Hi jerry or anybody else


I need some help please  :'(

I messerd with something in /etc/sudoers in terminal and deleted the # in root and ALL ALL ALL. I shouldn't have and asked first  :'( :'( :'(

I get this now

I can't remember who posted the original question so here's a new thread with a quick and easy fix.

Scenario: You have more than one user account on your Linux Lite machine and now you want to change someone elses account details.

If you are the primary user and have admin (sudo) rights, open a terminal and do:

I am only simple user, not proficient. I have lost a desktop after I logged in. I can see only black screen, otherwise system is functioning and I can see status bar, and I can access desktop through folders tree.

: Near the end of January my venerable HP Pavilion decided to go off to that great motherboard in the sky. Had a power outage, though the system was on a UPS, shut it down normally, all was good, I thought. Tried bringing it up later, nada, goose egg, big fat zero, you get the idea. The power supply would flash for a second and nothing. Checking the back revealed that even the LEDs for the network connection had gone dark, having transmitted and received their last packets. The good news was that the orderly shutdown should mean that the data on the hard disk was still okay (it is).

The problem I've got now is that after much perusing of systems, reading umpteen reviews, I finally opted for a custom built PC from a vendor in Missouri: nice job, great work. You can go down the whole list from case to CPU to motherboard, GPU card, memory, and so on and so on. Sweet.

I had them install Ubuntu 15.x on what I had thought would be a secondary hard drive so that they could test the machine with a running O/S. When I boot the latest version it sees the network fine. Boot Linux Lite and nothing. Contacted the vendor about it and was advised:

On the ethernet the only way we can get Ubuntu to work is if we install the latest version.  This board just came out in September so any OS made prior to that won’t have the drivers built in.

Gigabyte’s site is not showing any Linux drivers available.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product...id=5490#dl 

As Pinky, of "Pinky and The Brain" cartoon fame would say, "Narf!"

Knowing that Linux Lite is built on the LTS releases, does it just make more sense for me at this point to switch to the latest Ubuntu (using xfce) after moving everything over from the Linux Lite disk, or does anybody have another idea?

Thanks in advance.

Yet another Linux Trojan to watch for.  "http://www.pcworld.com/article/3033229/security/russian-cyberspy-group-uses-simple-yet-effective-linux-trojan.html" />
A natural extension of this exposure is increased targeting by both dedicated and opportunistic attackers across various malicious actor motivations. Despite the lingering belief (and false sense of security) that Linux inherently yields higher degrees of protection from malicious actors, Linux malware and vulnerabilities do exist and are in use by advanced adversaries. To mitigate associated risks requires tailored integration of the people, processes, and technology in support of prevention, monitoring, and detection within an environment.
Linux malware detection and prevention is not prevalent at this time, but Palo Alto Networks customers are protected through our next-generation security platform:

Hello, is there a  way to add a password when I restart linux lite? I only have to put my password in when I log off. Also when I log off now I noticed that the screen turns black and I have to reset the PC manually.




Thanks

Will the online Help Manual be updated?  I just noticed it's still showing version 2.6.

On a Distrowatch news item there is a mention of a Bug in UEFI/ Certain Linux Distros...
Not sure how relevant this is.??... some details in the links

Hi,

Just successfully upgraded one of my computers to LL2.8
I usually don't use neither the Lite Control Center, nor the Install pdates GUI.

When starting the Lite Control Center to check the version, I realized that a date from last year was shown when the computer has been updated last. I only run an update minutes before that via CLI. Assuming it might be linked to the fact that I'm not using the GUI I followed the link of the date "Install Updates".
Still it shows the date from last year.

Howdy from Thailand!

I have been using Linux for about two years.  I have an old machine (Dell Latitude E5500) which I run Puppy Linux Tahr Pup and SLACKO64 as my main operating systems.  That is about to change.  I need something with full BASH, something a little more robust than Puppy for doing certain things, like running a better text editor, for one example.  Though I will always use Puppy at least in the background.  I am a minimalist Linux distro user--all the way. 

Meantime I have Linux Lite installed to my USB stick.  I will be using it this way for a while until I am used to it.

One thing I have found that I do not like so far is that after installation I find that my calendar and the strftime configuration I use in Geany is being displayed in Thai.  I am sure this is coming from the fact that I am in Thailand and the time and date are being fed to the computer in Thai.  I know it doesn't have to be this way, but I do not know how to change it.  Any ideas?  Any help would be sincerely appreciated.

All that being said, I have to say I absolutely love this distro!  It runs wonderfully on my system and it had pretty much everything I needed to start work right out of the box.

Glad to be here! 

Thank you!