09-22-2015, 03:53 PM
Jerry's already reluctantly affirmed that UEFI support is on the table going forward. I don't have any qualms about that.
I do disagree with the zapinguete's note at the end of his post. Eliminating both Deja Dup and Systemback actually reduces functionality, in my opinion. And currently, Systemback isn't easily installed afterwards. Unless a script for it were added to Lite Software, a new user would have to be familiar with installing Systemback via a terminal and PPA commands. It wasn't so long ago that I didn't know how to do that, much less the people I've helped convert to Linux Lite.
The Linux Lite download is still amazingly under 800MB, and considering that the compositor is off by default and that Faenza is the default icon set, I would say that the distro is very focused on functionality over cosmetics. And yet, the distro still comes with the base to allow customization wonks to have their fun.
To contrast, ElementaryOS is a minimal distro. In my opinion, you have to install too much as a user for it to be considered beginner friendly. And Elementary is very high on cosmetics. It's still one of my top 4 favorite distros, but I don't run it on my own machines, and I don't install it for other people.
I know the Linux Lite target is the Windows user, particularly Windows XP. But in order to be attractive, we don't have to be so much like XP where we install without an office suite, backup tool, cd/dvd burner, pdf viewer, email client, partitioning tool, or a help manual.
I do disagree with the zapinguete's note at the end of his post. Eliminating both Deja Dup and Systemback actually reduces functionality, in my opinion. And currently, Systemback isn't easily installed afterwards. Unless a script for it were added to Lite Software, a new user would have to be familiar with installing Systemback via a terminal and PPA commands. It wasn't so long ago that I didn't know how to do that, much less the people I've helped convert to Linux Lite.
The Linux Lite download is still amazingly under 800MB, and considering that the compositor is off by default and that Faenza is the default icon set, I would say that the distro is very focused on functionality over cosmetics. And yet, the distro still comes with the base to allow customization wonks to have their fun.
To contrast, ElementaryOS is a minimal distro. In my opinion, you have to install too much as a user for it to be considered beginner friendly. And Elementary is very high on cosmetics. It's still one of my top 4 favorite distros, but I don't run it on my own machines, and I don't install it for other people.
I know the Linux Lite target is the Windows user, particularly Windows XP. But in order to be attractive, we don't have to be so much like XP where we install without an office suite, backup tool, cd/dvd burner, pdf viewer, email client, partitioning tool, or a help manual.
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