No Way Know How

install libdvdcss https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=131060

http://www.techrapid.co.uk/linux/arch-linux/install-aur-package-with-yaourt-on-arch-linux/

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE#Fonts_in_KDE_look_poor

Man, I just can't give up on Arch. It calls to me. I feel good about this one, though. My previous experience and lean, customised install guide mean I managed to get the install process down to about 40 minutes last night. Here't the reall revelation: KDE plasma 5, easily installed from the main repos and it looks good enough to use from the off. Finally. The whole configuration of a decnt looking DE was what really stopped me in my tracks with Arch before. Not that it's been problem free. After the whole wifi-menu bit I used during the install I struggled to get the plasma-nm networkmanager working. long story short: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NetworkManager#Hostname_problems more KDE troubleshooting to follow, no doubt

For some reason mintupdate broke a while back and I lost the icon that tells me I have updates queued. I looked for AAAAGES before I found this forum page: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=181856#p972796 Here's my version: Open a terminal and do     sudo vim /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py Find the following...         auto_refresh = AutomaticRefreshThread(treeview_update, statusIcon, wTree)         auto_refresh.start()         gtk.main() and edit it so that you have         auto_refresh = AutomaticRefreshThread(treeview_update, statusIcon, wTree)         auto_refresh.start()         gtk.gdk.threads_enter()         gtk.main()         gtk.gdk.threads_leave() Save and do an apt-get update, then run mintUpdate again.