A couple of problems encountered...

[Valtam]

In all honesty I would just select US English, its English after all and you won't get any funky outcomes.

[Peter B]

gold_finger - Good morning, the "help" and "about xfce" buttons appeared just above "turn off computer" when I clicked on the "menu" button in the bottom left corner of my screen. Also some of the items in sections of the menu were either in different positions or not showing when compared to the "standard menu" I had using American English.
Meanwhile, I re-installed and left the language at U.S. and everything seems fine...but I will go back to UK English if you wish and show you the differences, I've done it 4 times now and it always produces the same result.
The only other left-field thing I can think of is that my Laptop is American, but with the keyboard set up in Windows for UK layout. 

[gold_finger]

the "help" and "about xfce" buttons appeared just above "turn off computer" when I clicked on the "menu" button in the bottom left corner of my screen. Also some of the items in sections of the menu were either in different positions or not showing when compared to the "standard menu" I had using American English

For some reason mine doesn't have those -- just "Switch Users", then "Lock Screen".  "Help Manual" is near top under "Run Program", but it works just fine.  Both US and UK VirtualBox setups have exact same listings under menu categories and in same order.  (Maybe "real" not "virtual" install acts differently -- I don't know.)

Let's just forget about it.  You've got it working now with "English US" and I can't seem to recreate problem.  Seems pointless to waste more time on it.

[N4RPS]

Hello!

You can always selectively 'remap' certain keys, to cover circumstances like the pound and euro symbols...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

[Peter B]

Ok...as everything seems to be working fine, I'll just be thankful for what I've got and not play with the language options.

Thanks to everyone for the help, I'll try not to come back soon!

[N4RPS]

Hello!

Come back as often as you feel like you need to. There are a bunch of folks here who are more than happy to help.

From what I understand, LL is a relatively new concept. It is amazing that it has progressed as far as it has in such a short time. After all, Ubuntu itself is close to ten years old and is funded by deep pockets, and Debian is considerably older than that (close to twenty?).

As LL progresses, and enhancements and other more pressing matters are taken care of, if enough additional people with the necessary skills should join the development team, then perhaps some of the smaller issues can be revisited, but of course, the push is always forward.

If I ever get deep enough into Linux to create my own LiveCD, I'd probably take the things I like out of a number of different distros and call it 'Mishmash' - which, of course, would probably prove itself to be an unmitigated DISASTER!

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

[Peter B]

I'm back again!  Just a final request before this thread becomes too long...

I am currently dual booting between Linux Lite and Windows XP Pro SP3  - when I decide to ditch Windows and use only Linux, could you provide simple instructions on the best way to do this, please?

As a footnote, I'm really pleased with Linux Lite and can't really see a reason not to change permanently.
I'm comfortable with most of the "program-equivalents" available in Linux - although the only one I will miss badly is Firetrust's MailWasher Pro. (I spoke with them and there is a Linux (or cross-platform) version being developed and I hope at some point in the future that I'll be able to incorporate it into my Lite installation).

[gold_finger]

I am currently dual booting between Linux Lite and Windows XP Pro SP3  - when I decide to ditch Windows and use only Linux, could you provide simple instructions on the best way to do this, please?

Getting rid of Windows is easy -- just delete the Windows partitions on the disk.  That's all.  (GParted would be the best program to use for that.)  After it's gone, you just need to run one command in the terminal to get rid of it's boot entry in the grub menu:

Code:

sudo update-grub

What you choose to do with the free space after that is another story.  There's no "best" answer for that because everyone has their own preferences for how they setup their system.  You could merge the space into your current LinuxLite partition to create one large one.  You could create a separate partition for storing data files only.  You could install other linux distros and duel/triple-boot, etc.

Best thing to do is decide how you want to use the space, then ask question here if need guidance to accomplish that whenever you're ready.

[N4RPS]

Hello!

I use GPartEd to handle anything dealing with partitions - including moving or 'growing' a Linux partition to replace a deleted Windows one...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

[Peter B]

Thanks Rob - the first step is to delete just the Windows part of the disk, I assume? I don't touch the Linux part or the Swap File?
Once Windows has gone, I just want Linux to use the whole disk, so do I just "grow" the Linux partition that appears in the first position and stretch it up adjacent to the Swap File at the end of the disk?