I’m “cheap”, but I don’t have patience for “bleeding edge” stuff, so I typically install Ubuntu LTS (14.04 now) and then install ubuntu-desktop. Works well enough for me.
I’ve used both rpm, apt package managers. They both work, each distro has to choose one or the other. For standard stuff, NP. Optional stuff can get you snarled up with dependencies. Juhan Leemet Logicognosis, Inc. > On Mar 8, 2016, at 12:19, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you everyone for the suggestions. > > I installed KDE Neon. This somehow restored my sound system, > but it came with a few other problems. At this point, I knew I would be > better off with a fresh install, so I installed Debian 8. > > I love Debian for servers, but it didn't work too smoothly on my > desktop. I picked Cinnamon during the install, and I ended up with a > tiny graphical window on my monitor, and fonts that were near impossible > to read. I added the jessie-backport and installed the nvidia drivers > for my card(750ti). I was able to reboot into lightdm and see > everything properly. However, Cinnamon would fail to load! I installed > XFCE and that one worked. > > At that point, I decided to try Ubuntu 15.10 without KDE. If the > desktop environment has such an impact on the sound and video, maybe my > problem with Ubuntu 15.10 was just KDE. I booted Ubuntu 15.10 through > USB and I was greeted with problems right away. Some of the letters were > a different colour than the rest. For example, the word "/dev/sda/" > would read like "/de /s a/". I aborted the installation and wondered if > something was wrong with my computer. I mean, why am I having so many > problems? > > After that, I downloaded Kubuntu 14.04LTS as I remembered how well that > one worked for me. I had absolutely no problem during the install. I > was able to boot into a clean installation of KDE4. Everything just > works. So, for the time being, I think I will be sticking with LTS. > > I don't know what I'll do when I have to update away from 14.04LTS. Once > the fatigue over all the problems I had lately goes away, I think I'll > give a try to the other distributions suggested here, including Suse and > Fedora. > > -- > Ravnox > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
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