[HN Gopher] MX-19.4 Now Available ___________________________________________________________________ MX-19.4 Now Available Author : doener Score : 21 points Date : 2021-04-08 20:32 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (mxlinux.org) (TXT) w3m dump (mxlinux.org) | type0 wrote: | I consider this to be one of the best if not the best out of | Debian based distros. Make yourself a favour, get an usb | enclosure for mSATA and an SSD (basically a big usb stick) and | put MX on it - you won't regret it. It's crazy good as a portable | usb stick distro. Dolphin made some tutorials on doing a | persistent install | https://www.youtube.com/user/runwiththedolphin/videos | glsdfgkjsklfj wrote: | Had never heard of this distro or the ones it is based on. | | But the way they ship systemD shim is excellent and only | highlight the dumpster fire that was it being forced down | everyone throats under the "there's no other way to do it" | excuse. | | SystemD and Gnome (and more recently mozilla) set the bar very | low on how to manage open source communities _after they are | stabilished by other people in the past_. Glad to see there are | still excellent examples out there with opinionated but | respectful engineering decisions. | j1elo wrote: | By any chance have you tried Linux Mint? I find it well | polished and useful, in that the environment just works and | gets out of my way. It helps right where I need things to be | done for me (like looking for proprietary drivers and | extensions, or just the right set of config choices in the | System Settings applet), and otherwise steps aside to let me | focus on my work. | | Been using it since 2016, and I'm now in the verge of upgrading | to the latest, but I would be open to other Debian or Ubuntu | derivatives, if they bring an even better experience than Mint. | | Opinions? | type0 wrote: | I used Mint almost ten years ago, actually I feel It kinda | lost it's relevance with Ubuntu MATE and Budgie as well as | Pop OS being very user friendly. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-04-08 23:01 UTC)