[TriLUG] Distro choice for desktop

Sun Oct 24 10:27:25 EDT 2021

Other options I have tried are
1. Linux from scratch: if you want to go beyond Gentoo. But a nightmare
when it comes to package management. If you want to have a custom os in my
case I just needed the os for gpu render.
2. Arch Linux: good support and quite stable
3. Guix : new concept but a headache when it comes to customization and
even finding the application location if you are not a good programmer
which I am not.

In these cases I have followed this link for my use cases i.e. depending on
which machine I use I change window manager and software. E.g. I use
ratpoison for small machine with xrdp/vnc while xmonad or i3 for daily use.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/l3net.wordpress.com/2014/02/15/a-memory-comparison-of-light-linux-desktops-part-3/amp/
I have seen Ubuntu/Debian to be the most stable.

Bsds are also quite good

On Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 9:12 AM Bill Weinel via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I'll second that... I've run KDE here for going on 20 years now and it's
> still probably my favorite desktop operating system. It has all the
> underlying functionality and stability of Ubuntu and is very
> configurable to your individual tastes. The KDE development team does a
> great job of making sure that the KDE LTS releases are rock solid. For
> the more adventurous users who want to use all the latest KDE software,
> try KDE NEON. I use it on my laptop and for a leading edge O/S, it is
> pretty stable.
>
> Now should you want even more stability, at the minor cost of being a
> bit a little behind the development curve, try Mint with the Cinnamon
> desktop.
>
> As previous posters have mentioned, all of these are available as live
> distros. So it's easy enough to download a copy of each and try it out
> on your machine before committing to one.
>
> Take care,
> Bill
>
>
> On 10/23/21 8:00 AM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG wrote:
> > Depending on what desktop you like, I like KDE personally
>
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