I wanted to document for people, the process in which an application gets from point A to point Z. Transparency to the community, is always good too. Other than Step 1 from below, this process is exactly the same for any changes to an existing application to.

1. The formulation of the idea:

The first step is the idea, the first thought. Usually this stems from seeing something that people are doing and making that process easier with software. It could be a Forum or Social Media post about an issue someone has. It could be an idea from an existing piece of software that is either clunky, of poor UI (user interface) design, bad implementation, or a combination of some or all of these.

2. Time to plan:

This usually takes the form of a piece of paper that I start to lay out the UI and ideas about how people will use this software. I like to write and draw, and in this day and age, that activity alone is rare and has been mostly replaced by technology.

3. Write the code:

I'm not big into IDE's (integrated development environment) which is just a fancy way of saying the editor in which we write code. I think for me, it's a visual thing. Syntax highlighting is too distracting. So I use a plain text editor like Mousepad. IDE's also can make people lazy. I think it's a good idea to do your own indentation as an example and to be familiar with best practice in programming, rather to rely on any type of automation.

4. Test the code:

I don't use a debugger. Shock, horror! For me, programming and fixing code is one of the fun parts. Ambiguity has a certain attraction. The challenge of figuring out why something doesn't work, draws you closer to a greater understanding of the how and the why, and I like that.

5. The Test drive:

Do I like the clicky? How does the UI function, do I need to tweak it? Let's get a friend to test drive it. Let's test it on more than one machine, including hardware and in a VM.

6. Ready for mass production?

Test, test and then test again. We're ready for release. But not before we upload the new package to a test repository (a new Linux Lite implementation and the inspiration behind this thread and the recent Lite Patch issue), then perform an update via both the command line and Install Updates.

7. All's well that ends well:

Everything works as we expect it to. Maybe some Social Media announcements, but generally I'll just upload the new package to the main Linux Lite repository for everyone to download via Install Updates.

The work flow:

IDEA > PLAN > WRITE THE CODE > TEST THE CODE > TEST DRIVE THE 'FINISHED' APPLICATION > WRITE THE CHANGELOG > PACKAGE THE APPLICATION > UPLOAD THE PACKAGE TO A TEST REPOSITORY > TEST THE UPDATE FROM THE TEST REPOSITORY > RELEASE TO MAIN LINUX LITE REPOSITORY > REACT QUICKLY TO ANY OVERSIGHT

Hi,
I was trying to boot up linux lite from a USB stick but it freezes after a while. I am attaching the screenshot of the error which I got by pressing F4.

Evidently I am the only one.  I have Home Assistant OS in a virtualbox virtual machine.  It would be very convenient to have it start up at boot.
I have found the Application Autostart tab in Session and Startup.  The ADD button wants the startup command.

What is the command to start virtualbox and the particular VM?
Is this correct: VBoxManage startvm HAOS --type gui

HAOS is the name of the VM.

Howdy y'all,

Winter's chill has invaded Texas and it is 20 degrees here at the Ponderosa with a 20 mph North wind.  I just want to thank everyone who has helped me along with my Linux Lite challenges and gave top notch advise. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from me and mine here in the great Republic of Texas, USA and may all your wishes come true.

Best regards,

Hi my name is Alex,

i am curious what will happen here in the near future | (• ◡•)|

I've choosen LL for my second "LTS-Distribution", i'm of good spirits.

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Install Updates Error log
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Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.868212.xyz/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

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Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite emerald InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Get:6 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com focal InRelease [2,820 B]
Hit:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:8 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
Err:6 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com focal InRelease
  The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 4FE13824E3FFC656
Reading package lists...
W: GPG error: https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com focal InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 4FE13824E3FFC656
E: The repository 'https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com focal InRelease' is not signed.

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Install Updates Error log
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Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.868212.xyz/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:3 https://repo.steampowered.com/steam stable InRelease
Hit:4 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite fluorite InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:6 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Get:8 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy InRelease [8,041 B]
Hit:9 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable InRelease
Hit:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Hit:11 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable InRelease
Hit:12 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable InRelease
Err:8 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy InRelease
  The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 76F1A20FF987672F
Reading package lists...
W: GPG error: https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 76F1A20FF987672F
E: The repository 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy InRelease' is not signed.

Hi all!

Here an idea came to mind, but I have not yet understood whether it can be implemented and how.

There is a PC with linux lite 3.8-32bit and two outputs for monitors (vga, hdmi), keyboards (scanners in keyboard mode), mice, monitors, also in the amount of two pieces, freerdp is configured. I would like to start two freerdp sessions at system startup and authorize two different users on the terminal server under Windows (there is no problem with this, you can write a script), but the main catch is that each session opens on its own monitor and only with its own a set of keyboard and mouse, for good, there was a binding to the USB port, and not to the device, so that in which case it was possible to hot-swap the device. If anyone had experience with similar implementations or can give good advice, I will be glad to help.

Hello everyone! I was looking for an alternative to CCleaner - which I use to clean my school Windows computers - and came across Stacer. Really impressive, beautiful interface, and it's available in the LinuxLite repos. Here's the main screen before using it:



And here are the same indicators after running Stacer:



Pretty impressive, considering that I have been using my fresh LinuxLite install for just about a week!

Have a nice Sunday!

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E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 3711 (apt-get)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

Hi.
I'm new to Linux. Any advice appreciated!