Few questions

Sun Mar 25 11:16:23 UTC 2012

Hi! Thank you for reply, glad to have people how will give advice anytime. Anyway I have Lubuntu and Windows on separate HDD. But it looks like that windows are a bit more respondable in opening files and especially browser. However my hunch is that this is because of HDD. HDD that is running Lubuntu has 22 bad sectors and it is old - like 10 years and more - don't know how to check RPM. The good news is that I removed chromium and put chrome. Chrome works better form me, tabs are opening quite fast, not like on chromium. It isn't choppy all the time - it is just faster, but it is a bit faster on Windows, but it is ok now. Maybe it has to do with LAN card, rooter, how knows? As for RAM, that is just fine, it is very low, just like they said it would be :-)

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 From: Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad at gmail.com>
To: Nikola <rukeuvis at yahoo.com> 
Cc: lubuntu user list <lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> 
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: Few questions

Hi and sorry for the late reply.

You most welcome!

Who told you we do know everything about Linux and Lubuntu? we are ALL learning here and supporting and/or helping each other in the process so don't ever worry about that, we are all here to help you :)

Could fix what exactly? you want both on the same HDD? or you want to keep each one on its own HDD? you can do this and you can keep them both on the same HDD but of course different partitions. I have more than 8 systems on ONE HDD with of course different partitions and everything is okay. Having separate HDD is not bad idea at all :)

I've leaned an amazing thing while skimming through Arch Website. "Unused RAM is wasted RAM". 
Having that said, don't worry about how much memory a certain application is consuming as long as you have enough RAM. Even if you think you don't have enough RAM, Swap Partition is there for a reason :)

As for your CPU, if you notice that it's 100% for a long time then you may need to worry but if it is 100% for few seconds, that shouldn't be a problem :)

Freezing for a second or two could be because of many reasons. Are you talking about an installed system or you are using the LiveCD/LiveUSB? a second or two is not something you need to worry about. You need to worry when your system starts to crash, freezing up continuously, etc ... then you need to worry about that. After all, as long as we are here, you shouldn't be worry at all.

Thanks!

P.S.
Please make sure to hit "Reply to All" as long as you are using the mailing list so everyone can get the benefits of such discussion :) 

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Nikola <rukeuvis at yahoo.com> wrote:

Thank you for your reply :-) Listen, I don't know anything about linux and lubuntu, but if you need any help, just give me a call :-) Anyway, thank you for information, I will get on it :-) but before that, maybe a bit clarification. Before I format hdd (I did that with gparared when I install lubuntu and windows - they are on separate hdd) maybe we could fix it. I run Task manager and I notice that RAM memory is quite low - no on my yahoo mail is 255 MB of 1507. But cpu constantly goes wild. When I open a new tab it goes 100% and staying that for a second two. 100% is when i load update manager. Now I have in task manager two chromium browser. Don't know why is that. Now I am writhing this mail and when I wnat to go with my keyboard up, It freezes for a second, and then goes. What is that? 
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>To: Nikola <rukeuvis at yahoo.com> 
>Cc: "lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com" <lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> 
>Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 5:22 PM
>Subject: Re: Few questions
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>Hello and Welcome to Lubuntu :)
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>Since you are new, I'd like to explain few important and general points that will help you big time in the near future and the far future too :)
>I will give you one link that will answer many general Qs for you. Say Hello to LOST: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844755
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>Now, to get the full advantage of this thread, please check the first post. If you have Qs, let me know.
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>I know, I had some plans to change LOST to something better with more details but for the last 3 months, Real Life gave me HARD TIME :( I was planning to convert it to a Wiki Page too but I have no idea when shall I start working on that?
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>Why I'm sending you the link of that thread? simply because it has lots of useful links that instead of copying and pasting it here and there, I put that all together in one thread on my favorite website ever that is Ubuntu Forum :)
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>Now, that was my thread. For something MORE official: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/ContactUs
>This will help you to find out where to ask in case you need some help :)
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>Since you have chosen the Mailing List and you already sent your Qs, I'll be glad to help as much as possible.
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>1- I would like to 
put some link folder(with icon) on desktop in order to have My Computer, trash, and home folder on desktop. How could I do this?
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>http://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2018
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>Which is already in Lubuntu One Stop Thread (LOST).
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>2- can you help me to restore previous click-right 
button-options on desktop. I marked some check box on property options 
on desktop, and now I have something else when I click right button on 
desktop - On top, there is Terminal, then Web browser, then Desktop, 
then ObConf etc.
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>https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Guides#Right-clicking_on_desktop_pulls_up_a_menu_that_is_missing_the_.22Desktop_Preferences.22_option_and_now_I_can.27t_change_my_wallpaper
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>It's on our Official FAQs which is also there on LOST.
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>3- where can I post my wishes on how would I like to lubunutu be.
>>>The Mailing List is the a great place to do this. 
>I have also started a thread for Lubuntu 12.04: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1870442
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>If there is something like bugs, please use nothing to report that but Launchpad.
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>4- I have an old hard disk. Apparently it isn't working 
well, because my lubunut isn't fast although I have 2,4 GHZ, and 1,5 
gigarams. I tested disk through disk utility but don't know how to 
interpret the graph. Disk has 22 bad sectors, and a lot of N/A value. I 
don't know what that means.
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>I had 20GB Samsung IDE HDD. It was making noise and wasn't working. I took it to someone to check it and he asked me to through it away because it's hopeless. That story was in 2004 and that HDD is working until now. I just formatted it and it is working since then :)
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>I have the easy way and the hard way so let's start with the easy way.
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>1- Have a LiveCD - say Lubuntu 11.10 LiveCD - Don't forget to check MD5SUM before creating new LiveCDs - You will find all that on LOST (Lubuntu One Stop Thread). 
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>2- Make sure your machine boots from your LiveCD (or LiveUSB if you desire).
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>3- When you login to the Live Session (Desktop), please run GParted from: Menu > System Tools > GParted - http://i39.tinypic.com/2uxv85k.jpg
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>4- After you run GParted, go to Device > Create Partition Table - http://i44.tinypic.com/2whfaxw.jpg
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>5- Just hit Apply without changing anything - http://i40.tinypic.com/11qsumc.jpg
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>6- Your HDD will look like this now: http://i43.tinypic.com/s4behe.jpg
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>7- After that, create the needed partitions: http://i44.tinypic.com/2irm4hk.jpg
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>Do NOT forget to backup your important files if you have any before trying the above.
>There is a more destructive approach but I will wait for your feedback regarding the above approach.
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>As for Taking Screenshots, I think you got that answer already :)
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>There are some programs/applications to do that like LXScreenshot or gnome-screenshot
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>As for cropping the image, I suggest shotwell. You are free to choose whatever software you like :)
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>If you have further Qs or if something from the above is not clear, please ask.
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>Thanks!
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>On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Nikola <rukeuvis at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Hi! I am new to linux/lubuntu. As you can probably guess, I don't know much about lubunut. Anyway - I would like some help. I don't know how to use lxshortcut; I would like to put some link folder(with icon) on desktop in order to have My Computer, trash, and home folder on desktop. How could I do this? Furthermore, can you help me to restore previous click-right button-options on desktop. I marked some check box on property options on desktop, and now I have something else when I click right button on desktop - On top, there is Terminal, then Web browser, then Desktop, then ObConf etc. And one more thing - where can I post my wishes on how would I like to lubunutu be. I don't understand why is still a bit heavy to let say customize your desktop, menu etc. I don't mind that lubunut still has terminal, but for us user, we don't need that - we need just great software. 
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>And one more thing - I have an old hard disk. Apparently it isn't working well, because my lubunut isn't fast although I have 2,4 GHZ, and 1,5 gigarams. I tested disk through disk utility but don't know how to interpret the graph. Disk has 22 bad sectors, and a lot of N/A value. I don't know what that means. I would like to post a picture, but don't know who printscreen works on lubunut.   
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