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I've learned to start doing that for my Linux Lite inductees. I've also started adding the "Turn Off Computer" menu option to the Favorites category, just in case.
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Hello!
Is there any way to incorporate the Bluetooth fixes into the 2.6 LiveCD and 2.6 installs? Having to patch it every time I do an install is beginning to wear on me.
This is something EVERYONE who wants Bluetooth in Ubuntu to work for them will need to do to get it. Unless Ubuntu or one of the other OSes gets around to fixing this first, Linux Lite 2.6 would be the only Ubuntu-based OS (AFAIK) with Bluetooth support out of the box...
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Rob
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07-20-2015, 02:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-20-2015, 02:16 PM by paul1149.)
If there's one thing I would concentrate on, it would be making the installer absolutely bulletproof. I think the installer is already very good, yet I had problems with each of my two installs. One was a mess about which partition actually would be the target of the install. I could have deleted the old Windows partitions first and avoided the uncertainty, but that shouldn't be necessary, or at least should be mentioned during the install, and a summary screen of exactly what the installer is going to do before you sign on the dotted line is a must.
On the second install I had video problems, whereby the display was divided into four columns and the welcome screen was about 4 times as large as the screen (14" laptop). I had to search the Web to find the nomodeset flag to add to advanced boot options, which solved the problem.
There should at least be a built-in help page on the installer to help the user know about these options if something goes wrong or if there is confusion. He should know exactly what's happening without searching the Web.
The installer has already come a long way, but especially if you're targeting new converts from Windows, and your goal is to provide them with a turnkey alternative, it really is important to make the installer failsafe.
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A gui for configuring multiple screen would be really nice. something simple like this:
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@UltraCookie If you look in the help manual under "Hardware" you will see a topic called "Dual Monitor Setup Instructions" it explains how to do this with the display setting manager located at menu>settings>display.
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Ya I know how that works. Problem is with the alignment of the monitor. Lite automatically aligns the top border of the two screens. If I want the bottom borders to align I have to go into the settings editor. And since I often switch between the second monitor at work and at home it messes up the settings a lot and I have to fiddle with the settings each time before I can work again.
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(07-29-2015, 06:09 PM)Shady link Wrote:Suggestion
How about adding Xfce Mail Watch to Linux Lite.
Here's a link to it explaining what it is:
http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-p...tch-plugin
I use it with Thunderbird, which already comes with Linux Lite.
It works well and it's really useful.
Tried it but i can't get it to work with gmail. My other email works fine but it keeps telling me my username or password is wrong for gmail. Both checked and both correct.
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