LINUX LITE 7.2 FINAL RELEASED - SEE RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION FOR DETAILS


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About time that I said Hi
#1
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  Big Grin .

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.  Big Grin

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.
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#2
Hello ballentinems2,

Welcome to the forum and Linux Lite Smile

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#3
A warm welcome from a fellow Brit  Smile Smile


Keith.
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#4
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  Wink

Mike
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)  
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
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#5
welcome
Life on earth is expensive but it does include a free trip around the sun.
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