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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.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by bradley13 on Tuesday November 26 2019, @02:52PM (4 children)
If it ain't broken, don't fix it."
This. This truly is the curse of computing. WinXP was a decent system, so they had to "improve" it with Vista. Win7 was solid, so they had to "improve" it with Win8, and then with the spyware that is Win10. Linux: Gnome 2 was stable and well-liked, so they improved it. The same happened with KDE. We won't mention Unity. MS Office and the addition of the "ribbon". The list is basically endless...
Some improvements do make sense, of course. The problem arises when programmers decide to replace perfectly functional components for no good reason, that problems mostly occur. FWIW this seems to mostly be a frontend/UX problem. It is relatively rare to have a backend component massively modified for no perceptible gain. UI components, on the other hand, seem to attract people who "know better". They seemingly don't care that their brainwave will mess up thousands or even millions of users who are familiar with the old UI.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Tuesday November 26 2019, @05:25PM (2 children)
All in favor of sending all UI developers to a bradley13 conference, raise their hands. Either that or put him in charge of the "re-education" camp for UI devs . . .
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Insightful) by NickM on Tuesday November 26 2019, @11:25PM (1 child)
I a master of typographic, grammatical and miscellaneous errors !
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Tuesday November 26 2019, @11:34PM
Sounds good to me, whatever might help the incessant repositioning of key features.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Touché) by maxwell demon on Tuesday November 26 2019, @07:02PM
Are you sure? How many Linux system components have been replaced by systemd components?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.