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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: 2) by RS3 on Wednesday November 27 2019, @12:11AM (2 children)

    by RS3 (6367) on Wednesday November 27 2019, @12:11AM (#925171)

    Thanks for that info, Bot. bbqlinux might be just what I need, but I see it's brand new. Maybe more likely antix...

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday November 27 2019, @06:28PM (1 child)

    by Bot (3902) on Wednesday November 27 2019, @06:28PM (#925408) Journal

    bbqlinux is stalling but it is still worthy as a demo for all kind of wm.

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    • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Thursday November 28 2019, @03:33AM

      by RS3 (6367) on Thursday November 28 2019, @03:33AM (#925540)

      Thank you for that. How about antix- you find it stable?