LINUX LITE 7.4 RC1 RELEASED - SEE RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION FOR DETAILS


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Greetings, Lite People
#1
To start the new year 2016 with an experiment I installed Linux Lite 2.6 64bit version on my old MSI notebook. Everything seems to be working well and I will report details of the hardware (and any problems, if they should occur) soon.

I live in Germany and have been a Linux user for more than 15 years. I prefer distros that are easy on resources (because I only have older, cheaper computers  Tongue ) so Linux Lite looks like a good match for me!  8)

Have a great year, everyone.

Ciao,

Little Walter
You want fast? I'll give you fast: Fluxbox with Kernel 4.4.0-linuxlite x86_64
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#2
Welcome,

Good choice, yes LL is lite on resource usage.
If you have any issues, a great community here to help,
with active participation by the devs.

mfg

Dave
Upgrades WIP 2.6 to 2.8 - (6 X 2.6 to 2.8 completed on: 20/02/16 All O.K )
Linux Lite 3.0 Humming on a ASRock N3070 Mobo ~ btrfs RAID 10 Install on 4 Disks Smile

Computers Early days:
ZX Spectrum(1982) , HP-150 MS-DOS(1983) , Amstrad CPC464(1984) ,  BBC Micro B+64(1985) , My First PC HP-Vectra(1987)
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#3
Hi Wirezfree,

Thanks for the reply and friendly reception.

My machine is running very well (sound, wireless, videos, etc) right out of the box! I have now installed the Linux kernel 4.3.3-amd64 and it too is working perfectly!  Smile

Since my RAM is only 1 Gig I set my swappiness down from the default value of 60 to a more reasonable 5.

After logging in to the standard xfce4 desktop my RAM usage was around 230 MB. I installed and set up the Fluxbox wm and, after searching and experimenting around, managed to get it to start when I log-in. Now the RAM usage after log-in to the Fluxbox session (and with xfce-power-manager running) is down to a more reasonable 120 MB or so.  8)

My old laptop specs (from running inxi -F) are:

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System:    Host: msi Kernel: 4.3.3-040303-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   System: Micro-Star product: MEGA BOOK M670 version: Ver 1.000
           Mobo: MSI model: MS-1632 version: Ver 1.000 Bios: American Megatrends version: A1632NMS Ver7.06 date: 02/06/2007
CPU:       Dual core AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-50 (-MCP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm)
           Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA C51 [GeForce Go 6100]
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV4E GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3
Audio:     Card: NVIDIA MCP51 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k4.3.3-040303-generic
Network:   Card-1: Ralink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g driver: rt61pci
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:19:db:05:80:33
           Card-2: NVIDIA MCP51 Ethernet Controller driver: forcedeth
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:19:db:38:a1:f1
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (10.2% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK1234GS size: 120.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 28G used: 4.2G (16%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 1.99GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 75.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 67.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 171 Uptime: 1:16 Memory: 366.1/866.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17


Ciao,

Little Walter
You want fast? I'll give you fast: Fluxbox with Kernel 4.4.0-linuxlite x86_64
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#4
Welcome to the Forum  Little Walter  Smile Smile Smile
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#5
Alles Gute auch für Sie, Little.Walter. And happy newyear for every-one.
Have fun with LL!
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#6
Glad to have you and your 15 years of Linux experience added to the forum.
Want to thank me?  Click my [Thank] link.
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#7
Hi Jocklad, rijnsma & torreydale,

Thank you, vielen Dank, muchas gracias!! I appreciate the warm reception and hope that I can perhaps help answer some "noobie" questions from others. I know that my start with Linux was not easy, and I would like to try to help others moving away from the M$-Überwachungsstaat (surveillance society) in whatever way I can.

Ciao,

Little Walter
You want fast? I'll give you fast: Fluxbox with Kernel 4.4.0-linuxlite x86_64
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#8
@ Little Walter
Welcome to the community !
Member www.eff.org
*Hardware hacks are my speciality.
"forum posts should be like a skirt- long enough to cover the subject material, but short enough to keep things interesting"
--I am using/Running Linuxlite 2.8, Debian8 server, Ubuntu 14, Win7,Win10, MX15, LinuxMint kde.
--Xerox field service engineer, printer repairs,network analyst.
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#9
And a big welcome from the UK Smile Smile Smile Smile Smile Smile Smile

Keith
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#10
Welcome to the forum. Smile
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas Edison
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