Hello from Illinois!

[KimG]

That's great! I'm sure they'll have me up and running in no time. BTW, this Dell is 15 years old this year. 

[pelouk]

Welcome KimG.

 I'm a relative newbie too and I've received great support from the folks here. I've also installed LL on an old Dell (a laptop) and it's running as sweet as a nut.

[KimG]

Thanks for the reply and instructions. I am at work now til late tonight but tomorrow is my day off. I will post everything tomorrow morning. Thanks again for the help.

[gold_finger]

Since it's install related, just make your post under "Installing Linux Lite" section.  Describe in as much detail as you can what problem is, when it occurs, etc.  Also, if you can open a terminal from either live DVD or installed LL system, please enter the following commands so we can get good idea of what your computer specs are:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install inxi
inxi -Fxz
NOTE:  If you prefer, just attach your system report instead of above.  That will give much of same info that inxi does.  I just happen to prefer format of output produced by inxi.


Enter this command so we can see what your hard drive partitions look like, just in case that is needed for solving the problem.

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sudo parted -l(Last character is a lowercase letter "L", not a number 1.)

Copy entire output of both inxi -Fxz and sudo parted -l commands and paste it into your forum post.  (See here for how to post code into the forums.)

[KimG]

Thank you all for the welcomes. To gold_finger, thank you for the heads up! Thinking back, I'm not sure which I chose but I probably did choose yes. However, I think my problem may be starting before applying updates even. I have done a fresh install and made a system report but not exactly sure where the problem lies so I am unsure as to which support topic to post it under. I think it is graphics related but I have on board graphics. Should I post under graphics cards? Hardware?

[bitsnpcs]

Hello KimG,

Welcome to the Linux Lite community 

[gold_finger]

Obviously I don't yet know what your issues were/are, but can give you a heads-up on a common mistake when doing updates.

During some updates (especially the initial updates to LL 2.0), you may be presented with questions asking if you'd like to use a new config file or keep the one currently on the system.  The default answer is to say "N" for "NO", but many people mistakenly type in "Y" for "Yes".  If you choose "Y", then that may cause boot problems -- so always choose "NO" when asked to change config files.  (More detailed explaination here on Mint forum, but same applies to LL.)

[KimG]

Yes, exactly as you described when I had LL up and running. Currently having some issues after applying updates and just did a fresh reinstall. I will be posting with my problem in the support section probably later today. Hoping someone will be able to help me get this straightened out.

[gold_finger]

Welcome KimG.

I recently install LL to an old 2002 PC that used to run WinXP.  LL breathed new life into the system -- was surprised by performance difference b/w Win & LL.  Now boots, shuts down and operates much quicker.  Due to age, flash content does strain the system, but other than that the 12 year old PC is very usable now.  Has your experience been similar?

[Mike]

Welcome Kim! Glad to have you here.

[Wirezfree]

Hi,

Welcome... I'm sure you will love LL.
There's great crowd of folks on here.

Dave

[altman]

Welcome aboard ! A great place to learn & a great bunch .

[KimG]

Hi everybody! Fairly new to the whole Linux world but have been fiddling and what not for the last year trying to learn. I've revived an old Dell Dimension 2100 running XP and LL 2.0 in dual boot, atm. Have tried several distros but I really love this one.