From time to time, while using setup[1] (in signature below), I'll open an app such as LibreOffice Writer or say the Catfish file search tool and they freeze. At such times, when I drag the mouse across the screen, a trail of windows is left, a bit like the contrail of a jet aircraft - instead of a trail of exhaust, a trail of windows!

This morning the Firefox window froze (though I didn't get the contrail effect when moving the mouse), and the cross in the upper right hand corner was greyed out and wouldn't respond when I tried to close the window. So, I just opened a second Firefox window to allow me to continue working...

When the above has happened, I open HTOP to check what's going on, and usually find RAM and CPU activities are normal, i.e. they haven't gone up significantly, so I guess this excludes the possibility of an  unwelcome malware visitor ..!?

Has anyone else experienced this, and why does it happen?

I recently installed a third monitor and it was working fine.  I noticed though that every time I restarted my computer, I would have to fiddle with the display settings in order for it to work.  I would have to disable/re-enable the monitor, move the 3 around so that they were in the right order or some other things too in order for it to be the way I wanted it.  Those settings would never stick and finally now the last few times I started my desktop, I can't get anything to display on the third monitor.  The third monitor has always been labeled as a "digital display" and not the actual name.  But, when I got it working, it worked great.

I'm really not sure what's going on or why it works sometimes but not all the time.  I used to have linux mint and it worked fine with that. 

Here are some more details...

Hey

I can't seem to install ITunes under Wine for LL.
I did the following after some research:
https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

Downloaded the ITunesSetuo.exe for 32bits from ITunes page.
Right click on it > Properties > Open with: Wine Windows Program Loader.

Double click on ITunesSetup.exe icon, after a while the ITunes installer launches it says:
"Gathering required information...
Status: Evaluating launch conditions"

Immediately a box appears saying:
"Install Failed
iTunes requires that your computer is running Windows 7 sp1 or newer"

Any help on this?
Thank you

Hi  I've used Linux Lite on a PC before and like it but now want to revive a perfectly good Mac Book Pro which is way past its "sell by date" - ie I've reached the maximum version of the O/S 10.6.8 and of course nothing works.  Because it is a sound machine and I don't want to throw it away. I would like both as a fun exercise and if successful as a working machine to install and run Linux.  One way (obviously) is to do a fresh OSX install and then run Parallels or Virtual Box but my preferred option is try to install Linux as the sole O/S on the machine.  I cannot find - but maybe haven't looked hard enough - any guidance.  So my question is does anyone have the experience? Be really glad to have any guidance that anyone can offer.  The PB is a 17" running an Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.33Ghz - I think the processor is a 64-bit but that Apple have restricted it (EFI / Boot) to 32-bit.  What I want to try to achieve is to download and burn a bootable Linux Installer to use on the PB.  Thanks Kris.

I have LL v2.8, it runs without any problems and I intend to keep it until it reaches end-of-life in April of 2019. But I'm considering kernel and processor microcode updates.

As it turns out, intel-microcode package has never been installed, although the machine has an Intel processor (old Core2Duo). The kernel is 3.19.0-33-generic:

hey can ye please get telegram in the lite software manger?im getting an lil irritated with the fact when  i download it it doesnt go directly to be with the other installed apps. i been using Rambox to remedy that but i really prefer telegram official app.

Simple and lightweight SVG wallpapers created in Inkscape.

Available in my Google Drive folder in SVG format (lighter weight).

Download

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1...sp=sharing

How to use?

Download it to your system (computer). Right-click (mouse) the SVG image on your system and choose "Set as Wallpaper".

Just it 

Jerry, I know your feelings about all things G.  I wonder however whether you would sort out Google Earth for linux so it can be loaded with ease from a ppa .

Guys I was trying to get to my  music playing when the my session seriously stop having sound any ideas??


God Not dead.

I'm trying Linux for the first time.  I'm loading Linux Lite 3.8 on the following old notebook computer:

Compaq Persario CQ56
Intel Celeron 2.2Ghz processor
2 GB Memory
320 GB hard drive (brand new drive no preexisting OS)

Initial Installation

I've loaded Linux Lite 3.8 using a USB stick.
The original installation went fine the first try.
However I wasn't sure of some of the options to chose when installing.

Drive Configuration
I partitioned the drive into two units of about 150 GB each plus a small "swap area" with the leftover space.
I set the boot partition to be mounted at the "\", and set that to Primary.
I set the second partition to be mounted at the "\HOME" directory.
FIRST QUESTION: Can I set both partitions to be mounted at "\" or root position?
And if so would they then show up as two different drives?
The reason I ask is that the way it is now they only show up as one drive. 
And I'm guessing the second partition is actually the HOME directory? 
Is that right?
I would actually prefer to have the partitions show up as two physical drives.
This is somewhat trivial but I'm just not sure how this is working.
I like the second partition to show up as a whole separate drive.  That's the way I've always done it in Windows.

Drive Configuration Con't
I formatted both drive partitions with the ext4 file system simply because this was the default choice
I was tempted to use FAT 32 as I think it would suit my purposes and I like to use older compatible stuff.  ;D
The reason I ask will become clear later when I talk about OPENSHOT video editor.
SECOND QUESTION: Is it possible to format one partition in ext4 and the other partition in FAT 32?
The reason I ask is because I basically install programs on the boot drive with the OS.
And then I use the other partition as solely a DATA drive.
I'm thinking that it might be preferable to have the DATA in FAT 32 to facilitate older programs.
But I don't really know if this would be a problem or not.
In fact, I could just do everything in FAT 32.  I very seldom run out of space.  My DATA storage requirements are quite small.
Also just for the record, I use a lot of older software and very simple software.
I have very specific things I use the computer for.  And I don't download unnecessary junk.
I've never had a drive space issue and I've never had a drive larger than 500GB
So my usage is very minimal.  FAT 32 would probably be just fine for me if ext4 is an issue?

Quick Comment about the Initial Installation

Linux Lite installed just fine the first try. I then installed all the lasted updates.
It connected to WiFi with no problem
Firefox seems to be working just fine.
I only just did this yesterday but thus far no serious issues until I tried loading my first program:

OPENSHOT Video Editor
One of the first programs I wanted to use is a video editor called OPENSHOT
I downloaded the latest version for Linux.
No installation required, just "Make File Executable".
I did that and OPENSHOT opened.
However, I immediately noticed problems.  Right off the bat things weren't working right.  The program wasn't responding normally.
I tried to load an MP4 video file into the program and it just freezes and won't respond.  I have to go down to the task bar and click "Close window" to exit the frozen editor.
THIRD QUESTION: Could this problem be related to the ext4 file system?
The reason I'm suspecting this might be related is because OPENSHOT freezes up when trying to open a file.
So now I'm tempted to reinstall Linux using FAT32 instead of ext4 in the hopes that OPENSHOT might then run smoothly?

Anyway, that's where I'm currently at.  Linux seems to be working fine until I tried to run OPENSHOT.  I even downloaded OPENSHOT a second time to start fresh but that didn't help.  So now I'm suspecting that the ext4 file system might be related to this problem?

Recap of important questions:
FIRST QUESTION: Can I set both partitions to be mounted at "\" or root position?
I would like for the partitions to show up as individual drives if possible.
SECOND QUESTION: Is it possible to format one partition in ext4 and the other partition in FAT 32?
Or should I just do the whole shebang in FAT 32?
THIRD QUESTION: Could my problem with OPENSHOT be related to the ext4 file system?
I'm secretly hoping that if I reinstall Linux using FAT 32 OPENSHOT might then work ok.

Thank you for your patience to read my questions.