01-10-2015, 04:35 AM
redrobot,
You got off on the wrong foot here and you're not really helping yourself by insisting that garbage aimed at mucking up Windows systems is somehow the fault of Linux Lite. There is nothing nefarious on the LL ISO file. We have no control over any ad-related pop-ups offering "download helpers" on Sourceforge site. We have no control over people who click to accept such things or add other such programs on their own in some other manner to their Windows system and subsequently end up with nonsense on their computer.
Sounds like you were pretty happy with Windows until they asked you to pay for it, so I'm not really sure "why" you're here and what you are expecting from Linux Lite. Be forwarned, LL is a nice, stable OS that will likely handle most (if not all) of your computing needs -- but it is not a Windows clone. Many things will be very similar to what you're used to (web browsing, office program), but there will be plenty of differences that will take some time to get used to also. If you're not willing to learn some new things, then save yourself and us some time and potential frustration by just buying another copy of Windows 8.
If you are willing to put forth a little effort learning a new OS and go about asking for help in a more cordial manner, we'll be much more receptive.
I don't know what the "FileOpener" you're using is, but if it's some type of file opening program you put on your Windows system and it's integrated itself into the browser for downloading things, that is most likely the source of your pop-ups, hijackers, etc. We didn't install it on your browser -- you did.
Suggest you deactivate or uninstall that thing. There is no need for something like that just to download an ISO file (or any file for that matter). You should be able to just click the download link and have the browser itself ask you where to save the file to. The browser will handle the download without any help from some third-party app.
If you can't get rid of it or deactivate it then download a different browser and use that instead. Eg. If you're using Internet Explorer, download and install either Firefox or Google Chrome to Windows, then use that browser to download the file since it won't have the FileOpener thing mucking it up.
After downloading, you should only have one file on your computer -- linux-lite-2.2-64bit.iso and it should only be 738MB in size as stated on LL download page:
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[/td] [td]0b08075d414e402d2493c46bbf0589e5[/td][/tr][/table]
General procedure to follow:
-- download the ISO file to your computer (not to the USB stick)
-- burn the file to a DVD or a USB (this is not a regular copy operation to the USB)
-- put DVD/USB in computer and reboot
-- if necessary, change BIOS settings so computer boots from the live DVD/USB instead of hard drive.
If you read the Help Manual page for installing that I linked to before and you should be able to install without any problems. Procedure is explained there and is relatively simple -- but it appears you have not read the page. If you don't understand something in instructions, it's perfectly fine to post back and ask for clarification.
From here on out let's concentrate on getting you installed and forget the back and forth banter about pop-ups, hijackers, etc. One more post about that and I'm going to close the thread down.
You got off on the wrong foot here and you're not really helping yourself by insisting that garbage aimed at mucking up Windows systems is somehow the fault of Linux Lite. There is nothing nefarious on the LL ISO file. We have no control over any ad-related pop-ups offering "download helpers" on Sourceforge site. We have no control over people who click to accept such things or add other such programs on their own in some other manner to their Windows system and subsequently end up with nonsense on their computer.
Sounds like you were pretty happy with Windows until they asked you to pay for it, so I'm not really sure "why" you're here and what you are expecting from Linux Lite. Be forwarned, LL is a nice, stable OS that will likely handle most (if not all) of your computing needs -- but it is not a Windows clone. Many things will be very similar to what you're used to (web browsing, office program), but there will be plenty of differences that will take some time to get used to also. If you're not willing to learn some new things, then save yourself and us some time and potential frustration by just buying another copy of Windows 8.
If you are willing to put forth a little effort learning a new OS and go about asking for help in a more cordial manner, we'll be much more receptive.
I don't know what the "FileOpener" you're using is, but if it's some type of file opening program you put on your Windows system and it's integrated itself into the browser for downloading things, that is most likely the source of your pop-ups, hijackers, etc. We didn't install it on your browser -- you did.
Suggest you deactivate or uninstall that thing. There is no need for something like that just to download an ISO file (or any file for that matter). You should be able to just click the download link and have the browser itself ask you where to save the file to. The browser will handle the download without any help from some third-party app.
If you can't get rid of it or deactivate it then download a different browser and use that instead. Eg. If you're using Internet Explorer, download and install either Firefox or Google Chrome to Windows, then use that browser to download the file since it won't have the FileOpener thing mucking it up.
(01-09-2015, 02:05 AM)redrobot link Wrote: i go to my pc to download linux lite onto USB which i do - at 935MB <----WRONG SIZE!
here are the files i have on the usb -
boot
isolinux.bin
isolinux.cfg
linux-lite-2.2-64bit(1).iso(1).crdownload
linux-lite-2.2-64bit.iso(1).crdownload
linux-lite-2.2-64bit
linux-lite-2.2-64bit.iso(1).torrent
linux-lite-2.2-64bit.iso.torrent
memtest
splash
After downloading, you should only have one file on your computer -- linux-lite-2.2-64bit.iso and it should only be 738MB in size as stated on LL download page:
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FILENAME:
[/td] [td][/td] [td]
linux-lite-2.2-64bit.iso
[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]SIZE:
[/td] [td][/td] [td]
738MB - DVD
[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]MD5SUM:
[/td] [td][/td] [td]0b08075d414e402d2493c46bbf0589e5[/td][/tr][/table]
General procedure to follow:
-- download the ISO file to your computer (not to the USB stick)
-- burn the file to a DVD or a USB (this is not a regular copy operation to the USB)
-- put DVD/USB in computer and reboot
-- if necessary, change BIOS settings so computer boots from the live DVD/USB instead of hard drive.
If you read the Help Manual page for installing that I linked to before and you should be able to install without any problems. Procedure is explained there and is relatively simple -- but it appears you have not read the page. If you don't understand something in instructions, it's perfectly fine to post back and ask for clarification.
From here on out let's concentrate on getting you installed and forget the back and forth banter about pop-ups, hijackers, etc. One more post about that and I'm going to close the thread down.
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