Distro hopping and Linux Lite

[firenice03]

Thought I'd add to the thread...

I've researched a lot and installed a few namely Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, Mint and of course Linux Lite...
LL is as it says SIMPLE; the install options are 32bit or 64bit vs. others with the same and various desktops KDE, LXDE, MATE and XFCE; which being a Linux newbie leaves you with a HUH; Home or Professional ?? .

I like the simplicity, how well it runs on older hardware (as well as newer), the ease of use and the community, this is my1st and only Linux forum I'm a member of (thus far) - a great bunch of guys and gals.

Keep up the excellent work!!

[Coastie]

... the key factor for me is the User Forum and the support provided by other users, the mods and especially the active participation by the Dev's, especially Jerry.

Exactly! Without this, you might as well use Xubuntu but you would only have the Ubuntu base and XFCE.

"LLLL"
"Long Live Linux Lite"

Ditto! 

[Wirezfree]

Like ChrisL I did a lot of distro hopping, in the beginning, I lost count.
Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Mageia, Mint, Zorin, AntiX, Puppy, ++++

Some, It seemed what I thought would be an easy thing to do, was hard
Some just did not feel right, some worked and felt O.K, but didn't quite work out...
Some I even registered on the Forums, and I felt like I was getting nowhere...

Then I found Linux Lite,
I registered on the Forum @ 18 months ago
Why am I still using Linux Lite..?? Because it works, and it feels right.
But the key factor for me is the User Forum and the support provided by other users,
the mods and especially the active participation by the Dev's, especially Jerry.


"LLLL"
"Long Live Linux Lite"
 

[stevedat]

Yeah. LL means Last & Long


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[Jerry]

You're welcome Chris. We appreciate the time you took to give some feedback

[ChrisL]

Not sure about the rest of you, but Distro hopping is a bit of an addiction for me.  When all is said and done though it does serve to help me appreciate Linux Lite.  I always have one computer running LL but constantly try new Distros.  Some good, some not so good, some probably good but won't run on my hardware, some good but difficult to use or customize. Mint - you are great but still sometimes kind of finicky, xubuntu - fast but still a bit tough to get just how I want ... OpenSUSE - I really want to like you but you seem to make things difficult ... So far, nothing has been quite as usable, friendly, fast and worked so well, even on old finicky hardware others won't even load on!  All the little details cinch the deal ... the tweaks, the lite software center, right clicking to check md5s, etc. and still enough ubuntu in it's blood that everything works on it.


I generally experiment on some old boxes, but recently put LL 2.6 on my sort of newish (3 years old maybe?) laptop, and it it is so smooth and fast! Awesome.



Thanks Jerry and the rest of the team!


Chris