I love crunchbang. The Debian I love with a lightweight but nice UI. Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 23, 2013, at 9:07, Gustin Johnson <gus...@meganerd.ca> wrote: > > I still like Ubuntu as a base (all the things I loved about Debian with a > little bit more to make life easier). > I am not a fan of Unity or Gnome 3. > > These days I flip back and forth between KDE and XFCE on top of Ubuntu 13.04. > As always GPU drivers remain problematic (I am back to nVidia with > proprietary drivers on my desktop). The open source radeon drivers seem to > be getting worse. Intel iGPUs are still my favorite under Linux. > > >> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Mel Walters <melwalt...@telus.net> wrote: >> >> If you are asking an opinion pole, I think some sort of Ubunto would >> tend to win? I personally like Debian Stable 7.1.0 on my machines, and >> use Virtualbox om my workstation for trying out Debian Testing and other >> distributions. Also I use Virtualbox to try some new programs that still >> have problems running on Stable. >> >> That being said, I have had little time lately for trying out many new >> or novel distributions. >> >> The reason I like Debian is because it has a way of looking after >> itself, especially if you can stick to the "Debian Way". >> >> The eclectic magic that shows up at CLUG meetings is the rich and varied >> opinions we all bring to it. >> >> Mel >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Shawn <sgro...@open2space.com> >> Reply-to: CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca> >> To: CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca> >> Subject: [clug-talk] Distro? >> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 22:28:27 -0600 >> Mailer: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130804 >> Thunderbird/17.0.8 >> >> I know we've all heard the question many times, but it has been a while >> since I have changed distros and am looking for opinions on what >> distro's are working well for people. >> >> I'm about to rebuild my laptop with a new (larger) SSD. The laptop is >> currently running Ubuntu with the KDE desktop, and has some problems >> with my hardware. (occasional graphics glitches, sound issues, external >> video issues, etc.) The laptop has become a primary workstation for me, >> rather than an occasional use box like it was in the past. So these >> issues are becoming frustrating. I think it is time to try another >> distro. Something that works well for PHP based web development, and >> still supports daily desktop use well. >> >> Other than Debian, what are other decent options at the moment? I might >> try out Fedora/Red Hat, but Arch looks interesting, as do some others. >> >> I can easily do the trial and error thing, but I'm wondering what others >> are using these days (other than Ubuntu), and why. >> >> Thanks for any input. >> >> Shawn >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying
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