Questions about Lite, mainly Ubuntu privacy oriented

[newtolight]

Linux Lite uses Ubuntu as a base. I start with a minimal build (30mb iso) which is devoid of all applications and is simply a bootable network medium and build it one application at a time, adding our own custom features to it as I go. To answer your question, it is so completely different, its unrecognizable visually, in terms of applications and features.

I hope you don't mind that I ask this: How much, in an approximate percentage, is LL just Ubuntu unchanged and, therefore, how much is LL a different entity?

No one entity has the time to audit every single line of code created by Ubuntu. The free and open source community as a whole performs that task.

I understand the difficulty of the situation, but I still have 2 questions here:

1. Regarding the small parts (from what I understand so far, they are small, right?) that LL takes unmodified from Ubuntu, does someone inspect their integrity?

2. Suppose you would choose a distro for the first time. Besides the visual aspects, on what factors would you place your trust in any distro and its devs? What would influence your choice?

So then, it all boils down to trust. Who do you trust 100% newtolight? Friends, family, colleagues, acquaintances? This is fundamentally a human question. And because humans are flawed and have the capability to do both wrong and right, anything is possible, right? Do you trust the internet 100%? I don't, but I still use it. Do you trust Google 100%? I don't, but I still use it.

I agree, but still there are degrees of trust, right? Taking the current situation, for example, based on what Ubuntu has imposed on its users in the past, one would be entitled to be suspicious of them, while viewing Ubuntu based distros with still a reasonable dose of skepticism. Other distros would be perceived from a neutral point of view, so far at least.

From the very fact that the Internet and the whole software world is not 100% safe, it follows that the average, non-tech user had better study the offers carefully before deciding on one product. Better to ask questions in advance, even with the risk of being perceived as annoying, than asking them too late when the damage is already done.

And even if there was not the danger of malicious software -- it is still good to make an informed choice, to see which of the products suits one best. That goes for any product, not just software.

For some people, me included, part of the decision making process involves seeing how the product developers respond to users' questions and needs, while also seeing how do they tackle the ethical implications of their product...

I apologize if I've offended anyone somehow. I thought such a discussion would help everyone, for obvious reasons.
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Regarding the iso mount commands. Mounting works fine, but unmounting does not. Right clicking on the mounted disk and choosing "Disconnect" does not unmount. Right clicking into the mounted disk and choosing the Thunar command "Unmount" does nothing. The only way to unmount the iso was a system restart...

If I may, another technical question: Can the resolution of the login screen be adjusted to fit the entire screen, like the desktop one?

Thank you.