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I Am Looking for a New Distro to Install and I Need Help.

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

pjbgravely writes:

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: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Tuesday November 26 2019, @05:25PM (2 children)

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday November 26 2019, @05:25PM (#924991) Journal

    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 . . .

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by NickM on Tuesday November 26 2019, @11:25PM (1 child)

    by NickM (2867) on Tuesday November 26 2019, @11:25PM (#925151) Journal
    They called themself UX devs nowadays. A propose the following test, if you call them UI devs and they dont whine, they are safe but if they complain about the title, off to the reeducation camp !
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    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Tuesday November 26 2019, @11:34PM

      by Freeman (732) on Tuesday November 26 2019, @11:34PM (#925160) Journal

      Sounds good to me, whatever might help the incessant repositioning of key features.

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      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"