[ale] Suggestion for a Good Linux/Desktop

[Colonel Wolf Halton CBA]

I have a System76 desktop machine with PopOS running Gnome desktop. In my
last Kali book, I wrote a chapter about all the different desktop-installs
available for Kali, so I got to delve into 12 desktops.

PopOS has been painless. No freezes. No muss. No fuss. I also have Ubuntu
with it's stockinstall desktop for an Nfina NUC studio machine (very quiet
and small) where I do much of my video work, and Ubuntu LTS 2020.04 with
Gnome running on an Nfina tower server that I occasionally log into
directly. The server sounds like a helicopter with all its fans, so I keep
thinking about creating a space for it in a different house. Haven't quite
developed the cashflow to rent a whole new house for one lonely test
server.  In the last 15 years, I wrote 3 books including a bunch of
VM-testing on XFCE Desktop, which is a very light resource-load.
My suspicion is that the OP's machine has a RAM or GPU shortage. If your
warranty has been expired on the hardware for more than a couple years, the
OS and software are likely beyond your hardware's capability.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 10:19 AM Preston Boyington via Ale <ale at ale.org>
wrote:

> I've been hearing good things about "Pop! OS" from System76.
> https://pop.system76.com/
>
> --
> Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter
> and those who matter don’t mind.
> -Dr. Seuss
>
> On 10/18/2020 6:42:30 AM, Contact VPV via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have been using Linux Mint with Cinnamon Desktop for the past few years
> as my daily driver. I am able to get most of the things. But there are a
> few times the Cinnamon Desktop just freezes and crashes while I am in the
> middle of some work. This kind of throws me off. I have tried most of the
> tricks on the LM forums and nothing leads me to a proper solution.
>
> Now that, I am thinking of switching to some simple and clean desktop that
> does not crash on me. I had to use Mac for my work, so I will be switching
> between my Mac and Linux on a daily basis.  I had customized my Cinnamon to
> look and behave like Mac and was successful to an extent that I could
> manage.
>
> Is there a recommendation for a distro/desktop that would help me?
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