Apologies: in my haste I mistyped about "Elementary OS".. the Linux I was thinking of, which is basically a rip-off of Puppy, is called "Simplicity Linux". Elementary.io looks intriguing as they've released it for both PC & Mac (as if Mac fanboys would part with their precious OS X?) and it looks visually polished, receiving positive reviews from MSM mags like Wired etc. And for a minute there I was wondering if "Darth Borehd" was but a M$ operative (troll) giving me the business-- I'd noticed that he sent a reply just to me & not the whole list, but I added back in the Davis & Sac UG addresses to keep y'all abreast of it. (& a quick search on the surname turned up only a Wookieepedia entry..)
6. Jul 2016 09:52 by techm...@tutanota.de: > > Interesting summary! Indeed, Puppy Linuxes are fastest at most anything > since they're quite minimalist-- a potential concern with them is security > (everything usually runs as root.) The biggest problem with Puppy is the > vast number of derivations-- if you go with what Distrowatch states is > Puppy Linux you get a Slackware-based one presently, while Elementary OS > (which is just a Puppy but some guy decided to drop Puppy from the name and > did some marketing, which irks us longtime Puppy followers) is > Ubuntu-binary compatible I think, but there are way better offerings IMO as > someone who's tested lots of Puppies. The originator of Puppy has put out > "Quirky" which has in mind keeping up with latest hardware, but it's > sporadic. > A well-put-together, and well-supported one is FatDog64 (I looked up > ExoPC, and it supports 64bit! I'm jealous.) but a newer seemingly-popular > one is XenialDog > http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106696 > > Getting back to full-featured Linux distro's, one that might be well-tended > enough to do what you want is PCLinuxOS. Also, > Gentoo devs would likely help you out if you explained the problem-- > they're hard-core geniuses. > > I like your Sugar comment btw.. haven't used it, but have always felt we in > the Linux world need to do better coming together and presenting something > intuitive for newcomers-- especially students! > > Let us know how things go.. > > -- > https://twitter.com/linuxusergroup > > > 6. Jul 2016 08:02 by > darth.bor...@gmail.com> : > > >> I'll try those next! Thanks! >> >> So far, I tried >> Ubuntu 16.04 -- Runs slow. Videos played chunky, touchscreen was slow to >> respond, and it did not rotate the screen. >> Puppy Linux -- Really fast! But touchscreen is way off and it doesn't >> rotate. Videos started jerkily but then played OK. Could not get it >> higher than 1024x768 for some reason. >> Linux Mint 17.3 -- Runs better than Ubuntu but not as fast Puppy or >> Elementary. Does not automatically rotate. However, touchscreen was >> smooth. Videos played flawlessly. >> Android for Intel -- Rotation works! Nothing else seems to work--Sound >> doesn't, it runs slow, and missing wi-fi drivers. >> Sugar -- Confusing >> as heck. Touch screen worked fine. Wi-Fi had trouble connecting. Videos >> did not play at all. Still no rotation. They give this to kids?? >> OpenSuse -- Would not load GUI at all. Blank screen and then reboots >> again in a loop. >> Elementary OS -- 2nd Fastest after Puppy. Touchscreen works nearly >> perfectly, albeit occasionally slow to recognize presses when waking back >> from sleep. Videos play fine. Automatic rotation enabled by default! >> The "plank" dock is clunky and (to me) a little ugly. I don't like how I >> can't place anything on the desktop. >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 7:58 PM, T. Mark <>> techm...@tutanota.de>> > >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Not commenting from a place of certain knowledge, but just >>> as ideas-- Fedora is of course Red Hat's bleeding-edge offering, though >>> it's a bit confusing to go from Debian-based to that world.. I'd say try >>> Arch, which features a really great level of support in the forums. When >>> I do searches for my obscure distro, I often end up using info found on >>> the Arch messageboard. (Was just noticing an article in Linux Voice >>> which looked at all distros and determined Arch the Most Recommended, >>> actually.) Another fully-developed one to try is Mageia. >>> Warm regards,>>> Mark>>> >>> (now with changed email-- forgot to >>> login @>>> hush.com>>> for 3 weeks so they demanded $48.something to let >>> me at my email. If y'all sent anything, re-send here..)>>> -- >>> >>> https://twitter.com/linuxusergroup/likes >>> >>> 24. Jun 2016 01:17 by >>> darth.bor...@gmail.com>>> : >>> >>> >>>> I got a free ExoPC tablet. The Windows 8 OS on it was messed up, so I >>>> installed Ubuntu 16.04 on it. >>>> So far the touch screen works and I can use the Onboard on-screen KB. I >>>> can also get a wireless keyboard/mouse working as it has a couple USB >>>> slots. >>>> What I can't get working is the automatic screen rotation. I know it >>>> has an accelerometer in it that can detect screen position, but I need >>>> to find software that will work for it. >>>> I tried upgrading to Unity 8 through the packages but still no joy. >>>> Is there another distro that has accelerometer screen rotation already >>>> baked in? If not, any suggestions on getting it to work in Ubuntu? >>> >> >>
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