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Date\Time display cut off
Hi, My date\time in the top right is cut off part way through the time, I can see the hour but no minutes. Is there a way to slide stuff along on the top bar to make more room? There's an icon up there...
View ArticleInstallation hangs after "where are you?"
I am trying to install Pinguy alongside Windows 7, on a Dell intel dual core 5, and right after copying files ( window "where are you?" ), the system takes more than 2 hrs and still running. There is...
View ArticleSound support
I have audio output through my headphones attached to Creative Sound Blaster X-fi Titanium HD sound card. This works, but I noticed that the sound output introduces significant lag and delays in fast...
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Automatically Rename,Organise & Download Subtitles While Downloading Video...
This is a simple script that works with FileBot and Deluge that moves video files to a TV or Movie folder depending on what type it is and renames it correctly and also downloads the subtitles for it....
View ArticleUSB wireless adaptor
I have a bad wireless card in my laptop (keeps dropping connection under multiple OS's) I am trying to us a ASUS USB wireless adaptor that is compatible with Ubuntu /linux 2.4/2.6 I have the CD with...
View ArticleDual screen
Hi folks am running 14.04 on a dual screen set up and no matter what I do I cant get the screens to stay as i want them I have to change everytime i boot up I have updated nvidia graphics to most...
View ArticleEXT4 out of space
I'm completely new to Linux so this might seem simple to some of you. I installed PinguyOS on my old XP laptop as a dual boot yesterday and let it do the partitioning for me (mistake?). Now when I boot...
View ArticleHELP!!!!
Hello Everyone! Why I am posting...I am having a rough time with this computer I have. It is a Lenovo G500 laptop which came preinstalled with Windows 8 and had UEFI. I disabled UEFI and installed...
View Article5 instructions for second life & none work at all.
Trying to get second life to run. found 5 sets of instructions. 3 are total nonsense. 1 is to run install.sh in nautilus = this gets a text file up. 1 is to use playdeb.com this results in nothing.
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How to: Save already watched/buffered flash videos
There are plenty of youtube extensions out there that will let you download youtube streams, often seperately from the one you are watching. Sometimes these extensions are not very reliable, and they...
View ArticlePinguy OS 14.04 Mini Beta
Decided to bring back the Pinguy OS Mini's. It comes with all the tweaks of the full version and has all the extra added system tools like Samba and boot repair, but for apps it just has Firefox with...
View ArticleVerifying DMI Database - Read Error
Hi, whenever I try to boot up from my hard drive with Pinguy installed on it I get the message: Verifying DMI Pool Data - Read Error (incorrect in title!). Any idea why? Is this a problem with the...
View ArticleBroken Packages On Fresh Install
Hello I have just installed Pinguy OS 14.04 mini and I can't install any codecs like ffmpeg, libavcodec-extras-53, and also kdenlive which I need for editing my youtube videos. When I first started the...
View Articlewhich new download for my eeepc?
Hello pinGuys. I installed pingeee on my asus 1011px 2 years ago, but never installed a newer version. Time to upgrade, would like to ask which version would be suitable, or if I need to tweak a new...
View ArticleConnecting to VPN
Hi. New user to Pinguy, but been around Linux for a while, so not a newby, but still stumped with this! I use Private Internet Access as a VPN, but the info required by Pinguy's Network app doesn't...
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aww gnuts
after all this time with pinguy 12 ive finally had to do a rebuild of the system! (hard drive dying issue) luckily ive been smart about keeping backups regular (something i highly recommend anyway) was...
View Articlehow to get the new "spectro" conky theme to fit on a netbook screen
i have opened up this code in gedit as root: # Conky settings # background yes update_interval 1 double_buffer yes no_buffers yes # Window specifications # alignment top_righ gap_y 0 minimum_size 600...
View ArticleIs 2gb Ram enough?
Hello! I'm very new to Linux and have really no clue about unix other than they seem to be what everyone develops on and are used as servers. I'm an avid Windows and Mac user and have been using...
View ArticleA GUI editing program?
Has anyone heard or know os a full package GUI editing program? I very much like creating my own art for my interfaces and was wondering if one was around for pinguyOS? I'm very new to Linux and am...
View Articlehow do i edit the new "spectro" conky theme to fit on a netbook screen?
i have opened up this code in gedit as root: PHP Code: # Conky settings #background yesupdate_interval 1double_buffer yesno_buffers yes# Window specifications #alignment top_righgap_y 0minimum_size 600...
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