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Linux Lite 7.8 comes with 12 completely new re-writes of 12 of the applications as they move towards changing the majority of applications
to Python and GTK4 in Series 8.

These include:

- Lite Auto Login
- Lite Desktop
- Lite DPI
- Lite Firewall
- Lite Network Shares
- Lite Software
- Lite Sounds
- Lite Sources
- Lite System Report
- Lite Theme Manager
- Lite Updates
- Lite User Manager
- Lite Welcome

<https://www.linuxliteos.com/download.php>



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On 2/3/26 23:48, George wrote:

Linux Lite 7.8 comes with 12 completely new re-writes of 12 of the applications as they move towards changing the majority of applications
to Python and GTK4 in Series 8.

These include:

- Lite Auto Login
- Lite Desktop
- Lite DPI
- Lite Firewall
- Lite Network Shares
- Lite Software
- Lite Sounds
- Lite Sources
- Lite System Report
- Lite Theme Manager
- Lite Updates
- Lite User Manager
- Lite Welcome

<https://www.linuxliteos.com/download.php>

Good to see our cut and paste coders yet again found another way to
waste their time.
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Once an organization gains any influence, it will be corrupted from both within and without.

Edmund
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On 04/02/2026 0:48, George wrote:

Linux Lite 7.8 comes with 12 completely new re-writes of 12 of the applications as they move towards changing the majority of applications
to Python and GTK4 in Series 8.

These include:

<snipped>



Watch out!
I downloaded and tested this.
All went well until after the boot (from a Ventoy thumb drive), when it started pushing spam at me.
Back to 'buntu as fast as I could go!!
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George wrote:

Linux Lite 7.8 comes with 12 completely new re-writes of 12 of the applications as they move towards changing the majority of applications
to Python and GTK4 in Series 8.

I haven't tested the latest LL, but I like the idea of a distro dev/ing
tools, particularly the way MX/AntiX have done it. I will be surprised
if LL dev/s did it that well.

In a review of an earlier LL at FOSS, the comments section has some
worthwhile discussions of the concept of 'transitioning' Win users to
linux which has some good ideas for the transition tutor for the tutee,
which of course can apply to those 'jurisdictions' such as in .eu which
have w/ successes and failures have an IT dept which wants to transition
a 'population' to linux from Win.

The way to do it is to transition them from the software first, then the OS.
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Mike Easter
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Mike Easter wrote:

I haven't tested the latest LL, but I like the idea of a distro dev/ing tools, particularly the way MX/AntiX have done it. I will be surprised
if LL dev/s did it that well.

I've booted the LL 7.8 to explore its tools & features; it has default
samba and a 'tool' to config the .conf.

It also has a very impressive list of tasks the lite tweaks can do.

It is NOT a 'light' XFCE weighing in at 1500 meg to the live desktop. So
far I'm seeing pretty good docs and all those tools listed earlier. So
far I'm finding them 'simple but useful'.

Reviewers have commented surprisingly that its default browser is Chrome (144). If you go to the chrome site to dl chrome w/ linux, ggl offers
you a chromium.
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Mike Easter
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Mike Easter wrote:

I've booted the LL 7.8 to explore its tools & features;

Like LM, LL's repo/s are Ub's and its own; also like LM and unlike Ub,
LL eschews snap, but unlike LM also does not default flatpak. Its
package management is synaptic and its own lite software app.

Its default Ub repo/s are main, universe, & restricted but not multiverse.

It doesn't actually 'look like' it is trying to mimic Win, so I was
wrong about that idea. It is more like it is trying to be helpful to
previous Win users in its docs about how to handle things, such as UEFI.
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Mike Easter
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On 2/3/26 5:48 PM, George wrote:

Linux Lite 7.8 comes with 12 completely new re-writes of 12 of the applications as they move towards changing the majority of applications
to Python and GTK4 in Series 8.

These include:

- Lite Auto Login
- Lite Desktop
- Lite DPI
- Lite Firewall
- Lite Network Shares
- Lite Software
- Lite Sounds
- Lite Sources
- Lite System Report
- Lite Theme Manager
- Lite Updates
- Lite User Manager
- Lite Welcome

<https://www.linuxliteos.com/download.php>

It's Xfce. Does this look/feel like Linux Mint Xfce? I've never used Xfce so I'm just
asking.
I've used a lot of KDE 5/6 and find some just slightly different.
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Alan K.
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On 04/02/2026 23:49, RonB wrote:

I tried Linux Lite 7.8 (on my Ventoy USB). The first thing I didn't like is that it uses Google Chrome instead of Firefox as its default browser. So I installed Firefox using "sudo apt install firefox" and it installed as a Snap. So two strikes against it right away. I guess it's lighter, but I didn't see much difference in it and Linux Mint's speed.

You can download the latest Firefox release directly from the official
Mozilla website and install it manually.

1. Download the latest Firefox tarball (compressed file) from the
Mozilla website: [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release)

2. Extract the tarball:

tar xjf firefox-*.tar.bz2


3. Move the extracted folder to the `/opt/` directory:

sudo mv firefox /opt/


4. Create a symbolic link to make Firefox accessible from the terminal:

sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox


5. You can now run Firefox by typing `firefox` in the terminal.




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On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 03:40:27 +0000, George wrote:

4. Create a symbolic link to make Firefox accessible from the
terminal:

sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

Better to put your symlink in /usr/local/bin. Leave /usr/bin for your
standard distro packages. This will have two effects:

* Your symlink will not be overwritten by any standard distro package
* In fact, your /usr/local/bin entry will typically be given higher
priority than any /usr/bin entry with the same name.
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On 04/02/2026 21:56, Alan K. wrote:

On 2/3/26 5:48 PM, George wrote:

Linux Lite 7.8 comes with 12 completely new re-writes of 12 of the
applications as they move towards changing the majority of applications
to Python and GTK4 in Series 8.

These include:

- Lite Auto Login
- Lite Desktop
- Lite DPI
- Lite Firewall
- Lite Network Shares
- Lite Software
- Lite Sounds
- Lite Sources
- Lite System Report
- Lite Theme Manager
- Lite Updates
- Lite User Manager
- Lite Welcome

<https://www.linuxliteos.com/download.php>

It's Xfce.   Does this look/feel like Linux Mint Xfce?   I've never
used Xfce so I'm just asking.
I've used a lot of KDE 5/6 and find some just slightly different.

You can install any desktop you like. For example to install cinnamon
try this:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment

To Install GNOME (though not suitable for low spec machine):

1) For a clean, minimal GNOME installation (recommended):
sudo apt install vanilla-gnome-desktop.

2) For the full GNOME desktop environment with extra utilities:
sudo apt install gnome.

Obviously you can't do all this in Ventoy Life disk because it's heavy
going.






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