I tried to restore my os by timeshift snapshot that I've created earlier. After restore it showed the boot image and all but its not showing the xfce desktop. After boot image it is opening command line. Please help with the regard.

Hey everyone!

I'm (kinda?) new to linux - I made the switch a couple of months back when I installed Linux Mint Cinnamon - in a Virtualbox at first, then as Dualboot, it became my daily driver and now, I moved on to Manjaro, but I never moved on from the Cinnamon desktop (its so pretty ^^), even though I tried pretty much all of them, I kept coming back to it.

I use Linux Lite on my USB thumb drive as my portable OS, and I gotta say, it excels at that! I tried it at first on my small, old and slow USB2.0 8GB flash drive to see if it would work at all, and sure enough it did (but had some serious slowdowns at times, because of the port speed). I since got a USB 3.1 64GB drive for this sole purpose and was surprised how smooth everything worked (even when plugged into a usb 2.0 port).

Linux Lite has a special place in my heart, because it is exactly what I was looking for - a lightweight, yet feature-packed distro to run from my USB. I did try a couple of other "lightweight" distros before that like puppy linux, but they were so stripped of features (and so unpleasing to the eye, might I add), that they were borderline unusable for me (yeah I'm pretentious when it comes to my software). The XFCE DE for linux lite is starting to grow on me too, even if it's not my beloved Cinnamon.

The reason I need a portable USB OS, is that in my university we have some work-PCs that actually have pretty good specs, but have TERRIBLY bloated windows 10 installations (they're public afterall, anyone can install anything, you can imagine the mess), and it's everything but a pleasure to work on them. I did try to fix them, but every time I come back, someone has undone all of my hard work. Booting from a USB allows me to use the full potential of the hardware, while avoiding windows altogether with all its bloat.

Why is performance so important for a university work pc, you ask? I study design, and we use powerful 2D and 3D editing software that requires good hardware. I currently have Krita, Inkscape and Blender on my LL installation, as alternatives to Photoshop, Illustrator and 3DSmax, and they're working wonderfully well. Too bad I can't use the USB at uni right now, because of the whole quarantine situation that's going on 'round the globe, but I'm still using it at my GF's place

I'm glad to be part of this (relatively small, but friendly) community.
Also, here's a screenshot of my desktop for the lulz:

I have a second hard drive in this pc and I'd like it to be mounted on start up.  currently it's there, greyed out and I have to double click it and "authentication is required to mount". I know there is a preference/option to not have to authenticate, I did it once before, but I forgot what I did. Where is that option to have the hard drive to be mounted at start up?  Thanks.

I have a Portable Seagate 1TB HDD with some files around 200Gb in it. Can i use the same as a backup location for Timeshaft? Or make a new partition in my laptop HDD and set that as backup location. I dont have much of personal files in my laptop but i want to use timeshaft for the os & configurations. Recently, I did somthing dumb and had to install LL 3.8 from the beginning. I dont want to happen that again. Please Help.

I tried to update & while fetching packages it is showing the error below-


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Install Updates Error log
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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 ===========

Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com xenial InRelease
Ign:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:4 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite citrine InRelease
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nemh/systemback/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [109 kB]
Hit:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB]
Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed InRelease [260 kB]
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB]
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main i386 Packages [647 kB]
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe i386 Packages [420 kB]
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages [907 kB]
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [718 kB]
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main i386 Packages [44.2 kB]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main Translation-en [26.0 kB]
Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial Release
Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Err:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Ign:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Fetched 3,347 kB in 2min 32s (22.0 kB/s)
Reading package lists...
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team...6/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


Should I remove Cairo dock or is ther any other way?

There were some updates that I installed and my system got stuck at the picture of the feather.

I did some research and found that if something happens, I should downgrade to an earlier kernel.

Next boot I selected the advanced options and was presented with several.  The top option was listed as: 4.15.0-91 generic.

The 2nd option had the same numbers and included recovery mode.

The 3rd option was listed as 14.5.0-88 generic and seems to work.  It did seem to get stuck at loading ramdisk one time, but di not the next time.  I checked for updates and it said that I was up to date.

How do I get rid of the 4.15.0-91 generic offering.  I have not as yet done enough reboots to see if my chosen downgrade is going to boot everytime.  I am a total nube at Linux.  Was OK with Win 7, but everything is so cryptic here.

Thanks

Hi! Im Seba, from Argentina (sorry about my poor english). New user since today. I m musician

I installed a gigabyte GeForce GT1030 ( GP108) card and do not know if my computer is using the correct drivers? The card works just fine but I want to make sure I'm using the proper drivers?
Please advise.

Hi guys. Just wanted to adress a msg to all of you.
Most of you are aware that this virus is spreading everywhere like fire and that this stuff is a serious and real thing.
For those of you that still think this is just a super-flu or a disease that you have no chance to get, you are damn wrong.
I live in France where the situation is starting to get out of control. 50% of those who die/are in serious condition are less than 60 year old.
The government fears that in 1 week we are in the same situation as Italy: doctors having to choose those who live and those who die.

So please, wherever you live: take this seriously.
Keep informed and follow the instruction of the health autorities
Do not visit or touch elders to protect them
Wash your hands very carefully with soap or hydroacloolic gel
Do not shake hands, kiss, hug
If you can, stay at home the most you can
Avoid social contact for a couple of weeks.
Do not meet friends/people inside buildings
Keep security distance of 1 meter to other people
Do not stock too much food, but enough to avoid frequent shopping

All these rules seem impossible to follow... I know.
But now we are obliged to in France (and more abroadly in many parts of the EU) and tomorrow there are gonna be cops and soldiers averywhere in Paris to enforce some of these rules.
If ever your country or region did not take some these rules of social distancing yet, I advise you to anticipate them.
Really this is serious : in Italy people are dying by hundreds every day.
If some Italian read this : we love you guys and are with you. Forza Italia.

I can't see the button below, and I can't change the size of the installation window.
Thank you all for all your work for Linux Lite.