Linux Lite Xfce vs. Xubuntu

[Valtam]

You're all very welcome

[boooney222]

Afer months trying everything I could install to thumbdrive, I have 1 conclussion. If it don't come with Lite Tools, I don't want it

[Artim]

Okay, there are important differences which no one has really pointed out in this thread, but before I came here I did some homework:

In Linux Lite, applications are named for their function, not their "real" names.  A newbie wouldn't know that Evince is a pdf viewer or that Thunar is the file manager.  Linux Lite is for novices who don't know even what they don't know.  This one little thing is very thoughtful, all by itself.

The Xfce desktop is highly customized in Linux Lite, yet still infinitely customizable by the user.  Again, with newbies in mind, and simple people like me who would rather run applications than running the operating system.

Linux Lite includes a magnificent set of tools to make maintaining and tweaking the OS effortless and non-stressful, with point-and-click simplicity and explanations for us non-tech types.  If unsure, there are explanations and the support of this awesome forum, in which the Lead Developer actively participates.  That is rare!

This is better for newbies than even Linux Mint in my opinion.  From the start, it has always been designed with newbies and simplicity-loving technophobic users like me in mind.  And lastly, and most importantly:

Before Linux Lite, it was an axiom in the desktop Linux world that speed and performance was a trade-off to achieve "user-friendliness" with a GUI.  Linux Lite has proven that you can "have your cake and eat it too," so to speak.  No longer does it have to be a trade-off of lost performance to achieve a newbie-friendly GUI.

[Valtam]

...Linux Lite has proven that you can "have your cake and eat it too," so to speak.  No longer does it have to be a trade-off of lost performance to achieve a newbie-friendly GUI.

You hit the nail on the proverbial head Artim. I wish reviewers would see LL as clearly as you do.