Re: [PLUG] The end of Mint KDE edition

2018-05-11 Thread Dave Lien - W7DAL 
TNX Wayne. I follow Distrowatch from time to time and just downloaded 
manjaro which is the current favorite. Am installing it now to see what 
all the noise is about. -Dave.



On 5/11/2018 7:14 PM, Wayne van Loon wrote:
Here  is a link to 
DistroWatch's top 10 distros where you can read their take on a few 
old line distros including Slackware that is being discussed here.

Wayne


On 05/11/2018 06:55 PM, Dave Lien - W7DAL wrote:

Let me ask a simple minded question:

I've been running Linux for maybe 20 years. Nothing fancy, office 
apps mostly, and went through all the early update struggles, etc. 
Played with virtually every version along the way eventually settling 
on Ubuntu until that silly debacle. Then cut over to MINT which does 
everything I want and more. Also I note that MINT was the most 
downloaded version for years until recently. There must be a reason?


QUESTION: What is so unique about some of the other old major Linux 
lines that make them so important to some users? Or is is mostly a 
matter of habit and not wanting to change?


TNX. Dave.


On 5/11/2018 6:21 PM, King Beowulf wrote:

On 05/10/2018 09:06 PM, elcaseti wrote:
The fact that Slackware is still using KDE4 is very appealing to 
me.  My
command line skills are not at the Slackware level, but I bet I can 
find a
Slackware-based distro that is more to my liking that's still using 
KDE4.


Too bad Slax moved away from KDE.  I used to use Slax for certain 
simple
tasks.  I might still use Slax for some things, & I don't mind that 
it's

switched to a Debian base, but it's not going to be my main distro.

It seems like Vector is not a very active project anymore. I tried KDE
Neon about a year ago, & found it to have quite a few broken 
things.  I
might even try Gecko KDE Plasma, since I've not really given 
OpenSuse much

of a chance.


The following Slackware derived distros with available KDE are still
active. I haven't used them in a while (I always go back to the pure
source), but they track the Slackware core pretty closely while adding
ease of use features.  Most Slackware derivatives are tweaked, "trimmed
down" to reduce memory and hard drive space.

Zenwalk: http://zenwalk.org/
XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager.
Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources.

Salix: https://www.salixos.org/
XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager.
Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources.

Porteus: http://www.porteus.org/
Started out as a community remix of SLAX.  Packages consist of modules
and can be installed and run from USB flash drive, flash card or CD
(live distro) or hard drive. There are utilities to convert Slackware
packages into installable modules.  It is designed to be portable. They
do recommend Slackware if you want to install a full uncompressed
version to an internal hard drive.




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Re: [PLUG] The end of Mint KDE edition

2018-05-11 Thread Wayne van Loon 
Here  is a link to 
DistroWatch's top 10 distros where you can read their take on a few old 
line distros including Slackware that is being discussed here.

Wayne


On 05/11/2018 06:55 PM, Dave Lien - W7DAL wrote:

Let me ask a simple minded question:

I've been running Linux for maybe 20 years. Nothing fancy, office apps 
mostly, and went through all the early update struggles, etc. Played 
with virtually every version along the way eventually settling on 
Ubuntu until that silly debacle. Then cut over to MINT which does 
everything I want and more. Also I note that MINT was the most 
downloaded version for years until recently. There must be a reason?


QUESTION: What is so unique about some of the other old major Linux 
lines that make them so important to some users? Or is is mostly a 
matter of habit and not wanting to change?


TNX. Dave.


On 5/11/2018 6:21 PM, King Beowulf wrote:

On 05/10/2018 09:06 PM, elcaseti wrote:
The fact that Slackware is still using KDE4 is very appealing to 
me.  My
command line skills are not at the Slackware level, but I bet I can 
find a
Slackware-based distro that is more to my liking that's still using 
KDE4.


Too bad Slax moved away from KDE.  I used to use Slax for certain 
simple
tasks.  I might still use Slax for some things, & I don't mind that 
it's

switched to a Debian base, but it's not going to be my main distro.

It seems like Vector is not a very active project anymore.  I tried KDE
Neon about a year ago, & found it to have quite a few broken things.  I
might even try Gecko KDE Plasma, since I've not really given 
OpenSuse much

of a chance.


The following Slackware derived distros with available KDE are still
active. I haven't used them in a while (I always go back to the pure
source), but they track the Slackware core pretty closely while adding
ease of use features.  Most Slackware derivatives are tweaked, "trimmed
down" to reduce memory and hard drive space.

Zenwalk: http://zenwalk.org/
XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager.
Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources.

Salix: https://www.salixos.org/
XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager.
Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources.

Porteus: http://www.porteus.org/
Started out as a community remix of SLAX.  Packages consist of modules
and can be installed and run from USB flash drive, flash card or CD
(live distro) or hard drive. There are utilities to convert Slackware
packages into installable modules.  It is designed to be portable. They
do recommend Slackware if you want to install a full uncompressed
version to an internal hard drive.




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Re: [PLUG] The end of Mint KDE edition

2018-05-11 Thread Dave Lien - W7DAL 

Let me ask a simple minded question:

I've been running Linux for maybe 20 years. Nothing fancy, office apps 
mostly, and went through all the early update struggles, etc. Played 
with virtually every version along the way eventually settling on Ubuntu 
until that silly debacle. Then cut over to MINT which does everything I 
want and more. Also I note that MINT was the most downloaded version for 
years until recently. There must be a reason?


QUESTION: What is so unique about some of the other old major Linux 
lines that make them so important to some users? Or is is mostly a 
matter of habit and not wanting to change?


TNX. Dave.


On 5/11/2018 6:21 PM, King Beowulf wrote:

On 05/10/2018 09:06 PM, elcaseti wrote:

The fact that Slackware is still using KDE4 is very appealing to me.  My
command line skills are not at the Slackware level, but I bet I can find a
Slackware-based distro that is more to my liking that's still using KDE4.

Too bad Slax moved away from KDE.  I used to use Slax for certain simple
tasks.  I might still use Slax for some things, & I don't mind that it's
switched to a Debian base, but it's not going to be my main distro.

It seems like Vector is not a very active project anymore.  I tried KDE
Neon about a year ago, & found it to have quite a few broken things.  I
might even try Gecko KDE Plasma, since I've not really given OpenSuse much
of a chance.


The following Slackware derived distros with available KDE are still
active. I haven't used them in a while (I always go back to the pure
source), but they track the Slackware core pretty closely while adding
ease of use features.  Most Slackware derivatives are tweaked, "trimmed
down" to reduce memory and hard drive space.

Zenwalk: http://zenwalk.org/
XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager.
Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources.

Salix: https://www.salixos.org/
XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager.
Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources.

Porteus: http://www.porteus.org/
Started out as a community remix of SLAX.  Packages consist of modules
and can be installed and run from USB flash drive, flash card or CD
(live distro) or hard drive. There are utilities to convert Slackware
packages into installable modules.  It is designed to be portable. They
do recommend Slackware if you want to install a full uncompressed
version to an internal hard drive.




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Re: [PLUG] The end of Mint KDE edition

2018-05-11 Thread King Beowulf 
On 05/10/2018 09:06 PM, elcaseti wrote:
> The fact that Slackware is still using KDE4 is very appealing to me.  My
> command line skills are not at the Slackware level, but I bet I can find a
> Slackware-based distro that is more to my liking that's still using KDE4.
> 
> Too bad Slax moved away from KDE.  I used to use Slax for certain simple
> tasks.  I might still use Slax for some things, & I don't mind that it's
> switched to a Debian base, but it's not going to be my main distro.
> 
> It seems like Vector is not a very active project anymore.  I tried KDE
> Neon about a year ago, & found it to have quite a few broken things.  I
> might even try Gecko KDE Plasma, since I've not really given OpenSuse much
> of a chance.
> 

The following Slackware derived distros with available KDE are still
active. I haven't used them in a while (I always go back to the pure
source), but they track the Slackware core pretty closely while adding
ease of use features.  Most Slackware derivatives are tweaked, "trimmed
down" to reduce memory and hard drive space.

Zenwalk: http://zenwalk.org/
XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager.
Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources.

Salix: https://www.salixos.org/
XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager.
Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources.

Porteus: http://www.porteus.org/
Started out as a community remix of SLAX.  Packages consist of modules
and can be installed and run from USB flash drive, flash card or CD
(live distro) or hard drive. There are utilities to convert Slackware
packages into installable modules.  It is designed to be portable. They
do recommend Slackware if you want to install a full uncompressed
version to an internal hard drive.




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