01-15-2016, 06:41 PM
(01-14-2016, 07:32 PM)Jerry link Wrote: chke419, LL's look is quite deliberate. We have explained before in many posts why we 'look the way we do'. We don't want eye candy to be the focus of LL. Usability, Software and Support is what sets us apart from Windows. Customization should be the individuals choice, not dictated by the OS. We give you a basic set up, and excellent guidance to change it to your tastes. That should be celebrated.
We are here to show people there are alternatives to proprietary operating systems. The software that we bundle is very carefully chosen. Let me give you two examples. LibreOffice. Does Windows give you Office preinstalled and for free? No. When I used Windows, there were certain video and audio formats that you couldn't play on Media Player. That issue disappears on linux. These are strengths, not hindrances.
On linux distros, there are no limits to what you can do to your system. You will come to appreciate this feeling of empowerment and freedom over time.
I certainly value your feedback, in fact, we rely on it to make LL better. Thank you
Hopefully none of this is taken as offensive as that is not my intention at all by any users. And thank you for your response.
I know I am not good with explaining myself near as well I some but when I was referring to the visual side of LL I meant the basic readability of the tray icons mostly. I did say yes the rest of the icons were bland, dull and flat in appearance as the gray on gray or black and gray is still hard to see speaking of easy usability. The eye candy part I care less about as again like I've said earlier I've used windows all these years and never changed the look the whole time. I just stated that possibly some colors instead would make the readability more efficient. Sorry for the confusion. Yes I did say the bar was also flat and dull but it's true, it could stand a little time giving it some life.
Secondly, yes I do know office wasn't installed with windows and to me it was a blessing because those whom don't use it has the option of saving allot of space. Not that it was good or bad but having that option as many of users expressed over the years in windows is very important. I took the time to install and try both 32 and 64 bit software offered by LL and noticed references to gaming was even added when not needed in the 32 bit. I'm sorry but to me this is only known as bloatware. If I want it then it still resides in the repositories.
Now I am no programmer but one thing I have noticed is with other distro's and windows is that the 32 bit install is nearly half the install of the 64 bit yet when I downloaded your versions they were both the same size.
Now on to the good side of this distro, I have to admit that this is amazingly stable. I also very much appreciated that the easy access to what I call the control panel was something others could learn a thing from. Instead of a pile of confusing apps lined up in a menu bar you went the step further. No I don't expect this to be windows but it helps to kinda see similarities to help people like myself that's used windows for so long that are considering switching due to windows 10 (The biggest disaster of MS).
To me what makes a great OS is one that's very light, stable, secure that gives the users options to install optional software and the readability is easy. I am happy to spend all day installing software I use instead of spending time to visually change the desktop just for easy readability as I even know little about that in windows. I have enough to learn just switching into a new OS.
I was one of those power users in windows that used XP lite and n lite and scripts to take the bloat out of it among other things. I even at one point ran it entirely from a ramdrive saving files wanted through the network. Now days light is so much better especially with all those prying eyes.
So again, these are just my thoughts. Many may disagree, many may not but I took my time to say my piece. But this is what I am looking for in the OS of my choice. Yours does come closer to what I look for then the one's I've tried so far.
If anyone does know of a linux distro that is closer to what I look for please feel free to add a comment.
Thanks for your time and consideration,