My take / suggestions on linux lite

[firenice03]

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,

The OS of your choice ... That gets a little complicated; and please know I'm trying to convey personal experience and information I've gained to help...

• Skill level (ease of use) - How comfortable are you with Terminal and command line
  
• Look/Feel - Vibrant colors and exciting graphics - can systems hardware run or is lighter better
  
• Support (forum or other) - will there be a response
  
  

Then other factors how much effort/time to keep stable (every update having to re-modify), peripheral support and on and on...

Which Linux? Ubuntu, Debian or Red Hat or a derivative....
Its a long (long) list  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Li...tributions and its not all of them...

I've tried a few distro's and being a Windows guy I understand the "look", Clear Type fonts, shadows under folders etc etc.
I started with Mandriva (2011) in a VM I didn't use it much it looked nice as does Linux Mint and even PCLinuxOS. Mint and PCLinuxOS have multiple variations;
Mint - XFCE, MATE, Cinnamon
PCLinuxOS - LXDE, MATE, Full Monty
I found this to be confusing; Windows Home or Pro(for the most part) now all these others???

I'd install Oracle VirtualBox, spin up a VM or two or six  ;D and install. Especially the different desktop environments XFCE versus MATE versus ?? ?? ??

Why I chose Linux Lite - I'm new to Linux, most drivers worked and those that didn't, the good folks here directed me and quickly for that, worked great on older hardware.
I revived my XP based netbook - I have a nitche for it. My printer worked with minimal effort whereas Windows ended it's driver with Win7 32-bit.
The PC's running LL are stable 99% of the time; wife and kids can get on do what they need and do it in the GUI (that other 1% is when I'm playing/learning)

If you find Linux Lite's stability, ease and forums the winning factors and the "look"still eh/blah ???, look at the Artwork Section; Artwork, Backgrounds and Screenshots you may see something a user posted that you like...

Again, I'm new with all that is Linux; I googled "How to make XFCE look better" this link besides it being the 1st  shows a good example of the different facets of the environment that can be tweaked/fine tuned to your liking.
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-18699...odern.html

Best of luck in your search