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About time that I said Hi - ballentinems2 - 07-02-2017 Hi Community, i have debating whether or not to introduce myself for a couple of weeks and after a couple of libations i thought - sod it, its about time that I said Hi. I've been using Linux on and off since about 1996.  Never to any great degree of competence, but at least I knew it was available and I had the option  . I'm using linux lite on a woefully underpowered HP550 laptop.  It's enough for my needs though. I recently graduated with a very obscure Masters degree in Lift (Elevator) engineering.  I mention this because its actually cheaper for us to develop the control side of things using raspberry Pi these days than any other platform! Dabble a little with Arduino too, despite having problems getting the latest version to run, lol.  Well, we all need hobbies.  My background is more in control systems and mechanical engineering, but i like to dip my toe in the electrickery side of things and I am considering entering the world of HAM radio with my local group. Have to say, that although it lacks the bells and whistles of full blown Ubuntu, i am blown away by the stability and speed of linux lite.  If i ever did install on one of my faster platforms, i think that i'd still opt for this distro. Re: About time that I said Hi - bitsnpcs - 07-03-2017 Hello ballentinems2, Welcome to the forum and Linux Lite Re: About time that I said Hi - banko - 07-03-2017 A warm welcome from a fellow Brit  Keith. Re: About time that I said Hi - m654321 - 07-03-2017 Welcome ballentinems2 from a fellow UKer - yes, you've definitely made the right choice with LL ... Thanks for posting a bit about your background, always interesting, particularly the anecdote on the Raspberry pi in your engineering work ! Yes, the pi has really gone places, including, I've heard, for science projects on the International Space Station ... Enjoy your stay with the LL forum community  Mike Re: About time that I said Hi - TMG1961 - 07-03-2017 welcome