I hope that I am not taking too much of your time - What drives you to Compiz?
I Googled it - it looks like an eye candy/gimmick based on the description, no disrespect meant --> "Compiz is a compositing window manager for the X Window System, using 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management" I am really just curious, Tomas On Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 13:08 Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > Again a lot of good stuff rolls in. I read the comments, I see a lot of > things that had not occurred to me. > > A wee bit more history here, in my case I have now for years tried to find > and use distros that were Compiz > friendly. I like the Compiz way things are done. BUT I fear that is way too > much for my wife to handle. > > I used both Mint and Mate, and still have desktops running the latest > version of Mate that had Compiz as a > selectable WM. But I recently acquired a Framework 13 and ended up putting > Xubuntu on it because Compiz > installed on the distro with a minimum of issues (I no longer am so happy > to fight with "we don't think you need > this" crap, if they cause me pain and agony to install it I go elsewhere > now) But I do not want to put her through > having to learn all of the things that Compiz can do just by the wrong > click... > > I did try the latest iteration of Ubuntu but it seemed too rigid to me. It > seem like you could not populate the desk > top with the usual app icons and directories (fie on the work folder they > are STILL directories to me) I never got > what I thought was a satisfactory desktop with it. > > Fedora and the Arch distros are very good but since I do not use them much > I do not want to remote them. > > That brings me back to Mint and Mate. Both I use here at home. But I want > to make sure that I have something > that I feel comfortable with locally and yes I do like the idea of the > local replica of what she will have on her > machine. > > Yes I am going to enable auto update. And I will be logging in remotely to > check things out and make sure > all is up to date. > > Right now my only issue is some sort of digital signature dongle that they > use in Costa Rica for digital > signatures. I hope it is not some sort of "windows only" piece of junk. I > am trying to get as much info as > I can on it. > > Again, thank all of you for all of the info so far. Still open to > observations and recommendations. > > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM Ted Mittelstaedt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Chuck since you are going to be her technical support department and get > > all her support calls, why are you deluding yourself that there's a > > mythical Linux out there that is different than the one you use that you > > can give her and she won't need to bother you for help? That's the > > nonsense that all the Mac fanboys spout. > > > > The best distro for her is what you use, because you will need to know > > what she is using inside-out like the back of your hand. > > > > You ARE going to get the "where's the any key" calls. It's simply > amazing > > how creative luddite users are at stumbling over the most obvious aspects > > of computer usage there are out there. > > > > Spend a few hours reading the following: > > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/ > > > > Then resign yourself. > > > > Ted > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of mo > > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2025 5:32 PM > > To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Linux for non-computer person > > > > Linux mint for newbies. Just easy. Not my pref but it's what I used when > I > > was newbie. I recommend budgie desktop too. > > > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2025, 07:56 Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think is is coming down to Mate and Mint, having run both (more Mate > > > then Mint because up until recently Compiz was one of the selectable > > > window managers on Mate, I have Mate machines running Compiz with I > > > think it is 22.04, but at some point Mate decided to drop Compiz as an > > > option, I tried to install it anyhow but ran into all kinds of issues. > > > That is when I turned to Xubuntu, installing Compiz on it was very > > > easy and it all just worked, as it used to with Mate. My work with > > > Mint was similar, installing Compiz on it was easy and it was one of > > > the window manager solutions then they dropped it, I moved to Mate > > > then. That is my history with those distros. I still install them for > > > folks. I let them test both and tell me which the like then I set the > > > machine up with the preference. > > > > > > Still I am all ears if anyone has comments. > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM Richard England <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Frame work also has official support for Fedora. I run MATE on mine > > > > and I am quite happy with it. > > > > > > > > ~~Richard > > > > Non fenestras quia MCMXC > > > > > > > > On 1/4/25 06:51, Kunal Zodape wrote: > > > > > I think for Framework there is official support for Ubuntu 24.04.1 > > > > > LTS > > > so > > > > > you can use that and have all peripherals like fingerprint reader > > > > > and webcam working out of the box. For non-Linux folks trying to > > > > > get into > > > it > > > > I > > > > > generally recommend the most well documented and stable ones but > > > > > if you want you can choose some of the off-beat community > > > > > supported Distros as well. > > > > > *Pick your poison:* https://frame.work/linux > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Kunal > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Good day folks and happy new year... > > > > >> I am about to install linux on a computer for my wife. It will be > > > > >> a Framework 13. Now the fun part. > > > > >> My wife has been a real luddite, but he smartphone has slowly > > > > >> showed > > > her > > > > >> that she needs to have > > > > >> a real computer for daily work. She wanted something small and > > > > >> light I showed her the Framework 13 I have, she wants one. > > > > >> > > > > >> So my question is what distro should I put on this thing that > > > > >> will be > > > > easy > > > > >> for a very non-computer person to use. > > > > >> > > > > >> I am not with her all the time. She is in Costa Rica as executor > > > > >> of > > > her > > > > >> father's estate, I go down > > > > >> there when I can to help, and we are also starting a new business > > > which > > > > >> entails export from > > > > >> Costa Rica to USA. So she does need a computer (I have been > > > > >> telling > > > her > > > > >> that now for many > > > > >> years). > > > > >> > > > > >> So what distro would be best for her to start out with? > > > > >> > > > > >> -- > > > > >> > > > > >> Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > > > > >> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. > > > > >> Ph 4:13 KJV > > > > >> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. > > > > >> Fil 4:13 RVR1960 > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
