Linux Lite, the lightweight Linux Distro for newbies

Linux Lite is a Linux distribution of the GNU / Linux family of Operating Systems, based on Ubuntu, oriented to the desktop and developed in New Zealand by Jerry Bezencon. It is characterized by offering a light and friendly desktop experience for the novice user, by its ease of use and by the low consumption of resources, thanks to its XFCE desktop, a personalized, simple and light environment.

This Linux distribution, like most of them, is free and is designed to be simple and fast, suitable for users new to Linux, who want not only to be able to work in a friendly, light and fully functional environment, but also to be able to reuse Old computers discarded due to the limited resources of the machine or the demanding hardware requirements that are currently demanded in other more recent operating systems such as Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Manjaro Linux, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 or others.

Linux Lite Features

The purpose of Linux Lite is to introduce, little by little, Windows users to Linux, showing how easy it can be to use Linux today, ensuring that this Operating System can be used on both old computers and computers. on modern computers.

At first glance Linux Lite looks a bit like Linux Mint Xfce, being less robust and simpler, with a graphical interface that is very reminiscent of Windows XP. Oriented to users who come precisely from Windows XP, although with this same purpose there are also other distributions such as Q4OS based directly on Debian, or Zorin OS and Chalet OS, based on Ubuntu, which clone the Windows aspect.

The advertising slogan for Linux Lite is “Simple, fast, free”

Linux Lite is currently only available in 64-bit version since the 4.0 update, after which its development team abandoned support for 32-bit, somewhat closing support for some older computers.

Linux Lite includes its own repositories in the Software Manager, which makes it easy to maintain and update its own packages such as Lite User Manager, Lite Manual, Lite Fix and Lite Software, which is a script that allows adding or removing additional software. It also includes many programs, including some as popular as: Skype, Dropbox, the Java plugin, VirtualBox, PlayOnLinux, multimedia codecs, Chrome, Steam among others.

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