@siductionlinux - a distribution aiming to make Debian Unstable/Sid easily accessible to & usable by desktop users. Learn about its features, its history & upcoming developments!
@mfjurbala the distribution really is just a matter of choice. Generally speaking the newer the better, so rolling releases like #opensuse tumbleweed or #ArchLinux, #Fedora or #Siduction are a good choice.
Most windows game work pretty good now, if you play online and the game has anticheat you may have an issue there.
Ooooh... why did I say I'd use KDE for 2 weeks? Can I shorten that to one?
This is just adjustment pain talking, I know, but wow. I might love how #KDE looks, but actually working with it is not fun for me. Nothing works the way I expect it to.
But CO, don't you just mean "meh! nOt GnoMe! mE No LiKeY!"
I mean... yeah. That's what I mean. From the very first time I tried #Gnome 3 (like, ten or twelve years ago), everything about it has felt natural to me. The changes that have been made over the years leading up to Gnome 45 today have all more or less worked for me. The way it works just meshes with my brain somehow, and it's very comfortable to work in.
Plasma is none of that, and I don't know why I'm putting myself through this. Don't get me wrong: I adore the KDE project. It's a gorgeous, feature-packed, ultimately configurable #DesktopEnvironment. The problem for me personally is that I just don't need about 75% of those features, and the default setups don't function the way my brain does.
So in short, I might be cutting this experiment short, not because KDE is bad, but because Gnome feels like home.
Which is weird, because I hated Gnome 2, which I thought of as a more difficult to work with, less resource efficient version of #XFCE.
Oh, yeah, and #KaOS? It's fine. It's super-fine-tuned and dedicated to its mission of being a cutting edge KDE desktop. Which is great if that's what you want, but there's a fine line between dedication and obsession.
I prefer it to dealing with Arch, though, if I'm being honest - specifically because of that obsession. Everything official is tight, works together, and accomplishes the stated goal of the OS. Even the KCP repo is on board for the most part, and it all comes together. If someone did something like this for Gnome/GTK, it'd probably be my OS of choice.
@s20 I haven't dealt with KDE 6 yet. I'm just looking at the news and that sounds very intriguing to me.
Regarding distros, I have always been very true to something that has to do with Debian. I used #Kanotix, #sidux, #kubuntu, #debain, #mint and now more #mxlinux, #tuxedoos and #siduction.
It's basically, Debian SID, but made into a complete desktop distro.
They tend to have long code names for their builds, this one is no different. "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants."
This one was named as such in honor of Debian and the development even dedicated this release to the Debain team, while wishing them a happy 30th birthday.
I'm thinking about installing #Siduction, the "usable" rolling release version of #Debian Sid again. Last time I did was back in 2014 or so.
At the time I knew only Ubuntu, and I wanted to experiment with something newer, to get a feel for a rolling release or so. Then I tried Arch, Alpine, and now wonder how would a debian-base feel like again (especially if I can get a minimal install to build upon)
Cool, #Siduction has an option to install a "No X" image which I presume comes only with the core of the system installed. Nice for us, who seek to do a minimal and custom install to try out rolling with it.
@e33io good question! I hear it's not straight up Sid and they patch some things as they are being released so that they are more usable and compatible. When back when I tried #Siduction (when it was called #aptosid), it seemed quite usable.
And I can't really attest for Sid. Until I stumbled on your profile, I never ever met anyone who ever used plain Debian Sid for anything (I never did either), but I guess it might not be as unstable as I think?