[ale] Suggestion for a Good Linux/Desktop

[Jim Ransone]

My understanding is that the latest version of KDE Plasma has gotten 
pretty close to xfce in terms of minimal processing requirements.

Jim

On 10/25/20 3:25 PM, Charles Shapiro via Ale wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>>         <mailto: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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