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As a follow-up to my thread about banning "other" from the $HOME directories:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2460569
and the announcement from discourse.ubuntu.com in the same thread:...

You've lost me bit here, but the discussion is interesting.

For /home everything is default. For $HOME only x is set for "other". No read permission. For all subdirs to $HOME "other" has no rights...

Good call!
I've tested it. Every $HOME should have the "x" attribute set for "other". Anything below that should have rwx "other" attributes cleared, with one exception: .face.icon must have read...

Interesting reading, Thank You @deadflowr for the link.

OK, just ran into a minor issue. The "icon.png" for the user login needs to be set as "read" for "other" in $HOME. No big deal...

Also, do not remove "other" from $HOME, but only the subdirs and...

Really? I feel good now :)

Thanks, CatKiller.

I have changed the ownerships of $HOME and subdirectories to only have default "owner" and "group" permissions using the following command:


~$ chmod o-rwx -R ./* ./.[!.]*


Can this...

Yep, the .net site is a cybersquatter. Avoid referencing it, it just brings it more traffic.

Final Update:
Project "update BIOS" is dead.
I made a live-boot DVD with FreeDOS, which boots beautifully (into an R: drive, which is somewhat weird).

I copied the sp39750.exe file onto a USB...

Thanks, CelticWarrior, but I tried that.
The HP driver file (sp39750.exe) simply extracts a handful of files, but does not create a bootable image. None of the options in the HP link appear.

It...

Thank You for your suggestions.
I think I'll let this issue rest for a while, it's not urgent, the laptops run.
FreeDOS is probably the way to go, but the documentation on how to make a bootable...

Nasty comment and inappropriate. I've tried all combinations of Fx keys, Esc etc. to get to a BIOS menu that will allow an update. No cigar.
The link from Celtic was good, but apparently related to...

Thank You, but that doesn't work either. Again: these laptops are pure BIOS, no UEFI available. The link to support.hp.com presumes UEFI.
I know these laptops are old, but they have the best...

Thanks, so Wine is out.
But these are not UEFI machines, only BIOS. I can try to run the .exe files on my Win machine to see if they unpack somehow, but am afraid to brick somthing.

Are there...

I possess two of the mentioned laptops (2008/2009 vintage), both were unfortunately born with Win Vista. They are now running Lubuntu 20.04.2.

I'd like to upgrade the BIOS on both machines, but am...

"Neil_The_Newbie"... Well, I was "ml9104_The_Newbie" 18 months ago.

But I did not expect a "Free (as in beer) Windows" experience, on the contrary. I managed to get an old notebook that originally...

I don't know how often this has to be said:
DO NOT MIX CLI AND GUI WHEN DOING THIS KIND OF THING! Either 100% the one, or 100% the other.
Now you have the pain. I've no idea how to help you, sorry....

Depends on your locale. If it's en-US it's indeed odd.
For other locales it is normal.

I've now come to the conclusion, that no driver or configuration file for the "Mute" LED exists for an HP6910p (and other 6xxx series) laptop in Lubuntu, All searches in /etc and /usr have brought up...

guiverc, Thank You for your response.

I can rule out the kernel, this issue persists since Lubuntu 19.10 (my first Lubuntu install).
I can also rule out the browser. I have the issue on two...

I have a laptop running 20.04 LTS and it runs perfectly. But I have one issue:

Between screen and keyboard there's a touch panel for turning on/off WLAN and controlling audio volume. Also a touch...

Only thing I can see is, that you're using apt-get instead of apt. Apt-get is somewhat outdated.

Interesting, Thanks.
Lubuntu by default installs a ~/.local/share/fonts directory. It's empty, but still...

Nothing to do with Lubuntu.

You can place fonts anywhere you like.

It's just that I like the association between /usr/share and ~/.local/share for global vs. user. Makes it easier to find...

Shouldn't 2. be:
~/.local/share/fonts

??