Importance of the Individuals in the Forum upon Distro choice

[ChrisL]

I really like Linux Lite. 

Until a couple months ago I had never experienced Linux.  With XP support ending though, and old hardware which did not justify the cost of a new Windows OS it felt like time to give it a try.  I did not have anyone I knew to suggest distos at the time, or how one might go about choosing/installing/using Linux. So, I started with Mint on one of my old machines, and after a couple false starts, found a OS I liked that worked with Mint 13 Mate.  But there are so many Distros out there, I was bitten by the bug and quickly tried labuntu, Puppy, antiX, xubuntu, Debian, LXLE, PCLinuxOS, and Linux Lite.

Some were "buggy" (at least with my old systems). Some I honestly did not care for based upon appearance; I like a pretty simple uncluttered Desktop ... and with that many distros out there, well you can be picky. Some I liked a lot, but they were from a different "branch" that would require learning new commands (what no "sudo", really?).  Several did not like my antiquated hardware.

Here is the other piece though - coming from a Windows-centric world when you have problems where you start with a google search, but can fall back to Microsoft.com, support in Linux becomes an concern.  Where is the support for all the distros in Linus?  It's in the forums, and it's free, but much of it is distro specific, so support becomes a relatively small group of people! 

Even in my brief explorations of other Distros I have had to seek out assistance in the Distro specific forums, and at least in my experience - NONE can match this forum for real help, given promptly by extremely bright, talented individuals that not only offer assistance, but do so with a positive and for lack of a better word "kind-hearted" attitude.  Valtam, gold_finger, and many others .. the answer is given with a smile, not a snide remark that makes you feel stupid that you had to "ask that".  It's why I recommend (or at least a big part of) Linux Lite to others.

So, thanks for that (and don't go anywhere please)!

- Chris

[bobw]

Hi Chris.  You're right!  Welcome.

[Valtam]

Thanks for taking the time to write that ChrisL. It's feedback like that, that motivates me and others. It also reinforces that we are heading in the right direction, and doing things that people need in their daily computing.

[Scott(0)]

8) A very big welcome to ChrisL.

[bitsnpcs]

Hello ChrisL,

Welcome to the forum

[N4RPS]

Hello!

Welcome to Linux Lite.

Come here first for help, of course, but with LL being Ubuntu-based, the Ubuntu forums have a wealth of information available, also. I often go there to look up answers for questions asked here...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

[ChrisL]

Hello!

Welcome to Linux Lite.

Come here first for help, of course, but with LL being Ubuntu-based, the Ubuntu forums have a wealth of information available, also. I often go there to look up answers for questions asked here...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

That's true Rob.  Linux Lite being Ubuntu-based is a plus for me.

[rokytnji]

Howdy and Welcome.

Choice always depends on what gear I am installing to and what I wish to accomplish.
I run a Slackware based netbook. <runs fast, runs good>
I run Puppy based old Panasonic toughbook and Amrel Toughbook. <both are old by todays standards>
Also a Debian based netbook. <runs fast, runs good>
Sigh, NT based laptop for tuning motorcycles. <drm software>

But a computer is just a tool/wrench for me. Something I use to accomplish something.
Linux-Lite XFCE worked the touchscreen on this Dell out of the box before I bought a hard drive for it.
So being a strong, capable netbook. It was a no brainer for me.

Anyways. Choice is good. You know. America used to have hundreds of motorcycle brands back in the early 1900's.
Now there are only a few. The world is a poorer place with that lack of choice.

[NRD80V]

Hi
A Nice Attempt to try some good alternatives.

Kindly stay with One Linux for at least 1 year, then only you would be really knowing how to use the OS effectively
If you hop consistently from one OS to another, you would never get satisfied and also it results wastage of time and energy

On the Debian Gene, all Debian Distros are aimed to replace Windows Operating System and if possible Mac OS
Therefore all Debian Distributions are easy to use and are also highly compatible with Windows
Further these are also Resource Friendly.

Comparing Ubuntu, I found that Linux Lite and Linux Mint are performing better.
Choose XFCE Desktop for it is highly resource friendly and is easier to customise than Gnome or KDE or LXDE or MATE.
Unity is a very awkward Desktop Environment and hence I never touch Ubuntu once they moved out of Gnome 2.

Your Choice of selecting Linux Lite is really good and it would reward you if you stick to this for a fair amount of time

The RPM Gene is mainly aimed at Enterprise Usage and hence are a bit difficult to use
Fedora, CENT-OS, Mageia, PCLinux OS and Open-Suse are some good RPM Distros to try
However, if you are a New Linux User, then I would suggest you not to go for these

Linux Mint and Linux Lite are better choice than these RPM Distros for they are much simpler to use

Hope I added some information which is useful to you

Yours
VN 

[Wirezfree]

ChrisL put it really well.

I started out with Windows 2.1 and have used all the variants.(Good & Bad)
But I stuck with XP till the bitter end until a few months back.

My experience kind of mirrors ChrisL, so I wont repeat blow for blow.
other than to say I tried a lot a lot of distro's early this year,
and also sampled their respective Forums(Good & Bad experiences)..!!
I did stick on Zorin8 for a month or so, it was very good, but just did not quite feel right.

Then I found Linux Lite which was also very, very good,
I posted a few questions... got excellent help, and as they say... "The rest is history"
It was the Forum that swung it for me, along with the pro-active Dev's..
I now have LL2.0 on 2 PC's & Laptop all networked & sharing.

Dave