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Queue it up, Ubuntu w/ Mate. You know you want to try it out.
Queue it up, Ubuntu w/ Mate. You know you want to try it out.
[xkl ]ubuntu not enough choices?
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I love MATE and I am glad to see its development and adoption coming along so well. Gnome 2 was an exemplary desktop and I am grateful that a team has picked it up and run with it - It deserves to continue to be a choice for users; along, now, with XFCE, LXDE, KDE, Gnome, Cinnamon.
MATE could easily become the go-to for users who need something light but full-featured and do not have or want 3D-accelerated video.
MATE could easily become the go-to for users who need something light but full-featured and do not have or want 3D-accelerated video.
Looking forward to that, I really hope they do that! Mate is a great desktop environment!
Originally Posted By: 123Saab
Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
??? Care to explain yourself?
Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
??? Care to explain yourself?
123saab,
Do you use Google, amazon, or many other servers on a daily basis? If so you use linux. 98 Percent of the world's servers including microsoft Run Linux. Shoot Apple is reliant on Linux (BSD)to run. Next time educate yourself before posting!
Do you use Google, amazon, or many other servers on a daily basis? If so you use linux. 98 Percent of the world's servers including microsoft Run Linux. Shoot Apple is reliant on Linux (BSD)to run. Next time educate yourself before posting!
Originally Posted By: 123Saab
Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
Dumbest thing I've seen posted here in a while
Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
Dumbest thing I've seen posted here in a while
Originally Posted By: Subdued
Originally Posted By: 123Saab
Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
Dumbest thing I've seen posted here in a while
Yea, I guess according to that my college work isn't important..
Originally Posted By: 123Saab
Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
Dumbest thing I've seen posted here in a while
Yea, I guess according to that my college work isn't important..
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Shoot Apple is reliant on Linux (BSD)to run.
OSX is not linux, and linux is not BSD.
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Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
In addition to our "hundreds of linux servers" where I work, are "hundreds of windows servers" all virtualized on top of linux. lol.
Shoot Apple is reliant on Linux (BSD)to run.
OSX is not linux, and linux is not BSD.
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Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
In addition to our "hundreds of linux servers" where I work, are "hundreds of windows servers" all virtualized on top of linux. lol.
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I'd be interested in trying Ubuntu with MATE. I don't like the Unity interface at all. Xubuntu has been working for me, though it's not without its glitches either. For some reason, NONE of my Xubuntu installations can suspend and resume from suspend reliably. Sometimes, it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I lose my desktop wallpaper and have to reset it. Sometimes it just won't wake back up, and it requires a reboot. Weird. I don't know if that's a "Ubuntu" think or an "Xfce" thing.
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
For some reason, NONE of my Xubuntu installations can suspend and resume from suspend reliably. Sometimes, it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I lose my desktop wallpaper and have to reset it. Sometimes it just won't wake back up, and it requires a reboot. Weird. I don't know if that's a "Ubuntu" think or an "Xfce" thing.
Weird that you mention that Hokiefyd! I just installed Xubuntu on my Dell as a dual boot with Linux Mint and the same thing was happening to me as well. It's not an Ubuntu thing, as I have been using Ubuntu for a while now and never had an issue.
For some reason, NONE of my Xubuntu installations can suspend and resume from suspend reliably. Sometimes, it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I lose my desktop wallpaper and have to reset it. Sometimes it just won't wake back up, and it requires a reboot. Weird. I don't know if that's a "Ubuntu" think or an "Xfce" thing.
Weird that you mention that Hokiefyd! I just installed Xubuntu on my Dell as a dual boot with Linux Mint and the same thing was happening to me as well. It's not an Ubuntu thing, as I have been using Ubuntu for a while now and never had an issue.
It must be related to the Xfce environment. I don't use Xubuntu often, so it's not a big deal. I'd like to try Ubuntu MATE if it comes out.
I would love an Ubuntu MATE... not that I dislike Unity, (I actually love Unity!) but because it would make it so you you could use Ubuntu on older hardware.
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Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
For some reason, NONE of my Xubuntu installations can suspend and resume from suspend reliably. Sometimes, it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I lose my desktop wallpaper and have to reset it. Sometimes it just won't wake back up, and it requires a reboot. Weird. I don't know if that's a "Ubuntu" think or an "Xfce" thing.
Weird that you mention that Hokiefyd! I just installed Xubuntu on my Dell as a dual boot with Linux Mint and the same thing was happening to me as well. It's not an Ubuntu thing, as I have been using Ubuntu for a while now and never had an issue.
XFCE has a different session and power management daemon (and scripts to control that daemon) than does Gnome and its derivatives and forks (Unity, Cinnamon, MATE).
Folks often talk about the "big" desktops like Gnome (and its derivatives) and KDE being more "polished" than the smaller ones: I think this might be a good example where Gnome just has more developers, more users and more hardware to test on than does XFCE. Remember that Xubuntu is not developed directly by Canonical: it is a community-developed distro based on a smaller desktop project. If you want to, you can report these issues to the Xubuntu team via their bug tracking system. If not, you can always look at the Ubuntu forums as there may well be a fix for it (I have had laptops that wouldn't play nicely with my OS's power management daemon and everything was fixed by editing the suspend script. It was a little nerdy to do and involved me having to edit a system configuration file, but it worked and never faltered after that...) or you can try another one of the dozens of high-end distros out there. Even someone else's setup of XFCE might have a different suspend/ wake script controlling the power management daemon and it'll work fine! Mint's XFCE or Fedora's XFCE or Debian's XFCE implementation may be just the ticket. Freedom of choice can be chaotic at times!
When it (XFCE) works, it'll scream fast and be stable as a rock, but you may have to deal with some lack of "polish" from time to time in order to get it set up. Take this factor and double it for LXDE; and increase it by an order of magnitude if you wish to run without a Desktop Environment at all.
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
For some reason, NONE of my Xubuntu installations can suspend and resume from suspend reliably. Sometimes, it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I lose my desktop wallpaper and have to reset it. Sometimes it just won't wake back up, and it requires a reboot. Weird. I don't know if that's a "Ubuntu" think or an "Xfce" thing.
Weird that you mention that Hokiefyd! I just installed Xubuntu on my Dell as a dual boot with Linux Mint and the same thing was happening to me as well. It's not an Ubuntu thing, as I have been using Ubuntu for a while now and never had an issue.
XFCE has a different session and power management daemon (and scripts to control that daemon) than does Gnome and its derivatives and forks (Unity, Cinnamon, MATE).
Folks often talk about the "big" desktops like Gnome (and its derivatives) and KDE being more "polished" than the smaller ones: I think this might be a good example where Gnome just has more developers, more users and more hardware to test on than does XFCE. Remember that Xubuntu is not developed directly by Canonical: it is a community-developed distro based on a smaller desktop project. If you want to, you can report these issues to the Xubuntu team via their bug tracking system. If not, you can always look at the Ubuntu forums as there may well be a fix for it (I have had laptops that wouldn't play nicely with my OS's power management daemon and everything was fixed by editing the suspend script. It was a little nerdy to do and involved me having to edit a system configuration file, but it worked and never faltered after that...) or you can try another one of the dozens of high-end distros out there. Even someone else's setup of XFCE might have a different suspend/ wake script controlling the power management daemon and it'll work fine! Mint's XFCE or Fedora's XFCE or Debian's XFCE implementation may be just the ticket. Freedom of choice can be chaotic at times!
When it (XFCE) works, it'll scream fast and be stable as a rock, but you may have to deal with some lack of "polish" from time to time in order to get it set up. Take this factor and double it for LXDE; and increase it by an order of magnitude if you wish to run without a Desktop Environment at all.
Originally Posted By: 123Saab
Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
485 of the world's most powerful 500 computers must really be missing the point - http://www.zdnet.com/linux-dominates-supercomputers-as-never-before-7000030890/
... As well as all of those Android-using slackers. And those lazy good-for-nothings using GPS systems. And rockets. And the employees at Google using Goobuntu. And Industrial Light & Magic.
And BITOG.
Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
485 of the world's most powerful 500 computers must really be missing the point - http://www.zdnet.com/linux-dominates-supercomputers-as-never-before-7000030890/
... As well as all of those Android-using slackers. And those lazy good-for-nothings using GPS systems. And rockets. And the employees at Google using Goobuntu. And Industrial Light & Magic.
And BITOG.
Originally Posted By: 123Saab
Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
Priceless .....
Linux.....For people that do not really use computers for anything important.
Priceless .....
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