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    Thread: Midnight Rider Looks For Linux Lite 7
Post: Midnight Rider Looks For Linux Lite 7

Some experimental midnight rider looks for Linux Lite 7 and some more for Debian. https://dbts-analytics.com/midridwip.html (https://dbts-analytics.com/midridwip.html) TC
trinidad Screenshots 0 96 11-29-2025, 04:17 PM
    Thread: Can't test LinuxLite 7.6 in a virtual machine
Post: RE: Can't test LinuxLite 7.6 in a virtual machine

Yeah works OK for me in virt-manager qemu/kvm installing from ISO though initial file load to RAM is a little slower in 7.6 than 7.4. Did he say that the 7.6 live ISO ran OK? I'll check back but it so...
trinidad Installing Linux Lite 23 8,467 10-20-2025, 01:05 PM
    Thread: A New Review Posted
Post: A New Review Posted

Well I've finally gotten around to putting up a new review of Linux Lite. https://dbts-analytics.com/ll7rev1.html (https://dbts-analytics.com/ll7rev1.html) I've always found it frustrating the way r...
trinidad On Topic 1 2,098 09-21-2025, 11:40 AM
    Thread: Thermal issues after update to 5.15.0-153-generic
Post: RE: Thermal issues after update to 5.15.0-153-gene...

First thing to do is run through the normal upgrade path from 6.4 to 6.6 then allow the new kernel to install. TC
trinidad Security & Bug Fixes 1 1,155 09-21-2025, 11:32 AM
    Thread: Updating problem again. - 500 Internal Server Error
Post: RE: Updating problem again. - 500 Internal Server ...

I can confirm that the server error still comes up today from the main USA repo. Do we know the cause of this? Not used to EU servers being more accessible than US servers. TC
trinidad Updates 6 2,325 09-07-2025, 02:38 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite 7.6 Final Released
Post: RE: Linux Lite 7.6 Final Released

No issues so far. Will finally thoroughly review it next week. Linux Lite is very very under appreciated, and I don't understand why. I'm in the middle of several Trixie upgrades and it is not the typ...
trinidad Release Announcements 12 38,039 08-31-2025, 09:19 PM
    Thread: New installation on an old PC - Wifi not working
Post: RE: New installation on an old PC - Wifi not worki...

ASPM support can be enabled or disabled by the pcie_aspm kernel parameter, where pcie_aspm=off disables ASPM and pcie_aspm=force enables ASPM, even on devices that do not support ASPM. Maybe... che...
trinidad Network 16 11,437 07-03-2025, 12:29 PM
    Thread: some sensible questions
Post: some sensible questions

I've been terribly preoccupied lately with building a new server and dealing with the annoying wait time for Debian 13 stable to drop. Anyway I was checking some references today and ran across this p...
trinidad Off Topic 0 6,212 07-01-2025, 03:47 PM
    Thread: Nice Review From Jack Wallen
Post: Nice Review From Jack Wallen

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-free-linux-distro-is-the-easiest-way-to-revive-your-old-computer-how-it-works/ (https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-free-linux-distro-is-the-easiest-way-to-revive-you...
trinidad On Topic 1 3,591 06-28-2025, 02:17 PM
    Thread: Forum tweaks
Post: RE: Forum tweaks

Does seem more responsive, though I'm not a good benchmark given the big bandwidth I can run on. Very fast on MS Edge. TC
trinidad On Topic 4 4,017 06-09-2025, 02:33 PM
    Thread: wireless networks "device not ready"
Post: RE: wireless networks "device not ready"

Is this on a laptop with a mechanical or keyboard switch for WIFI? Usually the mystery cause of "*-network DISABLED". TC
trinidad Network 33 24,661 06-03-2025, 12:13 PM
    Thread: update failure Linux 7.4 - grub install code 32
Post: RE: update failure Linux 7.4 - grub install code 3...

I had the same issue with a qemu vm, though I didn't check to see why the script failed. Just ran it in synaptic after the failure and it completed ok. Made me think it was a labeling error in the upd...
trinidad Updates 12 9,543 05-27-2025, 11:22 AM
    Thread: Lite 7.2, XFCE 4.20, labwc Wayland test, promising
Post: RE: Lite 7.2, XFCE 4.20, labwc Wayland test, promi...

I've edited what I've tested so far and created a simpler index for the pages. Some things have gone remarkably well like wayvnc and others like desktop workspace changer I used workarounds for. I wil...
trinidad On Topic 5 7,629 05-24-2025, 04:41 PM
    Thread: Install Microsoft Office
Post: RE: Install Microsoft Office

The versions you selected will work best in an XP vm. Use gnome-boxes or virt-manager to run XP. Images are available. Then if you are installing office from old CDs install to the XP vm. Samba or Spi...
trinidad Installing Software 1 2,965 05-19-2025, 02:06 PM
    Thread: Lite 7.2, XFCE 4.20, labwc Wayland test, promising
Post: RE: Lite 7.2, XFCE 4.20, labwc Wayland test, promi...

I've decided to continue testing and tweaking this XFCE 4.20 Wayland LL7 system and report the progress as it goes along. Just follow the original link and I will add new pages as it goes. https:/...
trinidad On Topic 5 7,629 04-23-2025, 02:20 PM
    Thread: lite-software CRASHING
Post: RE: lite-software CRASHING

When it asks you to update sources are you selecting YES? If you intend to install something you should select YES to update sources. You don't need to if you only intend to remove something. (I find ...
trinidad Installing Software 4 5,635 04-03-2025, 03:17 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite 7.4 RC1 Released
Post: RE: Linux Lite 7.4 RC1 Released

Just a suggestion for an inevitable future. Neofetch has ceased development even though it still works on X. Also it does not work with wayland or wayland wms. It just logs you out when called. On the...
trinidad Release Announcements 6 12,742 03-23-2025, 05:23 PM
    Thread: Lite 7.2, XFCE 4.20, labwc Wayland test, promising
Post: RE: Lite 7.2, XFCE 4.20, labwc Wayland test, promi...

Well GIMP 3.0 stable has been released so I gave it whirl as well on LL 7.2 with experimental wayland support. Worked quite nicely and is decently improved. See link below: https://dbts-analytics.com...
trinidad On Topic 5 7,629 03-22-2025, 01:02 PM
    Thread: Lite 7.2, XFCE 4.20, labwc Wayland test, promising
Post: Lite 7.2, XFCE 4.20, labwc Wayland test, promising

I'm currently testing this on LL7.2 with the Xubuntu experimental PPA. Honestly all is quite promising. The link below displays some of my results. :cool: https://dbts-analytics.com/ll7xfce42wayla...
trinidad On Topic 5 7,629 03-16-2025, 03:51 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite 7.4 RC1 Released
Post: RE: Linux Lite 7.4 RC1 Released

Quote: -- Require XFCE 4.16 -- What does this mean? Supposed to be 4.18? I'm currently testing XFCE 4.20 on Linux Lite 7.2. So far no nasty glitches. https://imgur.com/a/1exQUhE (https://imgu...
trinidad Release Announcements 6 12,742 03-14-2025, 01:39 PM