[ale] Suggestion for a Good Linux/Desktop

Thu Dec 17 21:00:19 EST 2020

Enlightenment was a nice DE.   Nextstep was, as well.  I think I tried
tkdesktop before, as well.   I used to like fvwm2, and used that as my
desktop for a long time.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 8:50 PM Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> As huge and bloated as it is, I use Gnome. For remote sessions I use XCFE.
> But my laptop has ram so it's gnome.
>
> Years back Enlightenment was the prettiest, most visually appealing DE on
> the planet.
>
> A zillion years ago I ran one called tkdesktop. Used tcl/tk to setup
> everything. Had a picture of a desk with hotspots at file drawers, phone,
> etc. Can't find it in the archives.
>
> On December 17, 2020 5:29:12 PM EST, William Wylde via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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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