Hi,

has anyone had this problem? - I have correctly set Backup to Scheduling>Automatic on>daily,  but it doesn't!

I leave the external backup SD card in all the time,
if i leave the backup window open (after a manual backup) it reads "last backup today" every day thereafter, until I close and re-open it then it will read "last backup 5 days ago" or whenever,
manual backups go perfectly, so the relevant location etc. settings are fine

The only (unlikely?) thing I can think of is that the pc is not running overnight and the system attempts a backup during sleep time. Unlikely, because I don't see any preferred time option.

It's not a life and death problem, just a minor irritation in the OS that I otherwise love.

Just to report probably the worst case scenario. Am in a bit of a daze at the moment ...
Please don't anyone remind me that I should have backed-up the data before using gparted - I know - I usually do but didn't this time ...

I've just been extending a data partition on an SSD using gparted.
The SSD, plugged in as USB drive, was accidentally moved during the operation, temporarily disconnected, and gparted ceased completing the operation.

Its a 1TB drive: I was extending a 700GB ext4 partition (with 400GB data written on it) to absorb the remaining 230GB of unallocated space.

How do I recover the data? I hope it's not lost as it's not backed up!
Gparted is showing nothing stored on the SSD - the undo operation didn't work.


Quite frankly, I'm hoping for a miracle to recover the data ...

Hello All,


Just stumbmbled across this LL3.8 Beta video and thought I'd share it, enjoy!

https://youtu.be/PBtEEWOHBtM

My elderly Fujitsu ESPRIMO-Mobile-V6555 with Windows XP has turned out to be fussy about which Linux distros to run. Finally got going with Linux Lite. I am new to Linux but a long term Windows user and felt quite comfortable with the live version of Linux Lite, so thank you to all involved.

I installed with Linux Lite alongside Windows XP into which it will still boot. However Linux Lite failed to boot but after experiments I discovered that it would boot in "Recovery mode". When the recovery boot finished I appeared to have a full installation in that I have could add further applications and make use of  Wine with some basic Windows utilities, also Dropbox setup very easily.

Very pleased with the way things are going but would welcome suggestions as to what I should do to enable a standard boot.

Tony

I noticed over at DistroWatch that the blurb on LL does not make clear that it is a full-featured out-of-the-box desktop experience. When evangelizing, I have found that some confusion over this exists because of the distro's name, and I often explain that the "Lite" refers to the ability to work well on old or under-powered equipment, and also describes the easy learning curve when emigrating from Windows, but is not a reflection on the capabilities or default configuration of the system. Perhaps adding "full-featured" to the blurb would help clarify this for some seekers who are unaware.

[url=https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/]

Hi, i'm Damiano and i'm passed from Manjaro to Linux Lite because the first one is too 'heaviest' for my low Pc configuration. So i decided to try this, a distro that i've seen before.
Let's hope for the best 

Hi, i downloaded and installed Driver Install Tool from Brother official website: the printer is ok, but the scanner doesn't go.
I also tried to add the line ATTR... to libsane.rules but nothing.
Someone could help me?

Release Announcement

Linux Lite 3.8 Beta is now available for testing. There have been a number of changes since the 3.6 release.
This is the last release for Series 3.x

Linux Lite 3.8 Final will be released on February 1st, 2018.

The changes for Linux Lite 3.8 include - more support for LibreOffice, regional support for DVDs, a Font Viewer/Installer and we now have our own Google based Search page as the home page in Firefox. We've also added TLP for Laptops to Lite Tweaks.

See below for all the changes:



LibreOffice - We've added a Thesaurus (Synonyms) to LibreOffice for the US language.

For support in your language, just change the last country code:


so:


would be for the German Thesaurus.

If you are English based, keep the first 2 parts, and just change the last:


for Australian.

List of supported codes here - https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywo...chon=names



Regionset - If you have DVDs that are from another region other than your own, you can now easily change region so that it will play in VLC.
Insert your DVD, open a terminal and type regionset and follow the onscreen instructions.
See this thread here for more information - https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/other...will-play/

Font Viewer - We've added a Font Viewer to make viewing and installing fonts easy.

Menu, Accessories, Font Viewer.



Download a font from a reputable website. For example - Google Fonts or Dafont.

NOTE: To ensure a trouble free font installation process, make sure you choose and download fonts that are in the .ttf format.

In this example, we will download and install the Roboto font.

Right click on the font and choose Open with "Font Viewer".



Click on the Install button at the top right.



Once the font has installed, Font Viewer will show Installed at the top right.



Your newly installed font is now available in whichever text editing or graphics program you have installed.



TLP for Laptops - Lite Tweaks

From the TLP website:

TLP brings you the benefits of advanced power management for Linux without the need to understand every technical detail. TLP comes with a default configuration already optimized for battery life, so you may just install and forget it. Nevertheless TLP is highly customizable to fulfil your specific requirements.

More info here - https://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/tlp-ma...st-longer/



Google based Search homepage:

The home page in Firefox for Linux Lite 3.8 is now set to - https://www.linuxliteos.com/search/
When you use this Google powered search engine, you will be directly helping to fund this project, so thank you.

As you can see in the screenshot, we also provide you with a number of handy links to commonly visited websites like, Gmail, Maps, Youtube, Reddit and Distrowatch to name a few.





Details:

Kernel: 4.4.0-105 (custom kernels also available via our Repository for versions 3.13 - 4.14)
Firefox: 57.0.1 Quantum
Thunderbird: 52.5.0
LibreOffice: 5.1.6.2
VLC: 2.2.2
Gimp: 2.8.22
Base: 16.04.3

Not in this Beta (but will be in the Final):

- New wallpapers
- Updated Help Manual

There is no upgrade to or from Beta releases. Beta releases are for testing only and it is not recommended to run them as your main or secondary operating system.

Downloads:

HTTP:

Download 32bit from here - Linux Lite 3.8 Beta 32bit
md5sum: f8a626f7c84d57e18f9c7f65ebf7276c
Size: 1.1Gb (DVD, USB)

Download 64bit from here - Linux Lite 3.8 Beta 64bit
md5sum: 23a7ffdd7047ebe625223f34181b1786
Size: 1.1Gb (DVD, USB)

TORRENTS:

32bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-3.8-beta-32bit.iso.torrent
Hash: 59718b9bc3aaf532bb3ae56a5f6f8e540b6e57eb
Size: 1.1Gb (DVD, USB)

64bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-3.8-beta-64bit.iso.torrent
Hash: af3ef74988062f83ac741939d3a276b272cb2e8c
Size: 1.1Gb (DVD, USB)

Live USB/DVD/VirtualBox/Vmware:

Login is automatic, no credentials are required. The image can be written to a 2gb or larger USB stick, or a writable DVD. Alternatively, you can use the dd command: sudo dd if=linux-lite-3.8-beta-xxbit.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4M where 'x' is the letter of your usb stick. In linux to find out the letter of your usb stick, open a terminal and type: df -h It is usually listed as 'media' or similar. Please see the built in Help Manual if you require a more detailed explanation of this procedure.

Yumi, Multiboot and other multi-boot applications are not supported. A good, simple point and click USB ISO burner is https://etcher.io/
If the screen locks during Live mode, type linux into the user box and click on the Login button (no password required)

All Ubuntu 32bit kernels these days ship with PAE.

Minimum Recommended Specs:
700MHz processor
512mb ram
VGA screen capable of 1024x768 resolution
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

Preferred Specs:
1.5GHz processor+
1024mb ram+
VGA, DVI or HDMI screen capable of 1366x768 resolution+
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

Login to the live desktop is automatic.

The first thing you MUST do after a fresh install of Linux Lite is run Menu, Favorites, Install Updates.

As this is a beta release, there are bound to be bugs etc. Please help make the final stable for other people by participating in this Beta. Please report any bugs and feedback in this thread.


Thank you

Jerry and the team.

Source - https://itsfoss.com/nvidia-32-bit-support/

#vindicated