ElementaryOS suddenly ran out of memory in its 20GB partition and in trying to clean it up (the Home files were in a different partition), and on recommendation of nearby professional techy, I deleted some log files and old kernel files and then it wouldn't run properly at all. For a while I have been wanting to give Linux Lite a try. I am an experienced computer user since 80's but never good at configuring, troubleshooting etc.

First I did a side-by-side install of LL2 in second adjacent primary partition which I created manually, since it wanted to put itself on my 1TB data drive which is off limits. It worked pretty well. Then I tried to re-install Elementary in the original first primary partition and that worked too. Then I went back to LL2 and it was not running things it ran before so I decided best at my level to have just one OS. Before making final decision, I installed Mint 17 on the third partition which is also where the /home was designated for both the others (after each installation I copied over saved files from original Elementary Home). Mint was nice but wouldn't accept my Thunderbird files like both LL2 and Elem. and in any case, I want to work with LL2 since it seems thoughtfully developed for a new Linux user (or technically challenged like myself), and I hope to work through all issues and become a proficient Linux user. I will offer a first impression evaluation later, but first have to get it running well!

So lastly I re-created and reformated all partitions and did a fresh install of LL2 with no other OS's and have not yet imported any old folders (mainly from Firefox and TBird) into the new installation. I did run updates.

The current problem is that originally when I ran out of memory with Elementary, sometimes the mouse wouldn't be responsive on booting up so I couldn't log in. I thought that was a memory related issue. But now the same thing is happening. Also, somewhere along the way, I couldn't get into the BIOS any more and still can't. Furthermore, it takes almost a minute with the BIOS screen up, and then booting up into the new LL2 takes another minute or so. It's very, very slow.

When booting up in safe mode before this last fresh installation, I noticed that the scrolling printouts kept hanging up at something to do with: 'usb 1-2  read/64 error  -110'. One time it seemed to change that to usb 3-2 using new highspeed, but then later the same error as before came with usb 3-2.

I have had some electrical issues in my home recently and will have someone come out to look, but the computer is connected via a power bar that is supposed to shield against surges, and also the power unit is supposed to handle that as well. It is a good quality unit I believe and only 2 years old.

I explained possibly too much, but this way whoever reads this knows some of the peripheral issues which may or may not be relevant.

Before the last installation I ran the Boot Repair utility disk and it did not recommend any changes and the booting slowness and inability to access BIOS remained then, and still remains now.

I am nervous less these problems indicate electrical or hardware issues, but first want to see if there are diagnostics which can be run to clarify what is going on, or, ideally, effect an easy fix.

I attach the System Report files.

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Hi
Can any one tell me whether there is a graphical interface to customise Boot Logo & Boot Splash Screen
I wanted to have a Blank Screen with a Stop Clock showing the time needed to Boot up
How can I make this

Mouse Pointers are a bit awkward (Subjective)
I have installed few themes for Cursor
Yet not satisfied, is there a way to customise the mouse pointers.
Yours
VN

I have system(s) on 128GB SSD. Most files and data are on 1 TB HD. I would like this to mount automatically each time on startup rather than having to mount manually, input PW etc. each time.

Is this possible and if so how?

Initial installation went well but a few niggles, some of which will describe so as to give feedback to developer. But in terms of software specifics:

After initial installation I installed System Load Indicator along with System Monitor (I have rural connection and really like seeing graph of upload/download in the panel). It worked great. Clipit installed and worked great.

But the HP1018 printer wasn't working so I tried a trick I learned last week: pull out the USB cable, reboot, put it back in and printer should/might install. Well, it didn't work this time (though it worked 4 days ago first time I installed LL2). Go figure.

But also, and this is the main reason for this particular post: the System Load Indicator and Clipit are no longer visible in the Panel. They have gone! I uninstalled and re-installed them but they just don't show any more.

Does anyone have any idea how to get them back?

Just a quick question, I have been looking everywhere, and found absolutely nothing in the settings that gives me the option, and looking it up, I found nothing on how to do it.

How do I change my user picture?

I have a netbook running Ubuntu and Lunbuntu 12.04 if I do a standard Lite install will it overwrite the other OS or will I need to format the HD?

I'm having problems with incorrect key allocations (more than enough to make it unusable) since I changed to UK keyboard layout. Usable on default US layout but hey, we invented the language!. There's no map for this PC in the settings. Can anybody help a whingeing Brit.?

Hi
I have 5 Parameters for Linux Evaluation as a Normal End User Download Size, Live Boot Performance, Installation & Customisation, Functional Performance and Others. Linux Live Scores in these areas are presented below as below benchmarked with two Linux Distros which I am using or recommending others - Fedora & Linux Mint


                                          Fedora Linux Mint Linux Lite
Desktop Environment                               XFCE Desktop
Download Size                            15 10 20
Live Boot                                    15 20 15
Installation & Customisation                 15 17 13
Functional Performance                 20 15 17
Others                                         15 20 15
Total                                                 80 82 80

Fedora Scores Average Marks in all aspects except Functional Performance which is unbeatable. Mint Scores low on the Download Size as it is above 1 GB and is a bit poor compared with Linux Lite on Performance.

Linux Lite is the most resource friendly and eye candy Distribution.

2 Issues with Linux Lite:
Additional Application Installation is not a bit easy. Though the promise is so, I am finding that the Additional Software Installation does not work seamlessly. Further the synaptic package manager is not as effective as I had observed in Mint or Ubuntu.This area is a bleeding issue for the distribution

Installation with 3rd party codecs and multimedia support takes hell a lot of time. This was not the case with Ubuntu or Linux Mint.

2 Best Points
Completely LTS and hence acts like a semi rolling release with two versions we can have 7 years of easy usage without any difficulty.

Easy and Simple to use, best for any one who is just starting into a Linux Distribution

Questions:
I really do not see an advantage for going to Linux Lite as Linux Mint does all these stuffs in a much simpler and established manner.
What drove you to make a distro when Linux Mint is the best Ubuntu Derivative

What was in your mind in having “Additional Software Installer”.
Instead you could have given “Software Customisation Center” - A More Graphical Presentation of the additional applications.
This would have eased the user.
Many Nos example 10, 11, 14, etc., are not working with the Additional Software Installer.
The concept is a bit failing and not working.

Why the synaptic package manager is not functioning in the same manner with Mint or Ubuntu

Yours
VN

I use Grub4Dos to boot my linux distros and want to completely get rid of Grub2. Grub2 is a bloated piece of software that makes the process of each kernel update very long, especially when there are multiple Linux versions installed on the same machine. You just get stuck watching the screen showing the message "updating grub configuration file" when Grub2 slowly scans the hard drive.

1) Option #1 is to turn off os-prober:

Hi LL members,

I observed applications like (TeamViewer, VNC or many others (that usually have their notification icon appear on the right corner near the clock)
have their icon appearing in taskbar as normal tasks.

Do you have an idea on how to modifiy this please ?
Thank you.