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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
by type0 6y ago
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 https://www.youtube.com/user/runwiththedolphin/videos
- glsdfgkjsklfj 6y agoHad 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 6y agoBy 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 6y agoI 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.
- princevegeta89 6y agoCinnamon is a 10/10. I urge you to try it out!
- type0 6y agoCinnamon on Mint is indeed 10/10. I used to run it even on other distros but it never gets as polished anywhere else. That's the flagship feature of Mint if there is one to mention.
- ncmncm 6y agoMint "Debian Edition" used to be good. I gather they recently went over to the Dark Side, similar to Ubuntu.
- Koshkin 6y agoOn a tangent, I find the straight-up Debian Stable pretty polished. On the surface of it, feels exactly like Ubuntu, which makes me wonder why would anyone choose a derivative, especially given that anyone can easily configure it to their heart’s content.
- Barrin92 6y agothe release cycle is the major point I suppose. Debian stable is very old for a workstation. Running testing or unstable is usually fine but not everyone might like it. With something like Ubuntu and two year/6 months update cycles you're probably closer to what most people want on a desktop.
- NathanielK 6y ago> Debian stable is very old for a workstation. For a programming workstation perhaps. Many people can do their work with the software provided with Debian Stable. If they're job isn't changing much, there's less to worry about over the life of install too.
- ficklepickle 6y agoI use Debian testing with the Cinnamon desktop environment.
- webmobdev 6y agoHave you tried LMDE - Linux Mint Debian edition? It is faster than Linux Mint which is based on Ubuntu. That said, I do think MX is better optimised for performance than even LMDE and find it perceptively to be a tad bit faster.
- atat7024 6y agoHow big of a delay are you okay with on your security patches? Every hop from the top level distro adds.
- princevegeta89 6y agoBeen eyeing MX for a long time but worried about how much different it is from Ubuntu. What is your tldr of it?
- webmobdev 6y agoIt seems better optimised and well balanced - uses less resource and offers better performance and thus is perceptibly faster than Ubuntu.
- culopatin 6y agoWhat makes it so great?