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Hello from snowy Maine, USA - Mike - 11-27-2014

Hello All,

I've been using some form of Linux since 2007. Even though LL mainly targets Windows users, I find that is suitable for the more advanced Linux users as well. It has a nice blend of sane, simple defaults and minimal bling while also being attractive. Major kudos to the devs.

I haven't extensively tested the distro but a few things stood out to me right away:
  • The task manager and screenshot utilities in the desktop right-click menu are very handy and something that I haven't seen in other distros.
  • I was a little surprised to see that there are no cursor themes installed by default. While I don't mind the no-frills X cursor that LL uses, I imagine new users may like a few options. Was the minimal inclusion of cursors and GTK themes intentional to keep the ISO small? Just curious.
  • It was nice to see a font other than standard Sans used. Another good font from Google/Android is Roboto.
  • Everything appears to work OOTB for me on an Acer C720P (chromebook). The only thing that I found a little odd was that my cursor changed to a VERY slanted cursor during the installation process. Obviously it's not a deal breaker but I noticed it.

To the devs: Keep up the great work, you've made an excellent distro! The LTS factor is much appreciated when many other distros are trying to be bleeding edge. Thanks!



Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA - altman - 11-27-2014

Welcome , glad that you like the distro , new to the lL forum but not to LL .

Looks like a great bunch in here .


Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA - bitsnpcs - 11-27-2014

Hello Mike,

Welcome to the Linux Lite community  Smile


Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA - TMG1961 - 11-27-2014

Welcome


Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA - Mike - 11-28-2014

Thank you all!


Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA - anon222 - 11-28-2014

Welcome to the forum and community. Happy Thanksgiving Smile


Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA - Valtam - 11-28-2014

(11-27-2014, 08:47 PM)mlsmith link Wrote:
  • I was a little surprised to see that there are no cursor themes installed by default. While I don't mind the no-frills X cursor that LL uses, I imagine new users may like a few options. Was the minimal inclusion of cursors and GTK themes intentional to keep the ISO small? Just curious.
  • Everything appears to work OOTB for me on an Acer C720P (chromebook). The only thing that I found a little odd was that my cursor changed to a VERY slanted cursor during the installation process. Obviously it's not a deal breaker but I noticed it.

Welcome mlsmith, both those issues are fixed with a new default mouse theme in 2.2


Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA - Valtam - 12-13-2014

How did you install LL on a Chromebook? Would you mind posting a separate tutorial? What works and doesn't work eg. touchscreen. I think people would find this extremely useful. Thank you.


Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA - Wirezfree - 12-13-2014

Quote:I think people would find this extremely useful. Thank you.

I second that..
It would be great...
Dave


Re: Hello from snowy Maine, USA - Mike - 12-14-2014

(12-13-2014, 03:23 AM)Jerry link Wrote: How did you install LL on a Chromebook? Would you mind posting a separate tutorial? What works and doesn't work eg. touchscreen. I think people would find this extremely useful. Thank you.

I can certainly do that. It has gotten MUCH easier to configure since the release of the 3.17 kernel. Previously I had to compile additional modules to get the touchpad and touchscreen working. After installing 3.17+ (I'm currently using your 3.18) almost everything works without much configuration. There are a couple of other tweaks that I do as well to fine tune it which I can mention in the tut.