Why would anyone use Lubuntu over Linux Lite?

[Artim]

Lubuntu and LXLE were very good and lightweight when I was playing with them.  Super simple and fast.  I didn't notice any difference in speed between Lubuntu and the very minimal Crunchbang Linux (now Bunsen Labs), which had no desktop environment at all, only a window manager.

Granted they don't have all the cool tools for newbies (and technophobes like me) and the interface had fewer cool features than Linux Lite, I don't think "distro bashing" has any proper place in any Linux forum.  In most, it's absolutely forbidden.  Linux Lite owes it's existence to other distros (Debian, Ubuntu) and FOSS projects big and small.  They all deserve our respect and gratitude.

And I would say, if I were a Lubuntu fan:

[size=1.45em]Not happy with Lubuntu?  You are entitled to a full refund of the purchase price![/size]

A completely free operating system and people just complain about it publicly, which hurts us all, rather than quietly moving on.  A weblog like mine is one thing, where opinions can be expressed and reviews shared, good, bad, and indifferent.  But bashing another distro on one distro's forums is in poor taste IMO.  If I were a Mod, I'd have closed this thread.