[OldGuy]

I've used a number of distros and a Buntu seems best for lazy folks.  It's easy to find software and having PPA's available is a great feature.  I used Zorin Lite for a long time but preferred something available in 64 bit.  Tried LL and it just worked for me...

[Wirezfree]

I tried many, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint(various), Mageia, Zorin(Not to bad), CentOS(to techy), Antix(did like that) , Puppy(Found it odd)
But none of them felt right, then I found LL, and as they say "The rest is history",

Just a note similar to rokytngi, I have a HP TS14 Touch screen laptop, and it just works, no tweaks or fiddling. I vary rarely use touch.

Code:

dave@hp-lappy1:~$ inxi -M
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard (portable) product: HP Pavilion TS 14 Notebook PC version: 0881100000305E00000620100
                Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2161 version: 29.42 Bios: Insyde version: F.62 date: 03/06/2014

and

Code:

dave@hp-lappy1:~$ dmesg | grep usb
<snip>
[    2.176777] usb 2-8: Product: eGalaxTouch EXC7910-1018-13.00.01
[    2.176779] usb 2-8: Manufacturer: eGalax Inc.
[    2.183043] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    2.183043] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[    5.072487] input: eGalax Inc. eGalaxTouch EXC7910-1018-13.00.01 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-8/2-8:1.0/input/input16
[    5.073242] hid-multitouch 0003:0EEF:A107.0001: input,hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v2.10 Device [eGalax Inc. eGalaxTouch EXC7910-1018-13.00.01] on usb-0000:00:14.0-8/input0
[    5.195063] input: HP Truevision HD as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-3/2-3:1.0/input/input18
<snip>

[torreydale]

@Wirezfree,
Time to post something else so you can have 667 number of posts.

[pelouk]

Tried it, loved it and within a month I had binned Windows for good.

Plus, as a newbie, I doubt that there's any support can match it. Just upgraded to 2.4 and everything went smooth as silk.

Many thanks once again to the tech team.

[Wirezfree]

@Wirezfree,
Time to post something else so you can have 667 number of posts.

I think this makes me the "Neighbour Of The Beast"

[torreydale]

www.linuxscreenshots.org is back.

[paul1149]

I refurb laptops, mostly value units and a lot of netbooks. About 18 months ago I was surprised to find that a unit or two that I put ubuntu on for licensing reasons did not take much of a valuation hit in the marketplace. Then recently two things happened. A friend's machine was increasingly struggling to run Win7, and MS came out with an its aggressive policy of controlling users' machines with Win10.

It was time to look for alternatives. I had tried Linux a few times over the years, but thought it was too rough for general use, especially to the newcomer. But now I set up VMWare and ran several distros. Ubuntu I gravitated to because of the broad user base/support system, but ubuntu no longer had any performance advantage over Win7. I almost settled on Mint Mate, but then tried LL and it was a perfect fit. It "just worked", it was frugal with resources, and it had very elegant aesthetics to it. Even the Super key worked! I began converting a couple of units, with great success, and then switched my own machine over. I've done four machines so far.

I heard "Linux is just about ready now" for years, and felt cynical about it, but now it's finally come to pass. Linux IS ready, and just in time as MS sets the trap for a massive bait and switch on end users. I think the IT industry is at an immense inflection point.

[darrell derrick]

The folks here have been so nice to me, and the discourse, is so courteous,  I have TBI and learning is hard for me but very necessary. for my rehabilitation.  With a bit of work any issue <in linux> can be understood and solved. Not so in the Windoze world. My needs are minimal, and I mostly have retired junk, to play with.

[firenice03]

Me, I've been supporting Windows since at least Win98 and earlier, A+ back when you needed to know IRQ's LOL... Past few years changed roles at work and admined an old HP UX box. Then changed over to Red Hat. So was looking at Linux with GUI's to test and try, get more familiar.. Had Mandriva on a VM for a while really liked(they went server based - another thread)also Mint and LL.. LL was the best bet for some of my older hardware, especially since they were XP based and Win7 bogged them down.

Side note, my 7 and 9 years use LL about as much Windows - don't think they know the difference

I'm still a Linux noob but I think I'm getting it...

[N4RPS]

Hello!

Just a note similar to rokytngi, I have a HP TS14 Touch screen laptop, and it just works, no tweaks or fiddling. I vary rarely use touch.

Using a Dell Insiron 3135 with touchscreen here. The kernel (I guess) detected it right off the bat.

If only it'd do that on my Gateway M285E. It has a Fujitsu touchscreen, which is 'weird', and therefore, not supported in Linux. Have to have Windows 7 to use the touchscreen on that one!

It's interesting how the Tablet PC has been reincarnated as a '2-in-1'...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob