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El Presidente said:
Is there any way to turn off the workspace preview thingy (technical terms FTW!) or move it to a different location in Mint btw?

Currently, if my mouse hits the top left corner of my screen, I'll get the option to switch to another workspace. I've lost count of the number of times I've done that as opposed to opening the gmail tab on my browser.
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On Kubuntu, it's under Settings | System Settings | Workspace Behavior | Screen Edges. Look for something similar in your settings.
 
palmtree5 said:
I read that: Looks complicated!
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I haven't read it yet--I'm actually THINKING about doing something I have not been able to do with an out-of-the-box computer in decades: use it as is. :eek:

The first thing I normally do when I take a new computer (desktop or laptop) out of its box is stick a Linux disc in its drive and wipe all traces of window$ off of it, replacing it with Linux.

THIS time, I'm already getting Linux. Even though I'm always [always...always... :laugh:] yakking about *buntu and how great it's been for me, I'm not averse to using/trying other distros [think my now-dead Bodhi laptop, or Fedora and several other distros I've tried again over the last couple years, just for the fun of it]. If this Chromebook allows me to do everything I'd normally do, and I can make it look how I like, I might leave it alone.

Or not.

You know that curiosity thing with me. :D
 
Her parents felt better about the Samsung, so my granddaughter is getting that tonight.

After we get her a 64 GB SD card, I think she'll enjoy Linux.

I'm probably going to wait for the new crop coming out and decide which I want.

I'm learning towards Debian on mine - but a lot of root goodies like Ubuntu so I may do that.

PS - read that it's not difficult to replace the HD in the Acer with a solid state drive...
 
Kinda Linux related but also device related: Currently working through the process of installing Arch on my N7... We'll see...
 
I can't figure out why this happens. I'm using a usb wlan drive to get wifi to my desktop. I've set up ndiswrapper properly because I have internet flowing through just fine (though only B/G, N doesn't seem to work). However it will randomly stop working until I remove the driver and reinstall it. It seems to happen most often when downloading or streaming. Anyone know the cause of it?
 
Best guess is whatever controls how often the kernel tells attached USB devices to sleep is triggering after awhile.
 
jhawkkw said:
I can't figure out why this happens. I'm using a usb wlan drive to get wifi to my desktop. I've set up ndiswrapper properly because I have internet flowing through just fine (though only B/G, N doesn't seem to work). However it will randomly stop working until I remove the driver and reinstall it. It seems to happen most often when downloading or streaming. Anyone know the cause of it?
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Brand and model?
 
Dngrsone said:
Okay, so I am looking at this tutorial on installing KDE on Mint; but now I am unsure which version of KDE/Plasma to install.
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Don't be overwhelmed by all the choices--it's just standard Linux philosophy, letting the user control what s/he wants to install. :)

Unless there's some reason why you don't want a full install, I'd recommend going with these:

Code: 
For the full version, install the kde-full package:

$ sudo apt-get install kde-full

If you want KDE Plasma Desktop do:

$ sudo apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop

Note that I don't use the apt-get method for installing KDE (I usually burn a Kubuntu disc and use it; I've also occasionally used Synaptic after installing Ubuntu to add KDE/Kubuntu). Therefore, I'm not sure if the second of those choices will actually install the full package PLUS Plasma, or not. You won't harm anything either way, so it's fine to go ahead and run both of those commands.

When you're done, you can still find MORE things to add, believe it or not. Themes, widgets, icons, applications, all sorts of stuff. Personally, I use Synaptic to browse through [by searching] all the KDE-related stuff, and then installing what I want.
 
Well, I like the G-stuff I have in Cinnamon; I just want to have a little more flexibility in the desktop (different wallpapers on each desktop, etc.).
 
Dngrsone said:
Well, I like the G-stuff I have in Cinnamon; I just want to have a little more flexibility in the desktop (different wallpapers on each desktop, etc.).
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To have the features of KDE, you're going to have to run KDE. No problem, though, because GNOME apps work perfectly fine on KDE. So you can have the beautiful features KDE provides but continue using apps you like and are comfortable with.
 
MoodyBlues said:
To have the features of KDE, you're going to have to run KDE. No problem, though, because GNOME apps work perfectly fine on KDE. So you can have the beautiful features KDE provides but continue using apps you like and are comfortable with.
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Hrm... If I try Plasma alone and discover that I need more, then I should be able to install KDE full over it, right?

Just don't want to incur a bunch of overhead; you know, a bunch of stuff occupying my hard drive that I won't use.

Does Plasma work with touchscreens?
 
Dngrsone said:
Hrm... If I try Plasma alone and discover that I need more, then I should be able to install KDE full over it, right?
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I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it works that way. I mean, Plasma is part of KDE, not a free-standing feature. So choosing the kde-plasma-desktop installation will include both. Like I said earlier, I've never used the apt-get method for installing KDE, so I've never had to actually think about this before! :)
 
All I did was

Code: 
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

That installed the latest one for my distro and included Plasma.
 
Okay, I tried
Code: 
sudo apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop
but now I have to choose a default display manager.

I have no idea what the differences are between KDM, LightDM and MDM...

Okay, I guess MDM (Mint Display Manager) is the default.

If not, I guess I will have to learn a few more terminal commands... :rolleyes:
 
Dngrsone said:
Okay, I tried
Code: 
sudo apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop
but now I have to choose a default display manager.

I have no idea what the differences are between KDM, LightDM and MDM...

Okay, I guess MDM (Mint Display Manager) is the default.

If not, I guess I will have to learn a few more terminal commands... :rolleyes:
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No, it doesn't matter which one you picked. Now, when you go to log in, you'll be able to choose which DM you want; by choosing MDM you simply made that the default, i.e., if you don't choose something else, that's what will start up. Once you choose KDM (when logging in), it'll stay KDM for subsequent log ins, until you choose something else.

When you're on the log in screen there's a button/icon/list/something (you'll have to see what it looks like on your distro's log in screen); click on it and you'll see the choices.
 
Ah, yes... I remember being given the choice and being asked whether I wanted my choice to be this session only or every time I boot up.
 
Ok, having issues with bash completion. I want it to complete on arguments for a given command. It doesn't do that.

Example:

I type sudo pacman --sy<TAB> and I want it to complete to --sync

I know this is the default behavior in Ubuntu (which is one thing I actually like having) but I'm on Arch and only have tab completion to a certain extent (completing commands, showing what package contains a command if I try to run something that isn't installed, etc)
 
palmtree5 said:
Ok, having issues with bash completion. I want it to complete on arguments for a given command. It doesn't do that.

Example:

I type sudo pacman --sy<TAB> and I want it to complete to --sync

I know this is the default behavior in Ubuntu (which is one thing I actually like having) but I'm on Arch and only have tab completion to a certain extent (completing commands, showing what package contains a command if I try to run something that isn't installed, etc)
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Not sure, but look at importing /etc/bash_completion.d from an Ubuntu distribution.

I think all they've done is overloaded the common commands using complete and compgen.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/95211/how-do-i-set-up-bash-completion-for-command-arguments

Google for bash complete compgen to see scripts for adding options for your own commands.

I never knew argument completion existed. I've only used it for files and paths lol.
 
palmtree5 said:
Ok, having issues with bash completion. I want it to complete on arguments for a given command. It doesn't do that.

Example:

I type sudo pacman --sy<TAB> and I want it to complete to --sync

I know this is the default behavior in Ubuntu (which is one thing I actually like having) but I'm on Arch and only have tab completion to a certain extent (completing commands, showing what package contains a command if I try to run something that isn't installed, etc)
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Turns out the bash_completion file (which needs to be sourced when the shell is launched) in Arch is not stored in /etc for some reason like I've read it is for Ubuntu; instead that file is located in /usr/share/bash-completion

Also, apparently it doesn't work for commands like adb and fastboot so I will have to search for those Figured that out too!
 
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