Lite Control Center - Suggestions welcomed

[avj]

Nice! I have had no issues, everything seems to work as expected. Only one small suggestion, maybe a button to launch "hardinfo" on the system overview page marked as full system info. Other than that everything looks great so far. Outstanding job to the team.

[UltraCookie]

Looks really good. Detects all my hardware and works smooth. But when I click on a button in the software tab the selected application opens up fine but the control center window turns blank until the chosen application is closed.

[Yoru3]

Good idea to roll up control items into a new control panel, particularly the Software items. I was always selecting the wrong one from the Menu when I was a new user.

The main point I'd make is the Desktop view doesn't seem quite right.

It includes both the Add and Remove option for several common icons, and presents those option irrespective of whether the icon is already installed or not. Plus the options appear to be randomly distributed.

Perhaps a better idea might be to firstly group the options then use a tick box to indicate install, which would also reflects the current status.

[Jerry]

@Trip, how's this?



Not sure if the Internet IP Address is a good idea though. The screenshot tool is used as support for people, they may forget to grey out their ip address. Seems like we'd be putting people at risk and also asking them to do more than they should be doing.

[Trip]

Looks great.
Could you also show the external I.P address on the information page? Maybe even the gateway address would be useful for newer users that can't remember their router address

[Jerry]

When i click on one of the buttons on the system information page my webrowser (chrome) opens, so far so good, but the lite control center screen goes grey then. It stays grey until i close chrome. When i open chrome manually this doesnt happen.

Thanks, we'll look into that.

I guess the translation into different languages will be done later?

At some point in the future, yes.

[TMG1961]

Looks good. Installed it and tested it out. When i click on one of the buttons on the system information page my webrowser (chrome) opens, so far so good, but the lite control center screen goes grey then. It stays grey until i close chrome. When i open chrome manually this doesnt happen.
I guess the translation into different languages will be done later?

[Jerry]

Thanks Dee139, we'll look at the ram issue.

@LL-user - all feedback is valuable, we appreciate it.

[LL-user]

May I please ask for clarification of the menu planned for 2.6 when the Lite Control Center will be fully integrated? Will there still be "Settings" and "System" showing up in the menu?

"Settings" and "System" will remain.

Thanks Jerry for letting us know.

One important reason I install Linux Lite on others' computer is the simplistic, clear approach.
I always considered as area for improvement the menu, specifically the "Settings" and "System" category. Just have a look at the different places to configure the screensaver/ power settings.
In addition to these two categories we already have the "Settings Manager" which represents just a different arrangement of existing menu entries.

The hope was to get this all simplified by having the "Lite Control Center", replacing all three and having a one-stop-shop for everything. Now it looks like we're getting an additional menu entry, partly just another arrangement of already existing menu entries.

As great as it looks, as much potential as it has, I don't want to confront my users with a forth possibility to perform some setting/ system work. Especially while confusing entries like screensaver/ power settings are not sorted out and menu entries are in the wrong category - in my opinion. For example, Firewall configuration, Install Drivers and Lite Upgrade are clear System tasks of the System administrator. They shouldn't be under Settings where I expect the normal user to configure his/her DE/session whithout the need for root permissions.

Thanks

[Dee139]

Great job guys!

According to the Control Center I have 1 GB of ram installed, while in fact it is 1,5 GB!! (see screenshot below)



David

[Wirezfree]

Looks really good....
Will try later on my test/sacrificial laptop.

Dave

[Jerry]

May I please ask for clarification of the menu planned for 2.6 when the Lite Control Center will be fully integrated? Will there still be "Settings" and "System" showing up in the menu?

"Settings" and "System" will remain.

[LL-user]

Very impressive! Congrats to the team!

May I please ask for clarification of the menu planned for 2.6 when the Lite Control Center will be fully integrated? Will there still be "Settings" and "System" showing up in the menu? Or am I correct in assuming that both will be replaced by a new entry "Lite Control Center"?

Thanks for the huge effort guys!

[Jerry]

Thanks dmitry, we'll see if we can add mobile networks support. Looking good there

[dmitry]

Sorry for my bad English... 

Thanks to all developers of LL for very good distro

About some incorrect info in Lite Control Center: Internet 4G-connection is On, but Control Center says,that Internet: Not connected.