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General => Release Announcements => Topic started by: Jerry on October 31, 2018, 05:39:31 AM
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Release Announcement
Linux Lite 4.2 Final is now available for download and installation.
This release has a number of minor changes. Think of it as 'refinement' and not a 'major upgrade'. There are some new wallpapers thanks to @whateverthing (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/profile/?u=5059) and some minor tweaks here and there.
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Lite Software - Redshift
Redshift has been added to Lite Software. Redshift adjusts the color temperature according to the position of the sun. A different color temperature is set during night and daytime. During twilight and early morning, the color temperature transitions smoothly from night to daytime temperature to allow your eyes to slowly adapt. At night the color temperature should be set to match the lamps in your room. This is typically a low temperature at around 3000K-4000K (default is 3700K). During the day, the color temperature should match the light from outside, typically around 5500K-6500K (default is 5500K). The light has a higher temperature on an overcast day.
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Lite Welcome
Minor changes.
Install Menu
We've added back the ability to install Linux Lite straight from the live boot menu.
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Details:
Kernel: 4.15.0-38.41 (custom kernels also available via our Repository for versions 3.13 - 4.19)
Firefox: 63.0 Quantum
Thunderbird: 60.2.1
LibreOffice: 6.0.6.2
VLC: 3.0.3
Gimp: 2.10.6
Base: 18.04.1
Known Issues:
Nothing to report.
Upgrading
> Menu, Favorites, Install Updates (you must reboot if asked to, otherwise continue to the next step)
> Set a Restore Point - Menu, System, Timeshift
> Menu, Settings, Lite Upgrade
> Reboot
Having problems upgrading? First thing to do is open a terminal, and make sure you have the latest version of Lite Upgrade.
apt policy lite-upgrade-series4
should return:
Installed: 4.0-0020-linuxlite
Candidate: 4.0-0020-linuxlite
If you've ran Install Updates and still don't have this version or greater you can either - wait 24 hours, or change to the default Linux Lite repository in Lite Sources.
Lite Upgrade - What it will do:
- New Lite Software
- New Lite Welcome
- New Lite Help Manual
- New Lite Upgrade
- New Wallpapers
- Remove leftovers of Upstart
Lite Upgrade - What it won't do:
- Nothing to list.
There is no upgrade path to or from Beta releases.
There is no upgrade path from Series 2 or 3 ( 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8 | 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8 ) to Series 4.
Minimum Recommended Specs:
1Ghz processor
768mb ram
8gb HDD/SD
VGA screen capable of 1024x768 resolution
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image
Preferred Specs:
1.5GHz processor+
1024mb ram+
20gb HDD/SSD+
VGA, DVI or HDMI screen capable of 1366x768 resolution+
DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image
Downloads:
HTTP:
Download 64bit from here - Linux Lite 4.2 Final 64bit (https://osdn.net/projects/linuxlite/storage/4.2/linux-lite-4.2-64bit.iso)
md5sum: feccbfb1629396562fffe35b7664a458
Size: 1.4Gb (DVD, USB)
TORRENTS: (Fastest way to download the Final)
64bit Torrent from here - linux-lite-4.2-64bit.iso.torrent (https://osdn.net/projects/linuxlite/storage/4.2/linux-lite-4.2-64bit.iso.torrent)
Hash: 4a49408c774f5f27c39a8432bb4a109603406895
Size: 1.4Gb (DVD, USB)
INTERNATIONAL MIRRORS:
- Brazil: http://sft.if.usp.br/linuxlite/isos/4.2/ (http://sft.if.usp.br/linuxlite/isos/4.2/)
- Ecuador: http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/linuxliteos/isos/4.2/ (http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/linuxliteos/isos/4.2/)
- England: http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite/isos/4.2/ (http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite/isos/4.2/)
- France: http://linuxliteca.3load.com/isos/4.2/ (http://linuxliteca.3load.com/isos/4.2/)
- Germany: http://mirror.alpix.eu/linuxliteos/isos/4.2/ (http://mirror.alpix.eu/linuxliteos/isos/4.2/)
- Greece: http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/linuxlite/isos/4.2/ (http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/linuxlite/isos/4.2/)
- Hong Kong: http://mirror-hk.koddos.net/linuxlite/isos/4.2/ (http://mirror-hk.koddos.net/linuxlite/isos/4.2/)
- Hungary: http://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/linuxlite/isos/4.2/ (http://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/linuxlite/isos/4.2/)
- Netherlands: http://mirror.koddos.net/linuxlite/isos/4.2/ (http://mirror.koddos.net/linuxlite/isos/4.2/)
- New Caledonia: http://mirror.lagoon.nc/pub/linuxlite/isos/4.2/ (http://mirror.lagoon.nc/pub/linuxlite/isos/4.2/)
- Sweden: http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/linuxliteos.com/isos/4.2/ (http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/linuxliteos.com/isos/4.2/)
- Taiwan: http://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/Linux/linuxlite/isos/4.2/ (http://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/Linux/linuxlite/isos/4.2/)
- USA: http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite/isos/4.2/ (http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite/isos/4.2/)
- Vietnam: https://mirror.freedif.org/LinuxLiteOS/isos/4.2/ (https://mirror.freedif.org/LinuxLiteOS/isos/4.2/)
More Mirrors (city specific) - https://www.linuxliteos.com/mirrors.php (https://www.linuxliteos.com/mirrors.php)
Live USB/DVD/VirtualBox/Vmware:
Login is automatic, no credentials are 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-4.2-64bit.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.
Yumi, Multiboot and other multi-boot applications are not supported. A good, simple point and click USB ISO burner is https://etcher.io/ (https://etcher.io/)
If the screen locks during Live mode, type linux into the user box and click on the Login button (no password required)
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.
Thank you :)
Jerry and the team.
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perfect thanks for update
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Very nice update :)
How to update from lite 4 to lite 4.2?
When I go in lite update result is: You are already running the latest release.
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go to 'settings'
then 'Lite Upgrade'
charvie
Linux for All!! Not just the few.
Newonlinux:
Forget above comment!! I just tried and got the same as you!!
charvie
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You guys need to read the announcement for upgrade instructions.
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hey Jerry,
I didn't do number 1!!
Followed the 'Yellow Brick Road'. everything worked fine.
Thanks,
charvie
Linux for All!! Not just the few.
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Jerry- Thank you for returning the feature to install directly from the boot screen. An excellent feature that was in series one. Thank you.
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You guys need to read the announcement for upgrade instructions.
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Please post link to upgrade instructions here.
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Please post link to upgrade instructions here.
@saleem Try scrolling up to @Jerry original post on this thread and read from underneath the last image.
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Jerry- Thank you for returning the feature to install directly from the boot screen. An excellent feature that was in series one. Thank you.
All credit to you for that one.
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Please post link to upgrade instructions here.
@saleem Try scrolling up to @Jerry original post on this thread and read from underneath the last image.
Yes thanks @DeepThought , I already found it .
Followed the instructions but still getting " You are already running the latest release." message .
I am still on Version 4.0
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Please post link to upgrade instructions here.
@saleem Try scrolling up to @Jerry original post on this thread and read from underneath the last image.
Did you update LL4.0 first? If so try a reboot and then a upgrade.
Yes thanks @DeepThought , I already found it .
Followed the instructions but still getting " You are already running the latest release." message .
I am still on Version 4.0
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Please post link to upgrade instructions here.
@saleem Try scrolling up to @Jerry original post on this thread and read from underneath the last image.
Did you update LL4.0 first? If so try a reboot and then a upgrade.
Yes thanks @DeepThought , I already found it .
Followed the instructions but still getting " You are already running the latest release." message .
I am still on Version 4.0
Did you update LL4.0 first? If so try a reboot and then a upgrade. ?
Yes did full upgrade , reboot and then checked again but same message that " You are already running the latest release."
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Please post link to upgrade instructions here.
@saleem Try scrolling up to @Jerry original post on this thread and read from underneath the last image.
Did you update LL4.0 first? If so try a reboot and then a upgrade.
Yes thanks @DeepThought , I already found it .
Followed the instructions but still getting " You are already running the latest release." message .
I am still on Version 4.0
Did you update LL4.0 first? If so try a reboot and then a upgrade. ?
Yes did full upgrade , reboot and then checked again but same message that " You are already running the latest release."
Same problem......Still on LL4.0... It will not upgrade .
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I did extensive testing pre-release, with no issues in the end.
Plus, I just tested on a laptop I have here with updates that were 46 days old! As you can see from the pictures, no problems upgrading. People on social media sites reporting smooth upgrading too.
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Reboot.
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At this stage, I'm putting it down to human input error at your end :)
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No problem here. Thanks, you earned your coffee!
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Just checked again for updates and updates were available.
One of the updates mentioned Linux Lite 4 series.
Updated,rebooted and then upgraded to Linux Lite 4.2.
A flawless upgrade.
This update was not available an hour ago....Just a question of waiting.
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All I can think of is some folks aren't using the default Linux Lite repository, and are using their local one. Some may have to wait for their local to catch up.
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This is a perfect opportunity to finally run the destructive hard drive test I was aiming at, then reinstall with the new version of Lite.
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Did a fresh install of LL4.2 from a DVD with the ISO on it. Used the 'install release' from the boot screen. No errors after install. Ran updates. Selected software mirror. Checked my repository selection in Synaptic. All's good. The Beta was really good & the RC is the smoothest install of LL yet.
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Did a fresh install of LL4.2 from a DVD with the ISO on it. Used the 'install release' from the boot screen. No errors after install. Ran updates. Selected software mirror. Checked my repository selection in Synaptic. All's good. The Beta was really good & the RC is the smoothest install of LL yet.
Glad to hear :)
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Added instructions to original post for those who may experience upgrade issues. This is only likely to occur within the first 24hrs of release.
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No problems to report here.
I clicked update this morning and noticed it was downloading a new version of the manual, that's when I remembered "today's the day".
Afterwards, I clicked on Lite Upgrade and in no time I was seeing the reboot prompt, I rebooted and -oh my gosh!!, everything looks the same! (which is great news because I didn't want to lose my customizations 8) [size=78%]).[/size]
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I confirmed I was running 4.2, and then rebooted and timed my boot time. It was exactly the same 15 seconds from cold boot, so I'm happy as a tornado on a trailer park ;D
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Sorry, 5 minutes later and I already have a question:
When I run systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled, I see some weird instances running:
network-manager.service enabled
networkd-dispatcher.service enabled
networking.service enabled
NetworkManager-dispatcher.service enabled
NetworkManager.service enabled
So network-manager.service is different from NetworkManager.service ??
I know they are, but why would someone need BOTH running?
And how about networkd-dispatcher.service and NetworkManager-dispatcher.service ??
I know there's a small "d" letter there as well as the small caps/large caps, but why are both to be running?
I'm guessing one of the instances might be superseding the other or something like that??
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I have been away from Linux Lite for awhile, exploring other distros (mainly to find one for my wife). I just did the upgrade, all went well. Nice job!
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Upgraded and no problems.
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No problems to report here.
I confirmed I was running 4.2, and then rebooted and timed my boot time. It was exactly the same 15 seconds from cold boot, so I'm happy as a tornado on a trailer park ;D
15 seconds, nice!
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No problem here. Thanks, you earned your coffee!
Slurp!
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I finally got time to install LL 4.0 at the weekend, and now upgraded to 4.2, which went smoothly! Thanks!
It's a superb OS, and my only complaint is I'm enjoying using it too much, can't get much else done.
I'd love to see people's reactions to a new laptop with this as the ready-installed OS.
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Redshift is a nice addition to Lite Software, testing it for the first time tonight . And it comes fully translated for us non-English LL users.
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Those screenshots look really nice @Jerry :) I haven't even been able to try/install LL 4 yet, let alone 4.2...this freaking internet issue is driving me crazy! :( I'm definitely going on a trip this weekend to someone else's house with a working wired internet and download LL 4.2 ...can't wait to try it! :)
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Sorry, 5 minutes later and I already have a question:
When I run systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled, I see some weird instances running:
network-manager.service enabled
networkd-dispatcher.service enabled
networking.service enabled
NetworkManager-dispatcher.service enabled
NetworkManager.service enabled
So network-manager.service is different from NetworkManager.service ??
I know they are, but why would someone need BOTH running?
And how about networkd-dispatcher.service and NetworkManager-dispatcher.service ??
I know there's a small "d" letter there as well as the small caps/large caps, but why are both to be running?
I'm guessing one of the instances might be superseding the other or something like that??
You could quite easy Google each service to see what it does. You probably see the word network a lot and attribute that to repetition. Suffice to say each service is unique and necessary. Cheers.
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Redshift is a nice addition to Lite Software, testing it for the first time tonight . And it comes fully translated for us non-English LL users.
Tried this last night for a few hours........A nice addition to the Distro.
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Just when I thought Linux could not get much better, the Linux Lite team pulls out 4.2.
Thank you for all the people who work hard with Linux Lite. You make a difference!
@Jerry, I have 21 partitions and 2 RAID1 volumes. My /etc is highly customized,
my /lib/systemd/system is very customized. This box runs kernel 4.19 with
Linux Lite 4.0
Is it safe to upgrade to LL 4.2 with this kind of configuration?
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Sorry, I think the answer is that people who mess up their own LL systems like me, have to live with the results :)
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MRW when I hear '21 partitions and 2 RAID1 volumes' :)
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THIS DISTRO IS BY FAR THE BEST. THANKS FOR REAL
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upgraded , went smoothly , thankyou fro all the hard work , hugs :-* 8)
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upgraded , went smoothly , thankyou fro all the hard work , hugs :-* 8)
You're welcome :)
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New Lite Themes package up on repo now. New icon sets Papirus-Light, Paprius Dark, themes package updated to newest stable including highlighted Whisker Menu.
Install Updates to get it, have a look at the new features :)
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Just done my first clean install of 4.2.
A very smooth install.....Nice.
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Just done my first clean install of 4.2.
A very smooth install.....Nice.
Gz bro! Same here, just finished installation and made the updates. No problems at all, as usual with LL.
I have one issue though, which is not related to Linux Lite but the Linux wireless subsystem.
If you are not from the United States of America, please check what the command "iw reg get" says.
For me it always says either:
country 00
or country US
which are wrong, since I'm in Europe and
some of you are from other regions. Country 00 is always wrong.
One might think this is not an issue since the wireless network works fine. However, if we are accurate, it is a
legal issue, since every country has it's own legal radio frequencies which are available for civilians.
As I said, this is not an issue with Linux Lite, it is an issue with the Linux kernel, or better yet - the lack of it at
the moment.
I am not going into the details of this thing, since it is very simple to fix. You only need to know the abbreviation
of your country: For example, if you live in France, the abbreviation is 'FR'. It is usually just two letters.
So, assuming that you live in France, you would do the following to fix the regulatory domain:
sudo iw reg set FR
And you may then verify that the radio frequencies are correct for domain 'France' by commanding:
iw reg get
which should now begin with FR instead of '00' or 'US'
If I may help, please ask in this topic since I seem to be blocked in other areas here
Cheers!
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@kpanic you should have more access now, please let me know if you still don't.
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I still cannot update LL. It insists that I am up to date with version 3.8. I am using v 4.0 which I installed from the final version, not the beta one. I was getting some replies about this, but they have now disappeared. Although I have used computers for many years, and Linux exclusively since 1999, I still find this forum the most difficult one to use that I have ever seen. I have tried everything that I can think of, but to no avail. I think now that I have two options. I can stay with version 4.0 until version 5.0 arrives. Or I can look elsewhere for a different distro. I don't want to go for the latter since I think that LL is the best distro that I have ever used. Please, can anyone come up with any suggestions? By the way, I am stuck with lite-upgrade-series3 and I do not know how to install series 4.
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Replying to my own post. I have tried running head /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxlite.list. The result I get is deb http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite/ citrine main
I am wondering if citrine is wrong and should be diamond. Is that correct?
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We're still waiting for your screenshot in your original support thread. Please keep all future posts to that thread only. Cheers.
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@kpanic you should have more access now, please let me know if you still don't.
Ok, Thank you @Jerry
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFNnLpiYm6s
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Late to the party yet again :)
It always amazes me how easy and effortless it is to upgrade :)
THANKS
Keith
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I only just yesterday installed LL4.2 on my main machine - this was a fresh install as I was on 3.8 before. Jerry, it is AWESOME!! ;D 8) Runs so smoothly, and was easy to install.
One thing that helped a lot with the install was being able to keep an existing partition where I store some of my files thanks to @firenice03 in this post: https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/installing-linux-lite/is-it-possible-to-install-ll-keeping-an-existing-partition-(an-ext4)/ (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/installing-linux-lite/is-it-possible-to-install-ll-keeping-an-existing-partition-(an-ext4)/) . I was able to copy back those files into my fresh "Documents" directory in the new LL much faster than I would have from external hard drive. (Don't worry, I had still backed everything up on external hard drive just to be safe! ;) ) Anyhow I can see that this approach will help me immensely any time I do a fresh install.
I love all the customization options through the settings. Thanks for another great version of a great distro, Jerry. Donation sent. Much appreciated.
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I only just yesterday installed LL4.2 on my main machine - this was a fresh install as I was on 3.8 before. Jerry, it is AWESOME!! ;D 8) Runs so smoothly, and was easy to install.
One thing that helped a lot with the install was being able to keep an existing partition where I store some of my files thanks to @firenice03 in this post: https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/installing-linux-lite/is-it-possible-to-install-ll-keeping-an-existing-partition-(an-ext4)/ (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/installing-linux-lite/is-it-possible-to-install-ll-keeping-an-existing-partition-(an-ext4)/) . I was able to copy back those files into my fresh "Documents" directory in the new LL much faster than I would have from external hard drive. (Don't worry, I had still backed everything up on external hard drive just to be safe! ;) ) Anyhow I can see that this approach will help me immensely any time I do a fresh install.
I love all the customization options through the settings. Thanks for another great version of a great distro, Jerry. Donation sent. Much appreciated.
You are very welcome, and thanks for the contribution!
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Thanks for the update Jerry.
But I do however suffer from the problem of not being able to update through "Lite Upgrade". It always say that I'm already on the latest release but I do know that I'm on LL 4.0.
using "apt policy lite-upgrade-series4" fetch me this:
lite-upgrade-series4:
Installed: 4.0-0010-linuxlite
Candidate: 4.0-0020-linuxlite
Version table:
4.0-0020-linuxlite 500
500 http://linuxlite.3load.com diamond/main amd64 Packages
500 http://linuxlite.3load.com diamond/main i386 Packages
*** 4.0-0010-linuxlite 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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Trying to change my resources in "Lite Resources" will just end up always as "Lite Sources was unable to update the cache.
This may just be a temporary connectivity issues with the update server." And I've already tried switching to every available server listed and the issue kept persisting.
Can I perhaps upgrade through usb-stick? If I use Etcher to install to the stick and install the upgrade from there, can it be done? Sorry for my inexperience behaviour. Just recently trying out Linux since my old laptop can't survive with Windows anymore and I've been loving every aspect of the OS. Fits me perfectly fine on daily basis. :)
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Hi
This looks great and I wanted to try using it via a live USB before upgrading. Unfortunately I'm presented with a login prompt. What are the default credentials for this?
Thanks
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The following is taken from this very announcement:
Login is automatic, no credentials are required. If the screen locks during Live mode, type linux into the user box and click on the Login button (no password required)