Is there some app for XFCE or something? I don't how it works in Unity, but when you change a wallpaper in Unity, the highlight background will change a color, to fit the wallpaper's style.

Or is it Unity only feature?

Hi
For some time now we have had a dual boot setup with Linux Lite and Vista Ultimate.  We had it set up in an older Compaq Presario SR5412DE, the specs can be seen at          http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/Comp...c01386897/

The time came to retire the Compaq so we had a go at building a new desktop (which was a bit nerve racking but fun). We have now returned our attention to the old Compaq, what to do with it...  One option is to replace the HDD and run it as a standalone Linux Lite machine.

The current thinking is to replace the existing  HDD with something like a Seagate 500GB 7200 rpm 64mb and add a wireless setup like the following one from Asus;
http://www.amazon.de/PCE-AC56-Dual-Band-...Fi+Adapter 

In my head this looks like a simple task, but then I am a beginner :-) so I am looking for a bit of general input/views from people who know what to do/avoid, is this a realistic plan?

Thanks.

I was installing another OS and by mistake it deleted grub from my Linux Lite drive.
I still have everything there, but it won't boot. It goes to a Grub Rescue prompt.

How can I reinstall grub on my drive and be able to boot into my Linux Lite?
I have it setup just the way I want it and would hate to have to reinstall.

Thanks!
Len

I have an LL/win8.1 dual boot UEFI enabled setup on a laptop.
I can use an external monitor with the laptop in win8.1, to give me two screens to work from.  The system is merely, 'plug-and-play'
without any complication.

However, when I rebooted into LL with the second monitor plugged in, it failed to boot, the progress bar hanging indefinitely.
On removing the external monitor from LL, and restarting, LL still hangs on bootup so something is messed up.
I'm assuming this can be fixed by booting into a live enviroment and using the terminal, but could someone explain how to do this.
Many thanks for any help with this...

Regards
Mike

Hello to all,

Recently I've been curious about screen mirroring between my phone and Linux Lite setup.  Namely the reason, watching videos on my phone directly from within an app

In all honestly I'm not the best at working things out and wasn't sure where to start. :o

I know I can download videos from within the app to my phone and transfer over to my netbook but I thought this could get fiddly.  ???

On my phone I have Miracast /screen mirroring capabilities and when I connect via USB cable the phone in question, it charges - but is not recognized as far as I'm aware as a device on the system/desktop at all.

My first thought, I would need possibly an application to work as a go-between like a video player so perhaps why not force an install through Wine perhaps?

I really wouldn't know where to begin,  your answers and suggestions are appreciated.

Apologies if this is posted in the wrong section.

hi,
I have a dell inspiron 3000 11.6" touchscreen celeron N2830

I have fedora21 ( korora 21 in fact) installed on it, no dualboot ., still find it a bit clunky, should have just put ll on it first.

I have a live usb of ll., however the F2 on boot brings me to the old windows boot settings, set at legacy; no boot sequence .
so when i boot with usb in drive it just loads fedora., not sure how to enter grub or to edit it to boot from usb.

im thinking their is a terminal command to run live usb, but i am dumb enough not to know any programming, just a bit of copy paste.
so if anyone can help with how to get the usb to load either from terminal or getting into grub and how to set for usb.?
i would appreciate any help available

thanks
stuie

For those who run virtual machines using Oracle Virtual Box, you may have discovered
that Oracle doesn't support USB 3.0 ports.

If LL is using USB 3.0 drivers, I would assume that disabling them would let USB work
in the default 2.0 mode, and that this would therefore enable compatibility with Oracle VBox? 

Would this workaround really work and has anyone tried it?  I get the impression that Oracle
are not in a hurry to upgradeto USB3.0 compatibility. It would be useful to default to USB2.0
compatibility to allow access to pendrive files, printers, etc via the USB ports.

Many thanks for any feedback on this one.
Regards
Mike

This may be a strange question to ask in an LL forum but I'll give it a go...
I have a UEFI enabled LL2.4/win8.1 dual-boot system.
My Problem is that I would like to be able to set of a standard user (no password) and administrator (password protected) accounts on win8.1, but don't know how to do it.

Whenever I've used win7, I always set up two accounts:
1. a standard user a/c for day-to-day running, including the internet (no password, limited privileges)
2. a system administrator account (password protected) for making changes to the computer; never used for surfing on internet.

However, I've just bought a new laptop and of course it came preloaded with win8.1. Setting up a standard user a/c on this OS, is not as clear as in win7: the same buttons
to click on aren't there under user a/c settings.

At the moment, with win8.1, I have a local a/c that is marked administrator, and this screen presents itself whenever I boot into win8.1 from the grub screen, and it asks for a password.
I don't want to use this password protected a/c to surf the internet, as having entered my password, I am therefore giving permission to anything it meets on the internet
(e.g. malware) to modify my computer if it so wishes.  Therefore, how do I set up a standard user a/c in win8.1 to allow safe surfing on the internet? I didn't find anything
useful when I searched online with Google.

Many thanks for any clarification on this.

Regards
Mike 

When I go into fullscreen on a flash video in Firefox and want to leave fullscreen the desktop crashes completely.
I can hit the lock key and get to the login screen but when I log back in the display turns black again.

It only happens with the flash player (the the shockwave flash plugin?). HTML5 player and VLC work fine.

I checked the panel preferences and it doesnt seem to give an option to move to the top.
I see horizontal, vertical, and deskbar. Is there a way to just move it to the top?

Thanks!

Len