I have installed Kwin on my Lite 3.2 x86_64  thought I'd share.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KWin


Copy - Paste into the terminal the following. Your password will be asked

After this operation, 156 MB of additional disk space will be used.

Copy - Paste into the terminal the following. Your password will be asked
After this operation, 5,015 kB of additional disk space will be used.

Then press alt+F2 and enter    kwin --replace      to change the window manager to kwin.

As long as your session is not set to save on exit it will be temporary. If you wish to make it perm then go into your Sessions and Startup
and make sure your
(x) Automatically save session on logout
is applied.

To restore press alt+F2 and enter    xfwm4 --replace    to change it back to the original xfwm4 window manager

[NOTE] You will not find any new programs installed in your whiskers menu to access Settings just right click the title bar of any open window and that will open up a menu
where you will find [ More Actions ] and that will open another menu where you will find [ Window Manager Settings ] 

*see below about creating a desktop launcher

[NOTE] To get more desktop effects there is a button [Get New Effects ...] in the Deskto Effects section where you can automatically install via Internet (access to the Internet required)

[NOTE] If you're trying to get the cube to work and can't the reason for this is that you have insufficient desktops to have that option.

To remedy this just go into the Window Manager Settings under Screen Edges and apply the option [Desktop Grid] to one of the corners and then apply changes.
Later move your mouse to that corner to trigger the effect and at the bottom lower right you will find two square icons with a (+) and (-)  

I think middle clicking the mouse on your desktop opens a menu to access all desktops with the option to add additional desktops.

That will add additional desktops. You will find that cube will be able to be toggled.

[NOTE] If you want to create a launcher for the control panel on your desktop just add under ....

name:..................Kwin Control Panel
Comment:............Opens kwin control panel
Command:
Working Directory: /home/user/Desktop        user is the name of your user home directory*
Icon:...................=>Then change the icon to what you want
I left both options (Use startup notification/ Run in terminal) unchecked


 



After you have created the launcher make sure you enter the properties and select the option to make it executable.

It seems in a terminal, "kcmshell5 --list"  outputs all available modules running in kwin. Could be interesting to more experienced users

Hi all,

I have Linux Lite 3.2 64-bit installed in an Intel NUC6i5SYK. Everything worked out of the box great except for one thing: Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Bluetooth Keyboard. Linux lite seems to pair the keyboard correctly as you can see from the output of bluetoothctl info:

[bluetooth]# info F1:8D:75:97:13:1B
Device F1:8D:75:97:13:1B
  Name: Ergonomic Keyboard
  Alias: Ergonomic Keyboard
  Appearance: 0x03c1
  Icon: input-keyboard
  Paired: yes
  Trusted: yes
  Blocked: no
  Connected: yes
  LegacyPairing: no
  UUID: Generic Access Profile    (00001800-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
  UUID: Generic Attribute Profile (00001801-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
  UUID: Device Information        (0000180a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
  UUID: Battery Service          (0000180f-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
  UUID: Human Interface Device    (00001812-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)

However, when I press any key nothing happens. A few suspicious things:
-The LED light on the keyboard keeps blinking even after the pairing (usually once it is paired it stops)
-The bluetooth wizard (or the bluetoothctl terminal commands) never asked for a PIN

The keyboard works pairing it with my MacOS laptop, so that should not be a problem. Any ideas what could be wrong?

Thanks,
Fernando

Spatry named Linuxlite number two of his five top distros for 2016 for new linux users.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bztcmykf0Os

Nice one.

Jocklad 

My LL3.2, doesn't detect my s-video output when I connect it to my tv.

It worked fine in 2.8 but in 3.2 it doesn't detect it.

Any fixes or solutions for this?

Hi All,

LL3.2 on an HP Proliant Server.

After a few updates and a reboot I now find myself at a black screen (no mouse pointer). The yellow splash screen comes up for a few seconds but then goes to black. I can crtl/alt/f1 to a prompt and login but no GUI. The server is running as I have still access to Web based apps running on Apache and I can still login to Webmin.

Is there a way to reinstall the GUI and/or login routine?

Thanks.

I've been using full disk encryption with cryptsetup in my LL2.8 (Lenovo) for over a year now.
So far no problem, but I noticed a change in booth process since a recent cryptsetup update. Everytime I log in with a correct pw, this is what I get:

Overall, the result is still that the disk ends up decrypted.
But I don't understand what the system is telling me (sda5 still in use? how so?), and why it changed from a simple login to this new full-verbose message. Anyone noticed this?

Jerry et al,
I received two phone calls over the holidays from persons interested in downloading and installing LL. Both were running Windows 10 on their home boxes. They had both gone to the LL home page, and with their Edge browsers could not wade through the ads. Selecting "allow all" sent both of their browsers to a blank page loop. Talking them through the problem over the phone was a nightmarish proposition to say the least. I eventually sent them to distrowatch, where they found the download link for sourceforge. Both have successfully installed dual boot systems now. The ads at distrowatch, and sourceforge were no problem. I tested the LLhome situation yesterday myself and indeed was able to produce the blank page loop on the little womans Edge browser as well. It is not a user friendly situation for Windows users to be driven from the LL home page. Check your advertisers for malware update viruses (redirect trojans) and heuristic trojans with Kaspersky, not Clam. This will find Windows malware if it is there without false positive problems. Blank page loops are almost always redirect malware.

I had no problem with the LLhome from Debian 8.5.

TC

Hello,
I usually save my user and password info for several sites and as of the last update, Firefox is not remembering either.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no luck. What can I do to fix this?

This will cover many applications, but not all.

1. Open your home folder.

2. Press Ctrl + H (to show hidden files)\

3. Open the .gtkrc-2.0 file, add the following to a new line starting at the bottom of the file:

Example of entire .gtkrc-2.0 file:


Change '25' to a thickness you prefer.

4. Logout/in again to complete.

The forum had a very nice theme during christmas and i thought to ask if it can be made permanent. Not the christmas decorations but the overall theme looked great to my eyes.

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