06-10-2020, 08:19 PM
There is no "Install Updates" anywhere on my Menu. Nothing. Yes, I'm fully aware of how to use Synaptic. I was considering using Lite 4.x to install on a few PCs that belong to friends and family. I can not do that if there is no easy way for me to explain how to update their systems. Lite Updates Notify never worked the way it should on any of my installs.
Lite Software has no way to update and offers only a handful of packages that aren't of any value to the people I'm working with. There are thousands and thousands of packages available via Synaptic, but I'm hesitant to attempt to instruct these people on it's use. Most of the people are pretty computer illiterate. One of the "selling points" of Linux Lite is that it's simple to use for Windows users, but if there isn't a very easy way for users to update their systems, it kind of defeats the whole idea.
Lite Tweaks is OK, but pretty useless for a new Linux user, especially when they see things like Bootup Fix, Kernel Remover, and Package System Repair that they might well select for some unknown reason. Way too easy for a user to bork his system.
It's looking like I'll have to find another distro to try and use for my friends & family. The 10 key still doesn't work on my laptop and my wife's laptop is the same as mine. She is a bookkeeper and uses the 10 key regularly. If I can't get a working 10 key and an easy way to update the system, Lite isn't going to do it. I guess I'll start downloading other distros to try out. Too bad too. I really liked Lite 3.x when I had it installed and running.
Here are screenshots of my Menu showing no Update of any kind.
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Lite Software has no way to update and offers only a handful of packages that aren't of any value to the people I'm working with. There are thousands and thousands of packages available via Synaptic, but I'm hesitant to attempt to instruct these people on it's use. Most of the people are pretty computer illiterate. One of the "selling points" of Linux Lite is that it's simple to use for Windows users, but if there isn't a very easy way for users to update their systems, it kind of defeats the whole idea.
Lite Tweaks is OK, but pretty useless for a new Linux user, especially when they see things like Bootup Fix, Kernel Remover, and Package System Repair that they might well select for some unknown reason. Way too easy for a user to bork his system.
It's looking like I'll have to find another distro to try and use for my friends & family. The 10 key still doesn't work on my laptop and my wife's laptop is the same as mine. She is a bookkeeper and uses the 10 key regularly. If I can't get a working 10 key and an easy way to update the system, Lite isn't going to do it. I guess I'll start downloading other distros to try out. Too bad too. I really liked Lite 3.x when I had it installed and running.
Here are screenshots of my Menu showing no Update of any kind.
Steve
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