01-18-2016, 05:51 AM
This topic got me to login and have a bit of a say too. 
I am one of those new to Linux people to whom @gold_finger refers. I've only been using it (Ubuntu and some of those derivatives) for about 4 yrs and I felt like I'd come "home" when I first installed LL and set about having a look at it. I was very impressed and that is saying something for me because I don't impress easily. I also tweaked it to how I want it to look. I use most of the included programs (bloat in your words @chke419). I have read quite a lot of this forum's posts and learnt a lot on the way. I even went back and looked at the Help Manual and learnt how to install an iso file to a usb stick. Wow!
Yesterday, I had a look at Slack64 - Puppy, and boy, is it full of itself!
Sorry, @Jerry, but I wasn't all that impressed with LL 2.8 so will stick with this version till you get into the ver 3 series and look at it all again.
The fact that LL includes popular programs such as one would find in Windoze is a boon, IMO. None of the other so-called popular programs are as usable or as stable, and believe me, I've looked around.
So, @Jerry et al, I am enjoying LL 2.6 and all it's popular programs. Thank you very much.
Lynne ...
ps. @chke419 - you did know that you can make the font bigger to read, and change the size of the icons on the panel, and make the panel bigger too? Oh, and you can also put a background to the panel if you choose - solid colour, transparency and image to make it truly unique to you! ;D
I am one of those new to Linux people to whom @gold_finger refers. I've only been using it (Ubuntu and some of those derivatives) for about 4 yrs and I felt like I'd come "home" when I first installed LL and set about having a look at it. I was very impressed and that is saying something for me because I don't impress easily. I also tweaked it to how I want it to look. I use most of the included programs (bloat in your words @chke419). I have read quite a lot of this forum's posts and learnt a lot on the way. I even went back and looked at the Help Manual and learnt how to install an iso file to a usb stick. Wow!
Yesterday, I had a look at Slack64 - Puppy, and boy, is it full of itself!
Sorry, @Jerry, but I wasn't all that impressed with LL 2.8 so will stick with this version till you get into the ver 3 series and look at it all again.
The fact that LL includes popular programs such as one would find in Windoze is a boon, IMO. None of the other so-called popular programs are as usable or as stable, and believe me, I've looked around.
So, @Jerry et al, I am enjoying LL 2.6 and all it's popular programs. Thank you very much.
Lynne ...
ps. @chke419 - you did know that you can make the font bigger to read, and change the size of the icons on the panel, and make the panel bigger too? Oh, and you can also put a background to the panel if you choose - solid colour, transparency and image to make it truly unique to you! ;D