LINUX LITE 7.2 FINAL RELEASED - SEE RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION FOR DETAILS


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Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2
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(11-06-2014, 07:31 PM)eightbit link Wrote: I read a lot about people not worrying too much about v2.2 moving to DVD sized media, however this is one of the things that I thought really made the distro stand out.

A lot of people, including myself, agree that this has been a big plus for LL over other distros.  I've recommended LL many times on other forums for that very reason.  However, over time:
  • It gets increasingly difficult to keep the size under 700MB
  • Less and less older hardware w/o DVD capabilities remain in active service, rendering need for CD size more unnecessary.
  • To accomodate new hardware support, sometimes things are tweaked/removed from newer kernel versions and/or versions of Xorg (that are used by LL and other distros).  Unfortunately, that alone can break support for very old hardware, making CD-sized versions less and less useful for that purpose anyway.

Since LL 2.0 is supported until April, 2019 there will remain an option for those older computers for quite some time.  If I had to guess, I'd say by 2019 the vast majority of late 90's, early 2000's computers (which are ones most likely to not have DVD drives or USB boot capability) will be out of service anyway.


(11-06-2014, 07:31 PM)eightbit link Wrote: For the web browser, absolutely a full fledged browser should be included with it. Chrome is the best choice not only for the netflix reason, but the fact that it integrates flash.

This is potentially problematic.  While you and many others may feel that Chrome is the "best"; there are a number of people who would react to the inclusion of anything of Google's by default as highly offensive due to the extreme level of data mining and privacy intrusions their business model is based on.  I am one of them.  Even though I know that I could (and would) immediately delete and replace it, its presence alone on a standard install would be enough to make me reconsider using LL at all.  Because of how easy it is to install/remove whatever browser makes one happy, I see no reason to add a potentially highly controversial app that will instantly link negative feelings for Google with LL.  (When/If Misko's choose default browser application gets integrated into LL, switching browsers will be even easier than it already is.)
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Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Valtam - 11-01-2014, 12:50 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Valtam - 11-01-2014, 01:47 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Valtam - 11-01-2014, 03:10 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by zebedeeboss - 11-01-2014, 07:23 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by iwar - 11-01-2014, 11:15 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by ChrisL - 11-01-2014, 01:03 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Valtam - 11-01-2014, 04:46 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Coastie - 11-01-2014, 05:35 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by riser - 11-01-2014, 06:03 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Valtam - 11-01-2014, 06:22 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by tek10 - 11-01-2014, 07:06 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Coastie - 11-01-2014, 09:49 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by sysdrum - 11-02-2014, 12:25 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Valtam - 11-02-2014, 05:03 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Valtam - 11-02-2014, 05:04 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Valtam - 11-02-2014, 07:19 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by frank4360 - 11-02-2014, 10:31 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by sysdrum - 11-02-2014, 10:54 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Coastie - 11-02-2014, 01:28 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by gra_ulv - 11-02-2014, 01:59 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by robert - 11-03-2014, 10:38 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Valtam - 11-06-2014, 12:32 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Alex - 11-06-2014, 06:29 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by eightbit - 11-06-2014, 07:31 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by gold_finger - 11-06-2014, 08:39 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by eightbit - 11-06-2014, 09:04 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Valtam - 11-06-2014, 09:09 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Alex - 11-07-2014, 03:02 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by Coastie - 11-07-2014, 04:45 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by eightbit - 11-07-2014, 05:19 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by eightbit - 11-08-2014, 07:29 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by pete284 - 11-15-2014, 08:08 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by ChrisL - 11-15-2014, 03:47 PM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by elliott - 11-16-2014, 04:39 AM
Re: Browser choice in Linux Lite 2.2 - by elliott - 11-17-2014, 03:22 AM

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