Can I have 3 different bootable Linux distro each on their own partitions on 1 USB thumbdrive, but what would happen when you insert the thumbdrive? Would a boot menu load first asking the user which partition you would like to start from?

I would like to eliminate any extra steps so that I can just plug in the thumbdrive and it goes into an autoloader mode to install the Linux distro, but a simple boot menu as described above is fine besides anything else further. Will this be possible and how much space would I need for this per partition, per Linux distro?

And with a new USB - (SanDisk Ultra Luxe 32GB USB 3.1 SDCZ74-032G-G46) after reformatting to EXT4 for these partitions will I be wiping away any vital Linux drivers or kernels that would prevent me from doing the set up what I’ve described above? thanks in advance for your advice.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on how to install or activate Bluetooth on my Linux Lite 6.2 PC. Under Settings, I tried to study the applications 'Bluetooth Adapters and Bluetooth Manager, but found no devices. Perhaps I need a piece of hardware to use Bluetooth on the PC. Having only recently installed Linux onto this pc, I was unsure if I would need a Linux specific device. Any advice would be appreciated. : )

linux lite has ibus,but they say i should use fxcit.
someone tell me can i just install chn ime by just typing apt -XXXXX in my terminal?

¡Buenos días!El repositorio http://linuxlite.3load.com/ no está firmado así que se produce error al intentar actualizar. Tengo que desactivarlo para poder hacerlo.
¿Cómo puedo firmar este repositorio? ¿Cuál es su PUBKEY?
Saludos.

I'm cleaning up a laptop that was placed with a student and noticed that when I open the administrator file manager file it NO LONGER shows the dark grey part on the left side where it lists DEVICE, PLACES, NETWORK.  I would like to get this back, but I've tried seeing if it's hidden (meaning the items side is pulled right over to the left side), but there's no ability to "pull" on the left side and expose this dark grey area.  Have a look at the two screen shots I have - one is from another laptop running LL 3.8 and then this one also running LL 3.8.
Does anyone know how I can get the grey left side back?
Here is an imgur link: https://imgur.com/a/B2ygT3Y

Hi all, 

I´m using Linux Lite 6.2 which makes use of (a modified version of) the xfce DE. By default it comes with the xfce-panel. The version of the panel LL uses is 4.16.3-1.
I´m sure you all know that. 

Every now and then I notice that some icons are missing from the panel. Those icons should be visible at all times when a certain programme/process is started.

Here´s an example:

I start nixnote2 and the respective nixnote-icon is shown in the panel. That´s alright so far. But suddenly - seemingly out of nowhere - the icon vanishes although the nixnote process is still running.

The same can theoretically happen to any other icon, like the Linux Lite Terminal-icon.  :-[

However: when I restart the panel process with "xfce4-panel -r" all icons are there again. Well, although this seems not to be anything major it still can be a bit annyoing to a certain extent.

Curiously enough there are days when all works well, without any hiccups but today I needed to restart the panel already twice...  :032:

Has anyone of you encoutered anything similiar to that? And if so, could you fix the issue?

Many thanks for your help in advance and many greetings

Rosika  :wave

P.S.:

BTW: there are no log entries indicating that something would not be right. I looked for that with lnav.

Howdy folks,
I have a 1tb Western Digital Passport external HDD, I purchased it 2 years ago before I installed Linux Lite and dual booting with W7.  The Passport has less than 900 megabytes used and what I want to accomplish is dividing the space evenly in half and using one formatted in ext 4 so I can use it for time-shift.  I have read almost everything Gparted has on their website and followed tutorials but I am unable to complete the process for some reason, an error window comes up stopping the process.  Is there anyone out here in the forum who has some knowledge going through the process of partitioning an external HDD using Gparted?

Best regards,

Hi,

New user here, sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forum...

I wanted to setup a Wireguard client VPN connection but was faced with a message that the plugin was not installed.
I found a thread in the Installing Software section titled  "NetworkManager won't see Wireguard-based VPN New" from January 28, 2021.
However when I click on that title it takes me back to page one of the section. I can open other threads without a problem.

TIA

Die bekannte Computerzeitschrift CHIP hat Linux Lite online am 5. April als "genügsame" Alternative zu Windows 11 empfohlen:

    https://www.chip.de/news/Wenn-Windows-zu...29388.html

For our english speaking guests a short excerpt:

Quote:The system requirements of Windows 11 have increased significantly compared to the predecessor and prevent many users from upgrading. Although the system also runs on older hardware via workarounds, this is not necessarily the best solution. If you want to continue using older devices with up-to-date software, the resource-saving alternative Linux Lite might be something for you. Based on Ubuntu LTS, the free operating system is primarily aimed at Windows migrants.

Quote:CHIP is Germany's largest consumer portal. We have been informing and advising everyone in the German-speaking world since 1996 with the latest news, comprehensive buying advice and honest tests on products of all kinds.

Hi Team,
When attempting  to install LL 6.x or 5.8  from desktop installer, I get a known installer crash installing on an old low spec Dell Wyse 3040. Ubiquity crashes because it finds a non-UTF character in the SSD model name (MMC H8G4a\x92).  Unfortunately this appears to be common on all Ubuntu flavours that use ubiquity installer with this particular device. Note that LL 6.0 happens to work fine from live usb (albeit a little slow).
As the SSD is soldered/non replaceable, this  becomes a barrier for any try at permanent installing of any Ubuntu-based distro that uses a ubiquity install process.

Details of the ubiquity error here -
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1405081/...-wyse-3040
https://github.com/dcantrell/pyparted/issues/76

I have tried all the work arounds but ubiquity references the SSD model name throughout the install and I don't have the knowledge about ubiquity to fix it.

The good news is that using the new Flutter/sububiquity installer when trying Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster beta works perfectly without crashing.  Info on the new installer here :-
https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-ubun...in-flutter

My problem is that I need a minimal distro XFCE rather than GNOME interface on this low spec device and Linux Lite is my goto choice as it is simply the best!

My questions are:-
(1) Has anyone found a workaround to this specific problem for Linux Lite (ubiquit) install on a Dell Wyse 3040?
(2) Will LL (7?) be using the flutter/sububiquity installer in future releases that are based on Ubuntu 23?