On 07/18/2014 09:34 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Windows 7 is the "last straw" for a friend who has used every > version since Windows 3.1. > > Evidently Windows 7 would not allow him to do something he could > in previous versions (There was a side comment that having actual > DOS would be nice.) My proposed comment is that all common Linux > distros allow opening a command line window. Am I correct?
I believe so. My current experience is mostly Ubuntu where <ctrl><alt>t opens a command line window. One can also click on Applications > System Tools > UXTERM, or XTERM (I don't know what the difference is between those). I'm sure I used a command line window when I ran SUSE years ago, but I don't know the means of accessing it. The same is true for Red Hat (I used RH 7 when I first started running Linux). I have an old laptop on which I installed Linux Mint Mate 13. I don't have the laptop near me, but I know that, even though it is a Ubuntu base underneath, it does not respond to <ctrl><alt>t to open a command line window. I put an icon for that on the desktop. I'm sure I got it from a menu. That does work just fine. > In the past I've suggested Ubuntu and/or Debian (Gnome3 and Unity > being nonstarters as DE). > He is partial to largish systems with many apps, I like light weight. I'm happy with Ubuntu 12.04 running Gnome fallback (or classic, as I think they now like to call it). Getting that working to your friend's satisfaction may be frustrating. There are a couple of annoyances I'm living with, but otherwise it works well. I tried 14.04, again with Gnome classic, and have had a number of issues I haven't had time to address, so I went back to 12.04. > While chasing answers to various questions I've become confused: > What is essential difference between > -- Linuxmint Cinnamon > and > Linuxmint Mate See: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=135464 Near as I can tell Linux Mint was started to keep the old Gnome desktop experience. And of the two, I think Mate adheres more closely to the good old fashioned Gnome. > -- Kubuntu > and > Debian with KDE desktop > (My impression is mechanics of accessing repositories) Can't help you with those. I haven't tried them, yet. I'm thinking about experimenting with KDE, but don't have the time right now. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
