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Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 at 12:21 AM, John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 21:00:56 -0700 > John Jason Jordan joh...@gmx.com dijo: > > > After 12 failed attempts to install Debian 12 I went shopping again. I > > was concentrating on Debian based distros, and I found SparkyLinux, > > which I had not only never tried, but had never even heard of. As far > > as I can tell it is based in Poland. > > > > I have it running and so far it is all working fine. A couple points > > that I found really cool: > > > > 1) No snap or flatpak, although you can install them > > 2) Based on Debian Stable > > 3) Brave browser is in its standard repos - no need to mess > > with web pages of instructions, or bow to snap > > 4) There is only one ISO; when you boot it you choose which > > desktop environment you want, from over a dozen choices > > 5) From a cursory look at the repos, it is heavy on multimedia, > > including some stuff that is hard to find > > > I can add one more delight: The only fonts it installed were a > handful needed for the OS. No Thai, Gujarati, or others that an > ordinary English speaker would find useless. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG-talk mailing list > plug-t...@pdxlinux.org > https://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-talk
