[ale] Suggestion for a Good Linux/Desktop

[Charles Shapiro]

KDE Plasma on Debian 10.1 "Buster" running in 12 gb on a slightly vintage
Core-I7 MB.  No troubles. Upgraded video card from Nvidia to AMD back in
August with minimal hassles. I do a lot of stuff at the terminal though. In
more resource-constrained environments, I have had good experiences with
XFCE.

-- CHS



On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 12:50 PM Colonel Wolf Halton CBA via Ale <
ale at ale.org> wrote:

> 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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