Agreed. Cinnamon, head & shoulders above the rest
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I think they all have pros and cons, if only we were able to pull the free and open source code and build our own version.... that would be ideal. Maybe someday
I think they all have pros and cons, if only we were able to pull the free and open source code and build our own version.... that would be ideal. Maybe someday
Um, you *can* but what would you get besides the geek creds of doing it?
Geek creds... and a sense of accomplishment. Until Dropbox shuts you down and tries to extort money from you. 
Sorry still a little bitter.
Sorry still a little bitter.Kinda wanting to get my hands dirty with Arch, purely for the learning experience. I have a dedicated "easy come, easy go" partition.
I think you're looking for thisI think they all have pros and cons, if only we were able to pull the free and open source code and build our own version.... that would be ideal. Maybe someday
I can't say I've done it either
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Maybe @MoodyBlues has done so, though she's a pretty hardcore KDE type
You know I was being facetious..... right?
possibly
I was just trying to compile one myself the other night via a new Windows feature. Proceeded to fail at BUILDDEB but I see vmlinux in the root of the kernel source directory
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And you needed the ritual bag of bones and sacrificial offering for Linux Gods, to get it to boot.
Were you compiling in a VM? And shouldn't that be vmlinuz post compile?
Never had a problem getting machines to boot as long as I could find the right source and had all the dip switches and ISA interrupts set correctly on the peripherals. (This walk down memory lane is like remembering the last trip to the ER
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I remember having to install an entire Unix SysV O/S from a stack of about 50 floppy discs. Now *that* took some time.
We're totally spoilt with GB of storage on little flash drives nowadays.
We're totally spoilt with GB of storage on little flash drives nowadays.
Windows bash will NOT build/compile anything as of yet, in essence a worthless lookie toy for Win10 for now. You need a real Linux OS to compile, either native or in a VM
Oh, oh ooooohhhhhh! That thing. Yeah, what @bcrichster said. And, you can be certain that when it does compile it will be in it's own quirky MS way that will run but won't work.
I'm not sure what makes you two think that nothing will compile when it has all of the tools needed (either preinstalled or available from Ubuntu's repositories via apt-get)
It's too flawed and doesn't work right at this time. It's been documented & stated all over the place, XDA included. I'm not blowing smoke, it's a legitimate statement. I hear there's some serious updates coming & maybe the fix/answer is yet to be implemented. But until then, windows bash is incompatible to building at this time. No hate involved.
Right, that article (presumably this) 1. specifically mentions building Android and 2. is from April, shortly after the feature was released.
Yep!