After flirtations with other distros, Linux Help Guy has come back to Linux Lite for his daily machine, but using MX-14 and Debian on other machines.

Quote: Hi all so I have settled on Linux Lite 2.2 for 2015 after a few issues with Ubuntu Mate Linux Lite has come to the rescue.

Does anyone have information on how to get the KEYBOARD backlight working on this darn thing ?
I understand it is software driven. I had the idea of just wiring the leds to a 5v or 3.3v header on the
MB, but would prefer not to. I could just wire in a switch to turn it down with a resistor in line i guess
But a driver would be ideal. 8)

I just got the Asus ROG GL551JM, Intel I7, and Nvidia 860m with Optimus.
I installed LM 17.1 as a test to see if i would have problems with installing
LinuxLite. So far it has worked except for the locking up randomly until full performance
mode is enabled in The Nvidia profiler.
-Question, does Linux Lite have any definitive solution to get the Nvidia Optimus
working correctly?
- I did have the idea of adding the System76 repos/Nvidia packages
and trying it out but would love to hear if anyone else has tried it. System76 apparently
has no issues at all running optimus, just wondering if the Asus hardware would be compatible
with System76 drivers.

Specs--
Asus ROG GL551JM, 17"
Intel Core i7 4710HQ (2.50GHz)
16GB Memory 1TB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 2GB
1920 x 1080
Windows 8.1 64-Bit <------yeah right ! Linux Forever ! Thank you Steam for finally coming around and supporting Linux.

So I have decided that I wanted to use Google drive on all of my PC's, Linux, Windoze, and on my cell phones.
Guess what, there is no official package that actually works AND has a gui. what the hell? After doing some research
I found that Google has no plans to either, they have one developer, who cant get it right and thats it! Apparently
it has been all but abandoned. So I have been using the Web page for Google drive, which works, but isn't
a reliable mode to upload at the moment.(large files). So i think Dropbox will be my new "Cloud storage", I only use
Google drive for Linux ISO's, and files that are 100% legal to put it one way, LOL.
Does anyone have information on Google drive on Linux, or is it a lost cause? :-\

Hi,

I have shown a friend Linux Lite...
He wants me try it on his PC, Obviously I will try a Live Boot first.

I already know the PC's got a Intel based MOBO,
but with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 graphics card.

To avoid any issues,
I thought I would get a Heads Up on any possible issues.?
Will this be a case of using the install drivers option.

A quick Google led me to what appeared a straight forward install:

GeForce GT 720

Install Drivers

Hi,
Googleearth runs flawlessly when running LL2 from a USB stick as a live CD via Unetbootin.

After physically installing LL2 to a USB stick and booting from it, video display is missing sections (blocks).

It seems GE picks a different video driver once installed on the stick. There does not seem to be an option of installing or changing to a different or updated driver via the Menu.

Has anyone experienced this and is there a fix. Other video related applications, like Youtube, DVD etc all play fine. Only GE has the missing blocks. This is happening on all three computers I have tried LL on.  :'( Thanks.

I've created new builds for our port of the Whisker Menu for Linux Lite.

New features:

- New translations.
- Recently used can now be configured on Behavior tab (minimum of 5 items).
- Edit Profile added to Behavior tab (installs Mugshot, click on the image next to your name at the top of the Menu to configure).

Logout and Login to see new version.



Mugshot:



Mugshot allows you to change your name and picture that appear on the Login screen. This will create a menu entry in Menu, Settings, About Me. This program is a dependency of whiskemenu and therefore cannot be removed without breaking your system. If you don't want it to show on your Menu, then just hide it in Main Menu (Menu, Settings, Main Menu, Settings, About Me - untick)

Do:

I inadvertently deleted the volume control icon on the right hand side of the panel at the bottom of the laptop screen.  How do I get this back, as presently I have no way of changing the volume for the music player in LL2.2.

Many thanks in advance for your help.
Regards
Mike

Will former LL 3.13 continue to receive updates, and, if not, are they necessary for operation of the os?

gvfs-fuse is not installed by default & hence linking to a network volume in terminal is not available. I had to install this package to access the mount point. gvfs is installed by default & this package should also.