[Wolves] Distros and Desktops

[Kevanf1]

Mint Cinnamon exclusively for the last few (5 ?) years.  I do have Win 7 as
a dual boot option but I honestly do not remember the last time I looked at
Windows.  I am at the point where I cannot help my wife with her Windows 10
install because I simply do not know my way around it at all.  Mint just
works for me.

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 at 21:17, Ron Wellsted via Wolves <
wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Fedora Cinnamon/LXDE here.  The main reason being the configuration and
> package management (RPMs) is the same or very close to the Centos I use
> on the servers.
>
> On 17/10/2018 18:17, Adam Sweet via Wolves wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I've been using Ubuntu as my every day home and work OS all the way back
> > since Warty. Before that I used KDE 3 on Debian, before that it was KDE
> > 2 and 3 on Mandrake Linux :O
> >
> > I started becoming disenchanted with Ubuntu after the move back from
> > Unity to GNOME, I find GNOME 3 so much less usable than Unity.
> >
> > I have a laptop with Intel and NVIDIA GPUs and since upgrading to 18.04,
> > I've had trouble using external monitors/projectors on my laptop.
> > Despite spending an afternoon ensuring it would work and testing twice
> > in advance, it failed me in front of a customer, I didn't have time to
> > spend figuring it out and I had to use Windows to run a training course.
> > I've never had Ubuntu fail me like that before, but that's a side point.
> >
> > I'm intending to reinstall my laptop from scratch and with the Ubuntu
> > 18.10 release a few days away and no need for my it in the short term,
> > I've decided to test drive a few other distros and desktops, since it's
> > been a very long time since I did, like Ubuntu MATE, Mint, KDE Neon,
> > Elementary OS and OpenSUSE etc.
> >
> > This led me to wonder what distros and desktops you lot are using these
> > days and which others you're interested in.
> >
> > Additionally, KDE people, what's great in KDE that you don't get in
> > other desktops (aside from endless customisation)?
> >
> > Adam
> >
>
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Kevan

Staffordshire