I want to replace W10 on my old Dell laptop with Linux Lite which has 32G SDD HDD

- I have created bootable USB drive with version 5.0 64 bit.
- From booted USB Linux Lite OS I ran Install with 'replace' option so W10 has been completely replaced with Linux Lite. Install completed successfully.

However the new system will not boot from HDD.  Boots fine from USB stick.  I've tried various things from BIOS, no change

Is there some sort of logical procedure I can follow to resolve this, some log I can refer to ?

Release Announcement

Linux Lite 5.2 Final is now available for download and installation.




Changes:

Firewall now managed from Settings Manager:





Lite Widget now managed from Settings Manager:



Lite Widget now displays Laptop Battery status. Community suggestion. (only if using a laptop):





Added more Screensavers:



Added Taskbar Restore to Lite Tweaks. Community suggestion:



Added Spellcheck to LibreOffice (US only). You will need to complete 'Install Language Support' in Lite Welcome to activate this feature:



Removed deprecated GTK2 software, themes - less bloat:



Removed Adobe Flash:



Please don't ask how to install Flash. That would be like asking for the recipe for a deadly poison, then drinking it to see if it worked. Flash is gone. Long live HTML5   Installing Restricted Extras from Lite Software will no longer install Flash.

Updated Grub menu image to transparent, add more color, clearer boot screens when dual booting:



SimpleScreenRecorder, Zoom and Microsoft Teams added to Lite Software. Community suggestions:



9 new Wallpapers thanks to the community and especially [member=5059]whateverthing[/member]



Latest Papirus icon theme.
Updated UEFI files for build process.
Fixed notifications bug.

Brand new Linux Lite Repository - Cost free

A HUGE thank you to Thomas and the team over at www.fosshost.org for their time and generosity. We will forever be grateful to them for reaching out to us with this offer.

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: 5.4.0-52 ( custom kernels also available via our Repository for versions 3.13 - 5.9 )
Firefox: 82.0
Thunderbird: 68.10.0
LibreOffice: 6.4.6.2
VLC: 3.0.9.2
Gimp: 2.10.18
Base: 20.04.1

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

You tell me.

Upgrading

There has been some tweaks to the Lite Upgrade code from Series 4.x. Most notably, the end dialogue has been simplified and will ask you to either Reboot or Shutdown. Continue Working is no longer viewed as a sensible option. Also, Lite Welcome will no longer be displayed after a Reboot. Just look at Lite Widget to see if you upgraded successfully to 5.2 or do:

I have the emoji keyboard installed and it works in the whisker menu and keyboard settings. But when I press right click on any input outside the preinstalled interface there is no option for insert emoji. Also outside the interface it doesn't respond to win + .

Has anybody gotten Cherry Tree to work with LL5? I just grabbed the LL5 iso and burned a flash drive and booted fine off it, but I was unable to get Cherry Tree working. It's a must have for me to upgrade from LL 4, as I just have too many files done with it to port them all over to another note taking app. There is a newer Ubuntu compatible version (just a few days ago IIRC) but I found it hard to access things from the LL5 flash drive without any bookmarks, etc.

I think you have to use snap to do this, but the procedure didn't get me to anything that actually runs, although cherrytree showed up in the CLI when I asked it about snap packages installed. However, there was no way to run the program. But I'm pretty clueless when it comes to snap.

I can't use install updates from the app you get when you type updates, when I try to run it I get this error

After booting up and logon, I noticed a message in the upper right corner.  I cicked on it and my desktop changed.  No deskyop icons opanel and its icons.  Just a flashing message in the upper right saying that my bettery is charging.  This is a laptop and LLOS 5.0 is running from a USB HDD.  The batter for this laptop is dead and I run the PC strictly on AC so the battery will not charge.

I however have no idea how to get out of this.  Shutdown, restart and relogon brings me back to the same point.  I found task manager, but with >200 cryptic tasks listed, I have no @%$! idea what it might be.

please help,

thanks

Well, I introduced myself. I am new to the community, I installed linux on October 27, 2020 without any problem, so far so good. After installing the operating system "Linux Updates" I was notified that I had 253 pending updates, I proceeded to download the updates because I want an updated operating system.

The problem is the following, Linux Lite Updates directly gives me an error, today October 28th I turned on my laptop with the hope of being able to install the updates, but it doesn't let me either, I'm not sure why.

Here I put the Error Log:

===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Obj:1 http://ve.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Obj:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Obj:3 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
Obj:4 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite emerald InRelease
Obj:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libretro/stable/ubuntu focal InRelease
Des:6 http://ve.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [111 kB]
Des:7 http://ve.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [98,3 kB]
Des:8 http://ve.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [107 kB]
Leyendo lista de paquetes...
E: Release file for http://ve.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist.../InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 2h 3min 25s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.
E: Release file for http://ve.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist.../InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 1h 27min 24s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.
E: Release file for http://ve.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist.../InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 1h 26min 49s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.

Hello,


I have several appimage packet installed and working fine.
I put launchers on desktop, launcher is correctly starting the designed app.
But, all launcher use the same "wheel" icon.


If I want to change these icons, I can't,  as clicking on "properties" doesn't provide the panel to do that.
Using right clik button doesn't provide entry "launcher edit".


May be I forgot something....


Thank in advance for yours ideas and solutions.

I noticed several times already that the Package Update Indicator freezes my whole system when it gets active.
Does anybody noticed the same and how did you solve it?
My CPU hangs on 100% and memory use is during the freeze 50-60%.
No idea what's the problem but I can solve the freeze by a reboot.
Help is welcome