On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Jeff Lasman <jpli...@nobaloney.net> wrote:
> ** > > > I've had continuous problems with Kubuntu over the last few versions and > will no longer install Kubuntu. Nor will I install Ubuntu; I just don't like > the direction they're going in. Gnome was fine (though not my first choice), > but now that they're abandoining Gnome as their default I can't help but > believe eventually it will be just as problematic as KDE is today. > I'm sure you've checked out Mint. "Right?" A hear a lot of good about that one. Of course it will be greatly influenced by Ubuntu because it's base on Ubuntu. Then again it's also based on Ubuntu's Parent Debian. I think that might be because some users wan't an alternative to everything Ubuntu is doing. I think it's like a dual fork. They claim to be the 4th most widely used OS behind Ubuntu. I've been thinking about trying it out myself. > > Looking for an alternative, preferably KDE. > I couldn't say for sure because I don't want to use KDE, but I would imagine that mint has good support for KDE. I don't like those big old giant Desktop Environments that have all kinds of Crap that I will never use. > > I've liked Mandriva in the past but the website makes it look like the > company is a mess, so I'm going to be trying OpenSuse first. > > > Who cares what their website looks like. If the OS works, that's really all > that matters. I never paid any attention to what ubuntu's website looks > like. I know you're thinging in the future the OS might not hold up, but > neither is ubuntu's... we'll that's questionable, but they are treading on > shaky ground in some people's opinion. >
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