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General => Introductions => Topic started by: Mike on November 27, 2014, 03:47:04 PM

Title: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: Mike on November 27, 2014, 03:47:04 PM
Hello All,

I've been using some form of Linux since 2007. Even though LL mainly targets Windows users, I find that is suitable for the more advanced Linux users as well. It has a nice blend of sane, simple defaults and minimal bling while also being attractive. Major kudos to the devs.

I haven't extensively tested the distro but a few things stood out to me right away:


To the devs: Keep up the great work, you've made an excellent distro! The LTS factor is much appreciated when many other distros are trying to be bleeding edge. Thanks!
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: altman on November 27, 2014, 04:29:25 PM
Welcome , glad that you like the distro , new to the lL forum but not to LL .

Looks like a great bunch in here .
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: bitsnpcs on November 27, 2014, 04:33:34 PM
Hello Mike,

Welcome to the Linux Lite community  :)
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: TMG1961 on November 27, 2014, 04:34:18 PM
Welcome
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: Mike on November 27, 2014, 09:47:57 PM
Thank you all!
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: anon222 on November 27, 2014, 10:40:40 PM
Welcome to the forum and community. Happy Thanksgiving :)
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: Jerry on November 28, 2014, 02:27:13 AM
Quote from: mlsmith on November 27, 2014, 03:47:04 PM
  • I was a little surprised to see that there are no cursor themes installed by default. While I don't mind the no-frills X cursor that LL uses, I imagine new users may like a few options. Was the minimal inclusion of cursors and GTK themes intentional to keep the ISO small? Just curious.
  • Everything appears to work OOTB for me on an Acer C720P (chromebook). The only thing that I found a little odd was that my cursor changed to a VERY slanted cursor during the installation process. Obviously it's not a deal breaker but I noticed it.

Welcome mlsmith, both those issues are fixed with a new default mouse theme in 2.2
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: Jerry on December 12, 2014, 10:23:22 PM
How did you install LL on a Chromebook? Would you mind posting a separate tutorial? What works and doesn't work eg. touchscreen. I think people would find this extremely useful. Thank you.
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: Wirezfree on December 12, 2014, 10:44:53 PM
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I think people would find this extremely useful. Thank you.

I second that..
It would be great...
Dave
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: Mike on December 13, 2014, 08:31:00 PM
Quote from: Jerry on December 12, 2014, 10:23:22 PM
How did you install LL on a Chromebook? Would you mind posting a separate tutorial? What works and doesn't work eg. touchscreen. I think people would find this extremely useful. Thank you.

I can certainly do that. It has gotten MUCH easier to configure since the release of the 3.17 kernel. Previously I had to compile additional modules to get the touchpad and touchscreen working. After installing 3.17+ (I'm currently using your 3.18) almost everything works without much configuration. There are a couple of other tweaks that I do as well to fine tune it which I can mention in the tut.
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: N4RPS on December 22, 2014, 03:53:09 AM
Hello!

At LAST - a Chrometoy has been converted into a REAL computer!

Thanks, and welcome.

73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: mandoran on January 02, 2015, 10:29:46 AM
I'd just like to add my voice to the requests to see this - very tempted to get a Chromebook if putting LL on it was simple.

And Happy New Year everyone!
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: Teddy on January 03, 2015, 12:21:16 AM
Welcome to the Linux Lite community, Mike! I used to use a Chromebook myself, but I have since sold it on eBay. An Acer C710 Chromebook, the previous model to the one you own. That particular Chromebook is also VERY easy to install alternative OS' on, something that was near impossible to do on other Chromebook models at that time (early 2013), due to the BIOS being locked.
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: Mike on January 12, 2015, 09:55:22 PM
Agreed! I purposely got the c720p because I saw that is had SeaBIOS and wanted it for the cheap hardware. Linux Lite works beautifully on it with the 3.18 kernel.
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: Jerry on January 12, 2015, 10:17:53 PM
Mike, any progress on the tutorial?
Title: Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA
Post by: Mike on January 13, 2015, 09:36:58 AM
Sorry, Jerry. I've been really busy lately which is why I got quiet for a bit on the forums. I'll put something together soon. I'm thinking it may be more of a comprehensive reference post than a tutorial now because I would just be reinventing the wheel. There are several excellent tutorials out there for Ubuntu based distros but I'll gather the best resources and provide some additional info based on my own experience with different methods.