Hi all, just a few days new to Linux Lite. Installing worked fine but I have a question?
Why is it that if I start Chromium that each time I have to login to my google/ gmail account, and have to use the Gmail Authenticator? And the same with the first time the Keyring? crazy lol.

Hope for help?
Thanks,
Kabonkel.

Hello everyone. 

I recently installed Linux Lite. It was 3.2 Beta.
For this reason, I have re-install the 3.2 to a few hours ago.
Also, I have to install the 2.8 to old PC (Originally WinXP pre-installed).

Linux Lite is I think the use of the English main,
it is because there is no localepurge,
it was easy to accommodate the Japanese.

My PC is currently Linux Lite working comfortable.  ;D

Hi

I use Linux Lite Live from time to time to see how it's developing and whether to make the plunge permanent should get round to I simplifying my existing system

Does the Linux Lite 3.2 Final include the fix for Dirty COW?

I did a search and saw https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/secur.../#msg26825 saying LL kernel had been patched but can't see anything whether the Live ISO has been updated. I'm not even sure a Live system can be updated but even so, it's something to remember the long command line to do the update each time.

Many thanks
Alan

I have an older HP computer that is a backup to my good HP. I installed Linux Lite 3.2 32bit on the backup & thought after, why not? I made a systemback Live & installed the OS on my dust collecting netbook. The netbook is an Acer Aspire One D255E Intel Atom N455 1.66 GHz. with 1 GB memory. Upon installing I added the browser Pale Moon, Audacious music player & Aisleriot for a few card games. I completely removed Firefox & Thunderbird mail (don't use it). In startup & session I stopped Bluetooth, login sound, Print queue, & Systemback scheduler. According to the Widget, here's what happened:
Just turned on, doing nothing
CPU                    2%
Total Memory  989 mb
Memory Used  221 mb.

Playing some MP3's using Audacious
CPU                    10%
Total Memory  989 mb
Memory Used  253 mb.

Playing music & have Pale Moon browser open, but not doing anything
CPU                    11%
Total Memory  989 mb
Memory Used  425 mb.

Of course, as soon as you open something the CPU usage spikes, but then it settles down. A Netbook is a low end computer but I found that I could actually use it. I just wanted to pass on the information to anyone who is a netbook user, or who has one lying around not being used, as I did. Plan on using it when I travel to play music, check email, play a few card games. Very happy with the results. Maybe it is just my imagination but this version of Linux Lite (3.2) seems to be lighter on resources. I thought so when I was testing the Beta.

Grand Canyon lightening on the old Dell client with LL 3.2.

http://imgur.com/a/hz4s8

TC

Release Announcement

Linux Lite 3.2 Final is now available for download. The overall theme of this release is a focus on Security. Linux Lite will now download and install the latest Linux kernel security updates when they become available via Install Updates. In this release we introduce for the first time the Lite Desktop Widget. This features basic system information as well as Updates status to emphasize the importance of keeping your computer up to date. Also in this release we've included several theme enhancements, lots of updates to our Lite packages, as well as the usual fixes from the 3.2 Beta.

Presenting Linux Lite 3.2 Final



Lite Desktop Widget - A new optional feature that displays basic system information, including Updates Status that reports the last time you installed Updates. A portion of the code for this widget was outsourced, so thank you to those who support and donate to Linux Lite. To enable this after installation, go to Menu, Settings, Session and Startup, Application Autostart tab, tick Lite Desktop Widget.  Logout then Login again, the widget will appear at the bottom right hand corner of your screen after a few seconds of logging into your Desktop. If you want transparency for the widget, go to Menu, Settings, Window Manager Tweaks, Compositor tab, tick Enable display compositing. The Updates Status will refresh information every 5 minutes eg. 5 minutes after you update, the status will change to Your system was recently updated providing there were any updates installed.

Red - system is overdue for updates, update now
Green - system was updated within the last 3 days
Yellow - a reminder that it's time to update your system

The Lite Desktop Widget shows 5 stages of Status (color coded messages):

1. System never updated - displayed after a fresh install of Linux Lite (will not change status until updated packages have actually been installed)
2. Your system was recently updated - will display 5 minutes after updates have been applied
3. 6hrs since your last update - hourly update reminders
4. 4 days since your last update - after the 3rd day, the reminder will turn yellow
5. 8 days since your last update - after the 7th day, the reminder will turn red



Grub - Linux Lite should now multi boot with other distros. I've tested this in multi-scenarios as shown in the image below:



Things to be aware of - If you want Linux Lite at the top of Grub, use Grub Customizer - http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016...16-04-lts/ It allows you to set up Grub to your liking. Hopefully, this puts to rest any previous concerns about Grub not playing nice with other distros. In summary, Linux Lite now multi-boots with other operating systems, the only change you should ever need to make, and this is purely personal, is the order in which they show in the Grub Menu.

Upgrading - I've listened to all the feedback in the past regarding upgrading in Linux Lite and there still appears to be some confusion over how we do this, even though it's been clearly explained, we cannot overcome perception. The solution to this, is to revert back to our standard method which is to do:

> Menu, Favorites, Install Updates
> Menu, Settings, Lite Upgrade

Lite Upgrade - What it will do:

- Lite Desktop Widget
- New Terminal theme
- New Lite Welcome
- New Lite Tweaks
- New Lite Manual
- New Lite Software
- New Resource Usage theme
- Newest Linux Kernel
- New Wallpapers
- Bug fixes, enhancements
- Better contrasting Icons (Faenza Dark)
- Back up your existing config files to: /home/user/.llupgradebackup/3.0/

Lite Upgrade - What it won't do:

- New Grub config (potential to ruin peoples existing multi-boot setups)
- New Boot Splash (3.0 users may have grown used to it)
- Comprehensive sources.list (risk to peoples existing sources.list file, you will still get Linux kernel security updates)

There is no upgrade path to or from Beta releases.
There is no upgrade path from Series 2 ( 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8 ) to Series 3.

Kernel & Install Updates - With Security at the forefront of most peoples minds these days, we in the linux world should be just as vigilant. Linux Lite will now automatically download and install the latest Ubuntu kernel via Install Updates. In order for this to work, we've changed the code in Install Updates from upgrade to dist-upgrade. I've been running dist-upgrade for a number of weeks now and although in the past I've recommended against it, our OS is now to a state where there should be no adverse affects. Just remember, over time kernels will build up in your system, run the Kernel Removal tool in Lite Tweaks to clean out your system periodically.

Some explanation:

apt-get upgrade - This command upgrades all installed packages.

apt-get dist-upgrade - Tells APT to use "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. Not to be confused with do-release-upgrade which would upgrade you from one LTS to the next.

Lite Welcome - Has been updated and now includes the convenience of upgrading from the Start section.

Improved Boot Splash - Now easier on the eyes and displays the Eject message at the end of installation more clearly.



Tray Icons - better contrasting



Resource Usage - better contrasting



Updated Terminal theme  - better contrasting



Help Manual - Contains a new section on the Lite Desktop Widget and other minor changes and updates to existing information.

Changelog:

Firefox 49.0.2
Thunderbird 45.4.0
LibreOffice 5.1.4.2
VLC - 2.2.2
Gimp 2.8.18
Base: 16.04.1
WhiskerMenu - latest

Additional Changes:

New - Wallpapers (community selected)
New - 'Release Notes' link on installer now opens 'Start' page in the Help Manual
Fixed - Mime type for debian packages should now open with Gdebi by default
Fixed - Lite User Manager - /var/mail/ error after removal of user
Updated - comprehensive sources.list
Linux Generic Kernel - should now ensure automatic kernel upgrades via Install Updates
No longer able to report Share Hardware Information from a Virtual machine

Developer credits - Jerry Bezencon, John Jenkins, Milos Pavlovic, Brian Tomlinson, Josh Erickson, Manoj Kumar Nayak, Sergey Murzin, Vladislav Bychkov

Downloads:

HTTP:
Download 32bit from here - Linux Lite 3.2 Final 32bit
md5sum: 12d43af6f746cf5ade8f1408da5f84c8
Size: 990mb (DVD, USB)

Download 64bit from here - Linux Lite 3.2 Final 64bit
md5sum: c0e272b0bc8b3a818d8ecb4c07bfdd4d
Size: 977mb (DVD, USB)

TORRENTS:
32bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-3.2-32bit.iso.torrent
Hash: bffbe96397b034aac43fd7227cb32b937d4af98a
Size: 990mb (DVD, USB)

64bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-3.2-64bit.iso.torrent
Hash: 7385ca64946612b3bd6b2e60b2c4eb79d1aa77f0
Size: 977mb (DVD, USB)

INTERNATIONAL DOWNLOAD MIRRORS: https://www.linuxliteos.com/download.html#mirrors

Yumi, Multiboot and other multi-boot applications are not supported.

Live USB/DVD/VirtualBox/Vmware:

Login is automatic, no credentials 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-3.2-xxbit.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.

All Ubuntu 32bit kernels these days ship with PAE.

Minimum Recommended Specs:
700MHz processor
512mb ram
VGA screen capable of 1024x768 resolution
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

Preferred Specs:
1.5GHz processor+
1024mb ram+
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.


Thank you
Jerry and the team.

...I think that Lite users who are probably coming from a Windows environment may find Synaptics Package Manager a little cryptic as the main installer/uninstaller.

Was a life-long user of Windows, from 3.11 to 10.  Still have Windows 10 for some software reasons, but then I found Linux Mint.  It's my main OS.  As of right now, I triple boot---Windows 10, Linux Mint 18, and Linux Lite 3.0

Just recently came across Linux Lite and wanted to test it on my laptop and a couple of old computers I have.  Lite runs fast!

I may install Lite on my older desktop computers.

Can someone tell me the name of the 'screenshot' software used in LL2 series?
Also is it the same version as the one used in LL3.0?


Many thanks
Mike

Hello all! Been using Linuxes for 6 years. Just installed LinuxLite 3.0 on an ancient Athlon XP 2500+ 1.8GHz desktop, 1GB ram, Broadcom BCM4306 wifi card for which I had to download the b43 driver using a wired connexion, and a NVIDIA MX 440 video card which unfortunately is long ago not supported by Linux. Even on such a disadvantaged system, Lite runs amazingly well. I am much impressed with it and will definitely continue to use it to bring some comfortable life to old machines. I've tried other lightweight distros, which were especially light in the user-friendliness area. I'm much more of a user and not so much a tinkerer, though I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty inside a computer (and some of the machines I've opened have been really dirty!)
Anyhow, just a shout out of "Hello!" to all the fellow Lite-users and a big "Thank You!" to the development team for making such a great and humanly usable distro. I can actually run stuff right the first time and it gives me a huge amount of configurability without having to get too involved in the finer tweaking details. See y'all around!  8)