This morning after installing LL 2.8 on my Dell laptop and Gateway notebook I learned something new to me that I thought might be of interest to others.  The background is that I had noticed that my notebook's display seemed a bit sharper with another distribution, Arch Linux with an LXDE desktop, with which LL shares a dual boot. 

It turns out that the display of fonts can easily be just as sharp in Linux Lite, if you know what to do.  Go to Linux Lite Control Center >> Appearance >> Fonts and look at the sub-menu item Rendering.  The default for "Sub-pixel order" was None.  When I set it to RGB my fonts became much sharper.  (The same was true on my Dell Latitude E6410.)

There is also an entry called Hinting.  I experimented with this until I got the nicest rendering of my LL font of choice, Sans Bold.

Now the best setting for these depends on what display your computer is using, so your best settings might be different from mine.  Fortunately, they are easy to play with and you can immediately see the results on the screen.  Also, messing with these probably won't break anything, and you can always go back.

I'd never really paid any attention to these settings, assuming that their install defaults (which I suspect go back to Ubuntu) were optimal.  As an Old Dog I'm always happy to learn a new trick and increase my enjoyment of LL even more.

Cheers,
Andy N1KSN

I'v been a numpty built new computer didn't write down new password.

Looked online with my phone found steps to reset.

I'm using a USB keyboard would that make a difference as I'm holding down shift but computer load right into logon page!

Resetting your Password

Forgot your password? It happens to all of us at some stage. Fortunately setting it again is fairly straight forward. Lets begin.

From manual.
Boot up your computer and immediately press and hold down the Shift key. You should see a screen like this.


I have live LL still on stick. Going look see if can change from that. But don't think so.

I did a fresh installation on a friends laptop. Installed 2.6, updated and then upgraded to 2.8
But on every boot i get message that virtualbox service kernel isnt running.exiting
I tried

Have just installed Linux-Lite 2.8 and it is as you would expect....great!

Release Announcement

Linux Lite 2.8 Final is now available for download. The star of this release is the inclusion of the Hardware Enablement Stack 3.19 based Kernel offering greater hardware support. We've also included a host of new features including, BTRFS support during install, the Help Manual is now accessible from the Desktop, Hulu now works out of the box, and the usual compliment of community suggestions and bug fixes.

During this development cycle, the open source software community lost a pioneering visionary. Linux Lite dedicates this release in honor, and to the memory of Ian Murdock, founder of Debian.



Changelog:

Firefox 44.0
Thunderbird 38.5.1
LibreOffice 5.0.4~rc2
Base: 14.04.3
New Wallpapers.
Hardware Enablement Stack 3.19 Kernel - Thanks Zead
Help Manual now accessible from the Desktop.
Added BTRFS Support.
Added HEVC H.265 Support in VLC - Thanks rokytnji
Added xbacklight - Thanks Lenny
New Thunar Media Tags Plugin.
Hulu now works out of the box - Thanks tomt
Ctrl+Shift+Esc key combo, brings up the Task Manager - Thanks Teddy
Fixed bug where Blueman applet was storing files in /etc/skel - Thanks vaikus84

As this is the last build of Linux Lite in the 2.0 series, we wanted to finish off with a balance of great hardware support with kernel 3.19, whilst maintaining our renown stability.

Developer credits - Jerry Bezencon, Milos Pavlovic, John Jenkins, Brian Tomlinson, Josh Erickson, gerito1.

Upgrading from 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 using the instructions further down will take care of this.

Upgrading to Linux Lite 2.8 - There will be no Hardware Enablement Stack 3.19 Kernel installed when you perform Lite Upgrade. This has the potential to do more harm than good. People who have perfectly functioning systems, can suddenly find themselves with hardware that doesn't work anymore due to driver issues. It's been decided to let people make their own decision whether or not to install this hardware stack. Stability over risk.

Wallpaper credits:

https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/wallp.../#msg17439

Downloads:

HTTP:
Download 32bit from here - Linux Lite 2.8 32bit
md5sum: 9afa3ff610b371e5f518e5bd5c635494
Size: 790mb (DVD, USB)

Download 64bit from here - Linux Lite 2.8 64bit
md5sum: cce362fa426f31a58e2bbff4d0c35579
Size: 807mb (DVD, USB)

HTTP MIRRORS:
https://www.linuxliteos.com/download.html#mirrors (may take some time to populate)

TORRENTS:
32bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-2.8-32bit.iso.torrent
Hash: ae4267de32e8a1af8a9a2923f4b1cad8413f6c0b
Size: 790mb (DVD, USB)

64bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-2.8-64bit.iso.torrent
Hash: d5153732b7b9ab4db22da45625c23936002f7203
Size: 807mb (DVD, USB)

Live USB/DVD/VirtualBox/Vmware:

Login is automatic, no credentials required. The image can be written to a 2gb or larger USB stick, or a writable DVD. Alternatively, you can use the dd command: sudo dd if=linux-lite-2.8-xxbit.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4M where 'x' is the letter of your usb stick. In linux to find out the letter of your usb stick, open a terminal and type: df -h It is usually listed as 'media' or similar. Please see the built in Help Manual if you require a more detailed explanation of this procedure.

All Ubuntu 32bit kernels these days ship with PAE.

Minimum Recommended Specs:
700MHz processor
512mb ram
VGA screen capable of 1024x768 resolution
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

Preferred Specs:
1.5GHz processor+
1024mb ram+
VGA, DVI or HDMI screen capable of 1366x768 resolution+
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

Login to the live desktop is automatic.

The first thing you MUST do after a fresh install of Linux Lite is run Menu, Favorites, Install Updates.

Upgrading:

For those on Linux Lite 2.4, 2.6 do the following:

1) Menu, Favorites, Install Updates.
2) Menu, Settings, Lite Upgrade.
3) Follow the onscreen instructions, reboot when finished.

For those on versions of Linux Lite 2.0, 2.2 only, do the following:

Open a terminal and do:

Apologies for this absurdly simple question, I am sure I have either forgotten or am missing something ridiculously obvious, but I am getting ready to tinker with a few machines and I cannot find out which version of LL I have on them. System info and report give me core and Ubuntu information, but I can't find anything about LL version. What am I missing/forgetting? Thanks!

I have been successful at installing Diablo III on PlayOnLinux in LinuxLite 2.6 64bit,with Nvidia/bumblebee drivers.

Here are the steps: (assuming your video drivers are all setup and working !)
1. Download Diablo 3 client from official Blizzard site

2. To Install Diablo 3 using PlayOnLinux, Open POL and Click Install button.
3. search for diablo, select Diablo III, Click install.
4.Then choose "use a setup file on my computer" (choose/find the setup file you downloaded).
5.Now install Diablo 3 as usual, login to battle.net and download D3 game.

(PlayOnLinux will download wine automatically and configure itself.)

If you are using an Nvidia/hybrid graphics setup-
Go to the desktop shortcut, right click properties, look in the tabs , right click and copy the File Path/Location for the shortcut of Diablo III.
-Then paste it in a terminal (be sure the file name is there too. Then use "optirun" or "primusrun" ie:  $ primusrun /FILEPATH_AND_NAME
(I had an issue updating and but i can still play. Apparently its a wine issue from what i found on forums. Not sure if it has been resolved yet.)
I hope that helps, I am trying to get all my gaming done on LinuxLite. (Gaming is the obstacle i have left in order to fully convert over to Linux)

is there an add on to the existing day date calendar that you can ad reminders for specific times/days/ i.e something that pops up on the screen when you log on that day and flags up  an event or action etc.  Tks

This was found in New Zealand.

I installed Linux Lite 2.6 really easy but somehow i have got the American keyboard. Could someone tell me how i might change it to a UK keyboard layout please.