This machine I am using was a Free Geek machine, it had Linux Mint on it, I tried it and it was pretty good, but I had some issues after running it for a while, and I have been running Ubuntu Mate on a couple of laptops, on them it was VERY stable, I swapped out Marco for Compiz, installed VMware Player to run some VM's on them so I had pretty well given it a run. I replaced Mint with Ubuntu Mate, but must have left a few of the old .files because the desktop has some weirdness that I can not account for. I am getting ready to do a prevent- ative backup at which time I will blow away the old home directories and start wtih clean ones migrating my files back in, that way I will get rid of the weird- ness. I also installed it on a machine used at church to stream video. The Blackmagic video capture card took right off and ran. I did download the BM files, but most of the needed stuff was already in the install. That was nice to see because video CAPTURE at HD or HD+ can be a pain. The big thing is that it takes about 30 seconds for the card to be ready after the machine is up/running and logged into. Not sure why, assume that it takes a while for the system to provision the card and check it out, as if I try to start the video app right at login, it may fail. Now I just wait about 30 seconds after start up and start it. But Ubuntu Mate works great. I do need a mobo with more horsepower as when I am streaming it is using 50%+ of the CPU.
On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/03/2017 09:26 AM, Chuck Hast wrote: > > I am using Ubuntu 16.04 Mate, but I replace Marco with Compiz because I > like > > (really like) my cube... Beyond that it is pretty tame and gives few > > problems. > > > > One thing is to make sure you purge ALL of the .files out of your home > > directory, > > otherwise you may see some funnies. Back them up somewhere and then ins- > > tall, then replace the ones you need for particular apps, if you are > moving > > from > > either Mate distro or Ubuntu some of those old .files will cause some > > strange > > stuff. > > The way I do it, I'll start with a complete install, so all the .files > will be stock. Then I'll copy the .files from my current desktop over to > the new one, and do the same as I add programs that aren't automatically > included. Thanks for the reminder. > > > I use apt and Synaptic all of the time, after I do an install the first > > thing I do is > > install Synaptic if it has not been done by the install. > > Glad to know. I'll give it a try when I can set aside the time. > > Thanks. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
