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Linux Lite 2.2 Beta Released - Valtam - 11-13-2014
Release Announcement
Linux Lite 2.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing.
This release is the culmination of ideas and suggestions from the community that improve upon Linux Lite 2.0. We've added Backups a very simple to use backup utility, Date & Time, File Search and our newest members to the Linux Lite software family, Lite Cleaner - an easy to use point and click system cleaner and Lite Welcome - greets you on first boot, gives useful information about Linux Lite including Updates, Support and Development. There are also improvements to Install Additional Software, allowing you to choose multiple programs at once to install. There is also 'Check Install Media' that has been added to the Live boot menu and finally, we've added some community created Linux Lite themed wallpapers.
As usual, you still get the latest LibreOffice, VLC, Wine and Gimp.
New Program locations:
Backups - Menu > Accessories > Backups
File Search - Menu > Accessories > File Search
Date & Time - Menu > Settings > Date & Time
Lite Cleaner - Menu > System > Lite Cleaner
inxi has been added by request.
New adjustable size mouse theme added.
Mumble has been dropped.
Added md5sum check to right click menu.
Added libreoffice-gnome to open files on a NAS.
Launchers now use exo-open instead of xdg-open.
Fixed power settings/screensaver conflict.
Wallpaper credits:
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/index.php?topic=872.0
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/index.php?topic=989.0
Screenshots:
[img height=520 width=800]http://i.imgur.com/JIhO7S9.png[/img]
[img height=520 width=800]http://i.imgur.com/JhQzf0e.png[/img]
[img height=528 width=800]http://i.imgur.com/GM4bEc9.png[/img]
[img height=530 width=800]http://i.imgur.com/eC9w3ua.png[/img]
Both of these iso's come in at 740mb, this means that we are no longer able to fit onto CD. After careful discussion with the community, the overall feeling was that what we offered people in terms of software and function was of greater importance than fitting on a certain media size.
Downloads:
HTTP:
Download 32bit from here - Linux Lite 2.2 Beta 1 32bit
md5sum: 5b22460563858a26eed300115897e9d0
Size: 740mb (DVD, USB)
Download 64bit from here - Linux Lite 2.2 Beta 1 64bit
md5sum: 4ac19e0ddcc1564a292c86f1a74b3168
Size: 740mb (DVD, USB)
TORRENTS:
32bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-2.2-beta1-32bit.iso.torrent
Hash: e1d3546dd3c5cbb07381d02669155ee3318181ee
Size: 740mb (DVD, USB)
64bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-2.2-beta1-64bit.iso.torrent
Hash: d0114b72716a58ecacf12574c58a0a4ee5270202
Size: 740mb (DVD, USB)
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-2.2-beta1-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.
There is no upgrade process from one Linux Lite version to the next because of all the in-between modifications. All Ubuntu 32bit kernels these days ship with PAE.
Recommended Hardware/Minimal System requirements:
700 MHz processor+
512 MB RAM+
5 GB of hard-drive space+
VGA capable of 1024x768 screen resolution
Either a DVD drive or a USB port for the iso
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 beta release, there are bound to be bugs etc. Please help make the final stable for other people by participating in this Beta.
Thank you.
Jerry
Re: Linux Lite 2.2 Beta Released - bobw - 11-13-2014
Well done Jerry at 06:18 NZDT - you can go to bed now!
Re: Linux Lite 2.2 Beta Released - Valtam - 11-13-2014
Cheers bobw, I slept while the images were uploading so that I can be awake during the first 12 hours of release
Re: Linux Lite 2.2 Beta Released - Scott(0) - 11-13-2014
Downloading now, the torrent is very fast!
Re: Linux Lite 2.2 Beta Released - Valtam - 11-13-2014
(11-13-2014, 05:49 PM)Scott(0) link Wrote:
Simple, fast and free
Re: Linux Lite 2.2 Beta Released - Kurt - 11-13-2014
Yeh well done ! - Looking forward to trying this - though Im downloading using the http method - I thought torrent maybe a bit slow first off - Oh well sharing the load I guess
Re: Linux Lite 2.2 Beta Released - sysdrum - 11-13-2014
All set and testing now.
Re: Linux Lite 2.2 Beta Released - rokytnji - 11-13-2014
Quote:Both of these iso's come in at 740mb, this means that we are no longer able to fit onto CD. After careful discussion with the community, the overall feeling was that what we offered people in terms of software and function was of greater importance than fitting on a certain media size.
One way to test on legacy gear via usb and unetbootin is to make a PLOP CD and boot your usb that way.
http://www.plop.at/en/ploplinux/livecd.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q3zsYCE5gA
Though I have not done this yet with Linux Lite 2.2. I will be be trying this method out later on a p4 HP A350N with 2 gig of ram with no USB boot capability in bios. it has a DVDRW it can boot from. But that would defeat the purpose of the test then. Wouldn't it?
Edit: Did the test. PLOP cd works in conjunction with a Linux Lite 2.2 USB made on a Kingston 2 gig Data traveler using Unetbootin.
Code:
linux@linux:~$ inxi -zv7
System: Host: linux Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Xfce 4.11.6 (Gtk 2.24.23) info: xfce4-panel dm: lightdm Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine: System: HP Pavilion 061 product: DM170A-ABA a350n version: 0nB1211RE101YALE 10
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Yale version: 1.xx Bios: American Megatrends version: 3.25 date: 04/27/2004
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-HT-) cache: 512 KB flags: (pae sse sse2) bmips: 5599.84
Clock Speeds: 1: 2799.921 MHz 2: 2799.921 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0181
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI nv18 x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.2 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: d800 dc00 bus-ID: 00:1f.5 chip-ID: 8086:24d5
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
driver: 8139too ver: 0.9.28 port: b400 bus-ID: 02:0f.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8139
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter
driver: rtl8187 usb-ID: 001-004 chip-ID: 0bda:8189
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter> IF: eth0 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A IF: wlan0 ip: <filter> ip-v6: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 206.0GB (0.4% used)
1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3160021A size: 160.0GB serial: 3JS21EB3 temp: 33C
2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: DataTraveler_2.0 size: 2.0GB serial: 899810270000000000000041-0:0 temp: 0C
3: USB id: /dev/sdc model: WD400BB size: 40.0GB serial: 0000000000000000W-0:0 temp: 0C
4: USB id: /dev/sdh model: Card_Reader size: 4.0GB serial: 058F63666433-0:0 temp: 0C
Optical: No optical drives detected.
Partition: ID: / size: 1.3G used: 60M (5%) fs: overlayfs dev: /dev/cow label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID: /cdrom size: 1.9G used: 769M (41%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 label: kingston uuid: 663A-1735
ID: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
label: N/A uuid: 85e762f3-0e7f-4f15-93ef-2b584ce53c45
RAID: System: supported: N/A
No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Unused Devices: none
Unmounted: ID: /dev/sda1 size: 7.54G label: HP_RECOVERY uuid: 22D1-40E3
ID: /dev/sda2 size: 42.40G label: HP_PAVILION uuid: 5E78D2DF78D2B54D
ID: /dev/sda5 size: 9.44G label: N/A uuid: f5c0044a-bf51-4fa9-a2f3-330b1ca4fc45 fs: ext3
ID: /dev/sda6 size: 41.94G label: / uuid: 24c978fe-b939-4c0f-bed8-1386f80da1a7 fs: ext3
ID: /dev/sda7 size: 56.57G label: /data uuid: 3BD1-3EB3
ID: /dev/sdc1 size: 40.00G label: /Data uuid: 4B94-FBDD
ID: /dev/sdh1 size: 3.95G label: N/A uuid: N/A
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info: Processes: 168 Uptime: 34 min Memory: 368.1/2522.7MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11 running in x-terminal-emul) inxi: 1.9.17The card reader in inxi was to post pics of my screen and computer but no mount in live session is cooperating with me. I already did a
Code:
mkdir /media/sdhSo no pictures of plop boot screen with linux-lite. The video I posted should be easy enough to follow and knowing it works should be good enough.
Edit. Here are the pics of boot screen and computer in shop showing proof of concept that legacy computers (XP with no usb or dvdrom bios boot capability) will boot from usb
![[Image: 9bb68f364398303.jpg]](http://thumbnails109.imagebam.com/36440/9bb68f364398303.jpg)
![[Image: 0e7c5a364398581.jpg]](http://thumbnails111.imagebam.com/36440/0e7c5a364398581.jpg)
Signing Off. Rok.
Re: Linux Lite 2.2 Beta Released - Teddy - 11-13-2014
Wowie! Jerry, this release looks stellar! I will try this as soon as I can and give you a bit of feedback. BTW, nice to be back to these forums again. School has kept me away from here, lol.
Re: Linux Lite 2.2 Beta Released - Valtam - 11-13-2014
Cheers Rok, thanks for the test. Good to know Plop works with the latest LL