Hi all
a slightly silly question ...
I have a newly-spare old laptop; it's a Thinkpad T420 with I5 processor,
8GB DRAMy, SSD.
I like Thinkpads a lot - most of our 'household' machines are these. My
own have got Linux distributions of various sorts on them (usually
Kubuntu) and I use them for general 'work'.
I have no pressing need to do anything with this one, but wondered about a >little project to install and try out something 'different' on it. Trying
Yet Another Linux Distribution doesn't sound too thrilling (although it
might be nice to use something with a different window manager, and
without systemd).
So I'm looking for suggestions as to something a teensy bit more off the >beaten track. I realise this is a 'how long is a piece of string'
question, but I'd be interested to hear any thoughts.
Thanks, J^n
On 31/08/2024 in message <vaul95$v02f$1@dont-email.me> jkn wrote:
Hi all
a slightly silly question ...
I have a newly-spare old laptop; it's a Thinkpad T420 with I5
processor, 8GB DRAMy, SSD.
I like Thinkpads a lot - most of our 'household' machines are these.
My own have got Linux distributions of various sorts on them (usually
Kubuntu) and I use them for general 'work'.
I have no pressing need to do anything with this one, but wondered
about a little project to install and try out something 'different' on
it. Trying Yet Another Linux Distribution doesn't sound too thrilling
(although it might be nice to use something with a different window
manager, and without systemd).
So I'm looking for suggestions as to something a teensy bit more off
the beaten track. I realise this is a 'how long is a piece of string'
question, but I'd be interested to hear any thoughts.
Thanks, J^n
There's an interesting summary here:
https://www.techradar.com/news/best-alternative-operating-systems
I quite fancy ReactOS or ArcaOS, just short of round tuits!
I have a newly-spare old laptop; it's a Thinkpad T420 with I5
processor, 8GB DRAMy, SSD.
... it might be nice to use something with a different window
manager, and without systemd ...
When I decided to get away from Microsoft altogether I tried a number of >different distros and a number of different DEs before settling on Debian >Mate. It's a journey worth taking, and it's interesting how the scenery >changes (and how the presence or absence of even quite small features can >make a huge difference to the usability of a system -- for one person but
not another).
On 01/09/2024 in message <vb1lag$1frfa$1@dont-email.me> Daniel James wrote:
When I decided to get away from Microsoft altogether I tried a number of
different distros and a number of different DEs before settling on Debian
Mate. It's a journey worth taking, and it's interesting how the scenery
changes (and how the presence or absence of even quite small features can
make a huge difference to the usability of a system -- for one person but
not another).
May I ask a question about mate, mate :-)
My Linux box has Ubuntu MATE on it. Is MATE pronounce like mate as in
"hello mate, how are you" or something more complicated like "matay", I
don't know its roots.
On 1 Sep 2024 at 15:13:51 BST, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
wrote:
On 01/09/2024 in message <vb1lag$1frfa$1@dont-email.me> Daniel James
wrote:
When I decided to get away from Microsoft altogether I tried a number of >>>different distros and a number of different DEs before settling on Debian >>>Mate. It's a journey worth taking, and it's interesting how the scenery >>>changes (and how the presence or absence of even quite small features can >>>make a huge difference to the usability of a system -- for one person but >>>not another).
May I ask a question about mate, mate :-)
My Linux box has Ubuntu MATE on it. Is MATE pronounce like mate as in >>"hello mate, how are you" or something more complicated like "matay", I >>don't know its roots.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATE_(desktop_environment)
Mah-tey, from the tea.
Cheers - Jaimie
My Linux box has Ubuntu MATE on it. Is MATE pronounce like mate as in
"hello mate, how are you" or something more complicated like "matay", I
don't know its roots.
Hi allInstall MSDOS on it and play.
a slightly silly question ...
I have a newly-spare old laptop; it's a Thinkpad T420 with I5 processor,
8GB DRAMy, SSD.
I like Thinkpads a lot - most of our 'household' machines are these. My
own have got Linux distributions of various sorts on them (usually
Kubuntu) and I use them for general 'work'.
I have no pressing need to do anything with this one, but wondered about
a little project to install and try out something 'different' on it.
Trying Yet Another Linux Distribution doesn't sound too thrilling
(although it might be nice to use something with a different window
manager, and without systemd).
So I'm looking for suggestions as to something a teensy bit more off the beaten track. I realise this is a 'how long is a piece of string'
question, but I'd be interested to hear any thoughts.
Thanks, J^n
On 01/09/2024 in message <vb1lag$1frfa$1@dont-email.me> Daniel James wrote:
snip <
May I ask a question about mate, mate :-)
My Linux box has Ubuntu MATE on it. Is MATE pronounce like mate as in
"hello mate, how are you" or something more complicated like "matay", I
don't know its roots.
On 01/09/2024 15:13, Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 01/09/2024 in message <vb1lag$1frfa$1@dont-email.me> Daniel James
wrote:
snip <
May I ask a question about mate, mate :-)
My Linux box has Ubuntu MATE on it. Is MATE pronounce like mate as in >>"hello mate, how are you" or something more complicated like "matay", I >>don't know its roots.
Probably a mispronounced instruction by a native whilst passing on an
order from his colonial master to bring me meh tay.
Probably a mispronounced instruction by a native whilst passing on an
order from his colonial master to bring me meh tay.
So I'm looking for suggestions as to something a teensy bit more off the beaten track. I realise this is a 'how long is a piece of string'
question, but I'd be interested to hear any thoughts.
jkn <jkn+es@nicorp.co.uk> wrote:
So I'm looking for suggestions as to something a teensy bit more off the
beaten track. I realise this is a 'how long is a piece of string'
question, but I'd be interested to hear any thoughts.
You could give OpenBSD a go. I run it on my X61s, my VPS and my HP T620
thin client, which is my desktop computer.
If you wish to stick with linux, but without the systemd, you could try devuan, if you like debian-like distros. Or you could try something a
little more out there like void linux or alpine linux.
Have a look see if any of those take your fancy.
On 02/09/2024 23:56, IanJ wrote:
jkn <jkn+es@nicorp.co.uk> wrote:
So I'm looking for suggestions as to something a teensy bit more off the >>> beaten track. I realise this is a 'how long is a piece of string'
question, but I'd be interested to hear any thoughts.
You could give OpenBSD a go. I run it on my X61s, my VPS and my HP T620
thin client, which is my desktop computer.
If you wish to stick with linux, but without the systemd, you could try
devuan, if you like debian-like distros. Or you could try something a
little more out there like void linux or alpine linux.
Have a look see if any of those take your fancy.
what is the issue with Systemd?
On 03/09/2024 08:36, SH wrote:
On 02/09/2024 23:56, IanJ wrote:
jkn <jkn+es@nicorp.co.uk> wrote:
So I'm looking for suggestions as to something a teensy bit more off
the
beaten track. I realise this is a 'how long is a piece of string'
question, but I'd be interested to hear any thoughts.
You could give OpenBSD a go. I run it on my X61s, my VPS and my HP T620
thin client, which is my desktop computer.
If you wish to stick with linux, but without the systemd, you could try
devuan, if you like debian-like distros. Or you could try something a
little more out there like void linux or alpine linux.
Have a look see if any of those take your fancy.
what is the issue with Systemd?
Principle. It seems to me that it's a break with the *nix concept of
having one program do one job and do it simply and well. It seems to me (outside the circle of systemd experts) that it's monolithic, arcane and
a big shift in a windows-like direction, trying to be an OS in its own
right. A bit like windows under msdos. IMBW.
BTW BSD's work well. I've got FreeBSD running on a Pi4 as our family
server. Been running for about 9 months solid now since last booted.
OTOH outside s/ware tends to be linux- oriented if it's not windows,
although the fbsd package repo isn't bad.
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