Thinking about installing LL on my main pc but need some advice.

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I too had a similar dilemma about this, but as [member=8937]Linuxkumpel[/member] said, try it in live mode. In other words, boot from the live DVD or live USB, but do not press Install yet. Just explore what it's like. At that point, the operating system is running from the DVD (or USB), and not from your hard drive, so you can find out how it would be without making permanent changes. Afterward, when you remove the live DVD or USB, your system will go back to how it was before. To be safe, I always back up my data first, but I've never had a problem.

This lets you try out Linux Lite without actually installing anything. In this mode, you'll want to test whether you can access the internet, do any tasks you might normally do like printing a page, etc etc. If something is not so compatible, you'll notice that at this point. For example, when I tried another Linux distro in live media, I couldn't print, so I figured it wasn't worth the hassle of figuring it out and I moved onto trying a different distro. Trying in live media allows you to test out whether your hardware is compatible, without committing to actually installing it.

Note that the Linux will run a lot slower from live media than it would if it was installed on your computer, so don't attach any importance to the fact that it will appear to run very slowly when you try it out in live media (boot-up in particular will be really slow). It doesn't mean anything has gone wrong, just be patient.