Having installed Linux lite about a year or two ago thanks to a generous benefactor whereupon it ran without fault.Upon every update it has become more dysfunctional.
I have updated fairly regularly feeling that this is the wise thing to do & that others know best but with each update firefox has become more dysfunctional with out of control scripts & endless crashes until a few days ago when it was'nt even possible to restart it so I had to revert via the setback facility to the original installation.

Am I the only one that has to conclude that this is an operating system not fit for purpose? I don't want to be ungrateful as it cost me nothing in the first place & obviously a lot of people have put a lot of work into it but it seems like total crap to me when you can do everything recommended & you end up with a completely inoperable system.Reasonable of not?

Something a little different. But if you want to know how some developers process information, this is a good example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RL-LdNNS4

I've been gravitating more and more to Linux Lite as my default OS. The more I use it, the more I like it. However, I can only boot it from my other hard drive. Here's my setup:

Drive 1 has True OS (something I'm trying out, in order to learn more about Unix and related systems).
Drive 2 has Linux Lite and Windows 7.
Drive 3 has Ubuntu Mate and Ubuntu Budgie (kind of a face-off, to decide which I like better).

They all have grub menus, but Linux Lite's is not working right. I have to boot from U-Budgie's grub to actually get LL up and running. I have tried the Boot Repair Disc, but it has not worked (I have used it before successfully). I want to be able to boot LL directly from its own grub, as I may transfer it to Drive 3. Having so many systems on my computer is confusing; in trying to learn them all, I just end up not knowing any of them very well. So, I think I'm going to simplify things by having True on Drive 1, Windows on Drive 2, and Lite on Drive 3. One system per disk. So I can actually become proficient in all three. This is especially important as I hope to get my wife on Linux, since I don't want her to use Windows 10, and I need to really know what I put on her computer, so I can deal with whatever problems come up.

So, that's it, how can I fix the boot/grub problem on LL, and get it booting on its own, so I can then transfer it to another drive? I could of course just clean install, which I have thought of doing, but if I go that route I probably would want to wait for LL4 to come out, which I believe is this summer. Unless I can upgrade to version 4, which I'm not sure is possible.

Addendum: When I try to install grub (sudo grub-install), it starts to do it, then I get a message about ext2 and blocklists, and it says it won't do it. When I update grub (sudo update-grub), it does it, but it does not find Linux Lite!

From the searching I've done, this appears to be a rather dicey problem, and I'm afraid to tinker too much. I did try force-installing (grub-install --force /dev/sdXY) once, but permission was denied, and I don't want to fool around anymore until I get some guidance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMSlGCXi9Y8

Hello, complete newbie here.

I have googled this topic, but everything related to this question was about ubuntu. Being a newbie myself, I tried it on my machine anyways, and of course it didn't work.

I'm using stock terminal (LXTerminal). In the Preferences, the only options are to change font, font size, background color and foreground color. I'd like to change the color of user@host to be something else, so it's easier to differentiate which is command and which is output, especially in a long list. As SU, the user@host color changes to red, so that's awesome. Is it possible to do the same outside SU, say, change the user@host to light blue or something.

Cheers!!

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Hello

I ran into an interesting issue when adding new pictures to the wallpapers folder recently. When I would open the XFCE desktop settings manager to change the backgrounds, it would not load any images, even after waiting a few minutes. If clicked the red X to close the window...I would get the "window is busy. do wish to close anyway" message. I can also close it via Task Manager. When I removed the added pictures from the wallpapers folder "all was well again" My question, is there a limit to the amount of pictures that can be located in the wallpapers folder? Can you "overload" the XFCE desktop settings manager?

Thanks
Mark

Hi, I'm trying to login to test the Linux Lite 3.8 operating system from a USB. I've made a live version using the latest Yumi version. I'd like to test it before installing it on my old Compaq Presario V6000 laptop, with Intel Centrino DUO and 2GB of RAM, but just after selecting the option "Start Linux Lite" it asks for the "username and password" to enter.
I read on the website that it is not needed, but anyway, even without entering anything in the boxes, I can not pass that point. I've also entered "linux" as a username, something I've seen on some website, but it does not work either.
Can you help me please?
Thank you very much,
Andy.


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It worked using "ubuntu" as user and leaving blank the password.
I also wanted to tell you, just in case it will be usefull for you, that lastest Yumi version makes the live USB right or aparently it works ok. In fact right now I'm testing linux lite by the live USB made by Yumi with no problems (yet).
Many thank for your help it was really helpful.[/td]


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Hola, intento iniciar sesión para probar el sistema operativo Linux Lite 3.8 desde un USB. He hecho una versión en live usando la última versión de Yumi. Me gustaría probarla antes de instalarla en mi antiguo portatil Compaq Presario V6000, con Intel Centrino DUO y 2GB de RAM, pero justo despues de seleccionar la opción "Start Linux Lite" me pide el nombre de usuario y la contraseña para ingresar. Leo en la página web que no es necesaria, pero de todos modos incluso sin introducir nada en las casillas, no puedo pasar ese punto. También he ingresado "linux" como nombre de usuario, algo que he vito en alguna web, pero tampoco funciona.
¿Podrían ayudarme por favor?
Muchas gracias,
Andrés.


SOLUCIONADO 
Funcionó usando "ubuntu" como usuario y dejando en blanco la contraseña.
También quería decirte, en caso de que sea útil para ti, que la última versión de Yumi hace que el USB en vivo sea correcto o, al parecer, funciona bien. De hecho, en este momento estoy probando linux lite con el USB en vivo hecho por Yumi sin problemas (todavía).
Muchas gracias por tu ayuda fue realmente útil.

Hello, everybody,

until 1 week ago I used Debian Jessie and have now switched to Linux Lite 3.8. so far I like what I see very well and almost everything works too.

Right now, however, I can't get my printer to work at all, which worked out fine with Debian Jessie.

I read the threads for the HP 2540 and also tried to use them, unfortunately without success.

I downloaded the current version of hplip from https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing and tried (!!!!) to install it. Unfortunately, I always get a error message: