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The "Linux questions (and other stuff)" thread

argedion said:
great write up crash :)

Yeah I like KDE but yes its buggy I still use a few KDE programs so I have some KDE overlay but it works for me. I always have my taskbar at the top of my screen rather than at the bottom. Just makes more since to me to be there lol.
I like that cinnamon is light weight and faily customizable. Since I use the command line a lot more now a days I feel its much snappier than it was on a bloated KDE system.
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I also have the command bar at the top. and the window controls on the left...
 
Well I finally got of my duff and installed Fedora 23 w Cinnamon. I did a clean install to rid all the kde stuff I had in my home folder and all and only reinstalled the few kde apps I like to use. With my setup script that I wrote it only took about 45 minutes to install the OS add / remove apps and get the look and feel I want and recover the backup I made prior to the install. I remember the days it would take 45 minutes just to get to a point of installing.

Computer is super smooth and it running great.

Long Live the Penguin
 
No doubt, Fedora 23 is a very nice OS once you get the Desktop of your choice installed. And fortunately, there's plenty of choices. I like .rpm distros best so I'm happy that IMHO Fedora is the best all-around workstation distro available. Others may work better for specific needs, but for general-purpose uses ya just can't do much better than Fedora. On my new little Shuttle MiniPC it's just terrific.
 
I wouldn't say your strange You like what you like thats why there are so many options with Linux so we can have it Our Way.
 
Well I came back to Linux after a few years away, and things have moved on a lot. I just find that Unity is very easy to use, and does everything I want. Although I think a lot of hardened Linux users still prefer the configurability of KDE, and don't like Unity.
 
I don't know I mean I still know people who use and like Gnome 3. KDE kinda reminds me of AOL back in the day. They just want to give you everything on a silver platter. I don't guess there is anything wrong with that but its not for all of us. I love the fact that in Linux I can run several DE's and not have any adverse affect on my system. Of course I only run one and for now I'm liking Cinnamon. Its light weight, customizable and very snappy.
 
Been Using the Mint Cinnamons for a cpl years and they've been phenomenal. I think I've overloaded my system with too many apps/scripts that perform same functions (cuz of zip fileroller type conflicts) and I'm not sure where the problem is, Lmao. So I'm gonna do a wipe & reinstall to start over.. There IS a new Mint 17.3 Cinnamon recently released to try..
 
As much of a fan as I am of Red Hat/CentOS for servers, I can't seem to warm up to Fedora for my desktop. I've tried many distro/desktop combinations over the years and I keep coming back to Mint/Cinnamon. Any of them are perfectly workable as long as you can easily get to a terminal session. :D
 
I liked Unity in its early incarnations, and had customized the bar quite a bit... but then they started pushing things into it (Ubuntu One, et al), that I felt was too intrusive, too commercial; and I switched to Mint Cinnamon.

Cinnamon was still a fairly new DE back then, and I had issues getting a desktop that I wanted, though I did like Cinnamon quite a bit and @MoodyBlues badgered me into trying KDE again (didn't like it the first two times I tried it out, but third time was a charm).

Now I am rockin' the KDE interface, though I still prefer Gnomish programs and tools. Mayhaps I will install a modern Cinnamon and see if it will work for me now...
 
argedion said:
One of the things I like about the latest dolphin in KDE is the F4 key press brings up the terminal as a new frame in the explorer and not just bring up a terminal window. This can be useful.
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That is nice to know. Thanks for that tidbit.

Now if only they could incorporate the mass-rename functions of Thunar...
 
XFCE and Gnome 2 were my favorites. Personal preference. MATE desktop isn't too bad either.

I don't have linux installed on my Alienware because of games compatibility. I know I could use WINE and steam but meh.

I do need to update my Toshiba though to something. Possibly back to Arch. Haven't messed with that in a long time.
 
I just discovered this Forum, and I sure am glad... added it to my favorites....

Started on page 1, then gave it all up..... went to 96 and read the last two pages... as that is all I am familiar with....
being a newbie, all of 8 weeks old now :lol:

in the Windows thread, I have mentioned that I tried a lot of LiveCDs and found that Mint Cinnamon to be the most "familiar environment" for me to try to get into Linux..... I have it on my laptop and quite pleased with the results.

over the last 20 years, I have attempted to use UNIX and then Linux, and the Vertical Learning Curve stopped me dead cold....

Mint 17.3 Cinnamon has pushed me over the edge, and I don't even have any scars on my face. :D
 
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