D&D ( distros and desktops )

[der.hans]

Am 26. Jul, 2014 schwätzte der.hans so:

moin moin,

over the years I have mostly used debian for everything. For the last few
years much of that had moved to Ubuntu. I'm currently running some of
each. Both have given me rock solid package management and simple,
reliable upgrades.

I generally haven't cared what desktop I use as long as I can open lots
of xterms and I can easily get focus follows mouse. Recently I have been
moving to KDE as I like what KDE is doing with plasma. Read Aaron Seigo's
blog or his G+ feed for more info about what KDE has cooking:

http://aseigo.blogspot.com/

https://plus.google.com/+AaronSeigo/posts

I've run dual-monitors everywhere for more than a decade. I don't have the
largest or latest, greatest monitors, so modern cards of whatever era were
able to drive my displays. Back when I first started it took quite a bit
to get them setup. Nowadays it's pretty easy, but sometimes I have to hunt
for the correct management package.

Most important to me is the combination of bash, screen and ssh. Those
will work anywhere that I can get an xterm, so I'm in good shape :).

While I've tried a variety of browsers, Firefox has been my choice since
before it existed as Firefox. I'm quite dependent on a number of plugins.

For work, I've used whatever distro seems the most appropriate for
servers. Usually that's whatever's already in place because there isn't
enough of an ROI to switch. Slackware, SuSE, debian, RedHat, Mandrake,
Fedora, CentOS and Ubuntu are most of the distributions I've managed for
different jobs.

ciao,

der.hans

> moin moin,
>
> The SuSE road tour is prompting conversation about distributions and the
> desktops for them.
>
> Let's discuss them here, but I have a few requests about posts.
>
> 1. no slamming stuff  ( no distro trolling )
> Put the emphasis on what you do like. If you need to mention a feature you
> don't like, please do so politely.
>
> 2. be respectful of others ( no person trolling )
> We have different requirements and workflows.
>
> 3. it's all FLOSS ( no license trolling )
> someone using a distro you don't like is still better than them using a
> proprietary system
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>

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