[ale] Suggestion for a Good Linux/Desktop

[William Wylde]

XFCE is my favorite.  KDE second fav.   I strongly dislike the unity
desktop.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 2:09 PM Jim Ransone via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> 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> 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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