Changing Time Zone

[Powercat80]

Hi - A very newbie to Linux and LL.

I am booting LL from USB.  The Clock time in the tray is showing 6 hours ahead.  Obviously due to a time zone setting.  Is there a graphical way to change this in settings?  I don't see any indication of this and I am not a programmer and would refer not to write code.  TIA

[MohamedKhaled]

HI [member=7201]Powercat80[/member] congrats for your first post

I am booting LL from USB. 

this is why you are facing this problem , once you click install release you will be asked many questions including your location

update:

hi found another way , if you wrote ''date'' in the search in the menu you will find a menu asking you about your timezone hope this helps

[Powercat80]

Thanks for this.  One other question -  Can I expect any performance improvement running on HDD versus USB?  Still not getting the improvement I was looking for on an 2006 Dell Latitude.

[justme2]

Thanks for this.  One other question -  Can I expect any performance improvement running on HDD versus USB?  Still not getting the improvement I was looking for on an 2006 Dell Latitude.

Are you running LL in 'live mode'? If so it will be slow and you would need to install LL to a USB device (as you would to a HDD) to see any speed increase. Also is the Dell at USB-2 speed (not USB-1) when booting from USB? I don't know that machine so someone else would have to chip in if you do not know.


I have run LL for years, installed on class 10 SDHC cards in usb readers, in effect giving dual boot without interfering with whatever is installed on the HDD. The only downside I know of is having to remember to plug in the reader before switching on. Maybe a tutorial for this scenario would help anyone wanting to dual boot, but is afraid of destroying the system on HDD, or the installed HDD is too small for normal dual booting.

In more than 6 years of running OSs on SD cards, I have never had one fail.

HTH. 

[MohamedKhaled]

Thanks for this.  One other question -  Can I expect any performance improvement running on HDD versus USB?  Still not getting the improvement I was looking for on an 2006 Dell Latitude.

hi , i have noticed that you didnt insert the info needed in your portfolio , why dont add some info there like ram CPU etc
anyway it appers that you are running LL 3.6 32BIT if so then i can tell youu that it works great if you have more than
1 GB RAM 1.5 CPU

when using usb (live session) u will certainly face lagg (especially when using FireFox) dont panic, LL will be the best thing that happened ever on your "Dell"

[Powercat80]

I updated my profile with system specs.  I am booting up a Window 7 system with LL on a USB Drive.  I am not sure what USB "Live" means. I installed LL onto a USB Flash drive.  I guess my question is, will I get better performance loading LL onto the HD or will it be more responsive using the USB as it is essentially an SSD?  BTW all USB ports on this machine are 2.0.  I also have 2.5GB of RAM, but profile would only let you choose whole numbers.

I ask these things because I certainly see an improvement, but I experience significant drag on things like youtube video.

[firenice03]

I am booting up a Window 7 system with LL on a USB Drive.  I am not sure what USB "Live" means. I installed LL onto a USB Flash drive.  I guess my question is, will I get better performance loading LL onto the HD or will it be more responsive using the USB as it is essentially an SSD?  BTW all USB ports on this machine are 2.0.  I also have 2.5GB of RAM, but profile would only let you choose whole numbers.


I ask these things because I certainly see an improvement, but I experience significant drag on things like youtube video.

If you downloaded the LL ISO file from the website then utilized an application (win32image etc..) to "burn: image to USB (or CD) this will be the "Live" environment. Its a trial system that you can boot to to test LL without installing - there is an install icon on the desktop.


If you did this, then using the install icon to install LL and chose a USB disk then you do have LL installed to a disk albeit a USB.


Performance - whether Live or Installed to USB its still using the USB port and its read/write speeds and the speeds associated to the USB disk... Therefore it will be slower as compared to installing to the hard disk (which has much faster read/write speeds).


The bottle neck of performance most likely will be the USB port regardless of CPU/RAM. Which is why you see drag on videos.


For clarifications the USB is NOT essentially a SSD - SSD's are very fast, faster than a spinning platter hard disk (typical hard drive).




If you plan to install LL to the hard drive you can run along side Windows (dual boot) I suggest reading the forums and the help manual: https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/insta...instllcomp

[Powercat80]

Thanks for all the replies.  I now have LL installed on a partitioned HDD, and is running much better.  Video on youtube are still somewhat slow to load.  Although the playback appears to be approved.