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thanks guys, I will go ahead then and can mark this thread as solved!

Tom

thx Aktiwers, not quite familiar with network settings and stuff.

The link explains it well, but won't my internet provider (the one I pay a rediculous amount of money each month) mind that I...

thanks, 3 possible ways to go,

For the moment I don't find webcontentcontrol in adept packet manager but I would have to take a look at that.

on my childrens account I could install firefox...

Hi,

I recently installed Opera as webbrowser and wondered if somebody knows if it's possible to block adult content for my children. Just so they don't bump on anything by accident. Some might say...

Wanted to let you know,

I ditched midori and installed Opera (from opera website).
Has all the features looks nice and is faster then firefox.
Bookmarks from firefox where easily imported in...

Hi,

I had similar problems (256mb, 20 gig hd)the question is if it's the lack of space or the lack of rams that causes the problem. I don't know what is the minimum required space to install...

hello all,

Does anyone know why midori lightweight webbrowser doesn't show me https, (secure hyper text transfer protocol) pages, only http pages?

regards Tom

found a walk around, this html you can open (by double clicking it) in midori,
then you can click on each link and add it in midori. I think I'll do one when I actually need it, otherwise it will...

Thanks, that's was easy enough, importing it in midori seems less obvious in the bookmarks pulldown menu there is only add bookmark.

Tom

Hi all,

I changed webbrowser from firefox to the more lightweight midore, anyone who knows how to transport my bookmarks from firefox into midori ?

thanks upfront, Tom

Hi, just wanted to let you know,

So I tried openbox and xubuntu and in the end came to realize how much I like the look and feel of KDE.
So I took the easy way out. I thought lets not mess up a...

I had the same setup in the beginning, gnome and kde with indeed the menu in the beginning to choose your sesion. Now I'm only running kde.

As said you have mixed menu's, gets a little annoying,...

Maybe RTrev has a point there, the applications don't become any lighter,...
Maybe I will have to try Lubunty like The Phantom suggested.

Let's see, Tom

Ok, installed openbox, it is indeed fast but all has to be accessed trough pulldown menu's. I hate to scroll trough several menu's to get to an application.
I want icons so I installed perlpanel...

hmm, the plot thickens, ...

I have only 256mB and if I remember correctly an 1,8mHz processor, will I notice the difference between Kubuntu 8.01 and Xubuntu 7.01? Now starting kmail or firefox...

thx! I will try this,

The reason why I moved away from windows in the first place, always someone who has the answer or at least puts you in the right direction.

Tom

Hello All,

has been a while, when everything runs smoothly ...

Recently my computer is getting slow (I'm running kubuntu 8.10 with only 256 Mb ram) it's an old laptop so ugrading the hardware...

hi concerto,

Just an idea, I have an Hp laptop and (under windows) I could not control the brightness of the screen at all. No fix from Hp although according the internet a lot of similar cases....

Hi Alan,

Never really downloaded software from the internet and then installed it on the system like you would do when using windows. I'm sure it's possible but
normally I go to > add and remove...

had the same issue, burnt the cd with windows and it didn't work because it was copied as a file. I did not really find an option in my windows software to copy it as an iso.
So copied the file...

You are right Paqman,

I or better Ubuntu developers just upgraded my system from 6.06 to 8.04 with just one click ! How awesome is that, with windows I would still be popping in cd's to install...

thanks for all info,

Yes maybe I will have to update to a more recent version. But for this old laptop my dapper installation is perfect, everything works fine, now just because my wife want's to...

Hello all,

I recently created an account on facebook. For some strange reason I don't see who is online (bottom right corner)
This is on my dapper drake installation using firefox. I updated...

Hi Givré, I tought to ask the specialist himself,

I installed ubuntu dapper with default Gnome desktop a while a go, I have an external drive that I didn't want to reformat in ext3 or fat 32...