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Treating Moderate-to-Severe Technophobia With Linux Lite! - Artim - 05-10-2017
Hi!
I'm a little bit technophobic when it comes to computers. Kinda like, push the wrong button and BOOM! Permanent, irreversible, catastrophic disaster.
Even though I dare to tinker a little bit with Linux distros when I'm feeling brave, at least on my main home desktop computer that I use for most of my college coursework, I'm using and really loving my Linux Lite! I need simplicity more than anything, and stability is just about equally important for me. Linux Lite fits the bill! I wrote about treating technophobia with Linux Lite here in my "technophobe's blog."
I'm not on Facebook or Google where you're kinda like a "commodity" for sale to advertisers, but I've been playing around on Diaspora for a few months... It gets off to a very slow start but if you stick with it it kinda develops into a wonderful place to learn and grow.
One of the coolest things about Linux - and Linux Lite in particular - is how infinitely customizable it is, not just cosmetically, but system-wide. I've got Midori on in place of Firefox, Evolution in place of Thunderbird, and I added a supercool point-and-click USB stick formatter (called Mintstick) that I heard about from a Linux Mint user. It's standard in Mint and LXLE, and I dare say, it ought to be in LL too (easier and quicker than using GParted just to format a USB thumb drive, which I do a lot between school stuff and external backups.
Looking forward to learning and maybe even contributing a little here and there.
Re: Treating Moderate-to-Severe Technophobia With Linux Lite! - ralphy - 05-10-2017
Hi [member=6925]RandomBoy[/member] , welcome to Linux Lite
Seems LL is taking over Florida. I live in the sunshine state too
Cheers!
Re: Treating Moderate-to-Severe Technophobia With Linux Lite! - banko - 05-10-2017
A warm welcome from the UK
Keith.
Re: Treating Moderate-to-Severe Technophobia With Linux Lite! - justme2 - 05-10-2017
[member=6925]RandomBoy[/member], you have a very nice blog, which you linked to in your post. Very well written too. 8) From reading your blog, I guess describing yourself as a 'technophobe' is a little tongue-in-cheek? Your skill level seems far greater than mine.
Re: Treating Moderate-to-Severe Technophobia With Linux Lite! - newtusmaximus - 05-10-2017
Love the Dodge Viper vs Daffy Duck on your blog
Re: Treating Moderate-to-Severe Technophobia With Linux Lite! - Artim - 05-10-2017
(05-10-2017, 09:52 AM)justme2 link Wrote: [member=6925]RandomBoy[/member], you have a very nice blog, which you linked to in your post. Very well written too. 8) From reading your blog, I guess describing yourself as a 'technophobe' is a little tongue-in-cheek? Your skill level seems far greater than mine.
Skill doesn't mean fearlessness, lol. All I really do is keep a little diary of what I wanted to accomplished, what I did toward that end, what resulted, and how I broke and fixed stuff. Maybe a little tongue-in-cheek, but being in school I need a completely reliable rock-stable OS that "just works" and stays out of my way. Linux Lite does it awesomely!
I don't do the widget thing on LL yet, until I've done some more reading on it. Still too scary, lol.
Re: Treating Moderate-to-Severe Technophobia With Linux Lite! - bitsnpcs - 06-04-2017
Hello RandomBoy,
Welcome to the forum and Linux Lite