[pm-h] Linux Distribution Selection

[Julian Brown]

I use Mint as well.  Mint 17.3 came out recently should be what most people
expect.    Ubuntu with their UI is almost unusable for me.

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 7:24 AM, G. Wade Johnson via Houston <houston at pm.org>
wrote:

> Good for you. I moved to Linux for my desktop years ago and have mostly
> been happy.
>
> In recent years, I've been using Mint. It's basically a set of
> modifications on Ubuntu, which is a packaged version of Debian. I've
> been pretty happy with it.
>
> You can mostly use any help that applies to Ubuntu on Mint problems.
> Any "Ubuntu-specific" packages work on Mint as well.
>
> G. Wade
>
> On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 06:37:01 -0600
> Mike Flannigan via Houston <houston at pm.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > I plan to buy a computer and install nothing but
> > Linux on it.  I will use it for Perl processing of
> > text files, GIS (mapping), and simple things (e-mail,
> > browsing, FTP, etc).  I want to be able to Remote
> > Desktop into Windows machines, and I want to be able
> > to remote into my new Linux machine from Windows.
> > Stability and speed are important, but not super
> > important.  This will be one of about 4 computers
> > on a wired network.  No servers to speak of.
> >
> > I value your opinion on which distro to select.  I
> > am favoring Ubuntu or OpenSuse, but am open to any.
> > I have Ubuntu installed on one of my machines.  I'm
> > not crazy about it, but I do like the wide selection
> > of software and easy installation of the software.
> >
> > Probably the most important thing to me is being able
> > to find/obtain support.  I'm probably not going to pay
> > for the support, but that is an option too.
> >
> > If you would rather comment on what hardware to buy instead
> > of what distro to use, I welcome that info also.  I will
> > probably buy a high dollar graphics card.  Other than that I
> > will buy what the computer store (Fry's) tells me to buy.
> >
> > When I read things like this:
> >
> https://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/810295-the-top-11-best-linux-distros-for-2015/
> > I tend towards OpenSuse.
> >
> > One word answers are welcome.
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> > Mike
> > 281-286-6869
> >
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