Release Announcement

Introducing Linux Lite 7.0 Final codename Galena.

The theme of this Series is maturity. We've been offering Linux Lite now for 12 years and in that time, have integrated many features as suggested by the community as well as building upon a solid and secure foundation.

See below for release details.




Changes:

Thunar 4.18.8 - Split View




Minor changes to Lite Welcome



New install slides:








Plus many other tweaks and changes.

Window Theme: Materia
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:

XFCE 4.18
Kernel: 6.8.0-31 ( custom kernels also available via our Repository for versions 3.13 - 6.8 )
Chrome: 125.0
Thunderbird: 115.11.0
LibreOffice: 7.6.7.2
VLC: 3.0.20
Gimp: 2.10.36
Base: 24.04

Known Issues:

Please enter them into this thread. Thank you.

Mintstick doesn't load, do:

Run Install Updates from the Menu, then do:

What you might not know about Chrome in Linux Lite. Linux Lite uses the newest version of Chrome i/e security updates from the Chrome devs are immediate, while with some other distros like like Mint, RHEL, or even Debian, Chrome updates can lag for awhile. Chrome just dropped a security update yesterday which Linux Lite 7 received immediately. I haven't checked, but with MS Edge I'm not sure this is true unless you run the dev version. Many users support using other browser alternatives like Brave or Vivaldi because they believe they are more secure when in fact you can harden Chrome with privacy settings probably more than any other browser and those alternatives often lag behind with general security updates because they are usually discovered by the Chrome devs. I don't see any actual system security reason to use another browser. All TOR does is put you on the map for government security and privacy invasions. The ONLY reason I use Firefox is because I can run BASH scripts from html documents more easily which in fact is less secure.
TC         

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Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into the Software - Support - Updates section for assistance.

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Ign:4 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco InRelease
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Hit:7 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:8 https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable stable InRelease
Hit:9 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco Release
Hit:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Ign:12 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/webupd8...ava/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
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  404  Not Found [IP: 2620:2d:4000:1::81 443]
Reading package lists...
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Ign:8 https://repository.mullvad.net/deb/stable focal InRelease
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  404  Not Found [IP: 45.149.104.1 443]
Reading package lists...
E: The repository 'https://repository.mullvad.net/deb/stable focal Release' no longer has a Release file.

HI, PLEASE ANY SOLUTION?  :002: :002:

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Leyendo lista de paquetes...
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W: Error de GPG: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: Las firmas siguientes no se pudieron verificar porque su clave pública no está disponible: NO_PUBKEY 6224F9941A8AA6D1
E: El repositorio «http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease» no está firmado.

Custom Yaru Sardi Red and Yaru Plank theme

Hi everyone,

I recently installed Linux Lite 6.2 on my Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 14IAN8 laptop, but I'm having trouble getting the audio to work.

Here's what I've tried so far:

* Reinstalled PulseAudio and ALSA
* Checked BIOS settings (audio is enabled)
* Made sure there are no physical mute switches engaged
* Updated Linux Lite to the latest version
* Tried loading different kernel modules (`snd_hda_intel`, `sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl`)
* Checked the ALSA mixer (`alsamixer`)

Despite these efforts, the system still doesn't detect any sound cards (`aplay -l` shows no output).

Here's a summary of the relevant terminal output:

* **lspci:** Shows that the audio device is an Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller, but the kernel driver in use is `sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl`.
* **dmesg:** Reveals errors related to the `sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl` module failing to initialize the audio device.
* **lsmod:** Confirms that the `snd_hda_intel` module is loaded but not actively used.
* **aplay -l:** Shows no soundcards found.

I suspect there might be a driver issue or a compatibility problem between the `sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl` module and my Intel audio chip.

Has anyone else encountered a similar issue with this Lenovo model on Linux Lite? Any suggestions or solutions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi everyone,

I recently installed Linux Lite 6.4 on my Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 14IAN8, and I'm having trouble getting the touchpad to work. The touchpad worked perfectly fine in Windows, but it's not even being recognized by Linux Lite.

I've tried the following troubleshooting steps:

BIOS: Confirmed that the touchpad is enabled in the BIOS settings.
FN Keys: Tested all FN key combinations (Fn + F6, Fn + F8, etc.) with no effect.
Drivers: Installed and updated the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics driver.
GRUB: Modified the GRUB configuration with various parameters (i8042.nopnp=1 pci=nocrs).
X11 Configuration: Verified that the touchpad isn't disabled in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf.
Blacklisted Modules: Confirmed no touchpad-related entries in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf.
Hardware Switch: Checked for a physical switch, but my model doesn't have one.
Reinstalled Input Drivers: Reinstalled xserver-xorg-input-all without success.
Kernel Modules: I also tried manually loading the psmouse and elan_i2c kernel modules, even though they weren't listed in the output of lsmod, but it didn't make a difference.

Additional Information:

The touchpad isn't detected in Linux Lite's "Mouse and Touchpad" settings.
xinput output:
Virtual core pointer              id=2    [master pointer (3)]
⎜  ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer          id=4    [slave pointer (2)]
⎜  ↳ Razer Razer Taipan              id=7    [slave pointer (2)]
⎜  ↳ Razer Razer Taipan Keyboard          id=8    [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard              id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
  ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard          id=5    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ Power Button                  id=6    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ Razer Razer Taipan              id=9    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ Integrated Camera: Integrated C        id=10    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ Ideapad extra buttons              id=11    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard          id=12    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ Razer Razer Taipan Keyboard          id=13    [slave keyboard (3)]

sudo dmidecode -t 3 output:

# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.4 present.

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 22 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: IdeaPad Slim 3 14IAN8
Serial Number: PF4Z8QKW
Asset Tag: NO Asset Tag
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x00000000
Height: Unspecified
Number Of Power Cords: 1
Contained Elements: 0
SKU Number: SKU Number

I'm hoping someone in the Lenovo or Linux Lite community has encountered this issue and can offer a solution.

Is there a specific driver or firmware update I should try? Any configuration tweaks that might help? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Hi there
where is this prompt configured?

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Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into the Software - Support - Updates section for assistance.

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Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:7 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:8 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite fluorite InRelease
Hit:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Ign:10 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/micahflee/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:11 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:12 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntuh...ss2/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:13 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/xtradeb/apps/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Err:14 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/micahflee/ppa/ubuntu jammy Release
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Reading package lists...
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