I have been working on a lightning theme for my client boxes, mainly because I have a thing for lightning, and I want the boxes to all start out the same as we will be instructing how to make user preference changes as part of the series. Open to opinions, and currently working on a lightning animated plymouth splash, but this is all for now.









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TC

I was wondering if anyone has done the spadework to find out which browsers worked well or worked best (or conversely those to avoid which didn't work well)  in virtual machines, whether these VMs are based on  Microsoft Windows or Linux?

Thanks in advance for any feedback... 

Mike

I made a surprise observation today...

I found out that I could both read & write data files on an MSDOS-ext4 formatted data partition on my PC, using a Win7 VM, mounted as guest in an LL3.2 host.  "Surprised", because I didn't think ext4 was normally accessible from Windows OS, unless special software was employed. 

Is the above only seen when  Windows OS is installed as a VM?

It means I'll have to adjust the shared folder settings in Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager  to  'read only',  to avoid any potential security issues, e.g. the possibility that Microsoft updates might over-write parts of the PC's data files or OS files.

Recently, I had to abandon a Win7 / LL3.2 legacy dual-boot, because following a recent patching of Win7 with Microsoft security updates, the PC failed to boot. It even failed to detect the SSD drives on setup1 - they weren't even listed in the boot device list.


As a consequence of this,  I've now returned to a Linux-only setup (setup1 in sig): LL3.2 as the main workhorse OS, dual-booted with Linux Mint 18 (XFCE)  as a back-up, in case anything happened to LL. 

And of course Win7 (& any Windows OS in general) is now relegated to VM status, following the unfortunate experience that I've just described above...

Cheers
Mike

Hi guys,

I have a problem with Steam. I noticed a similar thread saying "Steam wont run" but it is already marked as solved and sadly didn't help in my case. I tried installing via Lite Software, download from valve and also by terminal. Only "terminal-version" did something and patched itself, but did not start. The other two did nothing at all. Uninstalled and deleted everything (also hidden files), made a clean install with Lite, tried to execute via terminal and got this message:

Do you have an idea how to fix this? I am still new to linux so I am not the best at guessing what to install and what not

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
ark23

Hi guys,

is there a simple way to rename the LibreOffice icons to default in the menu? I'm used to LibreOffice so I would prefer "Writer" "Calc" etc. over  "New Document" ...
I tried to change this via the Main Menu application, changing name via properties, but this did not work.

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
ark23

It would be good to document somewhere (maybe in the Help Manual) how to switch and use a different Linux Lite repository.

/litemanual/software.html#sources explains how to "Change your Software Updates Country Location" but that does not apply to the Linux Lite repository. It doesn't really help much if there are different mirrors for the Linux Lite repository but everyone keeps on using the default one. As Linux Lite user base grows, requests to master server will increase substantially over time. It is helpful for the master server and most importantly for end-users to use a LL mirror closer to them other than repo.linuxliteos.com.

I had to connect my Linux Lite desktop computer to the tv with hdmi, and apparently Linux Lite doesn't change sound output automatically. I was able to fix that, but now I want the sound to play from the speakers again, how do I do that?

In Volume Control, in the Configuration tab, there are about a million choices. How do I know which one is my set of speakers, that are currently plugged in?

Web Proxy tip for Linux Lite 3.2

If you're looking for a way to configure web proxy settings system-wide in Linux Lite 3.2, this guide may help you accomplish just that. dconf-tools/dconf-editor do not seem to work (or at least it didn't work for me in Linux Lite 3.2) and that's why I'm writing this post; hopefully it will help others.

What works: Environment variables

You will define some environment variables such as:
no_proxy
http_proxy
https_proxy

... in /etc/environment

Note: Some applications require the above mentioned variables all in upper case while others in lower case. Therefore we will define each variable using all 'UPPER CASE' as well as 'lower case'.


Depending on your needs, you can define different variables to connect to the desired proxy such as:

no_proxy=localhost,127.0.0.0/8,*.local
NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.0/8,*.local
all_proxy=socks://proxy.domain.tld:port/
ALL_PROXY=socks://proxy.domain.tld:port/
http_proxy=http://proxy.domain.tld:port
HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.domain.tld:port
ftp_proxy=http://proxy.domain.tld:port
FTP_PROXY=http://proxy.domain.tld:port 
https_proxy=http://proxy.domain.tld:port
HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.domain.tld:port


You can set the http_proxy variable with the hostname or IP address of the proxy server as well as its connection port:

http_proxy=http://proxy.domain.tld  (assumes port 80 by default)
http_proxy=http://proxy.domain.tld:8080 (connects to proxy.domain.tld on port 8080)
http_proxy=http://192.168.1.200:8080 (connects to 192.168.1.200 on port 8080)


If the proxy server you are connecting to requires a user name and password, include them as follow:

http_proxy=http://username:[email protected]
http_proxy=http://username:[email protected]:8080
http_proxy=http://username:[email protected]:8080

Similarly https_proxy is for https protocol.



Done with the basics, time to get it done   In this guide, we will be configuring some variables to connect to a http/https proxy without authentication. Use your favorite text editor to edit /etc/environment... vi, gedit, leafpad, you name it. Let's use leafpad in this guide for demonstrations purposes:

Let's add the variables needed to connect to a local (192.168.1.2) web http/https proxy on port 3128 that does not require authentication:



You must logout or restart for your desktop environment to refresh it's environment variables. Since all desktop applications are started by the desktop environment, they subsequently inherit its environment settings.

By default, most web browsers use the system proxy settings but it is worth checking just to be sure. For example, in Firefox, check the network settings under Preferences => Advanced => Network => Settings... and make sure it is using the system proxy settings.



Have fun!

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Hey guys,

first of all I love Linux Lite! Thank you so much for this awesome OS! Before, I used Lubuntu on my crappy Netbook, but Linux Lite just feels so much faster!

Nevertheless I still have an annoying issue. I can't get Youtube to play Videos in an acceptable quality. 480p non-fullscreen is okay, but if I go higher or fullscreen it gets really laggy. I am using Chromium. I also tried firefox (was even worse) and seamonkey (between ff and chromium).

It seems that video performance isn't the problem in generall, because VLC plays vids in 1080p without any issue. Also on Win10 (reason I switched to Linux xD) there is no such yt problem.

My specs sadly are not really good =( but not that bad either

Acer Aspire One 722
AMD APU C-60 2x 1 GHz -> boost 1,33 GHz / Radeon HD 6290
4 GB RAM
256 GB SSD Crucial M4

I am using Linuix Lite 3.2 64bit, everything up to date. I am still new to Linux, so if you need further infos feel free to ask.

I've read the sticky about Youtube issues already, but correct me if i'm wrong, I thought that by now Youtube uses HTML5 only so Flash can't be the problem (especially with chromium)?

Hope you have some ideas! Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
ark23

PS: Hope you could understand everything, non-native speaker here