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> For everyone who says they are too bloated, someone else says they are too spartan. Sometimes it can even be the same person depending on their needs. On my
by flukus 8y ago
> For everyone who says they are too bloated, someone else says they are too spartan.
Sometimes it can even be the same person depending on their needs.
On my coding laptop I swear by i3, it's fast, simple and powerful. Everything is just a keystroke away. On my entertainment machine though (TV, music and games) I find gnome much better because friends can use it and these tasks are better handled with a mouse.
This is the fundamental problem with convergence as well, different devices have different use cases and you can't make one person happy all the time.
- gcthomas 8y agoYes, spartan and effective I3 for work, and shiny Gnome for the family machine. There is never only going to be one best solution, as that depends critically on the problem you are trying to solve.
- zrobotics 8y agoFor an entertainment machine, I'd suggest installing Steam and auto-launching to big picture. Very easy to navigate from a couch w/ a controller, and you can use it for nearly any media task you want. It does take some time to configure your media directories, but not having to deal w/ a mouse on a media machine is so much easier. Plus, since your base OS can be something like Debian, remoting into the machine for administration is eminintely doable.