Hi all,

I have so many questions my head is about to burst ... I really want to help some elderly friends with a basic computer so they can e-mail and internet surf and was hoping i could turn my old laptop (currently sloooowly supports xp) into something that will meet their needs ... of course they are on a fixed income ... so i was hoping to donate to Linux and find some help installing it ... CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OR NOT?

Thanks all,
Sam

After updating Linux Lite 1.0.8 last night, found Help Manual wanted to be opened by Thunderbird as e-mail attachment instead of Firefox. Had manual bookmarked in Firefox so was able to find in file manager. Changed properties to open with Firefox instead of Thunderbird.

Just a heads up.

Hello All,

Having partitioned and installed, which all appeared to go O.K,
I'm now at a point where I don't want to break things.
I'm trying to figure out, how to mount the partitions I created.
I'm trying to follow: https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/install.html

In Thunar file manager, system files(/ root .?)
I see folders that correspond to the partitions/names I created:
/linwin
/myfiles
/myvms
does this mean they are mounted, just not in the right place.?
In my Linux naivety I thought they would show up as Drives.?

(First a confession, jumping the gun, I used the Menu > System > "NTFS Configuration Tool" to make the NTFS partition /linwin writable?)

if I do $ sudo blkid  I have 2 disks sdb4 is the [extended] partition

If I do $sudo leafpad /etc/fstab
I think the /dev/sdb6 looks a bit odd..?? see my confession above, have I broken sdb6)

So I'm not clear what I do next.?

In the guide it shows for:
NTFS
ext4
Do I just add /home/user in front of my:
/home/user/myfiles ext4 defaults 0 2
/home/user/myvms ext4 defaults 0 2

and the ntfs partition, given my confession.?
/home/user/linwin ntfs defaults,umask=007,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

changing "user" to my actual user name.?

Any help very much appreciated.

Many Thanks...
Dave

Hi.  I had trouble with VLC so have replaced it with mplayer2 which works great for me.
I have removed all VLC associated bits with Synaptic but the vlc is still showing in the multimedia button.
How do I remove it from here?  Would have thought right click and remove but no.

Thanks in advance.

Hello All,

I'm pretty new to Linux, approx 3 months, tried about 8/9 distros, mostly in Virtualbox. I do like the simplicity of Linux Lite.
I now want to install Linux Lite on my PC. I have tried more and more options & configurations with each distro I've tried.
One thing I want to do is set a partition structure that makes it easy for me do various backups without to much selection.

I plan to use the "other" option during install to set my partitions, but have some questions, I have "2" disks in the PC
The disks are completely clean now, no partitions.

The first thing is "Create Partition Table", do you do this for each disk, or is 1 selection/setting that covers both disks..??
Then create the partitions, all ext4, except swap is swap. Also remembering to make sda the boot device.

My plan is:
Disk1(sda)
/ root  @15/20GB
(leave remainder free space at present, but have a plan)

Disk2(sdb)
/ swap @ not sure on size yet, because I have not decided if I need hibernate, Linux Lite boots pretty quickly in VBox, not sure how it will be on real install)
/ home @ 5GB .??
/ data  @ 25GB (curently have @ 9.7GB of data to restore back)
/ media  @ 250GB (currently have @ 175GB of media to restore back)
(leave remainder free space at present, but have a plan)

If I create this structure during install, will the / data & / media partitions be recognised, and the mounts be created to / data & / media  .??

I want to move the "Home Folders" documents to data,  music, pictures, videos to media, I have seen Ubuntu Tweak,
I think this allows changing the location, or is there more to it...??, do I still have do edits to fstab.?
(( I just want to do it this way so I can just select more easily what and when to backup and to where I back things up ))

If this all works, I will just do do basic settings, network setup, add printer.

Then, my plan is to do another standard install into some of the free space,
I will use this install to test and do anything I'm unsure of, before doing it to the main install, hope this makes sense.?

Any comments, inputs, observations really welcome.

Thanks... Dave

[Install Partitioning & Completed - Will open NEW Topic]

Hi All,

A pretty/very new to Linux user,
been trying various distros for @ 3 months.
A Windows user since 2.0, and I wasn't young then  :o

I like the clean & simple approach of Linux Lite,
and the fact it just seems to work from the start.

Catch you on the Forums

Dave

** (nm-connection-editor:1997): WARNING **: Icon nm-device-wired missing: Error opening file: No such file or directory

** (nm-connection-editor:1997): WARNING **: Failed to initialize the UI, exiting

Not sure why a missing icon is causing the UI to crash but in the Gnome theme Icons it fails every time. 

After changing the icon theme the nm-connection-editor works.
If the icon pack does not have an icon for nm-connection-editor is there a way to set an Icon for the applet that is permanent.
If so do I need to assign it in pixmaps or themes. As I am not sure if this is a network issue or a theme issue. 

I need a new motherboard for my DIY PC.
Need to be able to boot from USB port.
Need to be able run Linux w/o uefi.
Cheaper the better.
I live in USA.
Suggestions:

Hi all.  Found linuxlite by accident and love it's simplicity and clean looks.  Installed on wife's dell mini10.
Only prob is sound stutters, have posted in appropriate place.

I have been reading on internet about a virus affecting Linux servers. Is there a need for antivirus on desktop Linux now?

I share files sometimes with my PPC iMac and e-mail people using Windows.