Hi all, from the Netherlands. I am using ll for a couple of weeks and very happy with it. Keep up the good work.

I understand this might not be a popular suggestion, but I'm curious what people think about Discourse forum system?

I find SMF ironically not that simple and clean.

Just a suggestion as I think a little colour (and style) goes a long way in helping new users.

The Terminal is one of the four apps chosen to be showcased on the Panel right out of the box. And yet, it's not that appealing to use and I think it could definitely be more welcoming.



As a better example, take a look at ElementaryOS' default Terminal:



It's cool yet calm. Slightly softer and more inviting. The font (Droid Sans Mono) is a little more welcoming with slightly more breathable line spacing. Colour is tastefully applied and offers hints at discrete information.

Droid Sans is already included in LL so adding Droid Sans Mono wouldn't be too outrageous. 

It may be a little thing but if LL is truly trying to appeal to the new gnu/linux user then I would think they would want to make it as inviting as possible.

As a new user with a fresh set of eyes, one thing I find really confusing is the myriad of ways to go about installing software.

If I open up the menu and start typing: install



I'll be presented with at least 7 different options to choose what to install.

• Install Updates & Install Drivers both kinda make sense and seem appropriate
  
• Install RELEASE however seems out-of-place since I've already installed
  
• Install/Remove Software seems ok and self-explanatory but appears to make the next three options redundant
  
• Run Install offers no clue to what it does
  
• Lite Software seems like it could be a tab within Install/Remove Software
  
• Software & Updates perhaps simply a poor naming choice as it seems like it should be covered with the very first option
  

Of all the options, I would think Install/Remove Software would be the one most would choose. And yet after selecting it, the user is presented with Synaptic Package Manager and a very confusing interface.

If the goal is make using LL easy for anyone, especially someone like mom, then I think this process could be more clear.

Just my opinion though.  :o

Hi.  Just installed 3.2, 64-bit, fully updated.  I have a puzzling situation.  Perhaps someone can help.

I use an app titled Blue Letter Bible.  The CD contains Windows and Mac versions.  Linux can use it, too.  You just have to change to the BLB directory and double-click on index.html.  Indeed, it works nicely.  It opens in Google Chrome.

I tried to add BLB my menu using Edit Applications.  I fill in the details, but the "OK" button never activates.  It doesn't seem to like .html files in the Command prompt.  When this didn't work, I created a batch file (not the right thing to do, I think), and then a shell script to see if the menu editor would accept it.  No luck.

Can someone perhaps direct me in the right way to add this app to my menu?  Thanks.

When I start LL, there appears a message mentioning lightdm-session and a folder or file named "profile" in the name.

Should I keep working on repairing my settings, or should I start over from a default user folder copied from VirtualBox?

Hello,

I have just completed installation, but need to be able to switch my keyboard to multiple languages. I use English, Czech, and German. I can see next to the wifi signal the option for those three languages which I managed to somehow set, although when I select Czech, for example, the keyboard is still in English.

Thanks for your help!
Zvonkova

Hi
Switched to Linux Lite to put my money where my mouth is. My feeling is that my last distro was run by folks who's hobby is wring new operating systems and not fixing bugs. For me there have been a few bells and whistles added but basically the OS on my Macintosh Performa had it cracked 20 years ago. Fed up with ridiculous filing systems, going round the houses to create a favorites file and don't want my CPU clogging up with daft things like transparent windows.
So here I am.

I have a handmedown laptop currently running Windows 7 that I would like to install Linux Lite alongside on (this would be my third Linux Lite computer). I'm reading the Help manual but I'm a bit confused.

This computer has about 350 (wut) GB storage. It is partitioned into two parts, C and a larger partition D (I'm assuming previous owner hasn't jammed another hard drive into the laptop but rather C and D are the same drive). I have cleaned out D so it's currently empty. Apparently there's a few other partitions as well, it says "primary partition" on all of them. So, what exactly do I need to do here? I would like to merge C and D (and the other partitions as well if possible), should I just "Delete this partition", will that automatically make C "absorb" the deleted partition?

EDIT: I went ahead and checked out the Linux Lite install menu. So, eventually I reach a screen that says partitions 8 and 9 of SCSI1 are gonna be formatted... what are those? If I set aside space for Lite I wanna make sure that's where Lite ends up. I don't want to click continue before I know for sure.

I'm renewing my broadband package with my telecom provider and the issue of connection speeds came up - of course the faster the connection speed the more you pay.

I then had a look at my own connection speeds with LL: 
- the information for an active network connection shows 300Mb/s (iwlwifi driver) = 37.50MB/s

This is important as our broadband provider provides a cheaper package with speeds of up to 17MB/s, and a more expensive one with speeds up to 38MB/s. 

Then I had a look at the my actual download speeds e.g. downloading TV programmes, podcasts...
- the information shows actual download speeds to be only between 165kB/s and 450kB/s = 0.17MB/s to 0.45MB/s.

This means the actual speeds in MB/s are between 80 and 220 times slower than the active network connection information indicates.
This is confusing - can someone clarify this disparity ...

Many thanks
Mike