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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.mint |
| Subject | Re: Very good rant about our loving linux |
| Date | 2026-03-07 20:59 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <n13hskFboinU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (13 earlier) <n0shjmF8iefU2@mid.individual.net> <10obokg$3o2rk$1@dont-email.me> <slrn10qlc7j.aaoh.ronb02NOSPAM@3020m.home> <n10q5eFt3r1U1@mid.individual.net> <10ogv63$1et24$1@dont-email.me> |
On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 10:37:55 -0000 (UTC), Handsome Jack wrote: > On 6 Mar 2026 20:01:52 GMT, rbowman wrote: > >> On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 10:48:20 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote: >> >>> I've got Xfce, Mate and Cinnamon installed on this computer. But I >>> almost always use Cinnamon (unless I'm testing something). It's easy >>> to install Cinnamon and then choose which you want to use at login. >>> One command... >>> >>> sudo apt install mint-meta-cinnamon >> >> sudo apt install i3 >> >> I get 5 choices at login. Cinnamon (Default), Cinnamon (Software >> Rendering), Cinnamon on Wayland (Experimental), i3, and i3 ( with debug >> log). > > On one of the discussion group web pages I read apropos this topic, > somebody posted something like "having multiple alternative desktop > environments on one machine is a recipe for crashes that are very > difficult to diagnose ... only half-witted newbies do it." > > Is there any truth in that or is just the sort of thing that snotty > Linux nerds sneer to each other? I don't mind trying different DEs but I > can't afford to have serious bugs on my work computer, not any more than > necessary anyway. I had one machine where I had installed a distro with the default GNOME. I think it was when GNOME3 appeared . I didn't like it and installed KDE. For the most part it worked. Updates were a little iffy and the system was delicate but it wasn't a complete disaster. However it wasn't something I'd want to do again. Exceptions: I installed the Mint/MATE iso and later loaded the Xfce desktop. I didn't have any crashes but I didn't use it too much before doing a fresh install of Mint/Cinnamon. I installed i3 on the Cinnamon netbook and sawy on the Fedora and Arch boxes. They're very similar, i3 being X11 and sway Wayland. Both are minimalist tiling WMs. I did encounter a problem on the Cinnamon box when I launched Cinnamon GUIs from i3. It got into a weird state and I rebooted. I think most of the problems come from mixing and matching. I do use Konsole on the Ubuntu box with no problems but I only installed it with apt, and not the whole KDE DE. Short answer: it's not all gloom and doom but do expect some weirdness.
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Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-03 22:39 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Handsome Jack <jack@handsome.com> - 2026-03-04 15:48 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-04 20:42 +0000
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Re: Very good rant about our loving linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-06 20:01 +0000
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Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-08 03:58 +0000
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Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-03-08 10:15 -0700
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-07 21:16 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Handsome Jack <jack@handsome.com> - 2026-03-08 09:57 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux yossarian <<nomail@gmail.com>> - 2026-03-08 14:19 +0100
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-07 20:59 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-03-08 10:24 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-03-08 12:53 -0400
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-03-08 10:21 -0700
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-09 02:40 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-03-09 06:39 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-09 23:46 +0000
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Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-03 22:38 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-03-03 21:30 -0500
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Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-04 20:47 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-03-01 18:09 -0500
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Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-03-02 16:21 -0500
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-03-02 03:27 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Handsome Jack <jack@handsome.com> - 2026-03-02 15:01 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-01 19:51 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-03-01 13:12 -0800
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-02 01:19 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-03-02 08:41 -0800
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-03-02 08:59 -0800
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-03-02 09:08 -0800
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-03-02 09:20 -0800
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-02 18:21 +0000
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-03-02 11:58 -0800
Re: Very good rant about our loving linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-03 05:18 +0000
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