Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Yehuda Deutsch
I don't see an issue in clem's views, as long that it stays off the community's ground. His apology for mixing open source with politics is here: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=775 I have no idea if this will fuel or calm things, but there is an archived talk sub-page on wikipedia on the subject:

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 18:15:37 +0200 Geoffrey Mendelson wrote: [very offtopic] > As for moving on, I have, on to another less political distro. > > Geoff. I was in the process of converting all my and my family's computers to Mint when I heard about Clem's litmus

Re: Distro recommendation

2017-11-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 10:18:47 +0200 Geoffrey Mendelson wrote: > Linux Mint was developed and maintained by a raving lunatic > anti-semite. He demanded that his work had nothing to do with the IDF > because it violently oppresses the Palestinian people. That is >

Re: Distro recommendation

2017-11-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 09:54:42 +0200 Shlomo Solomon wrote: > I don't want to start a Distro war, but ... > > I've been on Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia for over 17 years, but from > what I've read, there are quite a few problems with Mageia 6 (I'm > still on 5), and it's

Re: Distro recommendation

2017-11-19 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 09:54:42AM +0200, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > I don't want to start a Distro war, but ... > > I've been on Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia for over 17 years, but from > what I've read, there are quite a few problems with Mageia 6 (I'm > still on 5), and it's really strange that

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On 11/19/2017 4:15 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: just wanted to note that I agree in principle. Not every criticism of certain Israeli policies is anti-Semitic. I've written about it in the past here - http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/politics/define-zionism/ . so do I, in fact, I think it is

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi all! On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Yuval Adam <_...@yuv.al> wrote: > While we're off-topic and discussing misinformation, it's important to > note that being anti Israeli policies (military occupation of Palestine > in this case) is not being anti-semitic. > > Some Zionists seem to be

Re: "antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Yuval Adam
While we're off-topic and discussing misinformation, it's important to note that being anti Israeli policies (military occupation of Palestine in this case) is not being anti-semitic. Some Zionists seem to be confused about the fact that it's possible to hold strong opinions against immoral and

"antisemitic" Linux Mint [was: Re: Distro recommendation]

2017-11-19 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
Off-topic: On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 10:18:47AM +0200, Geoffrey Mendelson wrote: > On 11/19/2017 9:54 AM, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > > > > I've been thinking about Mint, Kubuntu or Fedora - any thoughts (or > > additional options)? > > Linux Mint was developed and maintained by a raving lunatic

Re: Distro recommendation

2017-11-19 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Shay Gover wrote: > Mint has dropped the KDE version. > > What about arch? > > Regarding Arch Linux, see https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il/msg65850.html . > On Nov 19, 2017 10:22, "Rabin Yasharzadehe"

Re: Distro recommendation

2017-11-19 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Shlomo! On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > I don't want to start a Distro war, but ... > > I've been on Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia for over 17 years, but from > what I've read, there are quite a few problems with Mageia 6 (I'm > still on 5),

Re: Distro recommendation

2017-11-19 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On 11/19/2017 11:15 AM, E.S. Rosenberg wrote: + *buntu has the LTS long-release cycles and the standard 6 month cycle, updating from version to version tends to be painless The problem with Ubuntu's LTS, is as it gets older, they only do security updates, so it really is no longer useful.

Re: Distro recommendation

2017-11-19 Thread E.S. Rosenberg
I'm more of a Gnome user and haven't really played with KDE since the days of KDE4 (I always felt it was very 'crowded'/'not calm' as opposed to gnome 2 back then, though when I just started Linux that was what I liked about KDE3 all the distractions) but: - Are you sure what you heard about the

Re: Distro recommendation

2017-11-19 Thread Shlomo Solomon
Interesting info about Mint (and yes I checked - what you wrote is accurate). I don't think politics and software should mix, but NO WAY I'll even consider Mint now. :-) On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 10:18:47 +0200 Geoffrey Mendelson wrote: > Linux Mint was developed and

Re: Distro recommendation

2017-11-19 Thread Shay Gover
Mint has dropped the KDE version. What about arch? On Nov 19, 2017 10:22, "Rabin Yasharzadehe" wrote: > I like to go with Fedora MATE spin as I find it resource friendly. > and I use compiz as my window manager to have a very robust features and > some eye candy features as

Re: Distro recommendation

2017-11-19 Thread Rabin Yasharzadehe
I like to go with Fedora MATE spin as I find it resource friendly. and I use compiz as my window manager to have a very robust features and some eye candy features as well. Fedora move fast and have a short release cycle (6 month), so having to deal with new stuff each 6 month can be a burden for

Re: Distro recommendation

2017-11-19 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On 11/19/2017 9:54 AM, Shlomo Solomon wrote: I don't want to start a Distro war, but ... I've been on Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia for over 17 years, but from what I've read, there are quite a few problems with Mageia 6 (I'm still on 5), and it's really strange that it's been 2 years in the