11-13-2014, 05:40 PM
Thanks gold_finger and bobw for the quick and thoughtful replies. That's what I need to know, and will go forward with the LL install.
Gold_finger, you hit the nail on the head:
"Main problem when just starting out with Linux is that package names are frequently strange and bare no obvious resemblance to function you might be looking for. Synaptic is great, but not good if you don't already know the name of the package you need. The categorization and package descriptions in a software manager like Mint's definitely makes things easier for newbies when they just want to explore what's available and don't have any idea which packages are for what."
This makes me wonder since LL is aimed at being Windows-user friendly if just adding a few more programs and some categories to the LL Additional Software installer might be worth the effort (easy to say as I have no idea of the effort involved
); not a lot of glitter but I think the categories add some additional "browsing" functionality.
I pretty much know what I want now, so will probably forgo the Lubuntu Software Center experiment (though I would love to know if anyone else has tried it).
Once again the LL Community answers the call! Thanks!
Chris
Gold_finger, you hit the nail on the head:
"Main problem when just starting out with Linux is that package names are frequently strange and bare no obvious resemblance to function you might be looking for. Synaptic is great, but not good if you don't already know the name of the package you need. The categorization and package descriptions in a software manager like Mint's definitely makes things easier for newbies when they just want to explore what's available and don't have any idea which packages are for what."
This makes me wonder since LL is aimed at being Windows-user friendly if just adding a few more programs and some categories to the LL Additional Software installer might be worth the effort (easy to say as I have no idea of the effort involved
); not a lot of glitter but I think the categories add some additional "browsing" functionality. I pretty much know what I want now, so will probably forgo the Lubuntu Software Center experiment (though I would love to know if anyone else has tried it).
Once again the LL Community answers the call! Thanks!
Chris