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• mack mcash

  

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  June 12, 2012 4:15 AM PDT

  Hello, everyone.
  
  I installed wattOSR5 a couple of days ago on an old box of mine, I am very impressed and it's going to be my main linux distro.
  
  I do have a few questions, if ya'll don't mind:
  
  1. During the install, I entered a password for "root", and my user account when I log onto wattOS uses the same password.
  I think this is a "privileged" account, and all is fine as it is, but do I need to make another account for myself as just a regular-user?
  
  2. I accidentally removed from the "quick-launch" area on the panel, "file manager"and "browser" launchers.
  How can I get them back or add other desired launchers there?
  
  3. Is it possible to use the "windows-key" as a way to activate the menu or start-icon that is in the lower-left corner of the panel?
  
  Those questions are all that I have at the moment.
  
  Many thanks to any and all, for your attention,
  mack

• mack mcash

  

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  June 12, 2012 5:02 AM PDT

  After some additional searching, I found the answer to #2 question, here:
  http://douwil7.100webspace.net/linux/Tuning.html#4
  
  The most impt question in my original post, I think, is question #1, about the user account.
  
  Thanks, again, mack
• mack mcash

  

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  June 12, 2012 5:21 AM PDT

  Another question, please:
  Before I do run remastersys, how do I clean those things,referred to in the " ", at the bottom of this post? I know how to empty the trash, but not the temporary files.
  
  "http://douwil7.100webspace.net/linux/lubuntu.html , #23
  Before you run remastersys, clean your system of trash, temporary files, cookies, music, videos, movies, etc."
  
  TIA, mack
• Douglas Willett

  

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  June 12, 2012 9:32 AM PDT

  Hi Mack, Temporary files are at /tmp. Just open as root and delete files in usual way. Bleachbit (root) works well for general cleaning except it misses trash and be careful of what you choose in the system category. Unless you have all day, do not check "Free disk space" or "memory". As for the user accounts, I don't see any reason for more than 1 account per person. The guide links that you referenced have a section on new accounts, etc.

   

  Also, I have found none of my Remastersys have gone much over 2 GB even though gparted, etc show 4+ GB hard drive use.   Apparently, if you are reasonable (no big things like music and videos) with what you choose, you should have plenty of space.   I think there is a 4GB limit on Remastersys.  

  
  This post was edited by Douglas Willett at June 12, 2012 9:47 AM PDT
• mack mcash

  

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  June 12, 2012 10:59 AM PDT

  Thank you, very much, for your response, Douglas.
  
  I just made a backup dvd and am in the process of testing it.
  
  btw, do you know the answer to my #3 question?
  if not, it's really no big deal.
  
  I just gotta say that this distro is not only fast, but extremely RESPONSIVE, grin
  
  mack
• biff baxter

  

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  June 13, 2012 4:41 PM PDT

  Welcome Mack - yes you can use just about any key combo. To manually edit key bindings, you can go to your home directory in the file manager and in the hidden files (hit Ctrl-H to see them) go to ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml You can open this with leafpad and find the key bindings in there. By default the menu can be opened currently by Ctrl-Esc. You will find out all kinds of keybindings you might not know about.

   

  You can simply search for "menu" in this file in leafpad (Ctrl-F) and it will highlight all entries....scroll down until you find the keybindings, and you will see its pretty self explanatory.

   

  In any case, to change it to the "windows" key use the entry "Super_L" or "Super_R" for the left or right windows key.

   

  tks...biff

  
  This post was edited by biff baxter at June 13, 2012 4:46 PM PDT
• mack mcash

  

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  June 14, 2012 2:56 PM PDT

  Thank you, too, biff, for your assistance.
  
  I got the key working.
  
  Again, thank you for this fantastic OS; I didn't know what I was going to do about running this computer since I can not afford the M$ products. Now that I have tasted the good stuff - wattosr5 - I will never even think about those dire things that most folks use. smile
• Carl Reimann

  

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  June 14, 2012 6:01 PM PDT

  WattOS really is very fine. Much lighter weight than Ubuntu, and it does everything, so it seems.