Greetings,

I recently downloaded Lite 2.6 32Bit and booted it up in Virtual Box.  I grabbed all of the wallpapers located in /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce and created a .zip archive.  When I went to email that archive to myself via Gmail, Google warned me that there was a virus detected. I wanted to bring this up with the community and hopefully someone would have an answer as to why this occurred.

Thank you

ScreenShots

Worked on a friend's laptop.  He said the wifi adapter worked using MS Vista.  Said he used wifi while in Vista to download the installation media for LL. 

He attempted to install LL onto the Presario v6310us himself and couldn't get the wifi adapter to work.  I took over.  Started from scratch.  Got it running LL 2.6, but I couldn't get the wifi adapter to work either.  It seemed LL doesn't even know it has a wifi adapter. 

I told the guy to spend the $8-10 on a usb wifi adapter which would bring him up to 802.11n.  The onboard adapter, according to specs at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6834147415, only supports 802.11b/g.

But I'm still curious.  So I'm attaching the System Report in case anyone has any ideas.  Knowing what happened here might help me in the future.

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Report Date: 08:28:34 PM, 01 - 09 - 2015
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Bios & Motherboard Information
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BIOS:

# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.4 present.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Version: F.43   
Release Date: 03/22/2010
Address: 0xE6A10
Runtime Size: 103920 bytes
ROM Size: 1024 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
ESCD support is available
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
AGP is supported
Smart battery is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported

MOTHERBOARD:

# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.4 present.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Quanta
Product Name: 30B7
Version: 65.2C
Serial Number: None

# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.4 present.

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 17 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Quanta
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: N/A
Serial Number: None
Asset Tag:                   
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: Unknown
OEM Information: 0x00000000


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CPU Information
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model name : AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50
model name : AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50

Architecture:          i686
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                2
On-line CPU(s) list:  0,1
Thread(s) per core:    1
Core(s) per socket:    2
Socket(s):            1
Vendor ID:            AuthenticAMD
CPU family:            15
Model:                72
Stepping:              2
CPU MHz:              800.000
BogoMIPS:              1607.17
Virtualization:        AMD-V
L1d cache:            64K
L1i cache:            64K
L2 cache:              256K

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Memory Information
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RAM SPEED:

Speed: 667 MHz
Speed: 667 MHz

PHYSICAL RAM DETAILS (one section per ram slot):

# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.4 present.

Handle 0x000D, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000C
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 2048 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: 1
Locator: DIMM 1
Bank Locator: Bank 0,1
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 667 MHz
Manufacturer: F789000000000000
Serial Number: 97609D78
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: 99U5295-011.A00LF

Handle 0x000E, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000C
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 512 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: 1
Locator: DIMM 2
Bank Locator: Bank 2,3
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Unknown
Speed: 667 MHz
Manufacturer: F7F7F7F7F7150000
Serial Number: 10413E01
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: 64T64020HDL3SB   


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Graphics Chip Information
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  *-display
      description: VGA compatible controller
      product: C51 [GeForce Go 6150]
      vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
      physical id: 5
      bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
      version: a2
      width: 64 bits
      clock: 66MHz
      capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
      configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
      resources: irq:18 memory:b2000000-b2ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:b1000000-b1ffffff memory:a0000000-a001ffff


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Sound Information
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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: CX20549 Analog [CX20549 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: CX20549 Digital [CX20549 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

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Hard Drive/SSD Information
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Filesystem    Type    1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1      ext4      20511356 5419844  14026552  28% /
none          tmpfs            4      0        4  0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev          devtmpfs  1245868      4  1245864  1% /dev
tmpfs          tmpfs      251752    1280    250472  1% /run
none          tmpfs        5120      0      5120  0% /run/lock
none          tmpfs      1258748      76  1258672  1% /run/shm
none          tmpfs      102400      28    102372  1% /run/user
/dev/sda3      ext4      73312784 5798716  63766880  9% /home

MOUNT:

/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
none on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw)
/dev/sda3 on /home type ext4 (rw,noatime)
systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,none,name=systemd)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=joe)

FDISK:

Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders, total 195371568 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000ba2c0

  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System
/dev/sda1            2048    41945087    20971520  83  Linux
/dev/sda2        41945088    46139391    2097152  83  Linux
/dev/sda3        46139392  195371567    74616088  83  Linux

HDPARM:

/dev/sda:

Model=HTS541010G9SA00, FwRev=MBZOC60P, SerialNo=MP2ZX0XLH2DGPS
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7538kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=195371568
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1:  ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6,7

* signifies the current active mode

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Groups Information
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root : root

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PCI Information
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00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C51 [GeForce Go 6150] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.3 Co-processor: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
07:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
07:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
07:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)

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USB Information
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Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

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Kernel Modules Information
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Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia              10333941  33
snd_hda_codec_conexant    47822  1
snd_hda_intel          42794  3
snd_hda_codec        168250  2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13272  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                85501  2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc        14230  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_midi          13132  0
snd_seq_midi_event    14475  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            25135  1 snd_seq_midi
r852                  17722  0
hp_wmi                13702  0
snd_seq                55383  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
sm_common              16772  1 r852
sparse_keymap          13708  1 hp_wmi
nand                  58760  2 r852,sm_common
snd_seq_device        14137  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              28584  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
nand_ecc              13136  1 nand
nand_bch              13067  1 nand
snd                    60939  16 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
kvm                  388318  0
bch                    17197  1 nand_bch
dm_multipath          22402  0
nand_ids                8547  1 nand
soundcore              12600  1 snd
scsi_dh                14458  1 dm_multipath
joydev                17101  0
mtd                    52813  2 nand,sm_common
r592                  17711  0
memstick              16174  1 r592
serio_raw              13230  0
i2c_nforce2            13037  0
bnep                  18895  2
wmi                    18673  1 hp_wmi
k8temp                12842  0
rfcomm                53664  0
bluetooth            342208  10 bnep,rfcomm
drm                  244037  1 nvidia
shpchp                32128  0
mac_hid                13037  0
parport_pc            31981  0
ppdev                  17391  0
lp                    13299  0
parport                40836  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
dm_mirror              21756  0
dm_region_hash        20121  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                18072  2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
pata_acpi              12886  0
firewire_ohci          35529  0
psmouse                95439  0
firewire_core          61867  1 firewire_ohci
sdhci_pci              18535  0
forcedeth              62140  0
sdhci                  37779  1 sdhci_pci
sata_nv                23004  3
pata_amd              13761  0
crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core
video                  18903  0

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Kernel & Operating System Information
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Linux jc 3.13.0-62-generic #102-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 11 14:28:35 UTC 2015 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux

Description: Linux Lite 2.6
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Codename: trusty

Based on:
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

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Network Information
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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:24:00:41:e6 
          inet addr:192.168.1.139  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fd1a:9653:5a09:0:21b:24ff:fe00:41e6/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe00:41e6/64 Scope:Link
          inet6 addr: fd1a:9653:5a09:0:ddb4:b737:1ab9:e17f/64 Scope:Global
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:96269 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:34419 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:125323245 (125.3 MB)  TX bytes:3916074 (3.9 MB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:7111 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:7111 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:698805 (698.8 KB)  TX bytes:698805 (698.8 KB)

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


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Environment Variables Information
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TERM=unknown
SHELL=/bin/bash
USER=root
SUDO_USER=joe
SUDO_UID=1000
USERNAME=root
MAIL=/var/mail/root
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
PWD=/home/joe
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHLVL=1
SUDO_COMMAND=/usr/scripts/systemreport
HOME=/root
LANGUAGE=en_US
LOGNAME=root
SUDO_GID=1000
DISPLAY=:0.0
XAUTHORITY=/tmp/libgksu-Y2t3Kf/.Xauthority
_=/usr/bin/printenv

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Software Installed Information
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Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                      Version                                Architecture Description
+++-==========================================-=======================================-============-===============================================================================
ii  accountsservice                            0.6.35-0ubuntu7.2                      i386        query and manipulate user account information
ii  acl                                        2.2.52-1                                i386        Access control list utilities
ii  acpi-support                              0.142                                  i386        scripts for handling many ACPI events
ii  acpid                                      1:2.0.21-1ubuntu2                      i386        Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon
ii  adduser                                    3.113+nmu3ubuntu3                      all          add and remove users and groups
ii  aisleriot                                  1:3.10.2-1                              i386        GNOME solitaire card game collection
ii  alacarte                                  3.10.0-1ubuntu2                        all          easy GNOME menu editing tool
ii  alsa-base                                  1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4                    all          ALSA driver configuration files
ii  alsa-utils                                1.0.27.2-1ubuntu2                      i386        Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
ii  anjuta-common                              2:3.10.2-0ubuntu2                      all          GNOME development IDE, for C/C++ - data files
ii  apg                                        2.2.3.dfsg.1-2ubuntu1                  i386        Automated Password Generator - Standalone version
ii  app-install-data                          14.04.1                                all          Ubuntu applications (data files)
ii  apparmor                                  2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.3                  i386        User-space parser utility for AppArmor
ii  apt                                        1.0.1ubuntu2.10                        i386        commandline package manager
ii  apt-clone                                  0.3.1~ubuntu11.1                        all          Script to create state bundles
ii  apt-transport-https                        1.0.1ubuntu2.10                        i386        https download transport for APT
ii  apt-utils                                  1.0.1ubuntu2.10                        i386        package management related utility programs
ii  apt-xapian-index                          0.45ubuntu4                            all          maintenance and search tools for a Xapian index of Debian packages
ii  aptdaemon                                  1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2                        all          transaction based package management service
ii  aptdaemon-data                            1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2                        all          data files for clients
ii  aptitude                                  0.6.8.2-1ubuntu4                        i386        terminal-based package manager
ii  aptitude-common                            0.6.8.2-1ubuntu4                        all          architecture indepedent files for the aptitude package manager
ii  archdetect-deb                            1.95ubuntu2.1                          i386        Hardware architecture detector
rc  arista                                    0.9.7-5                                all          multimedia transcoder for the GNOME Desktop
ii  aspell                                    0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1                i386        GNU Aspell spell-checker
ii  aspell-en                                  7.1-0-1                                all          English dictionary for GNU Aspell
ii  asunder                                    2.2-1                                  i386        graphical audio CD ripper and encoder
ii  at-spi2-core                              2.10.2.is.2.10.1-0ubuntu1              i386        Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface (dbus core)
rc  audacity                                  2.0.5-1ubuntu3.2                        i386        fast, cross-platform audio editor
ii  avahi-daemon                              0.6.31-4ubuntu1                        i386        Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
ii  avahi-utils                                0.6.31-4ubuntu1                        i386        Avahi browsing, publishing and discovery utilities
ii  b43-fwcutter                              1:018-2                                i386        utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
ii  baobab                                    3.8.2-1ubuntu1                          i386        GNOME disk usage analyzer
ii  base-files                                7.2ubuntu5.3                            i386        Debian base system miscellaneous files
ii  base-passwd                                3.5.33                                  i386        Debian base system master password and group files
ii  bash                                      4.3-7ubuntu1.5                          i386        GNU Bourne Again SHell
ii  bash-completion                            1:2.1-4ubuntu0.1                        all          programmable completion for the bash shell
ii  bc                                        1.06.95-8ubuntu1                        i386        GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator language
ii  bind9-host                                1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.4                i386        Version of 'host' bundled with BIND 9.X
ii  binutils                                  2.24-5ubuntu13                          i386        GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
ii  biosdevname                                0.4.1-0ubuntu6.1                        i386        apply BIOS-given names to network devices
rc  bluefish                                  2.2.5-1                                i386        advanced Gtk+ HTML editor
ii  blueman                                    1.23-git201403102151-1ubuntu1          i386        Graphical bluetooth manager
ii  bluetooth                                  4.101-0ubuntu13.1                      all          Bluetooth support
ii  bluez                                      4.101-0ubuntu13.1                      i386        Bluetooth tools and daemons
ii  bluez-alsa:i386                            4.101-0ubuntu13.1                      i386        Bluetooth ALSA support
ii  bluez-cups                                4.101-0ubuntu13.1                      i386        Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS
ii  bluez-gstreamer                            4.101-0ubuntu13.1                      i386        Bluetooth GStreamer support
ii  bogl-bterm                                0.1.18-9ubuntu1                        i386        Ben's Own Graphics Library - graphical terminal
rc  brasero                                    3.10.0-0ubuntu1                        i386        CD/DVD burning application for GNOME
ii  browser-plugin-vlc                        2.0.6-2                                i386        multimedia plugin for web browsers based on VLC
ii  bsdmainutils                              9.0.5ubuntu1                            i386        collection of more utilities from FreeBSD
ii  bsdutils                                  1:2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.6                  i386        Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii  busybox-initramfs                          1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1                      i386        Standalone shell setup for initramfs
ii  busybox-static                            1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1                      i386        Standalone rescue shell with tons of builtin utilities
ii  bzip2                                      1.0.6-5                                i386        high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities
ii  ca-certificates                            20141019ubuntu0.14.04.1                all          Common CA certificates
ii  ca-certificates-java                      20130815ubuntu1                        all          Common CA certificates (JKS keystore)
ii  cabextract                                1.4-4                                  i386        Microsoft Cabinet file unpacker
ii  casper                                    1.340.2                                i386        Run a "live" preinstalled system from read-only media
ii  catfish                                    1.0.2-2                                all          File searching tool which is configurable via the command line
ii  cdparanoia                                3.10.2+debian-11                        i386        audio extraction tool for sampling CDs
ii  chromium-browser                          44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095      i386        Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome
ii  chromium-browser-l10n                      44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095      all          chromium-browser language packages
ii  chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra              44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095      i386        Extra ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browser
ii  cifs-utils                                2:6.0-1ubuntu2                          i386        Common Internet File System utilities
ii  clementine                                1.2.0+dfsg-2build1                      i386        modern music player and library organizer
ii  colord                                    1.0.6-1                                i386        system service to manage device colour profiles -- system daemon
ii  command-not-found                          0.3ubuntu12                            all          Suggest installation of packages in interactive bash sessions
ii  command-not-found-data                    0.3ubuntu12                            i386        Set of data files for command-not-found.
ii  compiz                                    1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1      all          OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii  compiz-core                                1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1      i386        OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii  compiz-gnome                              1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1      i386        OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOME window decorator
ii  compiz-plugins-default                    1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1      i386        OpenGL window and compositing manager - default plugins
ii  console-setup                              1.70ubuntu8                            all          console font and keymap setup program
ii  consolekit                                0.4.5-3.1ubuntu2                        i386        framework for defining and tracking users, sessions and seats
ii  coreutils                                  8.21-1ubuntu5.1                        i386        GNU core utilities
ii  cpio                                      2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1                    i386        GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
ii  cpp                                        4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6                        i386        GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii  cpp-4.8                                    4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04                    i386        GNU C preprocessor
ii  cracklib-runtime                          2.9.1-1build1                          i386        runtime support for password checker library cracklib2
ii  crda                                      1.1.2-1ubuntu2                          i386        wireless Central Regulatory Domain Agent
ii  cron                                      3.0pl1-124ubuntu2                      i386        process scheduling daemon
ii  cryptsetup                                2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1                        i386        disk encryption support - startup scripts
ii  cryptsetup-bin                            2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1                        i386        disk encryption support - command line tools
ii  cups                                      1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        i386        Common UNIX Printing System™ - PPD/driver support, web interface
ii  cups-browsed                              1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5                      i386        OpenPrinting CUPS Filters - cups-browsed
ii  cups-client                                1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        i386        Common UNIX Printing System™ - client programs (SysV)
ii  cups-common                                1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        all          Common UNIX Printing System™ - common files
ii  cups-core-drivers                          1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        i386        Common UNIX Printing System™ - PPD-less printing
ii  cups-daemon                                1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        i386        Common UNIX Printing System™ - daemon
ii  cups-filters                              1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5                      i386        OpenPrinting CUPS Filters - Main Package
ii  cups-filters-core-drivers                  1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5                      i386        OpenPrinting CUPS Filters - PPD-less printing
ii  cups-pdf                                  2.6.1-9                                i386        PDF writer backend for CUPS
ii  cups-ppdc                                  1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        i386        Common UNIX Printing System™ - PPD manipulation utilities
ii  cups-server-common                        1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        all          Common UNIX Printing System™ - server common files
ii  curl                                      7.35.0-1ubuntu2.5                      i386        command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
ii  dash                                      0.5.7-4ubuntu1                          i386        POSIX-compliant shell
ii  dbus                                      1.6.18-0ubuntu4.3                      i386        simple interprocess messaging system (daemon and utilities)
ii  dbus-x11                                  1.6.18-0ubuntu4.3                      i386        simple interprocess messaging system (X11 deps)
ii  dc                                        1.06.95-8ubuntu1                        i386        GNU dc arbitrary precision reverse-polish calculator
ii  dconf-cli                                  0.20.0-1                                i386        simple configuration storage system - utilities
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend:i386              0.20.0-1                                i386        simple configuration storage system - GSettings back-end
ii  dconf-service                              0.20.0-1                                i386        simple configuration storage system - D-Bus service
ii  debconf                                    1.5.51ubuntu2                          all          Debian configuration management system
ii  debconf-i18n                              1.5.51ubuntu2                          all          full internationalization support for debconf
ii  debianutils                                4.4                                    i386        Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
ii  deja-dup                                  30.0-0ubuntu4                          i386        Back up your files
ii  deja-dup-backend-gvfs                      30.0-0ubuntu4                          all          Remote server support for Déjà Dup
ii  deluge                                    1.3.6-0ubuntu3                          all          bittorrent client written in Python/PyGTK
ii  deluge-common                              1.3.6-0ubuntu3                          all          bittorrent client written in Python/PyGTK (common files)
ii  deluge-gtk                                1.3.6-0ubuntu3                          all          bittorrent client written in Python/PyGTK (GTK+ ui)
ii  desktop-file-utils                        0.22-1ubuntu1                          i386        Utilities for .desktop files
ii  dh-python                                  1.20140128-1ubuntu8.2                  all          Debian helper tools for packaging Python libraries and applications
ii  dialog                                    1.2-20130928-1                          i386        Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
ii  dictionaries-common                        1.20.5                                  all          Common utilities for spelling dictionary tools
ii  diffutils                                  1:3.3-1                                i386        File comparison utilities
ii  discover                                  2.1.2-5.2ubuntu1                        i386        hardware identification system
ii  discover-data                              2.2013.01.11                            all          Data lists for Discover hardware detection system
ii  dkms                                      2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5.14.04.1              all          Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
ii  dmidecode                                  2.12-2                                  i386        SMBIOS/DMI table decoder
ii  dmraid                                    1.0.0.rc16-4.2ubuntu3                  i386        Device-Mapper Software RAID support tool
ii  dmsetup                                    2:1.02.77-6ubuntu2                      i386        Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library
ii  dmz-cursor-theme                          0.4.4ubuntu1                            all          Style neutral, scalable cursor theme
ii  dnsmasq-base                              2.68-1ubuntu0.1                        i386        Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
ii  dnsutils                                  1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.4                i386        Clients provided with BIND
ii  docbook-xml                                4.5-7.2                                all          standard XML documentation system for software and systems
ii  docbook-xsl                                1.78.1+dfsg-1                          all          stylesheets for processing DocBook XML to various output formats
ii  dosfstools                                3.0.26-1                                i386        utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems
ii  dpkg                                      1.17.5ubuntu5.4                        i386        Debian package management system
ii  dpkg-repack                                1.37                                    all          puts an unpacked .deb file back together
ii  dropbox                                    2015.02.12                              i386        cloud synchronization engine - CLI and Nautilus extension
ii  duplicity                                  0.6.23-1ubuntu4.1                      i386        encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup
ii  e2fslibs:i386                              1.42.9-3ubuntu1.2                      i386        ext2/

Hello,
First, let me say that I know nothing about Linux. I'm a Windows fan, but I have been asked to try to get this computer running with Linux Lite. So I apologize if my cluelessness is obvious.
I have a Toshiba Satellite A85-S1072 that I am trying to install Linux Lite 2.0 on. (I know this is quite outdated, but it's the version I have on my installation CD, and I install all available updates as soon as the installation is complete.) At first, I get the "Automatic boot" screen. I let that pass, and then a screen with a loading bar comes up. Gradually the bar fills, and then I get a black screen. Nothing else happens. I've used this CD to install LL on another computer, so I don't think this is normal. I tried running it in safe mode, which resulted in several minutes of jargon scrolling by...and then a black screen. I used the memory tester on the CD, since I didn't know what the problem was, and that came back OK.
Does anyone know what would make Linux Lite freeze during installation like this? A hardware problem, maybe? (Just throwing out ideas here.) I'd really like to figure this out. The computer is pretty old- it has a sticker on it that says "Designed for Windows XP". The hard drive is completely wiped, so there's nothing to boot to besides the CD. I don't know anything about the computer pre-wipe. If you need technical specifications, I think they're here.

No idea why at this stage, but have contacted our host to look into it.

Thank you for your patience.

This is new to LL 2.6

Is there likely to be a tutorial for Systemback in the future....?.

Jocklad

Is there a program or command line procedure that'll turn mp3s into a playable CD?

Source: http://itsfoss.com/help-linux-grow/

How can I help Linux?

This is a question often asked by Linux lovers who want to give it back to the community of GNU/Linux. Linux and Open Source both are heavily community oriented and if you think about helping Linux, it is indeed a sign of a real Linux lover. But this question is often accompanied by:

    I want to help, but I am not a coder
    I do not have enough free time to contribute
    I don’t know which project needs my contribution

At times, I have been asked to advise on how can a ‘normal Linux user’ help the Linux community. In this article, I am listing several ways a normal Linux user, who has been using Linux for a few months/years, could contribute to grow Linux user base and help the community. But before we see that, let’s first see why should you contribute to Linux.

Why should you help Linux?

Linux is 24 years old now. While Linux rules on supercomputers and servers, the desktop Linux still struggles. As per Net Market Share, Linux runs only on 1.68% of desktops. This is lesser than the market share of Microsoft’s disastrous operating system Windows Vista (which, for some reasons, still has 1.84% market share).

Market share of desktop operating systems

This is the condition when there are over 300 Linux distributions with a number of them being desktop focused. Linux was (and still) considered to be the “geek only” zone with the biggest misconception that one need to know the command line to use Linux.

Times have changed. Linux is a lot more user-friendly than what it used to be in late 90’s or early 2000. The chances for Linux to gain market share is now and you definitely could help in this cause.

How can you help Linux to grow?

There are a number of ways you could help Linux to grow. Note that when I say Linux, I am referring to desktop Linux here. It doesn’t matter if you are a computer science major or a programmer. Contributing through your computing skills is one way of helping Linux but there are many more ways. I am going to list several such steps, geeky and non-geeky both, you can take to help desktop Linux grow.

1. Share what you read

Share Linux Help Linux

This is the least and the best you can do without needing any skills. If you have been using Linux for some time now, you might be reading about it and following news and tutorials about your favorite distribution and Linux in general. For example, I mainly use Ubuntu and I regularly follow the best blogs for Ubuntu. Now if you have some favorite blogs that you check regularly, start sharing the articles.

This will not only help the blog, but it may also get new visitors who could turn into uses. Someone in your network might be intrigued by the content you share and reading the article(s) eventually decide to try Linux herself/himself.

Also, sharing the contents help the blogs grow and for most of the bloggers, it is a motivating factor to write more. Now when I have said that, I am pretty sure you can tweet this

Here is the simplest way to help Linux community grow.

2. Report bugs

File a bug report to help Linux distributions

In software terminology is an error, a bug is an error or flaw in the software that might cause a crash or produce an unintended result.

Be it an application or the operating system itself, it is a piece of software and there is no software in this world which is bug-proof. No matter what level of quality assurance has been applied, there will always be bugs. These bugs are  But how would the developer(s) of software know about the bugs unless you, the end user, reports it to them.

When you install an application, it will give you some hint about how to report bugs. Most of the time, you can get that link from the ‘about’ section of the apps. You can go to the link and report the bug.

3. Be a beta tester

Become a beta tester to help Linux

While we are talking about bugs, how about beta testing an application or operating system? In software terminology, alpha and beta are the state of the software under development. Alpha is extremely unstable while beta is relatively more stable. It is followed by RC (release candidate), just before the final stable release.

Most of the operating systems and applications appreciate the beta testing by users. It enables them to know about the unidentified bugs and fix them before it is released for everyone. The more bugs the software has after the stable release, the lesser will be the user satisfaction.

So, if you can afford to have an unstable operating system or application, feel free to become a beta tester and report some bugs.

4. Join a forum and help others

Join Linux forums

I am repeating again. Linux is built around community collaboration. It will go as good as the community. So if you wish to go back to the Linux community, join various forums and try to help people.

All major Linux distros have their own forum. This is where people seek help and discuss features. Join the official and unofficial forums of your Linux distribution and try helping people, specially beginners because if beginners do not get enough help, they might quit Linux. You wouldn’t want that to happen, would you?

Now, you might say that you are not a Linux pro so how could you help others? You have a genuine concern here but you don’t need to be an expert. Just browse through various open forum threads and see if the problem reported by other user sounds familiar. If you had similar issue in the past, try to describe what you did. If you followed some blog article, provide the link. Even this helps people a number of times.

If you are an Ubuntu user, you should join the official Ubuntu Forums and Ask Ubuntu. You can also join several Google Plus communities where you can learn new things and will have the opportunity to hep others.

It’s FOSS started its own desktop Linux user Google Plus community this week. Feel free to join it.

5. Write blogs

Write blogs about Linux and Open Source

If you have some time at your hand, why not start blogging about your desktop Linux experience? Share things you learned, troubles you faced and the steps you took to fix these problems. It may sound a lot of work but this is how I started into tech blogging with Computer And You in years 2010.

If you are worried about the costs of hosting and managing the blog, I suggest you to start a free blog at WordPress.com or Google’s blogger. You don’t have to pay a dime for the platform or hosting.

If you are an experienced blogger, try contacting the team of your favorite Linux distribution and see if they would like you on board in managing their blog.

6. Help financially

Donate to financially help projects

Have you noticed that most of the Linux distributions ask for donation before you download the OS? Of course, you can ignore the plea for donation and download the OS for free. But if you are a long time user of a particular Linux distribution or an open source software, I would advise you to donate.

It takes time and effort from the developers to maintain the distributions and software and continually providing new features. Some Linux distributions employ full time employees while some are supported by volunteers. In either case, money is needed or else the Linux distribution will go out of business like Mandriva Linux.

Similar is the case with Linux application developers. These open source software are available for free but the developers’ hard work can be (should be) appreciated financially. Often, Linux applications are developed as hobby or side project and over the time, the developer(s) loses interest in it.

Donation is one of the motivating factors that could push the developer to continue working on the software. The story of email encryption software GnuPG developer, Werner Koch, is the biggest example of why regular donations to open source projects is a must. No wonder that most of the applications have “donate” buttons on their websites.

In fact to help desktop Linux grow by helping open source application developers, I conceived my incoming project Open Envelope. I am trying to pitch it in coming start up exhibits. I’ll be updating about it in the newsletter. Meanwhile, you can visit the website to know more about it.

7. Disable ad blocker

Disable ad blocker on your favorite Linux blog

Now that might sound ridiculous but here is the thing. If you cannot donate money to your favorite Linux distribution, open source software or blog, at least you can disable the ad block on their websites.

We all are habitual of putting ad blocker by default in our web browsers and that’s not entirely a bad thing. The world wide web is filled with hideous pop-up ads, adult, fraudulent and misleading advertisements and for this reason adding ad block is on my list of first few things to do after installing Ubuntu.

But at the same time, the blogs and websites rely on the income generated by the ads. So what’s the deal here? Do you block ads or not?

For me, the decision is fairly straight forward. I disable the ad block on the blogs and websites I visit regularly. I continue this practice not only on Linux blogs but all my favorite blogs, in any field. Unless I am bothered with pop-up ads or adult advertisements or too much of ads everywhere, I continue to unblock them. A practice you should try as well.

8. Join local Linux and Open Source groups

Look around you. There might be a group of GNU Linux enthusiasts. Join them and volunteer with them to grow Linux and Open Source community. Usually, universities and colleges have these groups to promote Open Source. Be in touch with them and see if you could help them in any way possible.

9. Translate

Translate and help open source

Have command over multiple languages? You can help in translating. Usually, Linux distributions and open source applications are in English (with several exceptions). You can help them by translating them in other languages. This way not only you help the distribution and/or software, you also help in spreading the distribution/software to non-native English speakers.

10. Fix a bug (developers)

Fix bugs in order to help open source projects

Even if you are just learning to program as a student, fixing bugs could be a good practice to learn and understand. I am repeating again that Linux is community driven. If you could put your programming skills to good use, try fixing the bugs opened by your favorite Linux distribution and open source software.

In fact, you could earn some money by fixing bugs on websites like Bounty Source. elementary OS often put bounty on their bugs so that more people would be interested in fixing those bugs.

11. Develop an application for desktop Linux (developers)

Develop Linux apps and grow Linux community

Another one for developers. Have an idea on something but can’t find the app? Develop on your own.

It may sound outrageous, but you should know that huge number of applications helped in the success of iOS and Android. Newbie Linux users often complain about lack of applications and that is a fair complaint. So, what do we do about it?

Start developing applications is the answer. Ubuntu encourages app development with its Ubuntu Software Development Kit. You can start looking at its documentation and work on your idea. You can also search for open source projects on Github that are looking for contributors.

I would like to add here that my up coming project Open Envelope aims to address this issue as well.

12. Design the website (developers)

Improve web design

I have seen good looking Linux distributions with crappy looking websites. Often the developers and the managing team don’t pay attention to the look and feel of the website. It is 2015 and branding matters a lot. Leave aside branding, some Linux distributions have websites that look like they were made in early 2000.

If you have got the taste for looks and skills to design, make a concept and present it to the people managing the Linux distribution and see if they would like their website redesigned.

13. Handle the social media

Manage Social Media accounts of Linux distributions

If you are a pro at social media strategies or have experience in handling social media accounts such Facebook Pages, Twitter, Google Plus etc, volunteer yourself for handling the social media of your favorite Linux distro or Open Source application.

There are billions of people on social media, and social media is an important part of branding. While popular Linux distros like Ubuntu leverage social media effectively, some Linux distributions do not even have a single social media account. Some of them have social media accounts but they have not provided any updates for months or years.

If your favorite Linux distribution doesn’t have a Facebook page, create a community Facebook page for it. Do mention that it is run by fans and it’s not official. Keep on posting updates about the distribution, tutorials you found on webs and other things of interest on it.

Alternatively, if there are not frequent updates on the social media account of the Linux distro, contact the team, prove them that you are capable of handling social media account and ask for their permission to manage their social media accounts. One of my next projects is going to revolve around it.

Conclusion

Bottom line is that you can help desktop Linux grow by helping the Linux distribution, open source applications and various blogs and this you can do it in a number of ways. You don’t need to have skills, all you need is the will to help Linux grow. Skills are the plus points.

I have just upgraded LL2.4 to 2.6 on two of my laptops.

For the UEFI dual-boot set-up, upgrading appeared to complete fine, except that following rebooting the Lite Control Cented refused to open, as in all subsequent reboots...
... is there anything I can do to kick it into action?

Thanks in advance for any help
Mike
 

Thinking of buying a new internal drive.

Have always used HDD but thinking  about SSD.

Will SSD work okay on older machines....?.

Grateful for any advice.

Jocklad

I thought I'd give this distribution a whirl last night, it took four attempts, the first three attempts I was tying options with encryption for the whole file system and/or the home directory. All failed  > due to (I think) the OS/installer not able to find /dev/urandom - I also think this was just for the user creation part.

I installed Linux Lite with no problems with no encryption selected. 

Not sure if this is the right place to report or if this is a unique incident?

Anyone else had this issue?

Regards,

Walker.

P.S. First impressions are good!