03-06-2017, 04:54 AM
Greetings from Canada
A brief(?) introduction...
My name is Boyd. The scope of my computing activity ranges from programming, beginning in the late sixties, the Olivetti P602, followed by the TI 52 & 59, the Commodore PET & C64, a VAX 11/730, and ultimately the ubiquitous PC, to building and deploying fifty-odd workstations by the year 2006.
My programming efforts - now fashionably called development - were all conducted as a means to significantly improve my productivity and that of my co-workers. From the early eighties until my retirement in 2006 I was involved with Microsoft operating systems.
After that I embraced Linux as my OS of choice and have been gradually forgetting the former and slowly learning the latter. Like many others, I have hopped from one distro to another, always looking for the subjectively perfect out-of-the-box distro experience. At this milestone, I consider Linux Lite to be that distro. I commend Jerry and all the others who have contributed to making it what it has become today. Lite is especially meritorious for seniors who can no longer justify an indulgence with proprietary software.
By now you will have deduced that I am of an elderly persuasion. I hold to the notion that problem solving - by stimulating the grey matter - helps to postpone nasties like alzheimer's and/or dementia. And certainly, if one endeavors to impose OS behavior that doesn't exist out-of-the-box, one will encounter problems. But, whatever your predilection, there is a wealth of assistance to be found on the Internet posted by many enthusiastic linux users who have resolved problems of their own and/or helped others with theirs. The Linux Lite forums are a good example.
Playing with linux is my primary hobby. There is always some new app or command to investigate, and another bash experiment to undertake. Here's to the morrow...
A brief(?) introduction...
My name is Boyd. The scope of my computing activity ranges from programming, beginning in the late sixties, the Olivetti P602, followed by the TI 52 & 59, the Commodore PET & C64, a VAX 11/730, and ultimately the ubiquitous PC, to building and deploying fifty-odd workstations by the year 2006.
My programming efforts - now fashionably called development - were all conducted as a means to significantly improve my productivity and that of my co-workers. From the early eighties until my retirement in 2006 I was involved with Microsoft operating systems.
After that I embraced Linux as my OS of choice and have been gradually forgetting the former and slowly learning the latter. Like many others, I have hopped from one distro to another, always looking for the subjectively perfect out-of-the-box distro experience. At this milestone, I consider Linux Lite to be that distro. I commend Jerry and all the others who have contributed to making it what it has become today. Lite is especially meritorious for seniors who can no longer justify an indulgence with proprietary software.
By now you will have deduced that I am of an elderly persuasion. I hold to the notion that problem solving - by stimulating the grey matter - helps to postpone nasties like alzheimer's and/or dementia. And certainly, if one endeavors to impose OS behavior that doesn't exist out-of-the-box, one will encounter problems. But, whatever your predilection, there is a wealth of assistance to be found on the Internet posted by many enthusiastic linux users who have resolved problems of their own and/or helped others with theirs. The Linux Lite forums are a good example.
Playing with linux is my primary hobby. There is always some new app or command to investigate, and another bash experiment to undertake. Here's to the morrow...
(1) LL5.2 on System76 Gazelle Pro L4P9 (2012) i7-3630QM 2.4 GHz - 8GB - Intel HD 4000 1920x1080
(2) LL5.2 on Dell Latitude E5540 (2015) i5-4310U 2.0 GHz - 8GB - Intel HD 4400 1920x1080
(3) Xubuntu 18.04 on 32bit Acer Aspire 5672 (2006) Core Duo T2300 1.66 GHz - 4GB - ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 1280x800
(4) LL4.6 on HP Compaq 8000 SFF (2009) Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz - 4GB - Intel 4 Integrated Graphics 1920x1080
(5) LL4.6 on Acer Aspire 5515 (2009) AMD Athlon 2650e 1.6 GHz - 3GB - ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 1280x800
(2) LL5.2 on Dell Latitude E5540 (2015) i5-4310U 2.0 GHz - 8GB - Intel HD 4400 1920x1080
(3) Xubuntu 18.04 on 32bit Acer Aspire 5672 (2006) Core Duo T2300 1.66 GHz - 4GB - ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 1280x800
(4) LL4.6 on HP Compaq 8000 SFF (2009) Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz - 4GB - Intel 4 Integrated Graphics 1920x1080
(5) LL4.6 on Acer Aspire 5515 (2009) AMD Athlon 2650e 1.6 GHz - 3GB - ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 1280x800
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