I'm very new to this distro, how to change the date among other thing?

danypendeira · 2018-09-10 15:35:15

Hi all:

I'm new. From South America. Got sick of Windows 10 and forced updates even tough the connection is set as metered.....Windows doesn't respect my settings....

I always liked Debian based distros and decided to try this one.
It's very lightweight, it even runs on a very old HP DV6000 laptop with 3GB of ram.
I haven't installed it yet.

However, the live CD always has the date and time wrong. I can't find a way to fix or change the date and time.
Also, is there anyway to change the theme and the wallpaper?. I mean, the default theme is a bit dark and hard to read for my taste. And can't find a way to do it. I'm familiar with the terminal.....so, it's in the terminal?

Its there any way to install or change the desktop to XFCE?

Thanks so much to anyone who can help me.

PackRat · 2018-09-10 16:22:34

However, the live CD always has the date and time wrong. I can't find a way to fix or change the date and time.

You will select your location and timezone when you install.

Also, is there anyway to change the theme and the wallpaper?. I mean, the default theme is a bit dark and hard to read for my taste

There will be applications on the menu for you to do that; usually under "Preferences" - I don't have BL installed right now, so I can't give you the exact menu item.

Its there any way to install or change the desktop to XFCE?

You can install it with apt - using apt

A lot of what you're asking is answered here.

danypendeira · 2018-09-10 16:46:59

Oh. Thank you! I will try to install it to see if I can change the date and time, the theme and wallpaper and also to install or add XFCE.

malm · 2018-09-11 05:18:54

Use timedatectl
https://manpages.debian.org/jessie/syst … .1.en.html

A lot of forums threads are about tweaking appearance, so have a good look around.
Set background with nitrogen.
Change theme with lxappearance

nobody · 2018-09-11 06:12:17

malm wrote:

Use timedatectl
https://manpages.debian.org/jessie/syst … .1.en.html
A lot of forums threads are about tweaking appearance, so have a good look around.
Set background with nitrogen.
Change theme with lxappearance

OP, watch it If you're dual-booting Windows in parallel, Windows keeps the system clock in local time while Linux expects it in UTC. Which is why as soon as you fix the time in Linux, your Windows clock will be wrong (unless you use a NTP service).

Refer to this resource for more information on the topic and how to work around/with it.

Hyacinth · 2018-09-11 15:45:30

Does the installer not also prompt if you have the clock set to UTC? If you say no to that, then it will use Windows time.

If you selected hardware time and have troubles with windows then you can look at this link to change it from UTC to local: https://wiki.debian.org/DateTime#Hardwa … al_booting

johnraff · 2018-09-12 08:02:52

(Having been forced to look at windows the last few days) I get the impression that new versions will allow you to set the system clock to UTC. Could be wrong though...

PackRat · 2018-09-12 12:52:18

johnraff wrote:

(Having been forced to look at windows the last few days) I get the impression that new versions will allow you to set the system clock to UTC. Could be wrong though...

I don't think so, I had to go with system set to local time on my dual boot Win10/Linux. I did a search to see if that was a new feature and came up empty. You can do the same sort of registry edit that made Win7 use UTC (I think it's on the Arch Wiki) if you want/need to go with system clock set to UTC.

johnraff · 2018-09-13 07:46:36

^Eh? So it's not possible, but it is if you edit the registry?

Windows on UTC would save some fighting over resetting the system clock.

PackRat · 2018-09-13 13:52:09

Doesn't seem to be - unless I missed something. I did some testing and reset the computer to UTC. Windows 10 still considers the system clock to be local time. You can set the Windows time zone to UTC and have it display an additional clock for your time zone.

danypendeira · 2018-09-13 16:36:39

Thanks all. I will try the registry edit and the timedatectl

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