[lubuntu-devel] Problem in Lu 20.04 w/ "open file" "dialogue" window showing no contents

Walter Lapchynski wxl at ubuntu.com
Tue Feb 18 20:54:02 UTC 2020


On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 12:25:03PM -0800, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
> So I did post to the #3 linked thread, which is a new Ubuntu forum?

It's been there for years, but it's relatively new.

> make a "new" account

You could have just used your Launchpad account.

> "Ian" took it that I was "hijacking the thread" AND on top of that I was
> "being passive-aggressive" . . . so he moved my post and started another
> thread where I would be "asking for help" and hopefully I would ask "more
> nicely"????  I tried to like a "guiverc" post while I was there . . . .

Misunderstandings happen. Also (and I hope you'll hear this in the most
friendly and non-judgemental way possible), you have a particularly
verbose way of communicating that can be a bit difficult to unravel.

> if I want to "open
> files" . . . it won't happen in linux???

Not true. You just need to put them in the sandbox. Also, not all
software is in a Snap package. Chromium is the exception. Like I said,
use Firefox.

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