Questions about Lite, mainly Ubuntu privacy oriented

[Digistylus]

Hello.

I'm quite new to using Linux and have some experience with Ubuntu, Mint and Manjaro so far.

Howdy. I'm still relatively new level to using linux as well, I switched the majority of my computers OS and workflow to linux based around the time of windows8. I did not like the direction of where windows is going and win10 just cemented my misgivings about MS. I still have and use a win7 workstation that is kept offline. Linux distros I've used so far were mostly ubuntu based starting from 14.04 onward such as Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Mint cinnamon and xfce version, Zorin, a few very lightweight ones such as puppy, antix (debian based?) that I tried but did not fit my use and needs. A few others that I probably forgot. I did not bother trying ubuntu with unity since the Unity DE is not my cup of beer.

Out of my distro hopping, I've made Linux Lite my first go to choice, and lubuntu second. Kinda interested in gallium os if I ever pick up a cheap chromebook maybe. Currently using LL 2.8 and dabbling in 3.4.

LL is basically my favorite distro. It's not superfluously flashy though it is decent looking, 3.4 made some visual improvements on that imo. Yet not so minimalistic that it becomes difficult to use for most people. It's a good porridge.   

My questions are:

1. How different is LL (Linux Lite) from Ubuntu and how different is it from other Ubuntu-based distros? Is it just “Ubuntu with a different wallpaper”, like someone said in a review about many small Ubuntu-based distros?

It delivers what it says on the box at least for me. There were some small glitches that was and is mostly tied to either ubuntu or xfce, but for a large part LL succeeds at what it aims to do. It's a good balance between light and practical, it respects the user and does not get in the way. The LL team seems to understand what someone from a windows based OS needs to see and use in a newbie friendly distro.

Does LL audit something in the general code or improve upon it somehow? 

That question is above my paygrade, all I can say is even though LL is based on ubuntu. And I've tried the various official flavors of -buntus. LL just works for me. Great if others prefer the other -buntus, but it takes nothing away from them when I say LL just works, the LL team "gets it". While there is no 100% perfection I can say that most of my migration to linux has been seamless enough, thanks to Linux Lite.

So I am divided here (am I the only one thinking like this?): It seems Ubuntu has done both good and harm. What is your position on this? How does LL ensure that the Ubuntu code they receive from the Ubuntu source is forwarded to the LL users in a safer way?…

I'm just an end user, and I don't have the deep know how to read the codes to verify it. I rely on the other users who are more savvy and the LL team for that, and so far based on their actions I've seen they do seem committed to respecting the user's privacy and user control.

https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/relea.../#msg34015