Look @ Linux Lite 4.0 - Review & Critique

[justme2]

More than happy for people to criticise LL, I believe in freedom of speech.

I have LL3.8 installed on 4 machines, only one of which is 64bit and recently decided it was time to make a donation in support. All iterations of LL have served me well and windows is 'in the past'. I have no criticism to make of LL, but now am presented with a big disappointment in that 32 bit hardware is not to be supported. That will mean millions of PCs/laptops which are perfectly serviceable, going to landfill. One of my laptops is a 15 year old Medion pentium 4 with 1GB ram which still works perfectly with LL3.8 so I guess it is imperative to keep a copy of the latest 32bit live ISO for reinstall purposes if I am to keep the machine functioning till the hardware fails (which may be never). One of the stated aims of linux was to keep older machines functioning when they could no longer cope with the latest windows, but there now seems to be a race to supercede all the windows 'bells & whistles'.
It's what's known as progress I suppose, so this can be a reminder to all the 32bit owners who want to continue running Linux Lite, to make sure you keep a copy of the latest (and last) 32bit live ISO. 
I shall of course upgrade the 64bit machine to LL4 as time permits. 

[m654321]

More than happy for people to criticise LL, I believe in freedom of speech

The only criticism I have of LL, and it really is the only one, is that sometimes I have to go to other forums (e.g. Manjaro) to get some questions answered, as some of my requests for help or advice on basic issues in LL are not responded to  , e.g.  the latest was https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/insta...have-grub/

I imagine I'm not unique in this respect, and don't blame anyone for this, but suspect it's a function of forum community size, i.e. the larger a forum community then the more likely (or quickly) you are to be responded to. 

[Valtam]

[quote author=Jerry link=topic=5542.msg41804#msg41804 date=1528551864]
More than happy for people to criticise LL, I believe in freedom of speech

The only criticism I have of LL, and it really is the only one, is that sometimes I have to go to other forums (e.g. Manjaro) to get some questions answered, as some of my requests for help or advice on basic issues in LL are not responded to  , e.g.  the latest was https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/insta...have-grub/

I imagine I'm not unique in this respect, and don't blame anyone for this, but suspect it's a function of forum community size, i.e. the larger a forum community then the more likely (or quickly) you are to be responded to. 
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I don't know if I would label not getting help as a criticism. People give their time freely here so to then label them criticized is a little unfair. A fine wine takes time.

[m654321]

I don't know if I would label not getting help as a criticism. People give their time freely here so to then label them criticized is a little unfair. A fine wine takes time.

No unfairness intended by me.  Jerry - I'm the last person to wish to criticize anyone here - my sincere apologies.

In quoting you, I meant 'observation' instead of 'criticism' ...
Rest assured, LL is becoming a very fine wine  8)

[Valtam]

There are Windows forums with multiple times the membership of this one, and I guarantee you there will be unanswered threads on there too. It's not always size related. If you question is an obscure one like 'Can I install 2 copies of LL4.0, with grubscreen recognizing & listing these?' - I mean, how many people are actually dual booting the same version of LL? Looking at your profile, many of your questions I googled and came up with answers straight away. People, may be reluctant to answer obscure questions or questions that could so easily be researched. Just some pointers to help you

[zygmunto]

Vera - I like to read your stories 

[banko]

Hi Jerry,



All I'm going to say, I'm in my fourth year of using LL 
Nothing else to add   
Only thank you       


Keith



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