Following the death of my Asus laptop, I swapped it with someone for a third-hand Lenovo Ideapad G580 model 2689 notebook. It has Win8.1 pre-installed in UEFI mode - I would like to dual-boot it with LL, in Legacy mode.

However I'm unable to access the BIOS or Boot Order to allow me to do this.
The 'novo' button doesn't work, only showing a menu with 4 options - clicking on any of the options and it just boots into the Win8.1 user account. Apparently the software that allows the 'novo' button to access BIOS or Boot Order, is on a partition of the drive that was originally shipped with this laptop - being a 3rd-hand laptop, my guess is that's long gone!

So I tried more conventional methods: F2 and F12 keys, and clicking on PC settings in the charms bar, choosing the Recovery etc option. However none of these work and it just boots into the Win8.1 user account. 

However, from the LL hardware database, I notice that LL has been installed on the Lenovo G580, but maybe these contained original drive to enable operation of the 'novo' button ... I also notice from hadrian's inxi -Fz terminal output, that he installed LL on a Lenovo G580.

Any ideas, send them this way before I throw this laptop in the bin  > > >

Is Canon mx922 Airprint compatible and where can I download it ? Many of us take some answers for granted, while for others they are definitely unknowable. So I want to support with some information for those who want to know if compatible Canon mx922 printer with Airprint.



First answer the answer quickly:
Is Canon mx922 Airprint compatible ?
YES, Airprint is compatible with the Canon MX922 Printer. Happy ? 

I guess it's a great answer for you right now, and that's good. We find this answer without problem in the Official Canon Page https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/explore/printing-innovations/mobile-printing/airprint in section: "The following printers are equipped with this Feature"

Remember that with your Canon MX922 printer you can use Wi-Fi connectivity to print from your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Important: It is not necessary to install canon mx922 drivers, but if you need them you can download here:https://www.canondriversoft.com/2018/10/...inter.html.




As simple as that, it is only necessary to connect the printer with your device and that's it. For this you can see the official canon tutorial to connect Airprint Here:http://www.canon.ca/support_images/KB_Im...nt_NEW.pdf

Ok, I already learned that Canon Mx922 printer is compatible with Airprint, but, what is AirPrint ?. AirPrint is Apple's wireless printing technology. Allows you to print from any Apple device to an AirPrint compatible computer.

There is all the necessary information about AirPrint I hope that this summary is complete and useful for you.

Regards Linux Lite Forum Members

Sergy

I recently installed LL 3.8 on to an Asus 1225B laptop - mostly without a hitch.

Had a slight problem with the keyboard being a bit scrambled but sorted this out by referring to other forum posts on the topic.

When subsequently trying to access Lite Software, Install/Remove, etc for which my password is required, the authentication process does not accept my password.

I suspect that this may be  due to the original keyboard hiccup during the installation but I don't know how to get around this. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Hallo i try to install conky-manager in linux lite 4.2 with this :

So I accidentally deleted the bottom start bar.  Is there an easy way to get it back to looking like when I first installed LL 4.2?

Release Announcement

Linux Lite 4.4 RC1 is now available for testing.

Yes, that's right, RC1. We have moved off the Beta build model to RC releases as these more accurately reflect the build quality of our pre-Final images.
Linux Lite 4.4 Final will be released 1st April, 2019 New Zealand time.




Changes:

Moved from Betas to RC releases. The RC releases Build number is the date of the actual ISO build eg. Build 24022019 - 24th February 2019. The RC information and Build number will only appear on the default wallpaper for that release, Login screen and the Live Boot screen. The positioning of the text is such that it allows room for desktop widgets like Conky and Lite Widget to appear uncluttered on the right. Finals will not have any build information on the default wallpaper.



Updated the Papirus icon theme to the latest release.

Sound Juicer CD ripper has now been added to Lite Software. To get rip-to-mp3 support, Sound Juicer will also install the Restricted Extras package.





Volume level - the double level volume bug has been eliminated.

Removed all references to Google+ as that service is due to close down on April 2nd 2019.

We have moved from Sourceforge distributed servers to OSDN as OSDN will help to finance our project. Their systems and mirror choices are virtually similar.


Details:

Kernel: 4.15.0-45 (custom kernels also available via our Repository for versions 3.13 - 5.0)
Firefox: 65.0 Quantum
Thunderbird: 60.4.0
LibreOffice: 6.0.7.3
VLC: 3.0.4
Gimp: 2.10.8
Base: 18.04.2

Known Issues:

None as yet (watch this space as more people become involved in the testing process and report back to us).

There is no upgrade to or from RC releases. RC releases are for testing only and it is not recommended to run them as your main or secondary operating system.

Downloads:

HTTPS:

Download 64bit from here - Linux Lite 4.4 RC1 64bit
md5sum: 0d485ade74b798989cebb113f8fc6082
Size: 1.3Gb (DVD, USB)

TORRENT: (Fastest way to download the RC)

64bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-4.4-rc1-64bit.iso.torrent
Hash: 5bb2d201ee0fd90b90baef2c1eb4fbdb9a9f775a
Size: 1.3Gb (DVD, USB)

Live USB/DVD/VirtualBox/Vmware:

Login is automatic, no credentials are required. The image can be written to a 2gb or larger USB stick, or a writable DVD. Alternatively, you can use the dd command: sudo dd if=linux-lite-4.4-rc1-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4M where 'x' is the letter of your usb stick. In linux to find out the letter of your usb stick, open a terminal and type: df -h It is usually listed as 'media' or similar. Please see the built in Help Manual if you require a more detailed explanation of this procedure.

Yumi, Multiboot and other multi-boot applications are not supported. A good, simple point and click USB ISO burner is https://etcher.io/
If the screen locks during Live mode, type linux into the user box and click on the Login button (no password required)

Minimum Recommended Specs:
1Ghz processor
768mb ram
8gb HDD/SD
VGA screen capable of 1024x768 resolution
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

Preferred Specs:
1.5GHz processor+
1024mb ram+
20gb HDD/SSD+
VGA, DVI or HDMI screen capable of 1366x768 resolution+
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

Login to the live desktop is automatic.

The first thing you MUST do after a fresh install of Linux Lite is run Menu, Favorites, Install Updates.

As this is a RC release, there are bound to be bugs etc. Please help make the final stable for other people by participating in this RC. Please report any bugs and feedback in this thread.


Thank you

Jerry and the team.

I implore thee and asketh for a parcel of your Wisdom O Great Forum Dwellers!

I know this can be a big question but it there a way to know what video card is officially supported by an Linux distro / Kernel ?
Not the driver list but the supported hardware list like :
Kernel 4.x.x supports these cards :
nVidia GeForce 8600 (or even by chipset, nvidia nv530, etc.)
nVidia GeForce 8800 ..
Intel GMA 4000...and so on.

I usually manage to get everything working by forcing drivers, etc. But sometimes some features like some OpenGL 3D commands are not supported.
Or maybe the other way around, Kernel 4.x.x needs OpenGL 2.0 support to work properly and blah blah.

Maybe there's a command line to "ask" a driver/program for which Kernel it was originally developped? Even better would be before installing it.

Kirk out!

hello all

checking this os out so far im liking it. seems to be stable and working fine.
will have to do some tweaking to make it mine but minor stuff so far.
ive been running different versions of linux for a lot of years but like debian
and ubuntu os's. anyway thanks for your work so far impressed.

abbe

I recently tried out Pop_OS, though had problems and decided against using for now. The main reason I was trying out is that have been unable to get Bluetooth working usually, cannot connect to a Smart TV in new house am renting, and something else which happened with Pop.


With Pop, suddenly yesterday when I opened up Youtube, a message floated up telling me that if I clicked on it, the Smart TV would stream the youtube and sure enough it did. Unfortunately, the whole system started freezing after that and when I rebooted I couldn't reboot again. Of course could have probably figured it out, but after a day or two of computer issues trying out distros, didn't have the patience. But it was neat when it lasted and at least I know it's possible.


Also, another neat feature in Pop: In File Manager, one of the areas listed was my gmail. I clicked on it and after a minute or two all the files I have saved on Google Drive were displayed on the screen. Neat.


So in POP it's possible to connect to a Smart TV (without even trying!), and to access all those documents in File Manager. I think that's pretty neat.


I have searched for these things, but as usual get hundreds of results but none of them on the topic.


So suggestions:
Consider adding in the Smart TV coding they have in POP (also Ubuntu based);
Consider adding in the google network access or explaining how to do that like in POP.
Have a clear tutorial on bluetooth issues including learning how to know when it's hopeless.


Although I would love help with these things, it's been a long time since I ever had an issue addressed here, so am not expecting any. I just learn to live with various limitations and get on with life. No worries. (And not complaining, either.)


All best,
Ash.

I had to process about 70GB of PDF files which were compressed.  I printed them via cups-pdf to uncompressed format and moved them to mechanical hard drive.

This took several days of processing. After the PDF file would print, it took about 10 minutes before the actual file was created.  So I assume the data was spooled by cups.  The processing was done on my 256GB SSD which Linux Lite boots from.

The problem is I had around 135GB free before the processing and now I have 30GB free.  I tried rebooting to clear tmp files, but still don't have the space back.

What can I try to clean my drive up and get the space back?