Install Updates

Once you have installed Linux Lite and before you can begin using it, you first need to run Menu, Favorites, Install Updates. If you are running the Live version of Linux Lite, there is no need to do this.

Once Linux Lite is installed, click on Menu, Favorites, Install Updates. On the next window that pops up, enter the password you created for your user during the installation. Click on the button below to Install Updates now.

Install Updates

 Upgrading

Upgrading Linux Lite from one version in a Series to the next is simple. Each Series of Linux Lite lasts 2 years otherwise known as LTS (Long Term Support) eg. Linux Lite 2.0 - Linux Lite 2.8 is Series 2, Linux Lite 3.0 would be the start of Series 3.

Upgrading can only occur within a Series. For example you can upgrade from Linux Lite 2.0 to Linux Lite 2.6, but not from Linux Lite 2.2 to Linux Lite 3.0. If you don't have Lite Upgrade installed open a Terminal and type in: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install lite-upgrade-seriesX where -seriesX represents that series. To update within a Series, click on Menu, Settings, Lite Upgrade.

Follow the prompts, reboot at the end of the process and you will be completely up to date on Linux Lite from within that Series.

 Lite Software

We've made it as simple as just a few clicks to install many of your favorite programs.

On Linux Lite you can install:

Chrome Web Browser

Chromium Web Browser

Dropbox

Kodi

Skype

Teamviewer

Tor Web Browser

VirtualBox

Click on Menu, System, Lite Software and follow the onscreen prompts to install popular software or click on the button below.

Lite Software

  Hardware Recommendations

Linux Lite can run on a wide range of hardware. Our online Hardware Database contains a growing list of computers that can run Linux Lite. The lists below contains 2 recommendations. First, a set of minimum recommended specs, second, the preferred specs.

 Minimum Recommended Specs

700MHz processor

512mb ram

VGA screen capable of 1024x768 resolution

DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

 Preferred Specs

1.5GHz processor+

1024mb ram+

VGA, DVI or HDMI screen capable of 1366x768 resolution+

DVD drive or USB port for the ISO image

TIP: Check out the Linux Lite Hardware Database for a list of over 1000 computers that can run Linux Lite.