That's rather interesting... Quite the bit of humble pie to have to eat after all this time.
Though Gnome3 isn't much better. So eh. (/KDE fanboy)
It means good news for wayland adoption though!
I'm not really a big fan of IoT devices, but more work on the Desktop, Servers and Cloud is good news!
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- Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:18 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: Ubuntu drops Unity and moves back to GNOME
- Replies: 159
- Views: 19658
- Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:11 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: Is the enthusiasm gone on KDE/Plasma?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2112
Re: Is the enthusiasm gone on KDE/Plasma?
Using Mint KDE 18.1 here and liking it!
There were 1 or 2 minor hiccups with 18.0, but those are gone in 18.1.
I actually like the Breeze theme. It's new and has room to grow (I do still prefer some of the Oxygen Icons), I prefer it over Oxygen overall.
There were 1 or 2 minor hiccups with 18.0, but those are gone in 18.1.
I actually like the Breeze theme. It's new and has room to grow (I do still prefer some of the Oxygen Icons), I prefer it over Oxygen overall.
- Sat Jan 28, 2017 5:48 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: New people need to stop using 18.X and use 17.3.
- Replies: 79
- Views: 11679
Re: New people need to stop using 18.X and use 17.3.
KDE 18.1 here, KDE 18.0 was a little buggy (I had 2 bugs that we're quickly fixed), but 18.1 has been pretty stable so far. There haven't been enough bugs for me not to recommend it to people new and old. I agree 17.3 was really polished and bug-free, but software is changing and 17.3 will be left b...
- Sat Jan 28, 2017 5:36 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: Wow, KDE Has Got Its First Branded Laptop And It’s Awesome! Jan 26, 2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 718
Re: Wow, KDE Has Got Its First Branded Laptop And It’s Awesome! Jan 26, 2017
That's pretty neat! It is a bit pricey though.
- Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:07 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: Simplification of icons...
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4140
Re: Simplification of icons...
I used to *love* Apple's user interface philosophy. However, it is not now what it once was, and not in a good way. It's not that I'm against advancement and evolution, but I *am* against change-for-the-heck-of-it. I'll second that. Starting at around OSX10.2 Apple's UI was absolutely brilliant. Wa...
- Tue Dec 27, 2016 4:47 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: Solus operating system - the future...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7547
Re: Solus operating system - the future...
Best of luck to him! I'm not very tech savvy, but isn't there a good reason so many distros being based off of Debian? Namely, designing a package management system being very hard? It seems to me he may be bitting off a lot more then he can chew, and his past choices to avoid Debian haven't exactly...
- Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:20 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: i love mint but this make me sad
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2894
Re: i love mint but this make me sad
@moem thanks for the link, i understood clem's point of view but is different to mine, i dont say one of us is right, there is not a right side, these are just point of view, i'd like to have a choise during the installation, to take my decision if i wanna use a fully free and open software or the ...
- Sat Sep 17, 2016 1:21 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: Poll: What's Mint KDE 18 like? Please click!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4112
Re: Poll: What's Mint KDE 18 like? Please click!
There have been a few hiccups, I've had the system freeze up twice and the wireless not remembering the password (which I was able to fix by deleting the network). At first I was kinda skeptical about the new "flat" look, but I'm actually kinda growing fond of it. Overall, I'm liking it de...
- Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:35 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: Why maintainers matter
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4775
Re: Why maintainers matter
As a non-techie, most of that article kinda goes over my head. I'm very much a "I just want to download and click on the app and go." person. No compiling only to find out I'm missing library x. The mint software center is nice, but many of the apps are often waaaaaay way out of date. Then...
- Sun Jun 12, 2016 3:36 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: "Sarah" (MINT 18) Changes coming?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1388
Re: "Sarah" (MINT 18) Changes coming?
Interesting... As a KDE user this won't affect me much, but it seems like a good thing for other desktops. Though if I'm understanding it, this means a more severe departure from Ubuntu? The mint team is rather small though right? Are they ready to support and maintain a whole software suit in addit...
- Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:05 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: What are you most dissatisfied with in Linux Mint?
- Replies: 385
- Views: 67438
Re: What are you most dissatisfied with in Linux Mint?
I have only one complaint with Linux Mint. Wifi I've had trouble with the wifi on every computer but one that I've installed Mint on. From slowed speeds to complete loss of wifi. I'm trying to wean myself away from Windows, but I find myself booting up the Windows machine out of frustration from wa...
- Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:08 am
- Forum: Open Chat
- Topic: Anybody remember the Win 95 Maze screensaver?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1036
Re: Anybody remember the Win 95 Maze screensaver?
Flying Toasters was far more awesome then the Win 95 Maze.
I was just a little kid when I saw that screensaver on my dad's laptop. It gave me nightmares...
I was just a little kid when I saw that screensaver on my dad's laptop. It gave me nightmares...
- Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:41 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: Linux and college?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2430
Re: Linux and college?
For all the CS courses I took at university, we were graded by the source code. Meaning you didn't actually have to build or run it on your computer, so long as it could be built and run on the instructors computer. So for example you could write code on linux that the instructor could compile into ...
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:50 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: Linux Mint is the right choice for experienced users?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5744
Re: Linux Mint is the right choice for experienced users?
My example. Previously, I have used Debian initially with console and later X server. I have learned to use the Unix commands. I am interested a question. What encourages advanced users to switch from using of a heavyweight distribution to Linux Mint? "It Just Works" is nice to have, even...
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:13 am
- Forum: Open Chat
- Topic: How to run a virtual OS?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1283
Re: How to run a virtual OS?
I had this thougth that comptuers could be common place in the future like buying a stack of shingles. They are simply machines and people carry around their personal "biologically-encoded" OS in a credit card. If you've seen those Credit card USB's that's the general idea if not a credit...
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:30 am
- Forum: Open Chat
- Topic: Wanting to swap CPU (General Question, not Linux specific)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 885
Re: Wanting to swap CPU (General Question, not Linux specifi
Also, I have verified that it is a removeable processor, not a soldered unit. I am assuming that a newer processor would be both faster and more efficient. I want something that will reliable function in the chassis that I have without burning itself up. It looks like your options for upgrading the...
- Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:29 am
- Forum: Open Chat
- Topic: Narnia Movies
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2926
Re: Narnia Movies
I remember the really really old WonderWorks Narnia series. Despite having awful cutouts and terrible special effects, I remember they remained pretty true to spirit of the source material. I have fond memories of them. I don't remember too much in specific about the new ones. I watched them all, bu...
- Thu Feb 19, 2015 10:12 pm
- Forum: Open Chat
- Topic: Narnia Books
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2505
Re: Narnia Books
I have read all of them. I loved The Silver Chair in particular, especially the character of Puddleglum. Puddleglum,' they've said, 'You're altogether too full of bobance and bounce and high spirits. You've got to learn that life isn't all fricasseed frogs and ell pie. You want something to sober yo...
- Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:55 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: Is Linux Secure or Vulnerable?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 10666
Re: Is Linux Secure or Vulnerable?
It's never completely safe. But I've never had anyone seriously suggest that windows is more secure than linux. Linux/Unix were designed with security in mind. (Big corporations wanted stable and secure multi-user OSes for their servers) Windows was designed very much without security. (In a simple ...
- Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:32 am
- Forum: Open Chat
- Topic: Best Windows?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7510
Re: Best Windows?
It's ...hard to comment without doing some bashing. Windows prior to 7 was just a terrible, awful ugly mess. Ignoring the bugs: Win2k was really rudimentary. It worked well enough for the time I suppose, but it's woefully outclassed. It's like Mac OS 9, it served it's purpose, but OS X outclasses it...