Hi: I am a new user of Linux Lite and have been very impressed by what I have seen so far. I have migrated now 5 Pcs from Linux Mint to Linux Lite; this is because due to bloat and the new kernel my hardware is no longer compatible with the latest Linux Mint. However, I find it all runs OK on Linux Lite - very good.

However, I do have a few problems. Initially I had a problem with Wireless cards (doesn't almost everyone?). I have now solved most of those problems. The remaining problem which I have is with Numlock being enforced by the OS it seems whatever you do; although this start-up option is inhibited in my BIOS and I have now also selected the option to inhibit it in Linux Lite, it still defaults to numlock ON. This results in some PCs not being able to log in at all because it distorts normal keys.  Does anyone know how to inhibit this idiocy once and for all please? Why on earth anyone would want to override the BIOS setting for Numlock at every start-up God only knows?

Also one other thing which I find annoying is the integration of the normal mouse cursor pointer and the timing rotating icon splurged on it. Is there any way to inhibit the mouse cursor whilst a timed function is performing, so that only the timing rotating icon shows please?

Other than those two issues I think this is probably now the very best Linux OS for older XP vintage PCs, and long may it continue.

I received this error trying to install updates:

============ Log ===========

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Thank you Mr. Jerry Bezencon for your nice work, and for all boys, who helping to do this!!
I'm an old Linux user (Mandrake->Uhu-linux->Pclos) and after long time testing Linux-distributions, I landed here !
I have NOT any kind of problem with install your nice work ! Its just work, and work...


(if you have interest about me, you can visit my Deviantart page : https://palko-drawing.deviantart.com/)

Helloooo!


To have the latest version I installed Wine from here :
https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu
using the version [color=rgb(51, 51, 51)]sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel[/color]


But the Wine icons (WineCfg, Windows Program folder, etc.) do not show up up the Whisker menu.


Is there something else I'm suppose to do or it's maybe because of the Whisker menu itself?


Yeah, I try to spread Linux Lite but being able to run some Windows apps is a nice "selling" point.


-TheDead

Anyone else seeing this Google Chrome indicator in the panel?  Just started noticing it over the last week.  When I unchecked "Let Google Chrome run in the background," it went away.  Perhaps it was part of an update.  I didn't want it.  Even when the Google Chrome window was closed, that indicator stayed in the panel. 


I like how Linux allows us to use an app even while it's being updated.  I also like how after the app has updated, Linux allows us to close and reopen the app to immediately be on the app's new version.  With that Google Chrome indicator, I felt even with the Chrome window closed, the Google Chrome app wasn't completely shutdown until I manually exited the panel indicator.


What it looked like while "Let Google Chrome run in the background" was still checked.
 


After it was unchecked.


 

The above mentioned is on the fritz. The page itself is fine, just some backend stuff that has even one of my paid devs stumped. People's hardware configurations are still being uploaded, they're just not getting injected into the database. So when it is fully operational again I'll let you know. In the meantime, your hardware configs will sit in the queue waiting for some dev magic to happen.

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Hello again,
A new touchpad question on a different computer!

I successfully managed to put Linux lite on a donated HP Chromebook per these links: https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeos/commen...ro_on_the/

https://www.maketecheasier.com/replace-chromebook-bios/


As the first link indicated the touchpad is not working, but the USB mouse does work.  I tried the solutions that were mentioned, however the link to download the kernel was no longer working. I then tried some other solutions mentioned when I googled (the mod probe -r psmouse and mod probe psmouse proto=imps AND also sudo modprobe -r psmouse and sudo modprobe psmouse) and neither worked (rebooted each time). 
I then tried what was suggested in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaBVOJWQTOc
However, despite renaming the file "cros-haswell-modules.sh" and turning on source code (and updating) when I put in the "bash cros-haswell-modules.sh" it says no file or directory exists...( I also did the uname -r and determined I have 4.4.0-93-generic so substituted the 4.4.0 as per the video).

I then tried what was suggested in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAPSrbZvsjk  and still no change.

So at this point I am thinking I may resign myself to this computer simply needing a USB mouse...unless someone can suggest a solution that I might be able to handle and execute properly 

I think at least some of us,  here on the LL forums, would agree that UEFI (and Secure Boot) is a needless and complicated technology that has been forced on consumers buying modern computers.

At home we have 4 laptops: three older BIOS-only laptops and one more modern gaming laptop that has UEFI & Secure Boot technology - an Asus G750JS. See all setups 1 to 4 in signature).

All the BIOS-only laptops work excellently: they appear very stable & trouble-free.  This is the case with either  a Linux single-boot set-up or with a Linux/Windows dual- or triple-boot  one.  My favourite laptop is a 10 year old Dell Lattitude D630 (see setup4 in sig), which I bought 2 years ago for £70 on Amazon - excellent value for money.

In contrast, our most troublesome machine is an Asus G750JS UEFI laptop, which came preinstalled with Win8.1 - it cost a small fortune at  £1200 ... 

What did I get for the money?  Well, a machine that's limited to only running smoothly with a Windows OS single-boot system (either 8.1 or 10; Win7 wont work at all in UEFI and crashes in Legacy) - that's basically it. 

When Windows is dual-booted with Linux on our Asus G750JS (i.e. with those distros having a  UEFI support package), the system will periodically crash, which is extremely frustrating, not to mention the work that's lost.  Even with a Linux single-boot UEFI setup, I can get stability issues. Following such a crash, I'll go to the laptop's boot settings: often I find that the Boot Device List has been mysteriously wiped, i.e. there is nothing listed to boot from !  I also have stability issues when I run in Legacy/CSM on this machine.

From the above experiences, you can understand why I find the use of UEFI / Secure Boot technology in modern Motherboards to be both burdensome and unnecessary.  Are there Motherboard brands (good enough for gaming) that are supplied without this technology?  If there are, I'm quite tempted one day to build my own PC Tower and call it a UEFI-and-Secure-Boot-free-zone - oh what bliss ...! 

Looking forward to reading any of your views, experiences on this, etc ...

Mike

Hey guys as I have mention I'm am running an open source company. It an social media maintainer sck job. I'm currently lookin. For alternatives to many close source  apps. So far I have built around brave browser and gimp. I using Hootsuite to to mange it. I also believe that hootsuite got an Gpl but not very clear on that... but it works what I need till I found something with FSF stamp on it.  It really surprise me how many businesses don't have an twitter or Facebook or even an Mastdon account.

I have an old Dell optiplex 320 which I have intsalled LL on for friend. I had Deb 9 on it for a while and was able to deal with its quirks. It apparently only alows a pre-boot resolution of 640X480 which is fine for the grub menu though in Linux Lite it curiously displays a Deb 8 splash. I'll hide grub anyway before I give it to my friend. I have not worked with plymouth much in LL other than to change the boot splash on a few systems. On this ati card the boot splash does not display correctly even from live cd in LL or Ubuntu LTS. I could change this in Deb 9 by enabling the old black screen text with three boxes basic splash. Can I script for Lite boot to display at 640X480. I realize it's coded for best resolution seeking but this old card will not allow the splash to display at anything but a fixed 640X480 resolution. The lightdm splash displays fine at 1280X1024 as does the booted LL system so the card and the plymouth script serve their intended purpose. As this computer is intended for an inexperienced user I need to correct the splash problem in pre-boot. The plain black three box splash worked for Deb 9 but I know it's not the same as the one in LL. Also I have yet to figure out changing plymouth themes in LL. Will my Deb 9 scripts work?

Addition: As I suspected normal Debian commands and scripts don't work. The new question is: If I remove plymouth-themes altogether will the system still boot and display the lightdm splash and login after loading? I can't send a computer out of my shop with the globbed up mess this machine is making of the plymouth boot splash. I wouldn't be resorting to scripting if I hadn't tried every other alternative. I did resolve the mysterious Deb 8 grub menu splash to a nice gray now.

TC
sorry for the long question