This build is progressing nicely. I've nearly completed the Beta ISO which I'll release either late September or early October. Lite Upgrade is finished and is undergoing testing.

This release has a number of small changes, nothing terribly new. Think of it as 'refinement' and not a 'major upgrade'. There are some new wallpapers thanks to [member=5059]whateverthing[/member] and some minor tweaks here and there.

Is the slow boot fixed on some computers? That has yet to be tested. I have done some 'under the hood' work on this, but of course, we need testing on real hardware on an array of different computer configs to know for sure.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Screenshots are in German (for testing Language install) default is English as always

Namaste, to all. Feeling happy to join the group.

Hi.  Im a new user.  Windows 10 home edition would not leave my little 2GB Celeron N2840 laptop any peace.  It was always trying to load updates and maxxed out my 32GB SSD.  So here I am.

Thanks for all your hard work Linux Lite team.
Paul

Hi everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life!

I wrote a very simple script to copy files from one dir into another one, I want to create a cronjob so it runs once a week - on Sundays - but I'm not sure whether if it's correct or not. Can you take a look and tell me so?
this is the cronjob:

0 1  * 1-12 SUN /home/myusername/dir/cp.sh 
or

0 1  * 1-12 SUN /bin/bash /home/myusername/dir/cp.sh

I've read quite a few posts all over the web but I'm still confused. Thanks in advance for your answers.

Good afternoon!

I apologize if this has been asked already, i searched and came up with nothing.

I migrated to Lite because Ubuntu LTS was slowing down on my laptop. HP, 8 gig RAM and 2.2gHz core i3. I need to install software that was in the Ubuntu software center (QUCS circuit simulator to be specific) but I can't find it through the synaptic manager or apt-get.

Is there any way to install this software, since Lite is based on Ubuntu?

Thanks all!

Hello,

here is a YouTube playlist link for 62 videos of Shell Scripting Tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...E693D8E790

I hope some enjoy it and find it of use in their learning.

Hi everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life!

Today I'd like to share with you some basics on how to change the login shell and/or terminal prompt. It's a completely and entirely safe procedure which will make no harm to your system, because that's how smart Linux is However, if it makes you feel better/safer, you can make a backup of your .bashrc file located in your home folder 

but it's really not neccesary. Like I said, Linux's smart enough not to let you screw things up  ;D

In order to change your login shell simply type in your terminal:


If the command above doesn't work you may use:


One or the other  will list all installed/available shells in your system, to change the current shell for one of those available type:


for example


You'll be asked to type your password, do so then logout/login back, open a terminal and type:

your new shell's name should be displayed. In our example it'd show:




Changing the terminal prompt is quite easy using the command   for example, this is how my terminal prompt is configured: where; \e= An ASCII escape character (033), 1;36m\= bold font and cyan color, \t= current time, \u= current logged user, \W= current working directory, \$= current prompt symbol.
resulting in this:





However, this is only temporary and it will be back to defaults in your next login, if you want to make it permanent edit your .bashrc file to make it so:
and add something like this: export PS1='\[\e[1;36m\][\t \u \[\e[0m\]\W \$] '


Well, that's it. This is the basics for changing the login shell and/or terminal prompt. Here's a couple of links to some very instructional sites/articles on these topics
https://bash.cyberciti.biz/guide/Changing_bash_prompt
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Com...ive_shells

Hope you find this helpful!

Hello
I seen Linux Lite last year for first time. I been looking around it, tonight is my first time online using it. I like it coz its nice and is fast.

Hello guys i need to resolve this problem (all server have installed centos 7): i'm trying to create a gre tunnel through vps (in Italy - OpenVZ)
and a dedicated server (in Germany), but they do not communicate internally (ping and ssh command tests).
Next i create a gre tunnel trought vps (in Italy - OpenVZ) and vps (in France - KVM OpenStack) and their communicate, i next i had create a tunnel trought vps (in France - KVM OpenStack) and a dedicated server (in Germany) their communicate.
I can not understand why the vps (in Italy - OpenVZ) and the dedicated server (in Germany) do not communicate,
ideas on how I can fix (I also tried with iptables disabled, firewalld is not enable)? Thanks

Quote: 1. VPS command for tunnel:

•       echo 'net.ipv4.ip_forward=1' >> /etc/sysctl.conf
        iptunnel add gre1 mode gre local VPS_IP remote DEDICATED_SERVER_IP ttl 255
        ip addr add 192.168.168.1/30 dev gre1 ip link set gre1 up

2. Dedicated server command for tunnel:

•       iptunnel add gre1 mode gre local DEDICATED_SERVER_IP remote VPS_IP ttl 255
        ip addr add 192.168.168.2/30 dev gre1
        ip link set gre1 up

Quote:[root@VPS ~]# ping 192.168.168.2
PING 192.168.168.2 (192.168.168.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- 192.168.168.2 ping statistics ---
89 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 87999ms

[root@DE ~]# ping 192.168.168.1
PING 192.168.168.1 (192.168.168.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- 192.168.168.1 ping statistics ---
92 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 91001ms

Quote:[root@VPS ~]# lsmod | grep gre
ip_gre                  4242  -2
ip_tunnel              4242  -2 sit,ip_gre
gre                    4242  -2 ip_gre


[root@DE ~]# lsmod | grep gre
ip_gre                22707  0
ip_tunnel              25163  1 ip_gre
gre                    13144  1 ip_gre

I'm using a very old laptop with a not so good specs and I've decided to switch from Windows 7 to Linux Lite to maximize it. I'm a complete noob, don't know any codes whatsoever but I would like to learn.
How do I install Linux Lite using a virtual machine? I've been watching videos on YouTube but all of them already have a VM which confuses me if I have to download a VM or it is automatic if I click the install for Linux Lite link.
And what should I put in it?

My laptop specs:

laptop specs Acer Aspire 4730z

1. processor Intel ® Pentium ® Dual CPU T3400 @ 2.16 GHz 2.17 GHz
   
   RAM 3.00 Gb
   
   System type 64-bit OS
   
   local disk 79.4
   
   yeah my laptop sucks, but it's working so I deal with it