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| From | mick <nospam@junk.mail> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: Help with a distro of Linux |
| Date | 2016-09-23 01:41 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mn.b8657e09008ea1f2.90097@junk.mail> (permalink) |
| References | <ns0pjo$18if$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
On 22/09/2016 15:24:59, Big Al wrote: > I'm using Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.3 64bit. > > I hear people talking about Ubuntu, or MATE or KDE etc and I've tried a few > other versions (distros) of linux and have never quite seemed to find one I > like. > > I'd almost list to have a table of DE and features etc for each distro to > pick from. > > I'm happy with mint cinnamon. It has a simple windows like menu, categories > breakdown in the menu, no big gaudy icon type side bars for a menu. I can > have panel at top and or bottom. > > But I wonder if there are other DE that are similar or distros that are > similar and might be better. I guess I chose mint because it was high on > distro watch so I guessed it was best. Maybe there isn't but I'd take > suggestions. I can load any in my VM and test. > > Thanks. I've been trying lots of distro's over the last few months and there is one I keep going back to and that is PCLinuxOS KDE edition. http://www.pclinuxos.com/get-pclinuxos/ There is a Mate version as well but don't install the Full Monty as it is being withdrawn soon. PCLinux is a rolling update so install it once then it just updates instead of having to re-install every few months like some other distros. There is also a very friendly forum. Solydxk was another that I really liked but the software in its repository was lagging behind current versions. The desktop icons were especially nice. https://solydxk.com/ Zorin maybe a little too like MS Windows and beginerish for you but maybe worth a look. http://zorinos.com/ I didn't particularly like Manjaro, it seemed a little bland. I also had a go at Arch Linux but all that inputting via the keyboard left me with sore fingers and a mighty headache. -- mick
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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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