tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post9044637090050502591..comments2024-03-28T08:06:15.494-07:00Comments on Linuxed - Exploring Linux distros: Linux Mint 17 "Qiana" XFCE Review: Simple, elegant and functionalArindam Senhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-62463524751291377992015-10-23T00:20:04.000-07:002015-10-23T00:20:04.000-07:00I have only just come across your review, as I don...I have only just come across your review, as I dont like windows 10. Its a brilliant and really helpful review and i have now installed mint 17 xfce on my two laptops. Even my printer works without too much effort. Thanks again, wish all reviews were this good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-56786985713119625102014-10-19T11:06:41.605-07:002014-10-19T11:06:41.605-07:00Agreed :). Linux users are now pampered with so ma...Agreed :). Linux users are now pampered with so many alternatives for ready-to-use distros. Even Arch based distros like Chakra or Manjaro work these days right out of the box, even with the latest hardware. I am enjoying it thoroughly :).Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-67251994609831752272014-10-19T11:02:30.629-07:002014-10-19T11:02:30.629-07:00Hi Bevin: I am using the XFCE version since 2009 a...Hi Bevin: I am using the XFCE version since 2009 and it works better for me than GNOME 3 or KDE for being lightweight and customizable. Plus, as you mentioned, XFCE is a lot cleaner without much bloat and is very stable. I hope you are having a good time with LM XFCE.Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-70368103217931822042014-10-19T11:00:02.624-07:002014-10-19T11:00:02.624-07:00Hi Gwen: Welcome to the world of Linux and I hope ...Hi Gwen: Welcome to the world of Linux and I hope you are having a good time. Please feel free to let me know if you need my help in anything. To download the conky manager, please check teejee's blog: http://www.teejeetech.in/p/conky-manager.html<br />It has instructions to download and install it for Ubuntu, Debian and other Linux distros.<br /><br />Regards,<br />ArindamArindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-34361570338994394742014-10-19T10:57:16.869-07:002014-10-19T10:57:16.869-07:00Hi Ron, thanks for liking my review. Indeed, Linux...Hi Ron, thanks for liking my review. Indeed, Linux users are pampered with plethora of alternatives and it is difficult to choose one over another. For all my personal use, I have switched to Linux 5 years back and enjoying a lot the benefits of modern Linux operating systems. Linux is amazing!Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-12464698873170659222014-10-14T04:01:12.404-07:002014-10-14T04:01:12.404-07:00I've been testing out all the "light"...I've been testing out all the "light" distros. Deepin. Mint Xfce. Xubuntu. Zorin. Elementary OS. <br />I must say they all seem to be pretty good. <br />An "embarrassment of riches" as it were. <br />What a contrast from a decade or so ago, when distros like Mandrake were touted as no-brainer installs. <br />I couldn't even get Mandrake to recognize my video card. Bevin Chuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212261042382022326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-9180099306785263222014-10-09T08:25:05.267-07:002014-10-09T08:25:05.267-07:00I've been using Mint for several years now, si...I've been using Mint for several years now, since Elyssa if I recall, but never tried the XFCE version before. <br />I always used the more loaded versions, such as Gnome, Cinnamon, and Mate. <br />Now that I finally have, I must say I like it. Loads fast. Looks clean. No glitches so far. Knock wood! Bevin Chuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212261042382022326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-44721678821421676502014-09-20T03:35:25.602-07:002014-09-20T03:35:25.602-07:00Thank you so much for your review, I'm new to ...Thank you so much for your review, I'm new to linux and it was very helpful! Where did you find the conky? It looks great!Gwendolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609924178048336907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-27930544151555290232014-08-25T23:33:51.659-07:002014-08-25T23:33:51.659-07:00I guess it was related to cpufreq configuration.
L...I guess it was related to cpufreq configuration.<br />Linux Lite 1.0.8 just runs fine for me at work.<br />Maybe when Linux Bodhi release 3.0 I'll give it another try, I liked e17 a lot, but it was too buggy on my system.Stukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340430009631177359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-50316644445688951322014-08-23T22:08:37.360-07:002014-08-23T22:08:37.360-07:00Thank you for an excellent review and welcome to t...Thank you for an excellent review and welcome to the US. You have convinced me to download Mint 17 xfce<br />and eventually complement my Mint 17 Cinnamon and Mint 13 Mate along with my total of 15 Linux distros and<br />Windows 7 on my home desktop. I have been enjoying Peach OSI since its release so am anxious to read your upcoming review of it. I also enjoy Zorin, LXLE, Netrunner, and MX-14, RonDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835243305089855125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-59192805594121732192014-08-20T21:57:26.673-07:002014-08-20T21:57:26.673-07:00It may be because of some driver incompatibility i...It may be because of some driver incompatibility in Lite 2.0. Linux Mint works good with commonly available systems and hence, is quite popular among the users. It just works! :)Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-26871611849505001832014-08-20T21:44:32.087-07:002014-08-20T21:44:32.087-07:00I guess you may be right. But, I am using these pp...I guess you may be right. But, I am using these ppa's from Precise days and my system is rock stable for the last 4 years. Most of these ppa's are from launchpad and I trust them.Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-12243383744856199442014-08-11T23:10:13.028-07:002014-08-11T23:10:13.028-07:00Thanks again for the fine and precise review.
Yet...Thanks again for the fine and precise review.<br /><br />Yet I don't agree with all the stuff you had on a clean install: Chrome (instead of chromium) and all those PPAs. It is useful to upgrade LibreOffice though, but not with the main PPA, which typically just made 4.3.0 available. This is not advisable to install early versions of any software so the best is to stay with the 4.2 PPA until Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-91182196619496671162014-08-04T08:52:26.821-07:002014-08-04T08:52:26.821-07:00I wrote a very elaborate answer and it was lost af...I wrote a very elaborate answer and it was lost after publish :-( (Damn you Google!)<br />I don't know why, but lite 2.0 keep my cpu running at full too many times and I couldn't solve it, with Mint I don't have the problem, so after son many distros, this is the one I chose.<br />Thanks for your adviceStukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340430009631177359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-9075275981249341732014-08-04T07:57:12.055-07:002014-08-04T07:57:12.055-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340430009631177359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-26826203320192245342014-08-03T14:54:16.482-07:002014-08-03T14:54:16.482-07:00Linux Lite 2.0 is also very good. I am using it on...Linux Lite 2.0 is also very good. I am using it on my antiquated HP desktop at home with P4 processor, 1.5 GB DDR RAM and 250 GB HDD. It runs Lite pretty smooth and even plays media files quite well. I found Linux Lite to perform better than Linux Mint XFCE on low powered machines (without manual tinkering of the settings). I hope it helps.Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-12817851820381323042014-08-03T02:57:28.504-07:002014-08-03T02:57:28.504-07:00Finally I found a distro that suits me. At work I ...Finally I found a distro that suits me. At work I use Lite, but had some problems with the CPU usage at home.<br />And I am now a XFCE guy after so many years with Gnome 2.X.<br /><br />Thanks for your reviewStukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340430009631177359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-44992433315105869352014-08-02T09:41:05.940-07:002014-08-02T09:41:05.940-07:00Hi Nekyl:
I'll download Peach OS and try it o...Hi Nekyl:<br /><br />I'll download Peach OS and try it out. Thanks for the information.<br /><br />Regards,<br />ArindamArindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-32911556046900646432014-08-02T09:40:17.519-07:002014-08-02T09:40:17.519-07:00Hi Abdelkader, I like XFCE because it supports a w...Hi Abdelkader, I like XFCE because it supports a whole lot of customization. Definitely the Mac OS X look is one of the preferred customization that users do :). Even I find docky to be more functional than Unity strip and a top panel to keep things tidy and use a similar configuration in my Ubuntu 14.04 installation. <br /><br />And thanks for the wishes. I'll be back in September first weekArindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-43346380871625139392014-08-02T09:35:27.398-07:002014-08-02T09:35:27.398-07:00Hi Jyoti, I reviewed GhostBSD earlier and found it...Hi Jyoti, I reviewed GhostBSD earlier and found it to be really good. I'll review openBSD in September, once I am back to India. Thanks for showing interest in BSD distros.<br /><br />Regards,<br />ArindamArindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-11035325449660828462014-07-29T07:51:40.370-07:002014-07-29T07:51:40.370-07:00Would you make review for PEACH OSI?Would you make review for PEACH OSI?nekylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721779702217914586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-40221829692290732562014-07-22T11:07:34.551-07:002014-07-22T11:07:34.551-07:00Would you be kind enough to do a review of FreeBSD...Would you be kind enough to do a review of FreeBSD and OpenBSD desktop with KDE 4??jyoti banhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18190543414200963718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-12744485857574465082014-07-20T14:02:14.647-07:002014-07-20T14:02:14.647-07:00Excellent review and very nice customization. With...Excellent review and very nice customization. With XFCE (as well as Cinnamon, LXDE and Openbox) I personally prefer to move the panel to the top and add a docky at the bottom. It looks nice and makes application launching much easier. <br />Good luck on your trip!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14829404554605603270noreply@blogger.com