Ubuntu/GNOME deteriorating?
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From: Ignoramus8345 on 26 Mar 2010 18:30 A response to the suggestion to try KDE: I tried it and was less than impressed. Besides being a visual mess, its network manager leaves very much to be desired, as in, not really usable for what I do. Also, after a successful session, logging out, and logging back in, it ended up with a blank screen and no way to restore anything. I think that it is in the same never even half finished state, that it has always been in. I do place some serious hopes on Debian, first, because I have a bunch of Debian centric scripts. Barring that, I will try CentOS. i
From: Terry Porter on 26 Mar 2010 18:41 On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:08:37 +0000, White Spirit wrote: > On 26/03/2010 16:45, Ignoramus8345 wrote: > >> My big problem with Fedora was that I could never upgrade Fedora from >> one release to the next. I used it for years, and gave up for this >> reason and some others (such as it screwing up my config files). > >> Is that still the case? > > I believe so. > > Try Arch Linux. If you're happy editing one or two config files with > the command line before everything is working then you'll never have to > worry about upgrades and mishaps again. It's a rolling distribution, > which means that you can install it once and keep upgrading to the > latest set of packages. If you (or a util) have edited any config files > then the package upgrade scripts will save any new config files and keep > your originals as they were. It's the most hassle-free distro in my > view and in the unlikely event that there is any problem with packages > having bugs you can roll back to an earlier package with ease. > > http://www.archlinux.org I totally agree after installing Arch on my EeePC900. I'm very impressed with so many aspects of Arch, from the philosophy to the package management. Next Arch install this quadcore workstation, currently running Mint8. -- This machine running Gnu/Linux Mint 8 and posting via Pan. Get your Free copy NOW! http://linuxmint.com/
From: notbob on 26 Mar 2010 19:00 On 2010-03-26, Ignoramus8345 <ignoramus8345(a)NOSPAM.8345.invalid> wrote: > What I can do on Ubuntu is: > > 1) I log on and open some applications > 2) I click on "Switch user" > 3) I log on as another user and open more apps > 4) I select "switch user" > 5) I go back to the first user and to my opened apps > 6) and so on You can do that on any linux.
From: Ignoramus8345 on 26 Mar 2010 19:32 On 2010-03-26, Terry Porter <linux-2(a)netspace.net.au> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:08:37 +0000, White Spirit wrote: > >> On 26/03/2010 16:45, Ignoramus8345 wrote: >> >>> My big problem with Fedora was that I could never upgrade Fedora from >>> one release to the next. I used it for years, and gave up for this >>> reason and some others (such as it screwing up my config files). >> >>> Is that still the case? >> >> I believe so. >> >> Try Arch Linux. If you're happy editing one or two config files with >> the command line before everything is working then you'll never have to >> worry about upgrades and mishaps again. It's a rolling distribution, >> which means that you can install it once and keep upgrading to the >> latest set of packages. If you (or a util) have edited any config files >> then the package upgrade scripts will save any new config files and keep >> your originals as they were. It's the most hassle-free distro in my >> view and in the unlikely event that there is any problem with packages >> having bugs you can roll back to an earlier package with ease. >> >> http://www.archlinux.org > > I totally agree after installing Arch on my EeePC900. I'm very impressed > with so many aspects of Arch, from the philosophy to the package > management. > > Next Arch install this quadcore workstation, currently running Mint8. > > Does it come with networkmanager? Does it let you switch users seamlessly, without breaking sound?
From: J G Miller on 26 Mar 2010 19:35
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:05:52 -0500, Ignoramus8345 wrote: > But is Mint free of the same annoying bugs? The same annoying bugs as which? Certainly the same annoying bugs as those in Ubuntu which their quality control has allowed to slip through. It really is a case of you cannot have your cake and eat it. If you want bug free, then you are best going for a thoroughly tested distribution viz Debian, or if you prefer rpm and Red Hat, Centos. If you want newer software but are prepared to live with the bugs that get through, then go with Ubuntu (or Mint if you want the green wallpaper). If you want even more bleeding edge, but a very limited package set, then try Fedora Core. If you want a distribution that lives on the bleeding edge then try Sidux. Perhaps with its 8 month release cycles, openSUSE is more of a balance in between stable Debian and Ubuntu because they do more testing, but then you have to use the rpm package system instead and do as you are told by Yast (the administration tool). |