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I don't use Ubuntu myself, but my sister does, and I do her tech work. Right now, her netbook is on Xubuntu 14.04, and the Software Updater keeps reporting an upgrade to 16.04.3 LTS is available. ...

Thank you very, very much for removing all of the context, including the original "answer." Now, my comments make absolutely no sense. BTW, before you reply, read my .sig and ask yourself why it...

Yes, I could easily help her make a shell script she could run, but that's just a kludgy workaround, and you're completely missing the point. Until a few days ago, the drives automounted read/write....

My sister runs the latest Xubuntu and until recently, flash drives automounted with full read/write, but now they're all read only. She's not a computer geek, isn't comfortable working in a terminal...

OK, so it's probably an issue with the laptop's boot manager or BIOS setup screens. Will try again later, and mark this solved if that works. Also, as my .sig notes, I don't use Ubuntu myself, but...

I'm trying to help a friend experiment with Linux, but her computer refuses to boot from my USB because it's not UEFI. What do I need to do?

Thank you; we may already have it installed, but we'll check. And, although I'm very comfortable with a CLI, my sister isn't and she's the one who should do the job.

OK, and how do we disable that repo? (Remember, neither of us is skilled at using Ubuntu.) And I presume that using sudo apt-get remove chrome first would get rid of it if it's not being used?

Brother here. The netbook just keeps asking us to check the settings, but all we can check are what repositories and so forth, nothing about her connectivity. And, as I don't use Ubuntu, or any...

I've been doing it, now, for over a decade and when I helped my sister migrate to Linux, I made sure her box was properly set up. Don't judge my experience by the number of posts I've made here;...

And, now we all know that a live USB/DVD can (sometimes) upgrade an unstable system leaving you with a working computer. (I'd also suggest putting /home on its own partition, and making a copy of...

I've burned a DVD and my sister booted from it. It gave her the option to upgrade rather than reinstall, so we did that, because if it failed we could always do a new install. As it happens, it...

Hello, there! I'm the OP's brother and tech support guy. Normally I don't like giving up that easily, and recently spent two days repairing an upgrade to my Fedora box using only a CLI because the...

Thank you, Lisati, I just needed to make sure I wasn't missing something.

Using a CLI is a good way to find out if the scanner works, and we'll keep it in mind, although I hope we can get a GUI...

Up until recently, Geoffrey_Audt, the printer worked Just Fine, and it still works fine as a printer and copier; it's just stopped working as a scanner. (We can rule out hardware difficulties in the...

Thank you, Geffrey_Arndt for your constructive suggestions. We will follow them as soon as time permits, and report back on how they worked. This is exactly the type of help I was looking for and...

Please notice that when the printer was first installed, there was no difficulty scanning; now there is. Before accusing me of an "attitude," I'd appreciate it if you'd at least try to address that...

I'll drop the attitude if and when you start reading my posts before responding and stop repeating previous suggestions. As far as Simple Scan goes, I'm not at her computer, and don't know why she...

You did read, didn't you, that she just installed the most recent version of hplip, and that it prints Just Fine? Assuming that she doesn't have the time right now for a proper upgrade, what other...

The printer has worked Just Fine as a printer ever since it was installed, but she's only recently needed to scan and didn't realize that it wasn't set up. My guess is that we picked the right...

My sister is currently running Xubuntu 14.10 and has an HP4500 model G510g printer. It prints just fine, but can't scan. We've installed hplip and tried xsane. It acts like it's scanning but never...

I just checked: she also can't ftp to my domain, but I can. Ideas?

My sister, using the latest Xubuntu, needs to connect to a website by ftp to upload files. She's tried using both filezilla and the FireFTP addon for Firefox, but neither one is able to connect. I...

Thank you, Sudodus, that's pretty much what I was looking for. I was hoping that there was one place that had them all, but this will do very nicely. He has plenty of computer experience, although...

He wants to try the different DEs so he can find out which one he wants to work with, not because he expects the website to show differently.