Linux Lite 2.8 Suggestion Thread

[Valtam]

I'm not a programmer, so have no idea on what's involved..??

For "Branding, Image and Consistency"
How about making "Lite Software" and "Lite Tweaks" look like "Lite Control Centre"

It's certainly doable, but LCC is written in python, the other 2 are in bash/zenity. The change would require so much work I'm getting a headache already 

[Wirezfree]

O.K... Well I thought I would ask

[rokytnji]

No support for these files yet (hevc) in 2.4

http://www.h265files.com/

Before suggesting

http://askubuntu.com/questions/631200/un...-14-04-lte

vlc segfaults ran from terminal  in linux lite with version 2.16 stable build using that link and suggestion. Unixmen is a dead link for me.
mpv just plays sound but no video
same for smplayer.

file used was Tears of Steel. Later versions of vlc support this but are uninstallable in Linux lite because library depends versions are too old and so it says "wont be installed".

[firenice03]

I would second Wirezfree suggestion to add ability to change Samba (netbios name) to Lite Tweaks..

@Jerry,

My bad, I forgot about Lite Tweaks  :-[ :-[


Is it feasible to add the Samba part into Lite Tweaks..??

[Zead]

Chrome? That spyware?

The only alternative a little would be a Chromium, or Midori.

Just keep Firefox.

I suggest better hardware support. Ubuntu LTS 14.04.3 ships now with Linux kernel 3.19. And newer LTS hardware enablement stack (newer graphics drivers and all that). LTS releases are always updated to bring better support for new hardware.

Linux Lite ships with kernel 3.13.

Sure Linux Lite is aimed for older PCs, but it doesn't mean you have to sacrifice newer hardware support and performance.

Ubuntu 16.04 will be already on kernel 4.

Also, I would install kernel meta package by default (if you haven't already do that in Lite 2.6, I already suggested this in 2.6 thread), so the kernel keeps updating itself with security fixes.
Meta package "linux-generic" I installed myself. 29,7KB in size. This meta package also installs dependencies (sometimes).
The 3.19 meta package would be a "linux-generic-lts-vivid"
Package "linux-generic" is 3.13.

But I remember you keep working on your own Linux Lite kernels, do you intend to ship them in the future by default in LL? Will they be regularly updated with security fixes and other things automatically?

Example: kernel 3.13.0.66-linuxlite > 3.13.0.68-linuxlite.

"You likely do not want to install this package directly. Instead, install
the linux-generic meta-package, which will ensure that upgrades work
correctly, and that supporting packages are also installed."

[technomancer]

[quote author=Wirezfree link=topic=2227.msg17920#msg17920 date=1444242251]
I'm not a programmer, so have no idea on what's involved..??

For "Branding, Image and Consistency"
How about making "Lite Software" and "Lite Tweaks" look like "Lite Control Centre"

It's certainly doable, but LCC is written in python, the other 2 are in bash/zenity. The change would require so much work I'm getting a headache already 
[/quote]

@ Jerry-
I found this online->
Convert bash to phython ___> 
It should be fairly simple to convert your program. The only tricky part will be running the db2 command and (maybe) refactoring reads.py so that it can be called as a library function.
    Setting local variables is the same.
    Replace echo with print.
    Replace your loop with for r in range(runs):.
    Get the date with the datetime module.
    Replace write to file with the file objects module.
    Replace the call to db2 with the subprocess module.
    You'll need to import reads.py to use as a library (or you can use subprocess).
-Check this as well- http://www.swag.uwaterloo.ca/bash2py/

Convert zenity to python- i found this- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-zenity/0.1

I know this could be some work, and lots of time. but it could be outsourced. I could try doing it myself, but I am a novice programmer in C++ and Ruby. So i'm not sure I can, but would love to try it! If LL tools across the board have the same theme/look - that would be nice. I don't mind it being different now between the tools however, but it is a very good idea.
Maybe Eclipse IDE can do everything needed ?

[Valtam]

@technomancer thank you for taking the time and researching this, but either way, it is still a lot of work, but that isn't the only reason for avoiding this. At the moment, we have software that works, is stable, and 'does what it says on the tin'. They use little memory and fit perfectly with the whole free software programming philosophy, make one tool that does the job. Cheers

[Valtam]

@Zead, the Linux kernel 3.19 and newer LTS hardware enablement stack could be a nice way to round off the 2.0 Series. I'll look into 'linux-generic' as well. We would ofc have to look at how this impacts the upgrade tool. Thank you.

[Wirezfree]

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I suggest better hardware support. Ubuntu LTS 14.04.3 ships now with Linux kernel 3.19.
And newer LTS hardware enablement stack (newer graphics drivers and all that).
LTS releases are always updated to bring better support for new hardware.
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[size=1em]@Zead
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[size=1em]I think you have solved a riddle for me. [/size]
[size=1em]"Ubuntu LTS 14.04.3 ships now with Linux kernel 3.19"[/size]
But now to find an answer/fix..?? ???

[size=1em]I have been trying to install LL on a friends New "Rock Canyon" Intel NUC - HD6000 Graphics.[/size]
[size=1em]Soon as the grub screen disappears..[/size]
[size=1em]The LL Installer starts, but the GUI is corrupted/chopped up and unusable.[/size]
[size=1em]"Linux Lite is kernel 3.13"[/size]

[size=1em]I will start a new thread on Intel NUC and HD6000 Graphics.[/size]

[j1r1]

Hi,
as a fresh Windows refugee I miss slightly in LL so far just one thing- something like "Windows Experience Index", i.e. a kind of benchmarking tool which would show relative performance of basic hardware components. Especially for installations at older hardware could be useful. A benchmark comparing performance of given computer with some "standard configurations" would be fine as well. Maybe such applications for Linux do exist, but should be easier available to newcomers.