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posted by janrinok on Tuesday November 26 2019, @06:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the over-to-the-community! dept.

I need to install a new Linux/Gnu OS soon. The present one, Linux Mint (Mate) Debian edition no longer fills my needs. I run 4 screens with 3 X sessions. Mate worked great for this, then an update broke it to one screen. I tried Cinnamon but it won't even start on multiple X sessions. XFCE works but with some serious drawbacks although that may be caused by my current system. Enlightenment actually worked well until it started crashing and I had to restore the settings file. When it finally crashed so nothing got it to run again I gave up on it.

I need a OS with multimedia support, the ability to install programs that may not be in the repositories ( Mythtv ), and multi X screen support. I am also looking for a file manager that has something like Gnome scripts. I have fair command line skills. I presently have Nvidia cards but I will go shopping if I have to. I might try Xinerama but I usually watch one screen while switching the other 2's desktops. Also not having a menu on all screens would be a pain.


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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by janrinok on Tuesday November 26 2019, @10:36AM (2 children)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 26 2019, @10:36AM (#924859) Journal

    I know that your comment was partly in jest but, just to clarify for any members of our community that are fairly recent arrivals, we have never censored your submissions.

    They might not get selected because you do not follow the guidelines for submissions, but we can hardly be held responsible for that. Heaven knows we have tried often enough to help you.

    They might be edited but - well, that is what editors are meant to do, so that submissions comply with our stated guidelines and the aims of this site.

    But we have not, do not, and will not censor our community unless instructed to do so by the appropriate legal authorities who can present the necessary legal paperwork.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 26 2019, @12:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 26 2019, @12:43PM (#924886)

    I know that your comment was partly in jest but, just to clarify for any members of our community that are fairly recent arrivals, we have never censored your submissions.

    That's a lie. No, make it too lyes, the one with "never censored" and the "members of our community that are fairly recent arrivals".

  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Wednesday November 27 2019, @12:50AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday November 27 2019, @12:50AM (#925182) Journal

    unless instructed to do so by the appropriate legal authorities who can present the necessary legal paperwork.

    There is no "Official Secrets Act" in the Untied States, Jan! And it is only censorship is the government does it. What happens at SN is far, far more insidious. Kind of thing only a Mangy Buzzard could pull off.