Linux Lite 3.6 Beta Released

[trinidad]

I really like the new background. Reminds me of Apache. Liked 3.0 too. Reminded me of Kubuntu plasma. Actually hate 3.2 background. Reminds me of M&M's Slim Shady cd cover. Nice change for the better.

TC

[Scott(0)]

No problems. Installed to a VM and have been using it for an hour. The new wallpaper/feather logo is very nice!

[Valtam]

Hi. I noticed that the kernel in LL 3.6 will still be the 4.4 family. I'm assuming you're using an LTS kernel for stability. I thought you would be upgrading to a newer LTS kernel. Or are you waiting for LL 3.8 to do that?

FYI, a search I made shows that the 4.9 series is the next LTS kernel, with 4.14 to be the next one after that.

Link to that article: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n...LTS-Kernel

Our policy is to use the Ubuntu stable kernels in our releases, then provide people with newer kernels via our repository. This keeps both sides happy at the same time.

[Valtam]

Thank you to those who have participated in the testing so far

[whateverthing]

People on social media are loving the flat designed logo [member=5059]whateverthing[/member]

Very cool! Great to hear it's appreciated.

[Jocklad]

Linuxlite 3.6x64 beta.


Run the system last night for five hours.


Not a cough.  ;D

[Artim]

I'd love to help test, but I have only one computer - an old hand-me-down 32-bit relic - and it's "mission critical."  I don't dare do beta testing on it.  The laptop, rarely used, is a backup of the desktop.

I have already been using the new Lite Sources app, though, from Ralphy's wonderful repository.

Hopefully you have more than a handful of people doing the testing!  It all sounds very positive, and the new logo is much nicer.

[TMG1961]

I also have only one laptop, so sorry i cant be of any help with testing LL 3.6

[Jocklad]

Linuxlite 3.6x64 beta.


Pulling in plenty of updates now.....No errors. 

[Ottawagrant]

I've noticed that just like Xubuntu 17.04 Linux Lite 3.6 downloads & installs all OS updates automatically. There was a whole list of them last night & I didn't have to do a thing. When I did check for updates later in the evening there was only an update for 'unattended upgrades' left to install. Installed. No issues, very smooth. I also installed LL 3.6 32bit on my Acer netbook. Even with zRam on I didn't find much difference between it & LL 3.4, but there are many OS improvements so I'll install it permanently when the official release comes out at the end of the month. As I have only 1gb of memory on the netbook it uses about 7% of the CPU & about 21% of memory at rest. Nothing out of the ordinary there. But considering the only other OS I can run on a netbook is Puppy Linux, that's above expectations.