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I've been a Linux user since 2007. First with Ubuntu and for the last 3+ years Linux Mint. This week I was gifted 2 old desktop systems. One started out as a WinXP box and it was beyond rescue. Max'd out at 1GB memory, 160GB HD and an intermittent fault somewhere.
The second was a Win7 emachine. AMD64 dual core, 4GB memory, about 9 usb ports, memory card reader and DVD drive in a nice, compact desktop form. Linux Mint XFCE was tried and I was getting intermittent video issues. System would lock up and I'd end up with a screen slewed diagonally. Install Linux Lite and it is just works. Great little box for its intended use in the basement workshop. I upgraded the HD to 1TB to handle my music collection.
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02-19-2020, 04:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-19-2020, 06:53 PM by az2020.)
I think Linux Lite is a "sleeper" distro. I.e., it's been targeted toward older, lighterweight hardware (people being left behind by Microsoft). It doesn't appeal to the larger Linux community. For example, the official iso download doesn't support UEFI. So, most people who aren't coming from the targeted demographic (old XP and 7 machines) will see the download link, encounter what appears to be a buggy installer (doesn't work), and move on to something else. There is a way to install Linux Light on modern machines. But, you have to dig a little deeper, do some things that seem "not ready for primetime." I doubt most people (who aren't coming from the targeted demographic) would dig deeper.
I think if/when Linux Lite (5.0, I hope) supports UEFI (as part of the official distro), I bet the userbase explodes. The quality of the distro is up there with Peppermint, MX, Mint, etc. I mean, it's a solid, polished distro in a way that you wouldn't expect when you come from outside the targeted demographic and hit those seeming install problems. To put it another way: I think there's *a lot* of people who would be using it, and the word of mouth would compound that adoption rate. But, I think people with newer machines hit that initial install failure and think "I don't need this trouble." (If they look further to understand how to make their newer machine work, they'd probably think the same thing, like it's not a complete distro -- when it *is*).
One of these days we're going to be able to say "I used Linux Lite before it was cool to use Linux Lite." I think it's going to have a lot of buzz when it's more [not sure the word I'm looking for. I don't want to disparage LL. But, "mainstream?" Or, "targeted more seamlessly at the larger enthusiast community?" "Like other distros?" Not a "special distro for people squeezed out of Windows with old hardware?"] It's much more polished and well done than you'd think when you hit the "install problems" using new hardware, or realize that it is a speciality/niche? distro in that way. I think it's relatively unknown for its quality.
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(02-19-2020, 02:12 PM)mbott link Wrote: I've been a Linux user since 2007. First with Ubuntu and for the last 3+ years Linux Mint. This week I was gifted 2 old desktop systems. One started out as a WinXP box and it was beyond rescue. Max'd out at 1GB memory, 160GB HD and an intermittent fault somewhere.
If you haven't tried LL on it yet - besides the fault if it follows - may still run respectfully, probably a 32bit system so look at the LL3.x series. I have 3.8 running on an old dell mini..1Gb ram,,,
LL4.8 UEFI 64 bit ASUS E402W - AMD E2 (Quad) 1.5Ghz - 4GB - AMD Mullins Radeon R2
LL5.8 UEFI 64 bit Test UEFI Kangaroo (Mobile Desktop) - Atom X5-Z8500 1.44Ghz - 2GB - Intel HD Graphics
LL4.8 64 bit HP 6005- AMD Phenom II X2 - 8GB - AMD/ATI RS880 (HD4200)
LL3.8 32 bit Dell Inspiron Mini - Atom N270 1.6Ghz - 1GB - Intel Mobile 945GSE Express -- Shelved
BACK LL5.8 64 bit Dell Optiplex 160 (Thin) - Atom 230 1.6Ghz - 4GB-SiS 771/671 PCIE VGA - Print Server
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Hi,
I received quite a few machines for recycling since everyone was dropping WIn7.
I was suppose to check a drive wipping utility this weekend (DBAN not installing properly on USB keys..
( )... but you say you wipped with a magnet?
I though this did not work anymore on "recent" drives...
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