the world is the problem here? According to the permissions, I can do anything I want to all of these files and folders, so why won't the drag-and-drop interface let me?

When I show LL to friends, this part is a real problem, because we're often copying mp3s or pictures over. It's really not impressive when it won't let me do this and I have to do a kludgy workaround to make it happen. Plus, since (IMO) this shouldn't be happening, it's irritating. And unfortunately, it's what people tend to remember about the OS. "Oh, yeah, that was the one that couldn't copy files."

I don't have any trouble copying files within my system disk, only with my other internal disk. It's FAT32, if that helps.

I recently installed the Wine program, which allows some Windows programs to run under Linux.


So far this has been very successful, and much better that I had expected. So good in fact, that I’ve started in earnest to get my main PC off of Windows (7), and have begun to transfer the programs that I want to keep.


However, there are a couple of issues regarding the creation of a desktop launcher for each Wine program. The good news is that the main problem is resolvable, in what appears to be an undocumented feature, which perhaps should be part of the GUI.


When you right click on the desktop, you are presented with a menu, that includes Create Launcher…


Most of these are easy enough to enter, except for two issues.


The first is relatively minor. Because the Wine mechanism relies on Windows executables that are hidden under /home/username/.wine they cannot be seen by the Create Launcher GUI. This can be overcome by a copy and paste operation from another window (Menu, Other, Browse C: Drive), which is available after you’ve installed Wine.


The second is a bit more problematic if you want to use a custom user created icon, rather than those already on the system.


Using a standard system icon is fine, but if you want it to also look the same as it did on the Windows system, you need to create the one that is normally embedded in the Windows .exe file.
See “Creating program icon” below.


The problem is that when you try and enter the link to your newly created program icon, there is apparently no way to do so, since a click on “No Icon” in the Icon: section will just bring up the existing system icons.


You have to use what appears to be an undocumented feature:
First, after clicking “No Icon” you select “all icons” in the select icons from: section.
Then if you press the down cursor you get a folder/file browser, with which you can navigate and select your created icon.


Perhaps in a future release the GUI could include select user defined.






Creating program icon


This can be easily done, by extracting it, and converting it to be compatible for use under linux, using the following terminal procedures:
There are no doubt better ways but at least the following works.


1) Extract the .ico with

Just wanted to say that I have a network printer/scanner HP Deskjet 4530 [or something] hosted under the same router that I am plugged into and the printer worked right off the bat - same goes for scanning function - without even any configuring or other mingling around on my part. Looks very well done aspect of the system and a merit of modern Ubuntu.