SIMPLE SETUP INSTRUCTIONS HERE. Add uDuck to your Browser, both as a part of your 'Searchbar' and on your 'Bookmarks Toolbar'. LXLE's help tool, uDuck, in the DuckDuckGo search engine, is an Ubuntu-based, meta search for help and support of any *buntu based distribution.

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Dedicated volunteers create the software you use, and other dedicated volunteers give their time to help you learn how to use it. In time, you will be able to “Pay It Forward”, and help others on their journey.

LXLE provides personal support in mailing lists, chat rooms, and its Forums. However, you will soon discover that people are more likely to help you if you've done research before asking your questions. Many of your questions will be frequently asked questions (FAQs,) and those FAQs can be found simply in uDuck.

Please do the best you can to try and solve your problems with uDuck, first, before asking the friendly support people. If nobody answers you right away, you might assume that your question is probably a FAQ.

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'LXLE Paradigm's special feature' - changeable desktop experiences - allows the user to enjoy the “feel” of popular desktops on demand.

'WHEN' - You must select the desktop experience you want prior to logging in with your user name and password.

'WHERE' - After you boot your computer, a login screen will appear. You will find a drop down menu in the lower left corner of the screen, under the password box.

'CHOICES' - You can give your desktop the “look and feel” of five different desktops. Choose between:

1. LXLE Gnome 2 1. LXLE Unity 1. LXLE OS X 1. LXLE XP (default layout) 1. Lubuntu Netbook.

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1. Go to the programs menu > Preferences > 'Desktop Session Settings' 1. 'Uncheck' which ever program you don't want to run at startup. 1. Click 'OK' If you want to 'renable' the wallpaper randomizer, just repeat, but 'check' instead of uncheck.

1. Your randomized wallpaper folder is located at: 'Places > Pictures > Wallpapers'. 1. 'Save your wallpaper' to this collection, if you want it to mix with the ramdom wallpapers.

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1. Go to www.foragoodstrftime.com 1. 'Choose' or 'create' your desired layout code. 1. 'Copy' the code for your desired time layout. 1. 'Right click' the 'Time' in your 'desktop panel' (task bar.) 1. Click 'Digital Clock Settings'. 1. 'Paste' the code from the website into the 'Clock Format box'. 1. Click 'Close'.

1. Hold down the 'Alt' key and then tap the 'Z' key. 1. 'Begin to type' the name of the program you want to launch. 1. Hit 'Enter' to launch the program, or 'use arrows keys' to find what you want, then hit 'Enter'.

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There has been a known bug in the LXDE panel plugin to hide all windows and show the desktop. Otherwise known as 'Show Desktop'. This bug entails 'conky' and the way the plugin treats open windows. The plugin believes 'conky' is a window, regardless of what type of internal configuration is set.

The 'Hide/Show Info Tool', located in the panel, works around this. You can also find it in your 'System Tools' menu. Basically it tells the window to either appear or disappear.

How does this help with the bug? If you hit the 'Show Desktop' plugin in the menu bar, 'conky' will surely go with it. To get it back, just make sure to have any program or window showing, and then 'click' the 'Hide/Show Info Tool' button.

This workaround also comes in handy when in the Lubuntu-Netbook mode. Conky would normally be blocking and covering some of the screen while looking quite awful. Thankfully, you can just click the same 'Hide/Show Info Tool' button to make it disappear.

1. Go to the programs menu > Accessories > 'ROXTerm' 1. 'Copy/Paste' the following command line snippet into 'ROXTerm' then press 'Enter':

.`gedit ~/.conkyrc`

1. 'Find All' “eth0” (without the quotes.) 1. 'Change to' your connection, usually one of these: “eth0, eth1, wlan0, wlan1, wlan2”. 1. This information can also be easily found in 'network connections'. 1. Once changed just 'save' and exit.

1. Go to the programs menu > Preferences > 'Desktop Session Settings' 1. 'Uncheck' which ever program you don't want to run at startup. 1. Click 'OK' If you want to 'renable' the conky, just repeat, but 'check' instead of uncheck.

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'Arrowsnap' is LXLE's 'Aero Snap' like feature. 1. 'Select the window' you would like to move (either up, down, left or right) 1. Hold 'Super Key' (Windows key) and press an arrow on the keyboard in the desired direction. 1. 'Repeat' for the second window you would like to position.

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«Anchor(pre12044config)» = LXLE Beta Only (pre 12.04.4) =

1. Click on the weather icon in the panel next to clock. 1. Enter location or zipcode and click the check mark. 1. Click gear box near the window close button to set preferences like color.

1. Go to the Menu > System Tools> Scheduled Tasks 1. Click New, then click 'A task that launches recurrently' 1. Enter 'Wallpaper Changer' for the description. 1. Enter the following for the command. 1. pcmanfm -w “$(find ~/Pictures/Wallpapers -type f | shuf -n1)” 1. Select 'X application: suppress output' from the first drop down menu. 1. From the second drop down menu select hour, minute, day, week, etc. 1. Click apply and your done.

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1. Go to Menu>Preferences>Screensaver 1. Click 'Advanced' 1. Check 'Power Management Enabled' box. 1. Set preferences to your liking.

1. Visit the LiveClick addon page.

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«Anchor(12043config)» = LXLE Paradigm 12.04.3 Only =

. This link will display all the programs included with LXLE Paradigm 12.04.3: .Programs & Documentation Info

1. Go to programs menu > Then click 'run'. 1. 'Copy/Paste' the command line snippet below into your Terminal ('or' enter by typing), and press ENTER:

.`gedit /usr/share/applications/fastforecast.desktop`

1. Check the box 'run as root'. 1. Then click 'OK'. 1. 'Edit' the existing zipcodes “17403”, and 'change to your zipcode'. 1. Exit the file and 'Save'. 1. Next, go to your panel, and 'Right Click' the Fast Forecast weather icon next to clock. 1. Select 'Application Launch Bar' Settings. 1. 'Remove' Fast Forecast from the left column. 1. Then 'Re-Add' Fast Forecast, from under 'Accessories' in the right column. 1. Click 'Close' and your done.

Some countries, including 'Canada', need a work around, as the postal codes use a different format.

'Alternate configuration examples:'

  `weatherman -m 'varna, bulgaria'; weatherman -mx 'varna, bulgaria'`

  `weatherman -m 'vancouver, canada'; weatherman -mx 'vancouver, canada'`

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1. In your programs menu, select 'Terminal'. This will open 'ROXTerm'. 1. 'Copy/Paste' the command line snippet below into your Terminal ('or' enter by typing), and press ENTER:

.`pcmanfm ~/.config/autostart/`

«Anchor(12043config)» 1. Open the file 'updatereminder.sh' using gedit (right click on it.)

1. 'Adjust' the time between 'reminders' as you wish.

1. 'Save' and close

1. The new script will be followed after the next 'restart'.

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«Anchor(update)» = How To Update All Versions =

These two programs work together to ensure that you have the latest updates from the Linux community and your distribution. Follow the prompts, as they pop up on your desktop to remind you.

You can change the timing of the Update Reminder by following the instructions in the Configuration guides, above.

The LXLE team recommends that you learn to use the Synaptic Package Manager, period. This full featured update manager is also the recommended way to install programs, remove programs, and other tasks involving your packages.

Using the Synaptic Package Manager, as a beginner/intermediate user, will prevent you from making many mistakes that you might not know how to correct. Advanced users may use their terminals for command snippets they are familiar with; however, if you need to rely on help and support volunteers, while you learn things, it will be exceedingly difficult for them to help you, not knowing what you entered into your terminal.

'Simple update with Synaptic Package Manager:' 1. Open the program. 1. Start menu/System Tools/Synaptic Package Manager. 1. Enter your password. 1. After it opens, Click on RELOAD. 1. Allow it to do its search, then Click on MARK ALL UPGRADES. 1. If there are upgrades to do, if any were marked, then Click on the GREEN ARROW - APPLY. 1. Close the program.

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