Re: What do I need to know to run Linux as my desktop?

2022-04-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks!! I'll give it a look. On 2022-04-17 10:20, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: It might be worth giving Kubuntu a second try.  It's much much faster, and much much leaner.  It also went though an almost complete rewrite since you last used it.  It's a completely different animal these

Re: What do I need to know to run Linux as my desktop?

2022-04-17 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
It might be worth giving Kubuntu a second try.  It's much much faster, and much much leaner.  It also went though an almost complete rewrite since you last used it.  It's a completely different animal these days to what you used back them. Brian Cluff On 4/17/22 09:53, Keith Smith via

Re: What do I need to know to run Linux as my desktop?

2022-04-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
On 2022-04-17 08:43, Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss wrote: On 4/17/22 07:14, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Had to move to Windows for business reasons about 5 or 6 years ago.  I see no reason that I cannot return to Linux on my desktop. I use Ubuntu for servers so I am thinking of

Re: What do I need to know to run Linux as my desktop?

2022-04-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
On 2022-04-17 08:23, Snyder, Alexander J wrote: "Working knowledge of CUPS" is probably not required. Been using tons of flavors over the decade and I still have no functional understanding of what CUPS is, beyond what the acronym means. For years, I've used HP printers and scanners, and if

Re: What do I need to know to run Linux as my desktop?

2022-04-17 Thread Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss
On 4/17/22 07:14, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Had to move to Windows for business reasons about 5 or 6 years ago.  I see no reason that I cannot return to Linux on my desktop. I use Ubuntu for servers so I am thinking of moving to Ubuntu desktop which is Gnome.  Please no flame wars.

Re: What do I need to know to run Linux as my desktop?

2022-04-17 Thread Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss
"Working knowledge of CUPS" is probably not required. Been using tons of flavors over the decade and I still have no functional understanding of what CUPS is, beyond what the acronym means. For years, I've used HP printers and scanners, and if they haven't worked out of the box, then HP has a

What do I need to know to run Linux as my desktop?

2022-04-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Had to move to Windows for business reasons about 5 or 6 years ago. I see no reason that I cannot return to Linux on my desktop. I use Ubuntu for servers so I am thinking of moving to Ubuntu desktop which is Gnome. Please no flame wars. My question is what do I need to know to run Linux as