Hi,
LL really cuts it for me over any other distro (including Xubuntu) or Windows OS, for the following
reasons in order of importance (most important first):
1. The LL forum: a real community of ever-helpful members who are willing to share their time and
knowledge, and very importantly, to match your level of understanding. Ubuntu, Mint & Zorin
forums seem much larger and as a result you feel somewhat anonymous, and so not quite
the same feel of community about them - a unique selling point of LL
2. LL is easy to use for ex-Windows-OS users, particularly those who are not power users, e.g the familiarity of
desktop layout and its intuitive gui which, and very importantly, does away with a need for
command line
3. Applications rather than the package names are used - this gives clarity particularly for noobs who
are not familiar with linux package names
4. Lightweight & does a great job of resurrecting older PCs. My sister got a pleasant surprise when
I brought her Vista-run Toshiba Satellite Pro A300 back to life with LL2.8 - she was going to replace
it, but has instead decided to keep it. She's delighted with the saving she's made!
5. Privacy issues - with LL and Linux more generally, I can avoid all the security & privacy issues that
have been highlighted for win10 and I don't have the likes of Microsoft pressuring me to sign up to
them.
Regards
Mike
LL really cuts it for me over any other distro (including Xubuntu) or Windows OS, for the following
reasons in order of importance (most important first):
1. The LL forum: a real community of ever-helpful members who are willing to share their time and
knowledge, and very importantly, to match your level of understanding. Ubuntu, Mint & Zorin
forums seem much larger and as a result you feel somewhat anonymous, and so not quite
the same feel of community about them - a unique selling point of LL
2. LL is easy to use for ex-Windows-OS users, particularly those who are not power users, e.g the familiarity of
desktop layout and its intuitive gui which, and very importantly, does away with a need for
command line
3. Applications rather than the package names are used - this gives clarity particularly for noobs who
are not familiar with linux package names
4. Lightweight & does a great job of resurrecting older PCs. My sister got a pleasant surprise when
I brought her Vista-run Toshiba Satellite Pro A300 back to life with LL2.8 - she was going to replace
it, but has instead decided to keep it. She's delighted with the saving she's made!
5. Privacy issues - with LL and Linux more generally, I can avoid all the security & privacy issues that
have been highlighted for win10 and I don't have the likes of Microsoft pressuring me to sign up to
them.
Regards
Mike
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ Arm710@1.2GHz - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ i3-3110M@2.4GHz - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel T3200@2.0GHz - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel T7100@1.8GHz - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ Arm710@1.2GHz - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ i3-3110M@2.4GHz - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel T3200@2.0GHz - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel T7100@1.8GHz - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work