On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 05:37:32PM -0500, Gary Knott wrote:
> it is really not nice to have such basic things be so obscure
Probably not, but we're close to what others do. If you drag and drop
on the desktop in Kubuntu/KDE, it won't create a .desktop file for you
(and that *IS* what needs to be
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 05:16:22PM -0500, Gary Knott wrote:
> PS, As long as I'm asking questions about Lubuntu,
> Can anyone tell me how to get an icon on my LXDE desktop that
> "points" to a binary excutable file I have (called mlab).
You're going to need to make a [desktop file][1]. You can
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 06:08:03PM -0500, Gary Knott wrote:
> Traditionally, Debian releases have been upgradeable by changing Apt's
> /etc/apt/sources.list, which specifies package repositories, and using apt-get
> dist-upgrade to perform the upgrade itself.
Just one small note: without actually
Traditionally, Debian releases have been upgradeable by changing Apt's
> /etc/apt/sources.list, which specifies package repositories, and using
> apt-get
> dist-upgrade to perform the upgrade itself. Ubuntu is still a
> Debian-derived distribution, so this process would likely still work.
>
Thanks again, Walter. Googling yields:
Traditionally, Debian releases have been upgradeable by changing Apt's
/etc/apt/sources.list, which specifies package repositories, and using apt-get
dist-upgrade to perform the upgrade itself. Ubuntu is still a
Debian-derived distribution, so this process
On 11/10/18 3:16 PM, Gary Knott wrote:
You suggest I can use "do-release-upgrade" -- that
must be part of an apt-get command, right?
Can you tell me what the full command is I should type?
I'm quite sure it's a standalone command. You have to put "sudo" in
front of it, and you may need the
Dear Walter, Thanks for the reply. yes, I do want exactly
a 16.04 Lubuntu update. I goto Preferences> Software & Updates, and
I verify that "notify" me of a new LTS Ubuntu version" is checked.
[Maybe I have Lubuntu installed "on top of" a plain Ubuntu system
("trusty" - whichever
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 09:12:41AM -0700, Aere Greenway wrote:
> On 11/9/18 10:45 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 12:23:27AM -0500, Gary Knott wrote:
> > > I don't get any offer from the update manager to update to 16.04
> > > (i used to, but not now)
LTS releases
On 11/9/18 10:45 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote:
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 12:23:27AM -0500, Gary Knott wrote:
I don't get any offer from the update manager to update to 16.04
(i used to, but not now) How do I update to Lubuntu
16.04? (not do an overwrite install, but do an update.)
Why not
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 12:23:27AM -0500, Gary Knott wrote:
> I don't get any offer from the update manager to update to 16.04
> (i used to, but not now) How do I update to Lubuntu
> 16.04? (not do an overwrite install, but do an update.)
Why not 18.04?
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I don't get any offer from the update manager to update to 16.04
(i used to, but not now) How do I update to Lubuntu
16.04? (not do an overwrite install, but do an update.)
Thanks, garykn...@gmail.com
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