Right, makes sense now. To put it in plain words: I can't get what I want;
that is to say, unless I go about it with a "dirty solution," as you like to
put it, which is not what I want. That simplifies everything and I can move
on to something else. Thanks for your help in clarifying this.
I am getting closer to installing this Trisqel Mini on my hard drive and
using it as my main operating system anyway, which will solve all my file
problems. I have been using it on the USB drive for a while now and it is
solid. I like it. And it does everything I need. I am not a big fan of
LXDE, I would rather have GNOME, but GNOME is too bloody slow on my old
equipment, and LXDE is going smoothly thus far. No complaints, save for it
is a lot slower than I am used to. But I realize it will run quicker
installed on the hard drive, as opposed to USB flash. That is something to
look forward to.
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A little background might help to understand my particular situation a little
better: I came to open source fresh from Windows XP and Mac two years ago. I
knew nothing about it. Started with Ubuntu Saucy Salamander, which is now
Trusty Tahr. I did not like it, especially Unity, which I hate. I switched
to openSUSE w/ GNOME, and GNOME is my second favorite desktop, next to JWM;
but I got tired of running so bloody slow and started looking for solutions.
That's when I found Puppy and JWM and became a minimalist distro fan. I
absolutely love minimalist distros most of all, that is to say, I love the
idea of them. But many of the minimalist distros are not a mature enough
experience. They don't have enough to carry the workload I need them to
carry. Puppy was as close as I could get, and so I have stuck with it. It
really is a great little operating system and I will always use it, at least
in the background. Nothing beats its speed, simlicity, and ease of use. But
it does have its problems... for example, the Puppy shell is not a full BASH
shell, like other open source distros, so many of the open source tutorials
don't apply to Puppy, which makes learning a real pain in the arse sometimes.
I need full-boogie shell, a more mature experience to enhance my learning
process. I don't get to spend a lot of time learning, so my time is valuable
and I want to take something away with my every time I sit down to school
myself.
