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"Upon reflection... maybe I shouldn't be using Ubuntu." "Is there something similar to EPEL but for Ubuntu (and other Debian derivatives)?" "If I have to touc

"Upon reflection... maybe I shouldn't be using Ubuntu." "Is there something similar to EPEL but for Ubuntu (and other Debian derivatives)?" "If I have to touch my mouse, the interface is probably doing something wrong." What do you find lacking in a CentOS/EPEL install that Ubuntu gives you? There are lots of keyboard oriented window managers around and some 'structured evaluation' (aka waste a weekend distro hopping and tweaking together with surfing the blogs to find someone who does the same kind of work as you do) will probably allow you to find something you like. (Personally, I find KDE with a few adjustments fine for most things and Gnome Shell seemed fairly intuitive after a year on dwm).

inetknght 10y ago
> What do you find lacking in a CentOS/EPEL install that Ubuntu gives you? The most recent version of software. I've found CentOS, in particular, to have ancient versions of software in the repos. EPEL helps, but it only goes so far. > I find KDE with a few adjustments fine for most things and Gnome Shell seemed fairly intuitive after a year on dwm I tried out KDE recently. Maybe it was an old version. It reminded me a lot of oldschool classic Mac OS. Easy to find things, but things don't have a lot of features or options. Gnome Shell... it's okay and there's a ton of under the hood options. But there's practically zero way to access them without either insider knowledge of what to configure and where, or else having to go install even more software.
- keithpeter 10y ago
  Fedora then. The Korora Project provide a 'batteries included' Fedora with codecs &c. I've sort of arrived at the same place as Rob Pike[1] but with Linux instead of Mac OS. Default Debian Stable with KDE + restore and I'm away. Or default (kitchen sink) install of Slackware. PS: KDE is almost a Windows clone in my perception and quite a long way from MacOS! [1] https://usesthis.com/interviews/rob.pike/ https://usesthis.com/interviews/rob.pike/

inetknght 10y ago

> What do you find lacking in a CentOS/EPEL install that Ubuntu gives you? The most recent version of software. I've found CentOS, in particular, to have ancient versions of software in the repos. EPEL helps, but it only goes so far. > I find KDE with a few adjustments fine for most things and Gnome Shell seemed fairly intuitive after a year on dwm I tried out KDE recently. Maybe it was an old version. It reminded me a lot of oldschool classic Mac OS. Easy to find things, but things don't have a lot of features or options. Gnome Shell... it's okay and there's a ton of under the hood options. But there's practically zero way to access them without either insider knowledge of what to configure and where, or else having to go install even more software.

keithpeter 10y ago
Fedora then. The Korora Project provide a 'batteries included' Fedora with codecs &c. I've sort of arrived at the same place as Rob Pike[1] but with Linux instead of Mac OS. Default Debian Stable with KDE + restore and I'm away. Or default (kitchen sink) install of Slackware. PS: KDE is almost a Windows clone in my perception and quite a long way from MacOS! [1] https://usesthis.com/interviews/rob.pike/ https://usesthis.com/interviews/rob.pike/