Hi, I'm Ian, but you can call me imitchell (this is going to be like a dating profile thing just so you know). I'm an amateur IT guy and physicist. I switched to Linux Lite on my desktop (with Mint on my laptop and Debian on my server) because I was tired of getting shat on by microshaft, and decided to go from Windows 7 to Linux Lite, it's absolutely fantastic. Linux Lite (and Mint) are a perfect desktop experience, and Linux Lite is perfect for gaming. Along with my IT and scientific needs. Oh, and it's also great for my record obsession.

So, when I try to mount games in GMod, the checkboxes to mount said games aren't there  :-\ , anybody have a solution?
Thanks  ;D
-Ian

I'm still a novice in the world of Linux, so I am still exploring and experimenting.  I had tried out Linux Lite 2.2 some time back, and I thought I'd take a look at the latest version - 2.6.

I have more than one laptop.... so I usually run trial distros either from a live CD (actually, a DVD as the .iso is too big for a CD) or from a YUMI multiboot USB stick.

Something weird happened with Lite 2.6.  I downloaded and saved the .iso (clearly listed as Lite 2.6, 64-bit version) successfully from the nearest "mirror" site.  I then installed it on my USB stick using YUMI (as I have done before, and with other distros).  All worked well.  I booted into Lite 2.6 from the stick, and it runs perfectly.

I thought I might as well burn a DVD too, so that I have that alternative way of running a Live session.  I did so - from the same .iso.  The odd thing was - when I booted up from that DVD, it launched as Lite 2.4! No sign of the latest 2.6 features (such as the Control Centre).  And when I ran Lite 2.6 from the USB stick, and then inserted my DVD to check what was on it, the label, and the properties, say "Linux Lite 2.4 64 bit".

Obviously that's not an immediate problem, as I'm only running trial sessions.  But if or when I want to install v 2.6, I clearly can't do so from this LiveDVD. Perhaps I could install v2.4 and then upgrade, but it would be nicer to have v2.6 straight off the bat

I just wondered why - if the downloaded .iso was clearly Lite 2.6 - the LiveDVD I burned is version 2.4?

Why is this option during the installation frowned upon by Linux Lite?  Does it not work?

I installed VirtualBox from the Oracle website, and it looks like it removed the gksudo program. Fairly new to Linux, and didn't know that one app could remove another at install...

How can I get it back so that the update, system report, and other LinuxLite features work again?

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Hi all,

        I have a boot-up problem !  but before I give details I would like to ask a question ( it may save lots of time )

Is it possible to Dual Boot with 2 different Linux O.S.

                    Thanks.

I have been looking for a while for a utility to view extra information from different file types. Things like copyright, version, size information in jpeg files, and found many utility programs that would view one type of file or another, but not several different types.  Today I found what I was looking for and thought I would share it with the community.  For this custom action to work you have to install a package named "libimage-exiftool-perl". Then create a new thunar custom action:

Open file manager by clicking the home folder icon on the panel.  From the file manager menu select "Edit", then click on "Configure custom actions", click the "+" icon on the right to add a new custom action fill the fields with the info below.

NAME: File Information

DESCRIPTION: Display extra file information.

COMMAND: exiftool %f | zenity --width=640 --height=480  --text-info --title="File Information"

On the "Appearance Conditions tab check all boxes except Directories, and then click "OK".

This will give a right click menu item in the file manager to view extra info on many different file types including windows .exe .dll files.

Hopefully this will be helpful to others looking for this information.
Maybe this could be added to LL if enough people find it useful. 

Linux Lite is not listed as an HP distro option for new printer install.  Can I click an alternative "Distro" box??

Jerry need to update latest clam av in repository. Can download and install but it is always better to do it through synoptic package manager. Thanks, and thanks for a great distro.

      www.clamav.net/download.html