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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
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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: 2) by pjbgravely on Tuesday November 26 2019, @06:12PM

    by pjbgravely (1681) <pjbgravelyNO@SPAMyahoo.com> on Tuesday November 26 2019, @06:12PM (#925002) Homepage
    Thanks, it doesn't have Mythtv but maybe I can build, the build is always failing on my present OS.
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