[Wolves] Distros and Desktops

[Craig Squire]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018, 10:05 pm Kevanf1 via Wolves, <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
wrote:

> 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
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Ron Wellsted
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Busnsen labs for me.

A continuation of CrunchBang by the community.

Debian based, with an openbox desktop.

Very light on on resources fot my old laptop. Extremely reliable.