[TriLUG] Distro choice for desktop

[John Mitchell via TriLUG]

(john waits for the distro/desktop flame wars to start      :)       )

   Well, most distros have a 'live cd' that you can use to try out on your
hardware. It usually will install & run on a thumbdrive.
Have you been here:  https://distrowatch.com/  ?

I tend to install and then swap HDDs (or SSDs) to test different flavors, I
may run one distro for a day to get an understanding of if it's what I want.
For a linux test a 30 GB drive is more than big enough. (I have a small
Dell laptop that I swap between Win & Cloudready (chromebook)).
I have settled on XFCE4 as my daily drive (and will sometimes switch with
FVWM3  https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwm3  ).

Having said that, information about your hardware may help: WiFi driver
needed, Video chipset (Nvidia?)

john mitchell


On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 6:20 AM Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> So, I found out I did not properly install Ubuntu on my desktop and it
> is time to wipe and reinstall. I was thinking of starting with their
> server and adding the windows manager I like and any other software I
> need. Naive as I am, I decided to ask in the #ubuntu irc channel for
> help specially regarding the dual screen and windows manager package
> names I got this as a reply:
>
> (05:25:53 AM) alkisg: raub: that's what a desktop environment
> maintainer does; he finds out the programs needed for that
> (05:26:03 AM) alkisg: E.g. you'll need dbus-daemon, ssh-agent,
> policykit-agent etc to avoid various tasks from failing
> (05:26:31 AM) alkisg: So... you'll either need to learn about all
> these  low-level things, or you'd just use the premade desktop iso :)
>
> I guess it is time to consider the options. Goal is to have an
> installation with as little cruft as I can. Ideally, start from a
> minimalistic install and then add the windows manager and the other
> programs I need (the usual crap: 4+ different browsers, NFS, wifi that
> does say it cannot support my wifi card). It also needs to work with
> Zoom because unfortunately I need that for work.
>
> Candidates:
>
> Centos: Nope. I like the people in the #centos channel (not as
> condescending as the ubuntu and specially fedora), but centos will
> cease to exist in December.
> Fedora: Nope. My condescending quota has been filled thankyouverymuch.
> Debian: I never pictured it as  desktop, but hey
> Suse: Calling Dwaine. Dwaine needed on Aisle 5.
> lubuntu: I have used it before. What kind of support does it have? Its
> irc channel is rather not popular.
> Mint: never used
> ???
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