Re: Help with a distro of Linux

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: Help with a distro of Linux
Date	2016-09-24 11:52 -0700
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On 9/22/16, 11:44 AM, in article e4in47F7menU1@mid.individual.net, "Mike
Easter" <MikeE@ster.invalid> wrote:

> azigni wrote:
>> I distro hopped for over a decade, and one day realized Linux is Linux.
>> You are correct it all happens in the desktop. The rest is how the
>> distribution chooses to package and manage the programs.
> 
> Distro hopping is better than ever for the purpose of seeing lots of
> different looks and ways to do things.  That helps one to decide how
> they might want to tweak their installed distro.
> 
> (And/But) It is easier to do the hopping than to do some of the tweaking
> which has been discovered.
> 
> I was recently pleased to see how strongly Ub had embraced Mate by
> making it one of the flavors and with the Ub Mate Welcome function which
> boots on the live and also facilitates installation of some apps after
> the install.
> 
> I tend to think of Mate's and Cinnamon's popularity as arising
> significantly from Mint's embrace, but Ub is also doing a good job with
> Mate now.
> 
> Cinnamon, not as much.  If one wants to Cinnamon 3 Ub, they need to do
> it with .ppa, not the repos.  So, I think Cinnamon is no where near
> being an official Ub flavor like Mate.
> 
> I would assume that is because there are already two Ub flavors from
> Gnome3, Unity and Gnome.

One value of working with different distros, DEs, and even OSs is you get to
understand how your current preferred system works better. You might find
reason to change, or you might not, but either way you learn what works for
you better. It is similar to learning multiple languages, even if you still
mostly speak your native language you learn it better.

-- 
* OS X / Linux: What is a file?     <http://youtu.be/_dMbXGLW9PI>
* Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu:     <http://youtu.be/C0y74FIf7uE>
* Mint KDE working with folders:    <http://youtu.be/7C9nvniOoE0>
* Mint KDE creating files:          <http://youtu.be/N7-fZJaJUv8>
* Mint KDE help:                    <http://youtu.be/3ikizUd3sa8>
* Mint KDE general navigation:      <http://youtu.be/t9y14yZtQuI>
* Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs?     <http://youtu.be/CU-whJQvtfA>
* Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux:     <http://youtu.be/D3BPWANQoIk>
* OS / Word Processor Comparison:   <http://youtu.be/w6Qcl-w7s5c>

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Help with a distro of Linux Big Al <Big_Al@invalid.com> - 2016-09-22 10:24 -0400
  Re: Help with a distro of Linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-22 08:11 -0700
    Re: Help with a distro of Linux Big Al <Big_Al@invalid.com> - 2016-09-22 11:42 -0400
      Re: Help with a distro of Linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-22 10:10 -0700
  Re: Help with a distro of Linux Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-09-22 16:30 +0100
  Re: Help with a distro of Linux Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-09-22 15:41 +0000
  Re: Help with a distro of Linux "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-09-22 18:26 +0200
  Re: Help with a distro of Linux azigni <azigni@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-22 17:12 +0000
    Re: Help with a distro of Linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-22 11:44 -0700
      Re: Help with a distro of Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-24 11:52 -0700
    Re: Help with a distro of Linux Askfor <askfor@nowhere.net> - 2016-09-23 13:49 +0200
  Re: Help with a distro of Linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-23 00:02 +0200
    Re: Help with a distro of Linux Big Al <Big_Al@invalid.com> - 2016-09-22 18:46 -0400
      Re: Help with a distro of Linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-23 01:46 +0200
  Re: Help with a distro of Linux mick <nospam@junk.mail> - 2016-09-23 01:41 +0100
  Re: Help with a distro of Linux F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-23 09:38 +0700
    Re: Help with a distro of Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-22 19:54 -0700
      Re: Help with a distro of Linux F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-23 14:55 +0700
        Re: Help with a distro of Linux Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-09-23 11:24 +0200
          Re: Help with a distro of Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-23 08:22 -0700
            Re: Help with a distro of Linux Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-09-23 17:29 +0200
              Re: Help with a distro of Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-23 08:31 -0700
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-09-23 17:34 +0200
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-23 08:43 -0700
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-09-23 17:44 +0200
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-23 08:55 -0700
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-09-23 18:00 +0200
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-09-23 16:23 +0000
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-09-23 18:30 +0200
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-09-23 17:02 +0000
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2016-09-23 20:43 +0000
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-09-23 21:41 +0000
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2016-09-23 22:51 +0100
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-09-23 21:59 +0000
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-24 00:00 +0200
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-23 16:14 -0700
                Re: Help with a distro of Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-23 09:41 -0700
        Re: Help with a distro of Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-23 08:29 -0700
  Re: Help with a distro of Linux Askfor <askfor@nowhere.net> - 2016-09-23 14:02 +0200
    Re: Help with a distro of Linux Big Al <Big_Al@invalid.com> - 2016-09-23 10:53 -0400
      Re: Help with a distro of Linux Askfor <askfor@nowhere.net> - 2016-09-23 20:10 +0200

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