An elite crowd trying to force on everyone else what they think is the right way? Thats one of the many reasons people are against systemd!
One thing I don't understand is how in the hell it is considered ok to have this in Debian STABLE? Maybe, in Fedora or OpenSuse but Debian stable???!
This only got discovered because its open source. Now, I realise why closed sauce Microsoft code is so bloated and cruddy. Its chock full of sexual references...
I would urge anyone new to Linux coming from a windows background to try PCLinuxOS. It took me a while to discover as it seems to be the best kept secret of Linux. I've gone through Debian, Arch, Mandriva, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, Slackware, Mepis, Puppy but always come back to PCLinuxOS.
It's easy to install, easy to maintain and has excellent hardware recognition. Add a welcoming community that is happy to answer all the newbie questions without insulting people and you have the recipe for the 'Distro hopper stopper'. The PCLinuxOS version of KDE4 is also the best set up of all that I've tried.
No mention of Gnewsense?
Unusual - Sure is. very few distros take software freedom this seriously.
Obscure - Sadly again true. Very few Linux users take software freedom this seriously.
Useful - If you want to know if your hardware doesn't require non-free binary blobs then this is a good way to check.
Can't get to the site but if your list is complete I'm surprised there's no mention of Scientific Linux.
The distro created by the Fermi National Accelerator laboratory and CERN has to be high on the list of unusual and interesting Linux distributions. Actually, works pretty well as a standard desktop too...
These odd naming conventions and 'complete lack of marketing savvy' are one of the reasons I love Linux. The Gimp is a slap in the face for all the 'Image over content' people.
Its like the whole nonsense of branding. I choose a product because it does what I want, not because it has a cool name and makes me feel better about myself.
Its not Linux naming conventions that need to grow up, but the rest of the world. If they changed the name of Photoshop to Plop would it change the underlying software? Nope... Would people stop buying it in droves? Yep...
I'll continue to use Gimp because it does what I need...
I've had much better experiences installing Linux than with Windows. And I started out with dos 3.3. The most significant advantage is that these days usually all the drivers for your hardware are included in the kernel.
Installing Windows is easy enough. Its the hours of tracking down drivers and applications after installing that is a pain in the backside.
Yup. I'm proud to belong to the 0.000000001% of ordinary users who buy PCs without an OS.
We are growing in number to! Last year it was at 0.0000000001%
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I'm running Plex media server on Debian 7.6 without problems.
I followed this thread on the Plex forums - https://forums.plex.tv/index.p...
slackpkg update
slackpg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
Or so my notes tell me... Switching over when Debian Jessie is out.
An elite crowd trying to force on everyone else what they think is the right way? Thats one of the many reasons people are against systemd! One thing I don't understand is how in the hell it is considered ok to have this in Debian STABLE? Maybe, in Fedora or OpenSuse but Debian stable???!
This only got discovered because its open source. Now, I realise why closed sauce Microsoft code is so bloated and cruddy. Its chock full of sexual references...
I would urge anyone new to Linux coming from a windows background to try PCLinuxOS. It took me a while to discover as it seems to be the best kept secret of Linux. I've gone through Debian, Arch, Mandriva, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, Slackware, Mepis, Puppy but always come back to PCLinuxOS. It's easy to install, easy to maintain and has excellent hardware recognition. Add a welcoming community that is happy to answer all the newbie questions without insulting people and you have the recipe for the 'Distro hopper stopper'. The PCLinuxOS version of KDE4 is also the best set up of all that I've tried.
This is the poetry of the 22nd century!
You wouldn't consider adopting me? I just wanna have phun!
No mention of Gnewsense? Unusual - Sure is. very few distros take software freedom this seriously. Obscure - Sadly again true. Very few Linux users take software freedom this seriously. Useful - If you want to know if your hardware doesn't require non-free binary blobs then this is a good way to check.
Can't get to the site but if your list is complete I'm surprised there's no mention of Scientific Linux. The distro created by the Fermi National Accelerator laboratory and CERN has to be high on the list of unusual and interesting Linux distributions. Actually, works pretty well as a standard desktop too...
These odd naming conventions and 'complete lack of marketing savvy' are one of the reasons I love Linux. The Gimp is a slap in the face for all the 'Image over content' people. Its like the whole nonsense of branding. I choose a product because it does what I want, not because it has a cool name and makes me feel better about myself. Its not Linux naming conventions that need to grow up, but the rest of the world. If they changed the name of Photoshop to Plop would it change the underlying software? Nope... Would people stop buying it in droves? Yep... I'll continue to use Gimp because it does what I need...
Yup, they are all patently stupid.
I'm a PC... Windows with no boundaries... er.. well...um...
I've had much better experiences installing Linux than with Windows. And I started out with dos 3.3. The most significant advantage is that these days usually all the drivers for your hardware are included in the kernel. Installing Windows is easy enough. Its the hours of tracking down drivers and applications after installing that is a pain in the backside.
Yup. I'm proud to belong to the 0.000000001% of ordinary users who buy PCs without an OS. We are growing in number to! Last year it was at 0.0000000001%
...to be known as Gaydar (allegedly)
> gp2x, google it No longer manufactured according to the website. They are now working on a handheld called 'Pandora'... http://openpandora.org/
> How about the market for people who just want their systems to work out of the box?
Thanks for asking. We're using PClinuxos. My 'mom' prefers Slackware though... Go Figure!