Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : All
From : Bex
Date : Mon Jul 04 2022 15:22:00

-=> tassiebob wrote to DustCouncil <=-

 Du> version of Windows, receiving endless incremental updates.  When Windows
 Du> 11 came out, I thought, "you have to be kidding me."  And, of course, it
 Du> won't run on my current system.

 ta> Same here, and as a result Windows 10 might be the last version of
 ta> windows I run - because I'm definitely not buying new hardware just to
 ta> jump to 11.

I always tell my f&f not to upgrade to a new version of Windows for at least
six months to a year. Previous Windows versions seem to be able to function
well for quite a while, and 12 months gives Microsoft time to iron out the
worst issues in a new version.


 Du> The best Linux desktop I've ever used was KDE 3.5.9 - it was probably
 Du> the high water mark for the Linux desktop, and, well, I'd hoped that

I think there might be a little bit of a nostalgia bias there. Or you haven't
tried very many different DEs since? There are some really good DEs out there
now - I'm partial to Cinnamon on Linux Mint, Patheon (elementary OS) and Budgie
(Solus) are both strong also.

 ta> Kubuntu is my work daily driver, and for the most part just works.

Word!

 ta> I haven't had too many irritations, but my use case is probably

I had issues using the Plasma desktop with weird graphics issues, from what I
read online a lot of people have issues with kwin and nvidia GPUs.

 ta> different to yours.  I live in a terminal and web browser most of the
 ta> day, but also do some software development - which I find much less
 ta> painful on Linux.

 Amen! I actually spend a huge part of my day in a terminal for various work
tasks, and come out into the GUI world from time to time for email.

 Du> decades old?  One truly infuriating thing I can't fix is desktop icons
 Du> will execute with a single click, which is not what I am used to (and

Like tassiebob, I wouldn't notice this, DustCouncil. Not just because I
double-click things in my dreams, but also because the first thing I do on a
computer is disable desktop icons. I can't stand clutter on my desktop, I want
it to be there just for windows to be arranged on. Desktop icons just distract
me.

 ta> Good luck - interested in hearing how you go.  $employer has a
 ta> preference for Fedora, but I'd already well and truly installed Kubuntu

Fedora and centOS were always good business choices, because of their direct
ties to Redhat. Of course, centOS is not really centOS anymore, so that leaves
either Fedora or RHEL. So it's understandable. For a work desktop, I would want
to go with Linux Mint 'cuz I use it everywhere else, but I could make Fedora
work for 40 hours a week.

 Du> flatpaks, snaps, and the traditional package managers.  I don't have any
 Du> problem with any *one* of them, but by now I really wish there was a
 Du> single standard way of packaging things.

 ta> 107%

Word! To both of you! Since I run Linux Mint on everything, I use apt for 98%
of software installation so I am mostly not effected by package wars, but I do
have more than zero .AppImages installed.





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