14 Nov
2011
14 Nov
'11
5:56 p.m.
On 11/14/2011 05:35 PM, Atte André Jensen wrote:
On 11/14/2011 09:59 AM, jy wrote:
Since I use xmonad as my window manager and only fire up e.g. nautilus
when i need it the gnome3 thing doesn't really matter to me and ubuntu
stays perfectly usable? Isn't it possible to install a real gnome2 on
ubuntu, too?
flo
Anyway I think it's my last attempt at ubuntu
as I get tired of it, if
think it's great to begin with but now I want something a bit more...
well... stable and smaller. Something I can have easy control.
So which ones would you suggest for reasonable tweaking, easily
maintanable, with good hardware support (as I'm using a laptop) and fun
to use for people who don't care about which OS they're using (meaning a
cool and friendly desktop with the regular apps that one can use on
other OS) ?
I been using debian for ages, switched to ubuntu for the 6 month
release cycle and the benefits of beeing in the mainstream.
Unfortunately the later version made me long for something else. The
unity/gnome3 thing + the rumor that ubuntu was planning on abandoning
their 6month release cycle and switch to rolling release was too much
for me and I installed arch (after recommendations from this list).
I've been very happy with it, it's small, stable, has a rolling
release (I'd prefer a 6month release cycle, but it works quite well,
nothing has been really broken (not more than with a fresh unbuntu
install) since. It's a a bit hand-held during the install, but that's
something you only do once.
I'm sure you'll get a ton of recommendations, so good luck with
choosing :-)