> "Jim" == Jim Webb writes:
Jim> I'm just considering running a desktop on my home network.
I've been using Gnome Ubuntu 14.04.x on most of my desktops, which is
pretty easily tunable (about 6 settings using Tweak Tool) to have a
reasonable traditional-ish desktop experience, not like that U
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:15:53 -0700
King Beowulf dijo:
>On 08/20/2015 06:39 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
>> I have successfully migrated to 14.04 on a new 1 T HD from 12.04 on
>> an older 0.5T HD. Vbox seems to run fine; all my installed programs
>> are there. A cursory look says that they are fun
On 08/20/2015 06:39 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> I have successfully migrated to 14.04 on a new 1 T HD from 12.04 on an
> older 0.5T HD. Vbox seems to run fine; all my installed programs are
> there. A cursory look says that they are functional. But I cannot access
> my printer. It appears to b
I have successfully migrated to 14.04 on a new 1 T HD from 12.04 on an
older 0.5T HD. Vbox seems to run fine; all my installed programs are
there. A cursory look says that they are functional. But I cannot access
my printer. It appears to be that VB does not find any USB devices.
Anybody have a
I may as well pitch in about my Linux since the experience has been
surprisingly good. I've got a 2008 Thinkpad R500 which is running Linux
Mint 17, I'm still using 17.1 "Rebecca" to avoid being too cutting-edge.
I'm using the Xfce version, and it runs very light/fast while still
having everyth
On Wed, 19 Aug 2015, King Beowulf wrote:
On 08/19/2015 05:51 PM, Nathan Williams wrote:
I'll echo the endorsement for CentOS 7. It's reasonably new enough
to offer new-ish packages for desktop use, while also being the
"gold standard" for stability and long term support (EOL in June
2024). Ad
On Wed, 2015-08-19 at 22:17 -0700, King Beowulf wrote:
> On 08/19/2015 05:51 PM, Nathan Williams wrote:
> > I'll echo the endorsement for CentOS 7. It's reasonably new enough
> > to offer
> > new-ish packages for desktop use, while also being the "gold
> > standard" for
> > stability and long term
