I have to say that I love Linux Lite....I loaded it on my PC earlier this year with a dual boot with W7 and almost always go directly to LL. It's faster and so much nicer to use.


Now the problem...I have been trying for months to upgrade from 1.06 to the latest with no luck. I am not that computer savvy, so getting it on in the first place was a challenge. Also, when I did an update several months ago, it updated me to 1.08 and now nothing works right. The software Install/uninstall program no longer works, I get an error message and even Chrome that was working fine, is now telling me it's out of date. I have read other posts on here about how to do it and it is just too overwhelming to back up my whole computer, format the space where LL is and attempt a re-load.


I feel like if I could just get it up to date to the latest it would fix everything....at this point, I'm ready to go back to W7 (which I need for some certain softwares i use), but don't want to give up this great SW! If I didn't need W7 for some things I use (Itunes, Garmin, etc.), I'd just overwrite the computer with all LL...but I'm really concerned ab[size=1em]out doing that.[/size] :-\


Any shortcuts to do this that anyone has found?
Thanks,
Steve

Hi. Hope everyone is doing well.

I'm new to Linux Lite and so far, satisfied with it! A little suggestion. Just if the coloring of terminal emulator and grub was in harmony with the white and gray atmosphere of the distro...
Something like: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c6qoqp71nce87v...0.png?dl=0

Happy New Year everyone !

Have a great 2015 .

Introducing Lite Fonts - an easy way to complement your existing font set with the remainder of the stock MS fonts.

I am new here but am very impressed.  I run a small office and it has been my goal for a long time to find a professional-looking distribution that my windows-familiar staff could learn to use easily.  Thanks for producing what you've done so far, and I look forward to hanging around.

One thing I thought I would mention is that if the goal is to go after former windows users, and you want to make them feel at home, you might want to consider talking about the latest Kingsoft office for linux version -- http://www.wps.com/

If you set the user interface for "classic" , the word processor and the spreadsheet look for all the world like Microsoft Word and Excel from about 2003 -- very professional looking and feature rich.  I've just started playing with it so I can't vouch for it, but boy does it make me feel at home from my windows days.  I'm not a fan of the "ribbon" interface that Microsoft adopted (many years ago) but I gather that Kingsoft's ribbon is pretty familiar-looking too.

can anyone tell me how i can get conky up and running please. thanks

Linux Lite 2.0 with MATE desktop and mint Menu.
[img height=450 width=800]http://i.imgur.com/J81TNMn.png[/img]

[img height=400 width=800]http://i.imgur.com/1o1mGMy.png[/img]
Just an experiment.

I been tinkering with linux since 2003. I'm a power windows user that's always kept my eyes on linux. Reading the changelog and installing the latest distros has always been leisure for me. However I only found a few distros to be usable and still, most do crash (I know it's usually the blame of the hardware drivers but still annoying)

I love linux mint, but recently found linux lite mentioned in the latest edition of Linux format. Someone was just flat out praising it how some obscure hardware they had wouldn't work on any distros except linux lite. It just caught my attention.

Now, I installed it on 2 older laptops. A Gateway NV59 and a HP Pavilion DV4-2160US 14.1-Inch Laptop. I know if i installed a XFCE based ubuntu or even mint it probably work just as well, but something about linux lite. Maybe it's your modification of the UI/icon placements/where certain things are, etc. It is just awesome. I'm surprised it's not that popular hence I came on here took the time to register and wanted to just give the people behind the project a big thank you! 8)

Hi,

This is a first for me after numerous installs.
I normally set the preference for: View new folders using: Last Active View
and then whenever I open Thunar, the column widths are set how I like them
On a new clean install of LL2.2 columns are just reverting to narrow columns,
I adjust them, close them, re-open and they are narrow again.

Any pointers/tips/guidance appreciated.

Thanks... Dave

Seems I can t settle Xcreensaver after several attempts on new fresh LL 2.2 Finale install I did today even if I changed parameters & after had it removed & reinstalled , a 1st with xscreensaver issue on my end .