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    Thread: Linux Lite 4.0 Beta Released
Post: Re: Linux Lite 4.0 Beta Released

Many laptops coming out now support HIDPI (resolution beyond 1920x1080). Does Linux Lite support that?
humdinger70 Release Announcements 86 126,968 05-05-2018, 07:45 PM
    Thread: Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion
Post: Re: Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion

The 4.4.0-116 kernel now fixes everything. I ran the checker after install and boot of the new kernel and now all three variants say 'NOT VULNERABLE'.
humdinger70 Security & Bug Fixes 157 240,185 02-23-2018, 11:07 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite 4.0 Suggestions welcomed
Post: Re: Linux Lite 4.0 Suggestions welcomed

One thing that I would like to see is the ability to upgrade major versions of LL (from the current 3.X to 4.X) without having to do a full install (as was necessary with going from the LL2 to LL3 ser...
humdinger70 Suggestions and Feedback 130 81,116 02-12-2018, 04:13 AM
    Thread: Linux Lite 3.8 Final Released
Post: Re: Linux Lite 3.8 Final Released

Did the upgrade on my Thinkpad X220 today. The whole operation (install updates (for 3.6), reboot, install upgrade, check for updates) took all of about 10-15 minutes. I already had TLP installed (hig...
humdinger70 Release Announcements 47 357,737 02-01-2018, 11:58 PM
    Thread: External Display plug-n-play in LL & other Ubuntu-based distros, revisited ...
Post: Re: External Display plug-n-play in LL & other Ubu...

There was a time in Windows when 'plug and play' was more like 'plug and pray'.
humdinger70 On Topic 15 12,007 01-01-2018, 04:12 AM
    Thread: Linux Lite 3.8 Suggestions welcomed
Post: Re: Linux Lite 3.8 Suggestions welcomed

[member=2]Jerry[/member] More of a question than a suggestion. In another thread you made a modification available (for the /usr/scripts/updates-gui script used by the Install Updates function) that c...
humdinger70 Suggestions and Feedback 38 24,916 12-29-2017, 09:54 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite Kernel
Post: Re: Linux Lite Kernel

Jerry link Wrote: (11-22-2017, 04:37 AM) -- [quote author=humdinger70 link=topic=474.msg36816#msg36816 date=1511289414] Jerry, when will a kernel later than the 4.4 series become the default? -- The...
humdinger70 Linux Lite Software Development 326 466,053 11-27-2017, 12:54 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite Kernel
Post: Re: Linux Lite Kernel

Jerry, when will a kernel later than the 4.4 series become the default?
humdinger70 Linux Lite Software Development 326 466,053 11-21-2017, 06:36 PM
    Thread: Best Overall Winner of Light Distros
Post: Re: Best Overall Winner of Light Distros

Coastie link Wrote: (11-09-2017, 04:27 PM) -- :D A lot of this have known this for a long time and have been spreading the word about it. I read two important things in the article: "Dedicated su...
humdinger70 On Topic 12 6,610 11-21-2017, 06:20 PM
    Thread: Can you help to keep a mirror alive?
Post: Re: Can you help to keep a mirror alive?

Ralphy, I went to the linked page, GoFundMe reports 'Campaign Not Found'. I know it's now November, did you lose the mirrors?
humdinger70 Off Topic 3 3,310 11-02-2017, 08:51 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite 3.6 Beta Released
Post: Re: Linux Lite 3.6 Beta Released

humdinger70 link Wrote: (07-30-2017, 04:12 PM) -- Hi. I noticed that the kernel in LL 3.6 will still be the 4.4 family. I'm assuming you're using an LTS kernel for stability. I thought you would be u...
humdinger70 Release Announcements 49 102,000 10-14-2017, 08:04 AM
    Thread: Error Upgrading Lite 3.4 to 3.6 64 Bit
Post: Re: Error Upgrading Lite 3.4 to 3.6 64 Bit

Per ralphy's instructions, I changed the timeout parameter on the wget command in /usr/bin/lite-upgrade-series3 file from -T1 to -T8. That solved the problem.
humdinger70 Installing Linux Lite 8 5,135 09-05-2017, 06:25 AM
    Thread: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server doesn't work
Post: Re: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server d...

ralphy link Wrote: (09-05-2017, 03:45 AM) -- [member=6217]humdinger70[/member] it looks like you you actually got to the repo with wget in that link you provided. So, I will just increase the timeout...
humdinger70 Installing Linux Lite 17 8,658 09-05-2017, 06:23 AM
    Thread: Error Upgrading Lite 3.4 to 3.6 64 Bit
Post: Re: Error Upgrading Lite 3.4 to 3.6 64 Bit

Hope you get an answer. This is the exact situation I'm in. Still waiting on resolution for me.
humdinger70 Installing Linux Lite 8 5,135 09-04-2017, 08:18 PM
    Thread: how to move from LL 3.4 to 3.6
Post: Re: how to move from LL 3.4 to 3.6

Two commands were requested to be run (I think it was by ralphy) and I have the results in this link... https://justpaste.it/1atfx I am STILL not able to do the update 3.4 to 3.6, still get the 'Upg...
humdinger70 Installing Linux Lite 11 6,317 09-03-2017, 05:31 PM
    Thread: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server doesn't work
Post: Re: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server d...

Commands did work. Results are in pasted text link (kept getting a 403 error when trying to post). https://justpaste.it/1atfx So what's my next step(s)?
humdinger70 Installing Linux Lite 17 8,658 09-02-2017, 07:22 PM
    Thread: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server doesn't work
Post: Re: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server d...

Weird thing - a direct connection via Firefox to the repo in the 'wget' command (to view the file) works just fine.
humdinger70 Installing Linux Lite 17 8,658 09-01-2017, 10:17 PM
    Thread: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server doesn't work
Post: Re: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server d...

I ran the commands - the link does exist, but wget doesn't like it. larry@larry-ThinkPad-X220:~$ wget -nv -t2 -T1 --ignore-length --max-redirect=1  --spider http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite/db/v...
humdinger70 Installing Linux Lite 17 8,658 09-01-2017, 10:11 PM
    Thread: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server doesn't work
Post: Re: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server d...

OK, ralphy, saw your response. Question  anything I can do to fix it at my end? FYI, I thought at 1:00 AM Pacific time, most people would be off their systems and be asleep or something. Now 7:35 AM ...
humdinger70 Installing Linux Lite 17 8,658 09-01-2017, 02:37 PM
    Thread: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server doesn't work
Post: Re: Lite Upgrade (3.4 to 3.6) via a proxy server d...

I'm getting the same error and I'm NOT on a proxy server. I did the lite update and it worked OK. Should I have done a reboot after the update before doing the upgrade? I don't think I did that in the...
humdinger70 Installing Linux Lite 17 8,658 09-01-2017, 08:05 AM