A step back into Linux: LXLE

Posted by jaslar
Apr 5, 2015 at 07:37 PM

I used various Linux distros on my little netbook for awhile, too (now deceased). When I bought a new laptop, it came with Windows 7. I put Ubuntu on it and dual booted for about 18 months. Then through my own inattentiveness, I borked the Ubuntu partition trying to upgrade to the LTS. It was a lot of work maintaining TWO distros on one machine, though. So I just wiped Ubuntu and lived in Windows for awhile. On the one hand, Windows does do most things you want it to: Webinars, movies, etc. On the other hand, I’ve had it reset in the middle of my work without warning. I had to reboot it two or three times a week. it was always throwing updates at me. So when I bought this new/used machine, I really was relieved I could go back to Linux. But I was also running (more as a hobby) Peppermint in a virtual machine on Windows. I agree: sharp looking and fast. But LXLE came bundled with more, but focused software already installed.

I did look at Remarkable, and it’s a beauty. But without code folding, tabs, and search across files, it doesn’t offer me anything I really need. I also didn’t care for its Tasks implementation: ugly on screen, and you can’t toggle to a HTML view, then check it off (which you can do with Haroopad). But every time I look into a new app, I get a clearer idea of what I’m actually looking for.