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Why do people buy an Audi A1, which is based on a VW Polo(Fox) chasis/floor plan or Buy certain Seat's which are based on VW Golf chassis/floor plan.?
Some go for the name, some for added extras, some for reliability and some for cost or any those variants... Each to their own needs & wants
I could have persevered with a whole range of Distros(I tried a lot), and eventually got things to my liking.
For me, it was the LL OOB experience, but the "real" clincher was the "Nos#1" support of the forum & Dev's.
For me there would have to be something really, really compelling to now move to something else.
If I wanted "Eye Candy and Glitz"
I would run Windows 10....
Only joking 
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(01-24-2016, 05:31 PM)Wirezfree link Wrote: Why do people buy an Audi A1, which is based on a VW Polo(Fox) chasis/floor plan or Buy certain Seat's which are based on VW Golf chassis/floor plan.?
Some go for the name, some for added extras, some for reliability and some for cost or any those variants... Each to their own needs & wants
I could have persevered with a whole range of Distros(I tried a lot), and eventually got things to my liking.
For me, it was the LL OOB experience, but the "real" clincher was the "Nos#1" support of the forum & Dev's.
For me there would have to be something really, really compelling to now move to something else.
If I wanted "Eye Candy and Glitz"
I would run Windows 10....
Only joking
Funny you should speak of cars ... hubby and I were only making the analogy to them with distros on the weekend.
I agree with you about this forum and its members ... a very helpful and patient bunch indeed!
Windoze10!!!!
Go wash your mouth out with soap and water! ;D
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01-24-2016, 10:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-24-2016, 10:10 PM by gold_finger.)
Hi Nomko,
Like you, I started years ago with Ubuntu and switched to Mint (Xfce version) when Unity came out. Have installed/tested many different distros over the years and understand that there are many similarities between them, especially ones based on same DE's. It's been a long time since I've used Xubuntu, so not sure what major differences are between it and LL.
I still use Mint Xfce on a number of computers and, as can be expected, LL is similar to it. LL's got some different default packages installed and less of them overall than provided with standard Mint installation. There are some internally developed tools that make some operations easier for new linux users who've recently switched from Windows -- eg. Lite Cleaner, Lite Software, Lite Control Center. There are some customizations done to the Menu structure (again aimed at new users from Windows) and it seems that more generic application names are preferred vs. the real package names (that can be confusing to newcomers). "Under the hood", I'm not really sure what different tweaks have been done, but it does seem that LL works slightly better on older systems than Mint. (Not by a wide margin, but a slight noticeable difference on systems with limited specs.) That's likely because LL specifically targets Windows XP users who typically have it running on older machines.
For experienced Linux users, these things may or may not be of any importance. So you and I may ignore or change things about LL to suit how we want it to behave. For newcomers, these little things may be just what is needed to make their transition to Linux easier. Mint, Xubuntu, and others are also "beginner friendly" -- so it really just boils down to which one happens to "feel" the best for the individual doing the testing.
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I agree with the image 100%, and that is the thing I like about LL the most it just stays out of the way and lets me do what I want.
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas Edison
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(01-24-2016, 11:34 PM)Jerry link Wrote: ![[Image: aAWwnFC.png]](http://i.imgur.com/aAWwnFC.png)
Do I now hear " kiss my shiny metal .... "?  ;D
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@Jerry, I often times wonder just how you do it ... now I know! Bender it is, all the way!! ;D ;D ;D
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