I am curious why others here chose Ubuntu and Linux Lite? I'll go first.
I chose the Ubuntu family because it appeared to be the most popular for newbies and desktops. I chose Linux Lite because I thought it would be best for transitioning folks in my sphere of influence over to Linux. Since I'm a newbie myself, I also like the support, the documentation, and the roadmap of where the Linux Lite distro is headed. When I find myself selling someone on the benefits of Linux, these things make it an easy sell.
Why did you choose Ubuntu LTS and Linux Lite?
A few years ago was just sick to the back teeth with Windows and started with Linux.
Started with Ubuntu 11.04 and never looked back.
Currently using Linuxlite 2.4 a great Linux distro.
Jocklad
Personally I had been a windows xp user and when it was announced that Microsoft was discontinuing support for xp I decided the time to switch to an open source operating system was good. I tried Ubuntu 12.04 first and Debian and a few others before finding Linux Lite. Ubuntu had Unity which I really don't like, I prefer a desktop environment like XFCE. Debian felt like pulling teeth every time I wanted to change something. I tried LXDE based distros but they didn't have the ease of customization I was looking for. Most of the other distros that I tried were not intuitive and it was easier to find a more intuitive one than to read through countless pages on the internet to try to figure out how to do what I wanted to do with my computer. So when I found Linux Lite it was at version 2.0 and I have been with it every day since. It just works.
Hello!
I had dabbled in Linux occasionally over the years, but couldn't handle the learning curve, compiling kernels, playing driver games, etc. Then, I stumbled across Ubuntu 11.04. At last, a Linux that installed everything smoothly!
Ubuntu's Unity was snail-slow, so I went to Lubuntu from 11.10 on, because it was faster. I then found LL in early 2014. Been here ever since...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
I just got sick to death of Windows consistently hanging, slow with questionable security - in other words the usual suspects! What sold me on Ubuntu 5 years ago was firstly, the security, stability and secondly, the speed. It just worked. I was checking the reviews of LL and was impressed with all the favourable reviews and knowing it was based on the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS platform, it was a no-brainer. Also, there were many things I don't use in Ubuntu so LL was the perfect fit. I haven't looked back!
Spread the word!!
@rokytnji,
You have Linux Lite working with touchscreen?
(08-13-2015, 05:39 AM)torreydale link Wrote: [ -> ]@rokytnji,
You have Linux Lite working with touchscreen?
Yep, sure do. I also have AntiX 15 working on a touchscreen. I run the latest kernel on that laptop and touchscreen works.
On my AntiX install. I am running the 3.16 kernel and my touchscreen works on my Atom Netbook . Below is a readout in code showing my touchscreen in the Atom netbook . Which is a M&A Companion touch.
Code:
dmesg | grep usb
<snip>
[ 2.472782] usb 5-1: Manufacturer: eTurboTouch
[ 2.484093] input: eTurboTouch eTurboTouch as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.3/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.0/0003:22B9:0006.0001/input/input3
[ 2.484416] input: eTurboTouch eTurboTouch as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.3/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.0/0003:22B9:0006.0001/input/input4
[ 2.484793] hid-generic 0003:22B9:0006.0001: input,hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.01 Mouse [eTurboTouch eTurboTouch] on usb-0000:00:1d.3-1/input0
<snip>
Below is my intro deciding to run Linux lite because it detects and makes my touchscreen work on my Dell XT2 with a touch screen.
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/intro...5/#msg3875
Did you know? I require no /etc/X11/xorg.conf for my touchscreens to work. It was a surprise to me also.
Here is the Dell touchscreen XT2 when I was doing beta testing on AntiX 15. I'd show the same in Linux-Lite 2.4 but I am posting right now from my
Code:
$ inxi -M
'Machine: System: Dell product: Latitude E5500
Mobo: Dell model: 0DW635 Bios: Dell v: A17 date: 09/27/2011
So a old report is what I have to show since the other Dell is put away for now.
Code:
demo@antiX1:~
$ dmesg | grep usb
<snip>
[ 5.703607] Modules linked in: i915 button video drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit intel_gtt nls_utf8 nls_cp437 ehci_pci uhci_hcd battery fusbh200_hcd ehci_hcd
[ 10.613442] input: N-Trig Pen as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/0003:1B96:0001.0001/input/input10
[ 10.613643] input: N-Trig Touchscreen as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/0003:1B96:0001.0001/input/input11
[ 10.613793] ntrig 0003:1B96:0001.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Device [HID 1b96:0001] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0
[ 11.032330] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 15.617470] input: N-Trig Pen as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.1/0003:1B96:0001.0002/input/input14
[ 15.617838] input: N-Trig Touchscreen as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.1/0003:1B96:0001.0002/input/input15
[ 15.618118] ntrig 0003:1B96:0001.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device [HID 1b96:0001] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input1
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