Is there a way to do a system refresh or reinstall, keeping data, programs and settings?

When 3.6 Final has been released, I'm going to be spending a lot of time on Series 4.x

One of the first things I'm looking at is enhancing the icon set. My first question is, which tray icons do you think looks better for network and sound?

Current set:



Proposed set:

I am trying to install LL3.4 64-bit from a DVD to an empty HDD. I downloaded LL to a different PC and burned the ISO file to a DVD. On the PC to which I am trying to install LL, the DVD drive is first in the boot list. The DVD fails to boot. Other bootable DVDs boot successfully from the drive. Can anyone please suggest what I might try to resolve this? Thanks
Alistair

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?)?