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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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 26 2019, @08:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 26 2019, @08:09PM (#925052)

    If you want to develop advanced linux skills, then by all means use Linux. But if you want to use your computer to actually get work done and don't have time to waste trying to figure out why your DE is crashing this time, and you can't stand the idea of using Windows, then a Mac is your overall best choice.

    I've been running Linux for a long time, and I haven't had issues with the DE just crashing due to poor quality software in at least a decade.

    What's more, since OSX is BSD-based, as long as you have supported hardware, BSD can be pretty rock solid too.

    I'm not discouraging anyone from using Mac, as there can be advantages to that, especially if one isn't technically minded. However, the idea that it's *inherently* more stable hasn't been true for some time, IMHO.

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