Re: [LUNI] Desktop-y distributions?

From: Sten Turpin (sten@narnia.net)
Date: Wed Mar 14 2001 - 09:40:05 CST

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    Try Stormix. It's Debian-based, and the desktop was good, although the
    last time I tried it, the default environment was a pre-release of Helix
    Gnome that displayed some odd behaviors.
    -Sten

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    ...like shooting fish in a barrel- with a $300 billion annual budget.

    On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, chamster wrote:

    >
    > Don't want to clutter the listserver or start a distro-war, but any
    > recommendations on a distro focused more as a desktop replacement? I'm
    > looking for 2 more distros besides Mandrake (goooooo CheapBytes...)
    >
    > For a while, I only used Linux as a type of glue for my Mac and Windows
    > machines. Router, proxy, file/print share, etc. So, I never bothered with
    > X, graphics / sound support, etc. For this, I use Debian and probably
    > always will.
    >
    > It wasn't a big deal to get a Debian desktop running, but I wouldn't mind
    > something relatively more consumer-ish out of the box. Plus, I always hear
    > about how Debian isn't that friendly and what not. I'd like to see for
    > myself.
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Steve
    >
    >
    >
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