Treating Moderate-to-Severe Technophobia With Linux Lite!

[Artim]

Hi!

I'm a little bit technophobic when it comes to computers.  Kinda like, push the wrong button and BOOM! Permanent, irreversible, catastrophic disaster.

Even though I dare to tinker a little bit with Linux distros when I'm feeling brave, at least on my main home desktop computer that I use for most of my college coursework, I'm using and really loving my Linux Lite!  I need simplicity more than anything, and stability is just about equally important for me.  Linux Lite fits the bill!  I wrote about treating technophobia with Linux Lite here in my "technophobe's blog."

I'm not on Facebook or Google where you're kinda like a "commodity" for sale to advertisers, but I've been playing around on Diaspora for a few months... It gets off to a very slow start but if you stick with it it kinda develops into a wonderful place to learn and grow.

One of the coolest things about Linux - and Linux Lite in particular - is how infinitely customizable it is, not just cosmetically, but system-wide.  I've got Midori on in place of Firefox, Evolution in place of Thunderbird, and I added a supercool point-and-click USB stick formatter (called Mintstick) that I heard about from a Linux Mint user.  It's standard in Mint and LXLE, and I dare say, it ought to be in LL too (easier and quicker than using GParted just to format a USB thumb drive, which I do a lot between school stuff and external backups.

Looking forward to learning and maybe even contributing a little here and there.

[ralphy]

Hi [member=6925]RandomBoy[/member] , welcome to Linux Lite

Seems LL is taking over Florida. I live in the sunshine state too

Cheers!

[banko]

A warm welcome from the UK   

Keith.

[justme2]

[member=6925]RandomBoy[/member], you have a very nice blog, which you linked to in your post. Very well written too.  8) From reading your blog, I guess describing yourself as a 'technophobe' is a little tongue-in-cheek? Your skill level seems far greater than mine.

[newtusmaximus]

Love the Dodge Viper vs Daffy Duck on your blog

[Artim]

[member=6925]RandomBoy[/member], you have a very nice blog, which you linked to in your post. Very well written too.  8) From reading your blog, I guess describing yourself as a 'technophobe' is a little tongue-in-cheek? Your skill level seems far greater than mine.

Skill doesn't mean fearlessness, lol.  All I really do is keep a little diary of what I wanted to accomplished, what I did toward that end, what resulted, and how I broke and fixed stuff.  Maybe a little tongue-in-cheek, but being in school I need a completely reliable rock-stable OS that "just works" and stays out of my way.  Linux Lite does it awesomely!

I don't do the widget thing on LL yet, until I've done some more reading on it.  Still too scary, lol.

[bitsnpcs]

Hello RandomBoy,

Welcome to the forum and Linux Lite