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Installing Software / Re: Downloading an older LL ISO

« Last post by stevef on Today at 10:16:45 AM »

The dates on the ISO files tie in with the actual release dates.
This would imply that the ISO files don't have any of the patches that accumulate over the supported life of the release.

This is reflected in the installation process which offers the option to download updates during the install.

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Installing Software / Downloading an older LL ISO

« Last post by JanetBiggar on Today at 06:02:22 AM »

May I assume that if I download an older ISO that is no longer supported that the version available has no further updates? In other words has all the updates in it prior to losing support?

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Installing Software / Bootable USB for multiple ISOs

« Last post by JanetBiggar on Today at 06:00:01 AM »

Someone posted a desire to have a USB with partitions so that they could test various distros  using the one USB. Since it was about 6 months ago it was suggested I post my reply as a new topic.

I recently wished to do the same and I found Ventoy which works on Windows, Mac and Linux. There’s a great YouTube video that describes what to do (I can find it if someone is interested as it seems some people struggle with making a Linux bootable USB).

https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

I just successfully put two LL ISOs on my stick and may add more, it’s great. The only thing I’d suggest is that once you make the Ventoy USB, eject it then put it back in to then drag the ISOs over into it.

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Other / Re: Yet Another Slow Laptop...

« Last post by alloydog on December 07, 2023, 11:25:29 AM »

Weeeell, things took a surprising turn. The Lenovo 330 ideapad was a failure.  It would run OK for about 24-hours after a clean install, then the next day, it would fail to boot.  (See LL 6.6 runs OK after clean install, but crashes after about 24-hours.

But when it did run, it was just as bad as the Dell!  It now has Windows 10 back on it and is serving as a controller for a bunch of printers.

I resurrected the Dell and it was getting reeeeal slow. Then programmes, such as Chromium and OpenOffice were not opening.  Aisleriot and Mines were OK, but I can't surf the net or write notes with them.

I went to move some files from a USB-stick to the laptop, not even big ones, less than a Meg.  Could do it due to lack of space. That raised an eyebrow.  I checked: sure enough, the file manager was showing 234,6 GB of 234,6 GB was used!

I had installed a few games and other programmes that I hardly or even never used, so I tried to use Synaptic, then apt-get to remove them.  I first tried WINE, but it would happen, as there was not enough space.  I removed some others first, which freed up space, then moved onto getting rid of WINE.

Also I ditched a few Gigs worth of personal files I have backed up elsewhere.  In the end, I cleared out just over 60 GB of junk.

Now the old Dell runs uite nicely - OK, it's not a lean, mean, gaming machine, but it is no longer frustratingly slow.

Problem solved 

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Updates / Re: Could not fetch the package cache information lists. - Repository Change

« Last post by belinbakti on December 06, 2023, 02:49:12 PM »

thank you

i was not doing an upgrade

i continued with the update

worked great

The message indicates that the Azul Systems repository has changed some of the release information about the package.

The update/upgrade process requires indication from the system user that this Azul Systems change is OK.
To accept the change, open a terminal (press 3 keys 'Ctrl' 'Alt' 'T' together) and enter run this command followed by return.

Code: [Select]

sudo apt-get --allow-releaseinfo-change updateEnter your password if asked.
This informs the update process that you accept the change.
Once the update process is done, complete the upgrade with this command answering any prompts to confirm.

Code: [Select]

sudo apt-get upgrade

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Other / Re: Screensaver interrupts fullscreen Firefox videos

« Last post by stevef on December 06, 2023, 01:28:15 PM »

Do you have a backup of your home folder made before the key date perhaps using Backups aka deja-dup ?
If so, it should be possible to find the about:config from the back up set.

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Other / Re: Screensaver interrupts fullscreen Firefox videos

« Last post by mulcahey on December 06, 2023, 01:00:32 PM »

Thank you Steve. I can't say for certain when the problem began, but I think I first noticed it on 11/20. That actually could line up with the 11/14 update, since I was out of town for that week. It's possible that I came home on the 20th, updated everything, and broke it then.

Any way to check?

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Updates / Re: Could not fetch the package cache information lists. - Repository Change

« Last post by stevef on December 06, 2023, 12:43:32 PM »

The message indicates that the Azul Systems repository has changed some of the release information about the package.

The update/upgrade process requires indication from the system user that this Azul Systems change is OK.
To accept the change, open a terminal (press 3 keys 'Ctrl' 'Alt' 'T' together) and enter run this command followed by return.

Code: [Select]

sudo apt-get --allow-releaseinfo-change updateEnter your password if asked.
This informs the update process that you accept the change.
Once the update process is done, complete the upgrade with this command answering any prompts to confirm.

Code: [Select]

sudo apt-get upgrade

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Updates / [ SOLVED ] Could not fetch the package cache information lists. - Repository Change

« Last post by belinbakti on December 06, 2023, 11:41:53 AM »

stall Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Ign:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb stable InRelease
Hit:7 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite emerald InRelease
Hit:8 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
Hit:9 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:10 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb stable Release
Get:12 https://repos.azul.com/zulu/deb stable InRelease [5,289 B]
Ign:11 https://repos.azulsystems.com/ubuntu stable InRelease
Hit:13 https://repos.azulsystems.com/ubuntu stable Release
Reading package lists...
E: Repository 'https://repos.azul.com/zulu/deb stable InRelease' changed its 'Origin' value from '. stable' to 'Azul Systems'

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Other / Re: Screensaver interrupts fullscreen Firefox videos

« Last post by stevef on December 04, 2023, 01:02:58 AM »

Firefox updates since August 2023 are listed below.  If you suspect a Firefox update caused it can you tie the start of your symptoms to one of these dates ?


2023-08-21 (116.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) over (116.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
2023-08-30 (117.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) over (116.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
2023-09-14 (117.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) over (117.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
2023-10-03 (118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) over (117.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
2023-10-11 (118.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) over (118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
2023-10-30 (119.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) over (118.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
2023-11-14 (119.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) over (119.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
2023-11-23 (120.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) over (119.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
2023-12-04 (120.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) over (120.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)