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1 • Slackware & Nextcloud (by Andy Prough on 2022-03-28 00:47:47 GMT from United States)
@ Jesse - "On the flip side, Slackware's package management failed completely for me"
I find it curious that even with a few negative reviews by users on DW for various reasons, not a single other person that I have seen has reported this very serious issue with 15.0. Rather puzzling.
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Nextcloud - yes, I've been trying out /e/Cloud from the /e/ Foundation. Very satisfying experience, seems quite secure and gives a pretty full range of free services, including webmail, calendar, cloud drive, etc.
2 • Nextcloud (by Sam Crawford on 2022-03-28 01:55:59 GMT from United States)
I've never heard of Nextcloud but use "Insync" to keep my Google Drive and my One Drive files synced on all my computers. It also support Dropbox. I use it on my linux computers and Windows 11. My wife uses it on her Mac.
3 • Slackware no, Gnome 42 yes? (by Gerard Lally on 2022-03-28 02:07:27 GMT from Ireland)
Jesse obviously prefers the shiny, Windows- and Mac-like Linux distributions over the old Slackware and Slackware-based distributions. . Which is fine, I suppose, even if he is writing for a Linux website. But it cannot have escaped even Jesse's notice that his advice to choose a "more modern" distribution is inconsistent with the inhospitable walled garden Gnome and thus "modern" distributions like Fedora are becoming. Slackware might be too difficult for him, or too much work, but at least Pat dumped the cartoon desktop Gnome when he saw the writing on the wall.
4 • Slackware and GNOME (by Jesse on 2022-03-28 02:26:46 GMT from Canada)
@3: Reading your comment makes me wonder if you have ever read any of my reviews, particularly ones about distributions running GNOME? If you had, you'd know that I generally shy away from full-featured, shiny-style desktop environments, particularly GNOME. Which is why it's usually guest writers who review projects like Fedora, Ubuntu, and Pop!_OS.
I'm particularly curious about your comment: "But it cannot have escaped even Jesse's notice that his advice to choose a "more modern" distribution..."
When have I ever recommended someone use a "more modern" distribution? I've pointed out some distros, like Zenwalk and Slackware, are missing features most distributions treat as standard these days, but I've never pushed people toward more modern distros or desktops. Heck, look at my top picks for 2021: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20220103#2021
Of the eight projects on my list, six of them are minimal projects and only one uses a (heavily modified for a specific purpose) GNOME desktop. So I really wonder where you'd get the impression that I favour modern desktops and distros like GNOME and Fedora (respectively) when, if anything, the reverse is what I consistently write.
5 • Zenwalk (by Simon Plaistowe on 2022-03-28 03:35:52 GMT from New Zealand)
I haven't tried Zenwalk for many years. Seems it may be time to give it another try.
6 • Zenwalk (by Enrico on 2022-03-28 04:24:27 GMT from Italy)
I've tried zenwalk in the pasta, i found it interesting and light on resources, now i think that the actual problem is the configuration of a very new hardware Is the culprit of all the errors you found on your review, perhaps old hardware or virtualbox session May offer Better experience... Zenwalk custom scrips May not be well tested on Intel 11gen platform
7 • GNOME and libadwaita (by Jeff on 2022-03-28 06:33:31 GMT from United States)
The GNOME dev team has been openly hostile toward theming any part of their work, so none of this should come as any surprise.
They do this to protect their branding, so that GNOME is always recognized as GNOME, the main developers are Red Hat employees and want the Red Hat desktop to be seen and known.
GTK3 and GTK4 are the GNOME Tool Kit, GTK1 was the GIMP Tool Kit.
8 • su, sudo, doas, apt and inept (by Trihexagonal on 2022-03-28 07:14:59 GMT from United States)
ITrying-to-do-with-doas said "if I want to start the Synaptic package manager in a session using a minimalist window manager, I can type "sudo synaptic" to get it to start. But "doas synaptic" does not work.
Could you write something one of these days about how to get doas to be more of a complete replacement for sudo, and cover any of these kinds of edge cases? "
If you need a GUI like Synaptic to run apt it doesn't matter if you use sudo or doas, You're quibbling over kibbles and oblivious to what is painfully obvious to me.
The user-base is becoming more widely divided, command of the command line what defines the two and praise be to Kali I'm on this side with her now,. And don't make me get out my boombox.
As I was reading I thought Jessie was very knowledgeable on the subject of sudo and doas and knew more about it than I did.. I have always used su to become root in a terminal and very comfortable and competent in doing so.
I'm for real when I say I see the user-base becoming more divided and it really does sadden me.
But much of a proponent of Natures Way that I am, won't up on trying to save as many command line capable people possible by bestowing upon them the divine art of compiling ports.
9 • Distro with easy Nextcloud install (by Kazlu on 2022-03-28 08:20:04 GMT from France)
If Turnkey is mentioned, one could also mention YUNOHOST. Nextcloud is one of the modules that can be installed in a few clicks with all underlying requirements (such as web server) taken care of. There are some drawbacks though:
- you have to manually allow any user to access the Nextcloud application so that clients on other machines can access it, which is a blow to the fully aotomated process (and it's not in the main documentation)
- YUNOHOST is strictly a server distribution, may not be what you want
- in my experience, Nextcloud is still demanding some manual care. In my case, some cache files blew out of proportion and it took me months to detect and then solve the problem since I have very little spare time to work on it. But the origin of the problem was linked to my specific use of it, probably most people will never see the problem.
10 • GNOME and its "we know so much better than our users" culture (by Simon on 2022-03-28 09:44:17 GMT from New Zealand)
This effort to force their desktop onto one theme is going to alienate another big wave of users (like the wave that poured into XFCE and forked into Mate when GNOME signalled their intention to do this we-know-better-than-users stuff with the v2 -> v3 changes). I wonder if GNOME will even survive as a significant desktop for much longer at this rate? I guess there are enough GNOME developers in key Red Hat / Ubuntu / etc. roles that they feel protected from having to care about supporting users' preferences...but if it gets to the point where companies are ignoring Red Hat and Ubuntu's default desktops and installing KDE or whatever simply in order to *theme* their desktops, for heaven's sake, that situation may not last much longer.
11 • Recognizing GNOME as GNOME (by luvr on 2022-03-28 10:05:27 GMT from Belgium)
@7 Well, I guess that, as it becomes ever easier to recognize GNOME and not mistake it for any other graphical environment, it will get ever more trivial to know when to run, won't it?
12 • GNOME philosophy (by Microlinux on 2022-03-28 10:56:46 GMT from France)
I've been 100% GNU/Linux for more than two decades now. My first graphical environment was WindowMaker on Slackware 7.1. and then I've used pretty much every desktop under the sun, including KDE, GNOME and Xfce built from source.
If desktop environments were cars:
1. KDE would be a Mercedes E class. Great comfort, all the extras, nothing missing.
2. Xfce would be an Italian sports car. Light and fast, but don't look for the ashtray.
3. GNOME would be a Tesla on autopilot, where the user in the front seat can *sometimes* decide where he goes.
13 • @12 • GNOME philosophy (by James on 2022-03-28 11:19:41 GMT from United States)
And Mate would be your favorite classic car!
For me a 1961 Chevy bubble 409.
14 • Gnome (by Bob on 2022-03-28 12:20:37 GMT from United States)
Quote from #10: "I wonder if GNOME will even survive as a significant desktop for much longer at this rate?"
Yes, it will survive...like cockroaches and cancer.
I still think Ubuntu should have kept the Unity desktop.
15 • No love with gnome (by Joe on 2022-03-28 12:39:52 GMT from Brazil)
Tried gnome on a old core-i3 (3rd gen) with 8GB ram (debian and fedora). After a day working on it, moved to KDE Plasma (slackware 15.0).
KDE 4 was a disappointment, moved to mate and xfce. Now, KDE Plasma is way better, fast and smooth than anything else.
16 • Zenwalk modern hardware issues maybe? (by Sam on 2022-03-28 12:43:28 GMT from United States)
At first a review of Zenwalk brought back some nostalgia. I remember using Zenwalk way-back-when without any real issues (say, circa, 2009?). Boot to text console? Xorg and GDM failing on boot? Ugh.
17 • Slackware (by Maou on 2022-03-28 13:54:29 GMT from United Kingdom)
Tried Slackware a few years ago, found too complicated, finally settled down on Arch.
18 • Nextcloud distro (by Jakester on 2022-03-28 14:34:16 GMT from United States)
Hansson IT makes a very solid preconfigured VM based on Ubuntu LTS running on ZFS - https://www.hanssonit.se/nextcloud-vm. Quick to setup, and includes scripts to automate updates for Ubuntu, Nextcloud and its apps, letsencrypt. Free for 40 GB configured storage, pretty simple to add virtual disk capacity if you need more. Updating to a new LTS can be a bit involved, otherwise pretty low maintenance and stable in my experience over a few years. I use it for private cloud storage only, but there is a pretty good selection of cloud apps if you want to use it for that instead of Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc.
19 • Nextcloud (by Jeroen on 2022-03-28 15:31:18 GMT from Netherlands)
You can use NextcloudPi (https://ownyourbits.com/nextcloudpi/) for an easy install Nextcloud instance.
20 • Gnome (by Sax on 2022-03-28 18:50:22 GMT from Switzerland)
@10 Companies do not care about themes.
21 • NextCloud on NethServer (by John on 2022-03-28 20:02:16 GMT from Canada)
Just a note - NextCloud is also an easy click installation on NethServer too
22 • ZW (by grindstone on 2022-03-28 20:33:53 GMT from United States)
Glad to see a review of ZW and really surprised not to see activity/replies from jp/hyperion here. Sounds like it diverged quite a bit from what it used to be. I still cheer for it as I used several revs years ago. Also really surprised to see a veteran like Jesse go on about package managers on a Slack-based distribution--when you choose that tree root, you know what's ahead. I wouldn't think to try anything but netpkg or build my own stuff (even "cutting corners" w/ slackpkgs). This is why time-conscious slack-people choose Debian-based things or take the work in-stride and w/o comment :) Maybe my expectations are too low, but small maintainer distros are always short-handed so I cut them more, erm, slack. Still and all, thanks for the review!
23 • @ #3: WHAT ‽ (by R. Cain on 2022-03-28 20:51:40 GMT from United States)
Apparently, some people think Daniel Patrick Moynihan was wrong when he famously said, "You're entitled to your own opinions, but you are 𝒏𝒐𝒕 entitled to your own facts."
24 • Nextcloud & Backblaze (by James, NZ on 2022-03-29 01:37:55 GMT from New Zealand)
I use Nextcloud as the application for managing IP security camera video on my Odroid XU4.
Nextcloud is installed pre-configured from a setup menu when you install Armbian OS initially. Very easy to install. The cameras SFTP to the Odroid from here.
Snap Nextcould has permission issues I could not get around, but standard Nextcloud installation was completely fine.
I use Backblaze for all photos and other important files as a "files sync" service. Never had a problem and 1TB storage is cheap enough in the cloud - $4NZD ish a month.
25 • Gnome (by DaveT on 2022-03-29 10:26:58 GMT from United Kingdom)
I am so old I can remember when Gnome was good!
I use lightweight hair-shirt stuff now. It was OK back then and still works.
I use CTWM a lot. XFCE for work.
26 • The cancerous cartoon chronicles (by Cousin IT on 2022-03-29 10:56:02 GMT from Philippines)
Yes, I am Gnomish, a bit Plasmic sometimes, but mostly staying and ( May I say?) enjoying the cancerous cartoon desktop environment. I have not been blackmailed or bribed by Red Hat or Canonical. I do it of my own free will. I've been told that Gnome cannot be configured, but I've configured it anyway. I am pleased by the results. It's not as configurable as Plasma, but then, nothing else is. It suffices that I can set up a desktop the way I like it in no more time than setting up KDE.
I'm running Gnome 42 on Ubuntu Jammy (daily) and Devuan Daedalus. Devuan? It seems like going to a vegan restaurant and bringing a corned beef sandwich. Guess I' a rebel! Actually, I wanted to see how Gnome runs without that other cancerous growth: systemd. Runs like the proverbial top. With 42, there is are the complaints about lack of application theming. I haven't seen it so far. Maybe they are still on GTK3. I suppose it will come. The thing is, even with the riches of Plasma, I usually end up with the Breeze default theme, dark. Adwaita dark is not as pretty, but it will be ok by me if no one overrides the limits.
The only other DE I will gladly use is Plasma. Cinnamon and others always turn me off somewhere. A pet peeve is the tiny buttons on the windows titlebars. What's with that? My eyes and hands are not what they used to be. XFCE does have HDPI, and HiDPI, but I end up with a crappy theme. Also XFCE always reminds me of those kit cars one built in the garage. No matter how much care, there are always the missed touches and squeaks.
I uploaded 4 screenshots. Three are cartoonish cancers, and one is Plasma.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/164785504@N08/
27 • @#26 Top Panel (by vmclark on 2022-03-29 14:10:24 GMT from United States)
The Extensions that allow the Top Panel Transparent no longer works for Gnome 42.
Hopefully ewlsh on Github will find a fix:
https://github.com/ewlsh/dynamic-panel-transparency/
The dock Transparency still works though.
28 • @27, top panel transparency (by Cousin IT on 2022-03-29 15:26:22 GMT from Philippines)
This extension works on 42. I've been using it for quite a while. If you have gnome integration in your browser, you can install directly from here.
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3960/transparent-top-bar-adjustable-transparency/
Needed: chrome-gnome-shell from the repo and gnome shell integration extension for Firefox or Chromium/Chrome.
At GitHub:
https://github.com/lamarios/gnome-shell-extension-transparent-top-bar
29 • @#28 Transparency (by vmclark on 2022-03-29 20:19:23 GMT from United States)
Thanks. A different github address. I'll give it a go.
30 • Cloud and syncing (by Friar Tux on 2022-03-29 22:39:50 GMT from Canada)
After having been burnt a couple of times by cloud storage I do not trust or use it anymore. No cloud site can, or will, give an absolute guarantee that your stuff will be there when you need it. Twice, I have had my stuff removed/lost when the site decided to change their amount of storage available to each offered tier, or their operating methods (not mentioning any names). Fortunately, I'm overly cautious and had external backup as well. Presently, I do sync stuff, but it's to a 64 gb sim card permanently attached to my laptop. This arrangement works beautifully. For me, Fridays is sync/backup day. (I also do not trust auto-sync software due to past failures. Some files didn't sync so when I needed them I didn't have the latest version.)
As for Zenwalk and Slackware, both failed to install for me. Not exactly out-of-box, which, for me, in this day and age, is a major must-have. I'm quite strongly opinionated in this area. If you are trying to promote a distro, please, please, please have it at least install out-of-box. No needed additional driver installs, no needed addtional library installs. Just plug in the ISO (or whatever), hit the Install button, reboot when installed, and go to work. That's it.
31 • @27 Still no transparency (by vmclark on 2022-03-30 00:14:17 GMT from United States)
This is what I have
Firefox:GNOME Shell integration, chrome-gnome-shell installed
Location of git download:
".local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/transparent-top-barftpix.com.v11.shell-extension"
Still no top bar transparency. Maybe a setting of one of the files inside the folder "transparent-top-barftpix.com.v11.shell-extension".
I obviously re-booted.
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Star Labs - Laptops built for Linux.
View our range including the highly anticipated StarFighter. Available with coreboot open-source firmware and a choice of Ubuntu, elementary, Manjaro and more. Visit Star Labs for information, to buy and get support.
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GEOLivre Linux
GEOLivre Linux was a Kurumin-based Brazilian live CD geared towards geographical use. Among its specialist software one can find MapServer, GRASS, JUMP, QGIS, Thuban, GPSMan, GPSDrive and other related applications.
Status: Discontinued
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| TUXEDO |
TUXEDO Computers - Linux Hardware in a tailor made suite
Choose from a wide range of laptops and PCs in various sizes and shapes at TUXEDOComputers.com. Every machine comes pre-installed and ready-to-run with Linux. Full 24 months of warranty and lifetime support included!
Learn more about our full service package and all benefits from buying at TUXEDO.
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| Star Labs |
Star Labs - Laptops built for Linux.
View our range including the highly anticipated StarFighter. Available with coreboot open-source firmware and a choice of Ubuntu, elementary, Manjaro and more. Visit Star Labs for information, to buy and get support.
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