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7 Hours Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Version I use has reached "end of life" in Absolute Beginners Section

I will address some of these issues and I'm sure others will add their recommendations . 1.Back up everything important to a removable device...

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15 Hours Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Hyjacked by Firefox in Absolute Beginners Section

Ctrl + Alt + T to open the terminal and try the following to kill Firefox. I don't know the cause of the problem though. killall firefox

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16 Hours Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread [13.04] Move Unity Launcher to bottom screen in Desktop Environments

Official comment on a bug report regarding launcher movement. https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/668415/comments/2

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17 Hours Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread How do I get flash running on an old pc? in Multimedia & Video

The minimum cpu requirements have increased greatly for flash and one reason I retired and old computer ....

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17 Hours Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread XFCE, app like DockbarX but with no grouping? in Desktop Environments

I run Dockbarx in XFCE strictly as a most used application launcher and move it to all sides of the screen in preferences. I am unclear about the...

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18 Hours Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread [13.04] Move Unity Launcher to bottom screen in Desktop Environments

Moving the launcher is not possible. There was a Compiz plug-in project for Ubuntu 11.10, but was quickly abandoned. Obsolete:...

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18 Hours Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Notify-OSD Custom Not Theming in Desktop Environments

You can ask a question at the link. https://answers.launchpad.net/~leolik

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18 Hours Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Upgrading from 12.10 to 13.4 using ISO in Absolute Beginners Section

I don't know if this will work with 13.04. http://askubuntu.com/questions/202945/how-to-upgrade-from-12-04-to-12-10-using-cd I watched a friend...

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1 Day Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Notify-OSD Custom Not Theming in Desktop Environments

10.04 is/was using gnome 2 and 13.04 is using gnome 3.6.. I am am only seeing 12.04 (gnome 3.4) listed in the ppa. but I don't speak the language....

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1 Day Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Marvellous May Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

Unity http://www.use.com/98287a45c9a32539505b#photo=2

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1 Day Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Google Chrome Install by Terminal in Absolute Beginners Section

The open source Chromium which Chrome is based on can be installed from the command line, but not Chrome without the source . See Below

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1 Day Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Dash disappeared in Desktop Environments

I can't answer how it failed, but you can try the following. Open Terminal : Ctrl + Alt + T Unity Reset: unity --reset

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1 Day Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Customizing ubuntu in Absolute Beginners Section

The user themes extension in the gnome tweak tool needs to be to be installed and activated for the shell themes to be applicable. Make sure the...

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1 Day Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread broken dependencies in General Help

E17 is a desktop environment and now that it is installed it can be selected from the icon on the login screen and used. If you don't want it causing...

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread broken dependencies in General Help

How did you attempt to install E17 ?

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Opera Browser always starts with upgrade page in Absolute Beginners Section

You're Welcome !

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Marvellous May Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

See my test from the previous post. http://www.use.com/

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Marvellous May Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

XFCE

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread broken dependencies in General Help

Start with the link if using a PPA. http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-ppa-purge-with-multi-arch.html If these are E17 packages from the...

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Marvellous May Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

Omploader will deny access and delete content when it is discovered the pictures are posted on a forum or are accessed too many times . When it is...

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Is it possible to install dockbarx in Lubuntu? in Absolute Beginners Section

From what I see on the net dockx is being used in Lubuntu ,but I can't help with specific settings to get it running.

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Different Desktop Sessions in Desktop Environments

This reads like you want to bypass the login screen to change sessions and as far as I know it is not possible. When I experimented with XBMC it had...

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Is it possible to install dockbarx in Lubuntu? in Absolute Beginners Section

See the link , the version noted is older but you will get the current version with this PPA . Remember the start command on the bottom of the page....

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Different Desktop Sessions in Desktop Environments

I have seen this question asked before and as far as I know log-in can't be bypassed. In my case I have Xfce, the Gnome Shell, and Unity . The...

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Is it possible to install dockbarx in Lubuntu? in Absolute Beginners Section

I use the dock in XFCE which starts from the menu, but have not tried in LXDE . I do know that for best results composting needs to be enabled. ...

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread Installing/Unistalling Programs in Installation & Upgrades

Hello and Welcome, You can start in the terminal with the following and see my signature for Ubuntu documentation man dpkg

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2 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread 13.04 upgrade boot failure in Absolute Beginners Section

Jonor is correct , did you preform two upgrades . There are vast differences in packages between 12.04 and 13.04.

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3 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread LightDM login not necessary in Desktop Environments

I have more than one window manager installed, but if enter tty and use Ctrl + Alt +F7 I am returned to the login screen . Ctrl + Alt +F7 does...

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3 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread gconftool, gconf-editor, and dconf-editor in General Help

I believe the dconf-editor is geared towards the Unity desktop because that is when I first installed the tool . The dconf-editor gui is in the...

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3 Days Ago

Frogs Hair replied to a thread 13.04 Not worth the trouble in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

I suggest nothing about the ops karma or intelligence . Ununtu 13.04 - AMD 64X II Nvidia 8 series graphics card / 313 .30 driver 4GB of Kingston...

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