The standard installation of Firefox V54 with LinuxLite 3.4 64 bit does not provide the sync function or the password import/export function as can be found on other OS platforms (e.g. Linux Mate).

Can these functions be enabled?
Is this an intentional "feature"?

Why don't add Amarok to the repository?
Clementine doesn't play a song when I want it to. It says play list is finished and when I try clicking on a certain song again, it will NOT play it unless i close the program and reopen it and then click on it.
How monotonous!! There are other issues with it as well. I have tried using it on several occasions and I just don't like it. Please add Amarok to the repository.

I am using slimjet browser. All is fine as long as i use 1 or 2 tabs. If i open more then the browser completely freezes up and cpu usage goes all the way up to 100% ad stays there. I then have to wait till all the tabs are loaded before i can do anything.


Second problem is starting of thunderbird. It takes very long to open. It used to be fast but the last weeks it is getting slower and slower.


Anyone got any ideas on both problems?

My original question is below:  This is now solved - I tried the Fn, F9 option and nothing changed.  Then I tried the suggestion that perhaps the "scroll" feature worked off of the right hand side of the trackpad - Presto it worked.  Thanks a bunch for the various replies 

Question: Perhaps someone can help.  I have loaded Linux lite on 2 older computers and one notebook. With one computer and the notebook the touchpad works great/normally. On the third computer (Toshiba Satellite Pro A-110 the glide function does not work (the left and right mouse click buttons work AND double tapping the touch pad works, however when I use my two fingers to scroll up and down on the touch pad nothing happens.  This movement works on the other computer (Toshiba Satellite A-100 and the Acer notebook).  I have looked at the mouse settings (couldn't see any area for touchpad alone) and all seems to be the same.  Any idea what I can do to have it work or simply try adding an external mouse..?
Thanks in Advance.

Could the LL ISO be lightened (speedier installation, smaller footprint) by including optional LibreOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird and Gimp, in Lite Software rather than setting them up during installation, or is this a dependency issue for XFCE desktop? Perhaps a Linux "super" Lite version?

TC

I know Linux Lite is probably officially represented on Facebook, which is cool.  Maybe there's a fan page or something too.

But Facebook isn't the only social network, and lots of Linux-friendly folk hang out on Diaspora*, a privacy-respecting, open-source, federated social network.

With your permission, I'd like to create an "unofficial Linux Lite Fan Page" or something on Diaspora if you guys don't mind or if you don't have time to fuss around learning a whole 'nother social network.  You might reach a whole lot of new people there (I even brought one "Diasporian" to Linux Lite just from conversation).

Wha'd'y'think?

Hello,
I am very new to Linux, just started using Linux Lite 3.4, Mint 17.1 (xfce) and Cinnamon 18.2 in the last month.  I introduced myself in the Mint forum, but realize this is a separate forum so here goes:

I am a retired veterinarian in Canada spending part of the year in South Africa where my husband and I do volunteer work with disadvantaged male youth between 14-22.  I erase and reformat older donated laptops to bring with us to place with deserving youth to assist them with their studies.  I also hold study groups with the youth after school as well as help one-on-one with primarily math and science. 
Until I investigated Linux I was loading Windows XP on the computers and battling at times to find the correct drivers!  I am loving the "works out of the box" feature to Linux.

I have tried various searches for the following questions I have, but did not find posts with the same questions (answered) - perhaps I am not searching correctly thus please excuse me.  Feel free to give me tips on searches:
NOTE: The majority of the computers I get fall into two categories: ones with RAM of 512mb to 0.99 GB OR 2 GB RAM (Perhaps most of you would say these are all in the same category!).
1) So far I have deduced that Linux Lite would be best on the lesser computers (under 1 GB) and on the 2GB RAM computers I felt Linux Mint xfce 17.1 was best.  Does this make sense..?  or should I be using Lite on all of them...
2) Should I be enabling zRAM on some or all of these?
3) One of the donated computers is an HP Chromebook (RAM 2GB but HD only 16 GB) - which version would be best for it?
4) I did see from other posts that there is no screen saver on Linux Lite 3.4 (haven't checked yet to see if the other two versions have screensavers).  Should I not do something so as to protect the screens, if so what?  I didn't really understand the "light locker"...
5) Lastly, the youth periodically may be inserting USB sticks to copy material to then have printed.  What can I do to avoid virus transfer as I have already had youth have issues on a couple of computers running XP?

Would I be best to simply post my questions elsewhere (e.g.software?)?

Hello,

Alt and F Key combo's from Desktop -

1/ another way to take a screenshot without using a mouse -

Hold down Alt press F1
Press upwards arrow x7 times
Press enter
Use up/down arrows to select type of screenshot
Press enter
Press up/down arrows to select action (save)
Press enter
Type your screenshot name
Press enter

1b/ If you already have used screenshot previously and have it set to save the screen area you want in its default, and dont mind the default screenshot name you can do -

Hold Alt Press F1
up arrow x7 taps
enter, enter, enter, enter

Practice your key stroke times, do it ...blindfolded, show your friends.

2/ Another way to use your menu -

Hold down Alt and press F2
Type in program name OR press down arrow to see your menu
Navigate up down right pane using up/down arrows
Navigate the programs in that category using right arrow, then up/down arrows.
To change to a different category press left arrow, then up down/arrows.
Press enter to select a program to open.

2b/ Save your fingers - Hold down Alt and press F3 to see your menu straight away.

3/ Hold down Alt and press F4 to open the Log Out screen
Use arrow keys to choose your option.
Press enter.

After log in my desktop shows an unmounted floppy disk icon. I do not have a floppy disk on my computer. I have not found a way to delete or remove it. I have checked computer set up settings and cannot find a floppy disk setting or boot setting to floppy anywhere. I would like to get this removed from the computer. Please help!

When I installed Lite on my two laptops I was for some reason unable to connect to my wireless HP 4510 series printer. Rather than fight with it I connected the printer to the desktop PC in that room and shared the printer. Problem solved. Both laptops were setup to connect to the shared printer on the desktop PC. Just now I started to print a document from my laptop and there was no printer listed! I popped "Printers" open and nothing was there so went ahead with the "Add Printer" routine. A soon as I clicked on the "Network Printer" drop down the HP 4510 was listed! I've done nothing to either laptop, but all of a sudden the network printer just showed up.

Not that it's a bad thing, but any ideas why this would just suddenly work that way it should?