Hiya Folks,

So scouring the net there is info out there, but I find confusing. This of course is not hard to do, lol. So, looking for help if you can please?

Any ways, I have had trouble over the last couple months, with setting up my laptop free from Windows. I have had issues, with LL and tried a couple others, but still like LL so have settled on LL.

However, as I learn more and more about Linux, try things out, and so forth I have had to re install LL as it fell over and I could not get  access to the o/s anymore.

This of course in Linux is no big deal if you have a nice copy of a bootable usb etc. But once up and running again, you do need to install all your favourite software. You also have to spend hours if not days re configuring some of this software. E.G. Gimp. There are filters to install, presets to be re made, py to install scripts to be made and so the list can go on and on.

Question:
Is there a safe and quick or non complicated way of creating an ISO image of my system once it is set up, and running just like how I like it?

My personal data is backed up to external drive, but the system to return it to my working level takes days after a bout of problems.

If I could re insert a copy of my own image , and install with all your snaps, all your fav software and and downloads , would be amazing.

Am hoping to hear from folk that have successfully created a copy of their own running system and how to go about it.

Cheers
H

7-15-2020,

i was wondering when the adobe flash pugin will be no longer added in linux lite , and will the brawser like google chrome and firefox and other browser will fallow suit .
just wondering , i always keep the plugin disabled.

I sorry to be such a dope, but as a Linux Lite newbie I was looking around in the File Manager at /bin/ files and I accidentally set the "Open With" application for files of type "shared library" to 'Advanced Network Configuration' and then, whilst trying to fix that, I added 'Mousepad' as an alternative option, for good measure! Doh!
Specifically I did this to the 'sane-find-scanner' shared library (because I was trying to find the answer to my earlier query about letting my N/W scanner be 'seen' through the firewall), but now this stupid setting is being applied to ALL files of the "shared library" type...
I am sure this cannot be a good idea, but I have NO IDEA how to reset this to default. Could somebody out there please come to my rescue and tell me how to put this back to default?
Apologies, once more... :

Saw this on Distrowatch. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

https://smoothwall.org

Hi, I am an absolute beginner with LinuxLite but I have already learned that if I Enable the FirewallD, I then cannot get the default 'Document Scanner' software to see my network connected scanner (part of an Epson WP-4545 MFU). This connection works fine if the firewall is Disabled, but I would like to know how to set the firewall to allow the scanner to work with it Enabled, please.
I have found the guidance on configuring the firewall in the Help Guide, so I know I should set the Configuration to 'Permanent' and the Zone to 'Home', but I have no idea what 'service(s)' the 'Document Scanner' uses. I guessed that it would be 'sane', but when I checked that 'service' for the 'Home' zone and reloaded the firewall it made no difference when I tested the scanner connection; - Document Scanner reports "No scanners detected; Please check your scanner is connected and powered on" (even though it is). Clearly this problem is caused by my inability to configure the firewall to all the scanner through...
Advice please?
Also, I tried to install the Epson 'ImageScan! for Linux' scanner driver for this WP4545 machine (there is a driver dated 2019). So far it does not work, and reports "Could not send command to scanner. Check the scanner status", even with the Firewall disabled so that 'Document Scanner' *can* connect to the scanner. The installation instructions say that SANE must be preinstalled; - is SANE installed by default in the Linux Lite distribution?

Got two identical boxes here with AMD Ryzen 5 3400G, one has a GT 1030 installed and works just fine. The other one, however, is using the integrated RX Vega 11 and doesn't want to boot up.

Hallo
i have new installed LL5, everthing work fine, but the boot entry show me "Ubuntu"and not "Linux Lite".
Best regards from Austria

ok I'll try and keep this simple I have the latest version of lite running and have managed to get the drivers for the xp 212 for both scanner and printer portions of this device.

printer works perfectly over wifi but the scanner will only work if its run via a usb cable when unplugged it cannot locate the device over wifi so i'm a bit stumped anyone got any ideas how i can get the scanner to work over wifi ????

cheers

Brand New installation of Linux lite latest 5.0. while booting getting message on screen as shown in title. Asking to press (K) to continue. If not pressed....boot ok.

Looks like this is some bug that is travelling in each LL version??

Hello to everyone,

I recently installed Linux Lite 5.0 on an old Dell Vostro 220s with 4GB of RAM at 800 MHz across 2 sticks, a core 2 duo e7400 at 2.8 GHz, and an aftermarket nVidia GT 1030 I put into the top PCI-E slot. The install went fine, the nVidia graphics driver install was a royal pain, but now everything seems to work. I had to revert to the older 390 driver for the GPU driver to not crash Xserver right after logging in. Apart from tor browser, a torrent client, and the nVidia drivers, there is nothing extra on the installation, it is basically fresh. It is also worth noting that I am using this as a home media PC, so the only display output it is connected to is a 4k TV (hence the GT 1030). After I boot, opening programs is fine and so is navigating files and dragging windows around, it's all nice and quick, however the second I try to do something a tiny bit demanding like browsing the web (not even youtube or anything, just the google search results) or playing back a 1080p h.264 video in VLC in fullscreen (with hardware acceleration on mind you), the framerate drops to something like 4 fps. Initially I thought this might have to do with nVidia's hardware video decoding on the GT 1030 not working, but the e7400 shouldn't have any issue with playing back h.264 in 1080p even if hardware decoding wasn't on, and that wouldn't explain why the framerate in the Firefox browsing window was also incredibly low. Also this isn't to do with the network connection being slow, I have a gigabit connection at my house and connect this PC straight to the router via ethernet, I got download speeds of 27 MiB/s (~240 Mb/s) while downloading a file.

Anyways, thanks to whoever read all the way to here, my question is how can I fix this? Being that this is a home media PC, I would love it if at an absolute minimum I could play back 1080p h.264 files smoothly, and ideally I'd like to be able to watch web video like YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, or Netflix just fine as well. Is this a hardware problem, could the CPU be throttling due to a worn out thermal paste layer? Or is this more likely to be a software problem to do with video output or drivers or compatibility or something? Any insight would be greatly appreciated, and thanks to anyone in advance.

- Class