I do not use VB and I am curious as to how difficult it may be to use SSH to display a running Vbox system remotely, and to configure SFTP between its host and the remote system it is displayed on. With gnome boxes I can display a running OS in gnome boxes remotely using SSH X11 forwarding and SFTP to both the host and the remote system it is displayed on from the OS running in gnome boxes and use remmina and/or Thunar bookmarks. File transfer is a breeze, and the whole thing is easy to set up and gives me SFTP between all three systems. Is SSH easily configurable for such a setup in Vbox? With gnome boxes it's a breeze.

My setup is a Debian 10.9 host with gnome boxes, spice tools, and open SSH client and server ( I can SSH both directions) installed. In boxes I run either Linux Lite 5.x or Bunsen Labs. From my permanent LL 5.x desktop with open SSH client and server installed I can SSH X11 forward gnome boxes to my desktop display there and move files back and forth between the two allowing me to experiment with the virtualized LL 5.x system without harming my permanent installation of Linux Lite, all the while using the CPU power and RAM of my host system and being able to transfer files back and forth from my host as well. This is quite a convenience. I just wonder how difficult this would be to achieve with Vbox?

TC 

Hello,
I have been a Windows users since Windows 386, yeah I am old.  After reading a glowing recommendation of Linux Lite as a replacement for Windows I decided to take the plunge.

Anyway, just tried to install Linux Lite on a Windows PC as a dual boot.  Installation seemed to go fine but on reboot I am presented with a prompt for GNU GRUB ver. 2.04 and do not know how to move forward.  Any insights, suggestions, help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you all in advance for any help you can offer.
Ed

Hello everyone.  I've been on Windows systems for 22 years.  I have never used any other operating systems at all.  Everything was going hunky dory on the various PC towers over the years with Windows.  No need to look elsewhere.

Then I bought a laptop which has proven to be frustrating and fairly useless at efficiently running the preinstalled Windows 10 it came with. Finally, after a million ridiculous freeze ups just doing the simplest tasks on this P.O.S. laptop (or trying to run more than one program or app at a time) instead of me smashing it into a million pieces, I somehow got the bright idea to try and find if such a thing existed as a less resource-intensive operating system that could maybe work more effortlessly on this garbage laptop. 

And so I checked into the world of alternative operating systems and determined to give Linux a try. After some research, it seemed Linux Lite was recommended for Linux newbies like myself.  Since April I've been running Linux Lite on a persistent live USB I created myself.  I have some questions about using Linux Lite in this way and so here I am, joining this forum.  I'm still trying to find answers to my questions as it seems that, from reading all the forum guidelines and maybe a dozen threads, one needs to complete due diligence before starting a thread where said topic may already be covered. 

Been using LL for quite awhile on a crusty old DDR2 era Phenom II X4 820 for my garage computer and its been working like a champ. Lately though, not sure cause of an update, Firefox tabs will get the "Gah. Your tab just crashed." almost all the time. Oddly enough this forum hasnt crashed yet. Any thoughts as to why? only plugin i am running is uBlock Origin.

Hello,
I'm stuck with a screen problem in Virtualbox:  the bottom part of the setup instructions in Host is hidden and I can't move the panel around to unhide it. I should see buttons like  "Continue" or "Cancel". Because it's [below the screen], I can't move on. It looks like this:


 
(OVF file was removed before posting)


VB was downloaded from Light Software. My max screen resolution is 1366X768. Lowering screen rez is only giving me the same truncated VB image (with black margins) and I still can't move it around. I know these buttons are down there, so it's kind of frustrating!
I welcome any suggestion to get a full screen.

I would like to upgrade to the latest version of Linux Lite 5.4
I remember a while ago, that someone said that there is no upgrade path from my current version 3.6.  I that still the case?

If I need to do a clean install, is there a way to keep my free Dropbox installation without having to reinstall Dropbox, as I would need to upgrade my Dropbox account.  I currently only have a free basic Dropbox account which means I can I can only sign into max of three devices at a time (new rules introduced 2019).

Unfortunately I don't have home on a separate partition.  So I believe that is a major problem.  I just wondered is there a workaround to avoid new Dropbox installation?

Hi there,

I have fresh installed LL 5.4 on a Dell T3600(UEFI disabled) with success.
By testing some functions I find out that Hibernate  (sudo pm-hibernate) work well (save pages to swap partition, power-off)
and on Power-On it reads the pages back (can see on screen) (resume: image successfully loaded) but then nothing happens. No further boot, no Alt-F1-F6 worked. Only power down to reboot normal.

If I use the Hibernation button in Menu it is nothing to see (only the wait time for network interface to come down) and system power off.
On power back the system normal boots.

Any help is welcome.

THX Frank

Hi, guys,  I put linux lite 20.04 on my husband's older Dell desktop, 64 bit, 4G RAM, with intel graphics. Linux lite works well but boots terribly slow, 1 1/2 minutes. I put it on my other older HP desktop, 64 bit, 8G RAM, with intel graphics, same long boot times. I had to put windows 10 back on the desktops because of such slow boot times. Windows 10 takes only 30 seconds to boot. I really like how Linux Lite runs on the desktops once they're booted. I can see that most of the time booting is spent with networking and bluetooth. Isn't there some fix for this? I can't find anything online that works! I have linux lite clean installed on a Chromebook, 4G RAM, as its only OS. The Chromebook has only 16G disk space. It boots up great, 14 seconds. What's the problem with those desktops that they boot sooooo slow with Linux? *Would a swap partition in the right place help? I noticed the newest Linux Lite doesn't have a swap partition. 
*Yesterday, I put Linux Lite along side Windows 10 (dual boot) on a three year old Hp laptop with 12G RAM, not very old. Linux did a little over a whole minute boot time, not that bad, but not that good either. systemd-analyze blame says that most of it is networking and bluetooth. Is there a way to fix this?

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Linux Lite 5.6 RC1 ya está disponible para pruebas. Consulte los detalles a continuación.



Cambios:
Ahora es posible instalar Linux Lite directamente desde la pantalla de bienvenida.



Tema de iconos Papirus actualizado



7 nuevos fondos de pantalla de los cuales 4 son de nuestro artista residente [member=5059]whateverthing[/member]





Además de muchos otros ajustes y cambios.

Tema de ventana: Adapta
Tema de iconos: Papirus
Fuente: Roboto Regular

¿Cómo sé si mi PC con Windows tiene UEFI?

En la búsqueda de Windows, escriba msinfo o msinfo32e inicie la aplicación de escritorio denominada Información del sistema. Busque el elemento del modo BIOS, y si el valor es UEFI, entonces tiene el firmware UEFI. Si dice BIOS Modo heredado, entonces ese es el firmware que está ejecutando.

Se admite el arranque seguro, pero a menos que sepa exactamente cómo manejarlo, puede ser un dolor de cabeza y causante de molestias no deseadas, por lo que se recomienda deshabilitar el arranque seguro para evitar este tipo de inconvenientes.

Algunos fragmentos útiles del Manual de ayuda:

Quote:UEFI

Según How-To-Geek , "El BIOS pronto estará muerto: Intel ha anunciado planes para reemplazarlo por completo con UEFI en todos sus conjuntos de chips para 2020. El BIOS tradicional todavía tiene serias limitaciones. Solo puede arrancar desde unidades de 2,1 TB o menos. Las unidades de 3 TB ahora son comunes y una computadora con BIOS no puede arrancar desde ellas. Esa limitación se debe a la forma en que funciona el sistema de registro de arranque maestro del BIOS. UEFI reemplaza el BIOS tradicional en las PC. No hay forma de cambiar de BIOS a UEFI en una PC existente".

Quote:Arranque seguro

Linux Lite recomienda que desactive el Arranque seguro en su BIOS. Esto le ahorrará potencialmente muchos dolores de cabeza durante el uso de su sistema. Linux Lite se ejecutará con el Arranque seguro habilitado, pero le recomendamos que no lo haga. Debe tener en cuenta que el arranque seguro se considera una función de seguridad y se implementó para dificultar que elementos como el ransomware se apoderen de su PC.

Desactivación del arranque seguro: sugerencias
Hay muchas maneras de hacer esto. Uno de estos debería funcionar para su sistema:
- En Windows: mantenga presionada la tecla Mayús, haga clic en el icono de encendido en su menú, haga clic en Reiniciar, mantenga presionada la tecla Mayús todo el tiempo. Suelte la tecla Shift una vez que llegue a las opciones de recuperación. Vaya a Solucionar problemas, Opciones avanzadas, Configuración de firmware UEFI, Reiniciar. Luego estará en su BIOS, busque Seguridad, o Opciones avanzadas o de arranque y encontrará Arranque seguro, deshabilítelo. Salga de su BIOS guardando la configuración.

- Encienda su PC y acceda al menú de su BIOS. Puede hacer esto presionando una tecla durante la secuencia de arranque, por ejemplo. F1, F2, F12 o Esc. Busque la configuración de Arranque seguro, configúrela en Desactivado. El arranque seguro suele estar en la pestaña Seguridad, la pestaña Arranque o la pestaña Autenticación. Guarde los cambios y salga de su BIOS.

- En Windows: al hacer clic en el ícono de ajustes en el menú Inicio, accederá a Configuración. En Configuración, elija Actualización y seguridad. Seleccione Recuperación en el menú de la izquierda y podrá ver Inicio avanzado en el lado derecho. Haga clic en Reiniciar ahora en la opción Inicio avanzado. El ordenador se reiniciará en el menú de recuperación. Seleccione Solucionar problemas, Opciones avanzadas, Configuración de firmware UEFI. Reiniciar.

Release Announcement

Linux Lite 5.6 RC1 is now available for testing. See below for details.

Linux Lite 5.6 Final will be released on 1st September, 2021.



Changes:

You can now install Linux Lite directly from Lite Welcome:



Updated Papirus icon theme:



7 new Wallpapers of which 4 are from our resident artist [member=5059]whateverthing[/member]





Plus many other tweaks and changes.

Window Theme: Adapta
Icon Theme: Papirus
Font: Roboto Regular

How do I know if my Windows PC has UEFI?

In Windows Search, type msinfo or msinfo32 and launch the desktop app named System Information. Look for the BIOS Mode item, and if the value for it is UEFI, then you have the UEFI firmware. If it says BIOS Mode Legacy, then that’s the firmware you’re running.

Secure Boot is supported, but unless you know exactly how to handle it, it is a P.I.T.A. at best so I am going to say...you must disable Secure Boot to enable stress free computing.

Some helpful snippets from the latest Help Manual:






UEFI Support link - https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/uefi-secure-boot/

Details:

Kernel: 5.4.0-80 ( custom kernels also available via our Repository for versions 3.13 - 5.13 )
Firefox: 89.0.2
Thunderbird: 78.11.0
LibreOffice: 6.4.7.2
VLC: 3.0.9.2
Gimp: 2.10.18
Base: 20.04.2

Known Issues:

No prompt to eject Media at the end of the Legacy install, prompt is available at the end of the UEFI install.
Release Notes - not working on first installer slide.
Desktop icons - English support only.
Grub - holding shift down whilst booting in UEFI mode does not bring up the Grub menu (works in Legacy mode), waiting for Ubuntu fix.
Grub menu shows Linux Lite as 'Ubuntu'. After you install Linux Lite, you can change Grub to show 'Linux Lite':

- Open /etc/default/grub as Administrator.
- Comment out: GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` and leave GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR='Linux Lite' uncommented.
- Should look like:
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR='Linux Lite'
#GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
- sudo update-grub

Help Manual will be updated in the Final release.

You tell me.


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 5.6 RC1 64bit
MD5SUM: 3756acd7c5a203262f15318a468a9a35
SHA256: 06057c838adc7d007482fbffaa9a56453565f0b690ebfcb6074af9174b57c84c
Size: 1.4Gb (DVD, USB)

Checking the MD5SUM and SHA256 of the Linux Lite ISO:

MD5SUM
Open a Terminal on Linux Lite and do: