Can't answer all your questions, but I have had experience with Linux Mint Mate 32 bit. In my experience, it's not very stable. Wayne
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? > > 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. > > While chasing answers to various questions I've become confused: > What is essential difference between > -- Linuxmint Cinnamon > and > Linuxmint Mate > > -- Kubuntu > and > Debian with KDE desktop > (My impression is mechanics of accessing repositories) > > TIA > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
