VLC & Chrome won't load as root because in the unlikely event that some kind of linux based malware gets past them it would potentially be much more catastrophic than it would be running as root....

I'm not an expert by any means, but if it's giving you the OS not found info then your mother board is probably fine. Make sure that your Pendrive comes first in the boot order. You may be getting...

I was running an upgrade with the apt-get command, and it was taking an exceptionally long time b/c half way through my ISP hit me in the face with their fair usage policy. But the universe felt that...

I am officially done with Windows, so...

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to all the members of the forum dedicated to the coolest OS I've found thus far :cool:

I'm fairly new to Linux in general, been...