I third mint (or 5th!)
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Michael Butash <
michael@butash.net> wrote:
> I'll second (or forth) for mint debian edition.
>
> I've had some quirks, usual crap with i386 vs amd64 architecture,
> libssl0.98, but most have been pretty easy to figure out with a google
> search. Far less frustrating than with ubuntu, but a bit of a new learning
> curve none the less with debian.
>
> One thing I haven't figured out on mint is why X will consume 32gb of my
> 32gb of ram until it swaps to death on my desktop. I'm pretty sure it has
> to do with the fglrx blob for amd/ati cards, but rather annoying at the
> moment as it timebombs in under a week. Ubuntu would die in 2 days with
> compiz enabled, or less, so I'm less annoyed with Mint or Debian, more with
> AMD.
>
> Getting support out of AMD for linux seems to require an act of some deity
> to fix their shite drivers. :\
>
> -mb
>
>
>
> On 09/23/2014 02:32 AM, IscreamKid wrote:
>
> I followed the directions in the link for shutting Tracker off.
> System is now running better.
>
> Still no e-mail send, work on that tomorrow.
>
> Will look at Mint for virtual desktops
>
> Thanks
>
> Harold
>
> On Sep 22, 2014, at 23:14, Stephen Partington <cryptworks@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I'll second ubuntu for desktops. I usually use a server install disk
> unless I am doing something built on a main iso like kbuntu ect.
> On Sep 22, 2014 10:27 PM, "Phil Waclawski" <phil.waclawski@mesacc.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> I myself rather like kubuntu for my laptops/desktop but that is just my
>> preference. I love CentOS for servers (well, not sure about 7 yet)....but
>> for desktops...nope.
>>
>> Phil W
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If you consider ubuntu run mint instead. Then there is Linux Mint
>>> Debian Edition.
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Mark Phillips <
>>> mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not sure if this will help, as I know nothing about Tracker-miner nor
>>>> CentOS....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/346211/tracker-store-and-tracker-miner-fs-eating-up-my-cpu-on-every-startup
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried Debian or Ubuntu?
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:16 PM, IscreamKid <iscreamkid@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Saturday, at the Installfest, despite cautions from Thomas, I
>>>>> installed CentOS on my new computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> The install went well from the standpoint of reallocating the
>>>>> partitions and getting Grub to recognize both CentOS and Win 7.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I started working with it I loaded on my files.
>>>>> Files that took forty minutes to backup took two hours to load on a
>>>>> faster system.
>>>>> The culprit seems to be Tracker-miner.
>>>>>
>>>>> It continues to drag the system down when I am trying to do other
>>>>> things.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no idea why I need an application on here to, supposedly help
>>>>> me find files.
>>>>> In all of the years I have worked with Linux I can think of only three
>>>>> instances where I have used find to locate a file, and it worked nicely,
>>>>> thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I have a system that uses all of its resources to track files I
>>>>> will likely never ask for. Grrrrrrrr.
>>>>>
>>>>> After that the change of Gnome and KDE to eliminate my virtual
>>>>> desktops is unimportant.
>>>>>
>>>>> Would anyone like to suggest a better distro that will actually run
>>>>> and perhaps has more than four desktops, while running Office Libre, and
>>>>> plays You Tube videos in a browser?
>>>>>
>>>>> Harold
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