GNU / Linux February 2016 Desktop Thread


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  On 06/02/2016 at 05:31, Simon Lang 9047 said:

thank you sir! and yep, being on distro watch regulary to check the latest distros. and when i find some interesting, i try them out in virtualbox. there are just so many, and because you can customize every little bit, every installation looks unique

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I like the distrwatches tagline: putting the fun back in computing

 

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  On 03/02/2016 at 16:20, Simon Lang 9047 said:

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Do you know anywhere to get images of the install screen(s)?  I am curious what it looks like.

  On 06/02/2016 at 18:02, Thomas the Tank Engine said:

 

Do you know anywhere to get images of the install screen(s)?  I am curious what it looks like.

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from the installation of antergos you mean? 

here are a few: http://landoflinux.com/linux_install_antergos.html

they are a bit outdated, cnchi looks a bit more polished now but the order remains the same.

  On 10/02/2016 at 03:47, Unobscured Vision said:

I gave Antergos KDE a spin, it just wasn't for me. A bit too flaky for my comfort level.

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could you specify in what way?

  On 10/02/2016 at 08:36, Simon Lang 9047 said:

could you specify in what way?

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During the hour that I used Antergos:

 

- I had to ctrl-alt-backpace back to the login screen more than once because X was locking up

- KDE in general was quite crashy for no good reason at all -- I changed the theme to Breeze-Dark and the font to my customary FreeSans Bold, and attempted to put some widgets on the Desktop. The widget picker wouldn't stay open, and wouldn't launch again unless I launched it from the Taskbar. The only other change I made was setting the background to a slideshow. That's it. 

- I didn't add any software at all to the installation. Didn't have a chance to -- I couldn't find the package manager.

 

By that point, after three lockups, I was like 'umm ... naaah.' and rebooted into Mint.

  On 10/02/2016 at 20:41, Unobscured Vision said:

During the hour that I used Antergos:

 

- I had to ctrl-alt-backpace back to the login screen more than once because X was locking up

- KDE in general was quite crashy for no good reason at all -- I changed the theme to Breeze-Dark and the font to my customary FreeSans Bold, and attempted to put some widgets on the Desktop. The widget picker wouldn't stay open, and wouldn't launch again unless I launched it from the Taskbar. The only other change I made was setting the background to a slideshow. That's it. 

- I didn't add any software at all to the installation. Didn't have a chance to -- I couldn't find the package manager.

 

By that point, after three lockups, I was like 'umm ... naaah.' and rebooted into Mint.

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weird. it runs perfectly stable here since weeks.  anyway at least there are lots of distros to chose from and if mint works fine for you, perfect! :)

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  On 10/02/2016 at 20:44, Simon Lang 9047 said:

weird. it runs perfectly stable here since weeks.  anyway at least there are lots of distros to chose from and if mint works fine for you, perfect! :)

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Yep, Mint fits the bill perfectly for the households' needs as well as mine. I can do my College and Dev work on it, Gaming (all I'm really playing is Kerbal Space Program nowadays), I've got WINE installed with FLStudio (which I maintain the WINE-HQ Application Database entry for) and other software I use .. it's all we need around here. :yes: I can always install Windows in a VM if I need something else running.

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