What is Linux Lite?

[Coastie]

Of course what Jerry wrote is true. It is his distro.  ;D But Linux Lite is so much more as shown by those of us that are still using it after coming through that gateway a long time ago.  ;D

[bermudalite]

[member=14]Coastie[/member]
Well said sir.

[Artim]

I hope Linux Lite still aims at keeping older hardware running well.  While it's definitely awesome for new users coming from Windows and Mac, a lot of us came to Linux to begin with because Windows or Mac upgrades became too much for our ageing - but perfectly good - hardware.  Hence the word Lite in our the name.  I came here from Xubuntu because even it was becoming too much of a resource hog on my old 32-bit machine.

[Valtam]

Unfortunately there will be no more 32bit LL (other than 3.8). There are enough distros out there that will cater to low end machines. Ok, they won't do it the LL way, but you still have options. That's the beauty of linux.

[Artim]

There's lots of time left on LL 3.x, so no hurry.  And I'm also sure it will still be LITE even when 64-bit is all there is.  I have been gifted with a sweet 4GB 64-bit machine that is currently running a heavily modified Linux Mint Xfce 18 OS.  It may become a Linux Lite machine if and (probably) when Mint Xfce becomes too much for it.

In the meantime I remain a rabid Linux Lite OS fanboy for those 32-bit machines!

[Moltke]

 

You could try and install 2.x and see how it fairs and updates in the next few months

[member=6733]TheDead[/member]  I did try LL 2.8 before 3.6 because it's based on Ubuntu 14.04 and the fglrx/catalyst proprietary driver for my hd radeon GPU is still supported from AMD, which is not in Ubuntu 16.04, but I got issues with some apps like claws-mail and a few others, so I installed LL 3.6.

Xubuntu 18.04 will have a 32-bit & a 64-bit release. But what comes as no surprise, with only 3 years of support, we're back to 2021. Linux Mint is also another distro that only has 3 years of support. When they release 18.03 (which will have an XFCE desktop as an option) it will also be a 32-bit, 64-bit release. But with 3 years of support, and just like 'who's on first, what's on second', we're back to 2021. If you were to install Linux Lite series one on your computer (don't do that) and then run a support status you'd find that some parts of LL series one are still in support.

[member=5803]Ottawagrant[/member]  Xubuntu 18.04 is base on Ubuntu 18.04 coming out next year so, if I now understand how LTS works, it'll be supported until 2023, Mint 18.x series on 16.04 so in theory has the same support as LL and I believed LL 1.0.0 has already reached it's end of life since it's from 2012, am I wrong?

Of course what Jerry wrote is true. It is his distro.  ;D But Linux Lite is so much more as shown by those of us that are still using it after coming through that gateway a long time ago.  ;D

[member=14]Coastie[/member] I didn't mean it wasn't true. That was never my intention.

I'm really sorry if someone misunderstood my words. I was simply trying to understand and I think I did, still have some questions unaswered but I'm confident that with some reading I'll find some answers.

Oh, and Merry Christmas by the way "Feliz noche buena para todos"  ;D  ;D

 

[Coastie]

Of course what Jerry wrote is true. It is his distro.  ;D But Linux Lite is so much more as shown by those of us that are still using it after coming through that gateway a long time ago.  ;D

[member=14]Coastie[/member] I didn't mean it wasn't true. That was never my intention.

I'm really sorry if someone misunderstood my words. I was simply trying to understand and I think I did, still have some questions unaswered but I'm confident that with some reading I'll find some answers. ...
 

[member=7109]Moltke[/member] I was not referring to your question so no offense taken. 

[Valtam]

If I don't reply to some threads, it's because I want people to go on a search and discovery journey on their own. This is a good habit to practice because it teaches people not to take what they are told as gospel. I get asked a lot of questions, and what I try to do at the very least is give people a starting point. Research should be done by you, not for you.

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[MohamedKhaled]

If I don't reply to some threads, it's because I want people to go on a search and discovery journey on their own. This is a good habit to practice because it teaches people not to take what they are told as gospel. I get asked a lot of questions, and what I try to do at the very least is give people a starting point. Research should be done by you, not for you.

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yes, i agree and BTW that describes alot  ;D ;D ;D

anyway i liked what you wrote in the main post about WHATS LINUXLITE that i decided to translate it and write it in arabic section ,(but i guess i will do this when I have spare time)