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    • stacksofplatesS
      stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

      We figured it out. He was trying to launch KDE instead of LXDE.

      That would be fun to use over a WAN connection.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
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        @stacksofplates said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

        @scottalanmiller said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

        We figured it out. He was trying to launch KDE instead of LXDE.

        That would be fun to use over a WAN connection.

        Mostly we just launch Firefox sessions, not full desktops, so works decently well.

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        • stacksofplatesS
          stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

          @stacksofplates said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

          @scottalanmiller said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

          We figured it out. He was trying to launch KDE instead of LXDE.

          That would be fun to use over a WAN connection.

          Mostly we just launch Firefox sessions, not full desktops, so works decently well.

          Well I meant a full KDE environment like what it was trying to load. I've used Gnome 3 with nomachine and it's slow enough. I wonder what full KDE would be like.

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          • dafyreD
            dafyre
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            LXDE, XFE, Mate or any of the other desktop systems that don't have to deal with hardware rendering should work relatively well.

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            • stacksofplatesS
              stacksofplates @dafyre
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              @dafyre said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

              LXDE, XFE, Mate or any of the other desktop systems that don't have to deal with hardware rendering should work relatively well.

              Ya those work really well. XFCE is fast, just annoying to use so I don't really use it.

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              • stacksofplatesS
                stacksofplates
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                I always read about people saying how beautiful and awesome e17 is. I tried it last night. It's hideous. It looks like someone took every compiz animation and drug it through garbage.

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre @stacksofplates
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                  @stacksofplates said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                  I always read about people saying how beautiful and awesome e17 is. I tried it last night. It's hideous. It looks like someone took every compiz animation and drug it through garbage.

                  I thought it was great until I got serious with using it... it hated my NVIDIA card and would crash at random intervals... I switched back to Mate, lol.

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                  • stacksofplatesS
                    stacksofplates @dafyre
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                    @dafyre said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                    @stacksofplates said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                    I always read about people saying how beautiful and awesome e17 is. I tried it last night. It's hideous. It looks like someone took every compiz animation and drug it through garbage.

                    I thought it was great until I got serious with using it... it hated my NVIDIA card and would crash at random intervals... I switched back to Mate, lol.

                    I really want to try i3. I think it would make me more productive.

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                    • dafyreD
                      dafyre @stacksofplates
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                      @stacksofplates said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                      @dafyre said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                      @stacksofplates said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                      I always read about people saying how beautiful and awesome e17 is. I tried it last night. It's hideous. It looks like someone took every compiz animation and drug it through garbage.

                      I thought it was great until I got serious with using it... it hated my NVIDIA card and would crash at random intervals... I switched back to Mate, lol.

                      I really want to try i3. I think it would make me more productive.

                      Buddy of mine at work uses it. He loves it.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        I don't even know what i3 is. Anyone got some screen shots.

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                        • stacksofplatesS
                          stacksofplates
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                          It's a tiling window manager, so you can split windows like with tmux or screen.

                          http://mkoerner.de/media/i3-in-action.png

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                          • stacksofplatesS
                            stacksofplates
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                            I installed i3 in a chroot on my Chromebook. I'm really digging it. I can use keyboard shortcuts for everything except for stuff that needs GUI interaction like firefox, shotwell, etc.

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                            • gjacobseG
                              gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                              We figured it out. He was trying to launch KDE instead of LXDE.

                              I have LM 17.2 running on an old Dell Optiplex 330,.. I use X2Go to connect to it locally (20feet) and use that desktop as a media player for Pandora (Pithos).

                              I have to use X2go in Connect to local Desktop mode.

                              LXDE crashes.. but - different setup.

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                              • travisdh1T
                                travisdh1 @stacksofplates
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                                @stacksofplates said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                                @dafyre said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                                LXDE, XFE, Mate or any of the other desktop systems that don't have to deal with hardware rendering should work relatively well.

                                Ya those work really well. XFCE is fast, just annoying to use so I don't really use it.

                                XFCE/LXDE are my go-to desktop environments when I decide I want one. I've got the Linux computers around here running KDE because it's what everyone said they liked when I showed them different desktop options. I really like standard desktop environments in Linux. I can move people between Fedora, Mint, Debian, etc, and because they all have KDE, the user settings are all the same. Mount /home and go.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  I used to use XFCE a lot, but the interface is just too lean for me. LXDE for me now when I need something lean and Cinnamon when I want a full desktop replacement. I find KDE just enough confusing and too "heavy" to learn to bother.

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                                    travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                                    I used to use XFCE a lot, but the interface is just too lean for me. LXDE for me now when I need something lean and Cinnamon when I want a full desktop replacement. I find KDE just enough confusing and too "heavy" to learn to bother.

                                    Yeah, KDE isn't my favorite, but everyone here was able to use it without having to retrain them, so it's what we went with. I was very glad I stuck to the "universal" desktop environments when making recommendations tho, makes life so much easier.

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                                    • stacksofplatesS
                                      stacksofplates @travisdh1
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                                      @travisdh1 said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                                      @stacksofplates said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                                      @dafyre said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                                      LXDE, XFE, Mate or any of the other desktop systems that don't have to deal with hardware rendering should work relatively well.

                                      Ya those work really well. XFCE is fast, just annoying to use so I don't really use it.

                                      XFCE/LXDE are my go-to desktop environments when I decide I want one. I've got the Linux computers around here running KDE because it's what everyone said they liked when I showed them different desktop options. I really like standard desktop environments in Linux. I can move people between Fedora, Mint, Debian, etc, and because they all have KDE, the user settings are all the same. Mount /home and go.

                                      Gnome 3 is my current standard. I have a default set up of extensions that I love and has really helped my productivity. However, after testing i3, I may be switching.

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                                      • stacksofplatesS
                                        stacksofplates @travisdh1
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                                        @travisdh1 said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Having Trouble Connecting to NTG Lab with X2GO:

                                        I used to use XFCE a lot, but the interface is just too lean for me. LXDE for me now when I need something lean and Cinnamon when I want a full desktop replacement. I find KDE just enough confusing and too "heavy" to learn to bother.

                                        Yeah, KDE isn't my favorite, but everyone here was able to use it without having to retrain them, so it's what we went with. I was very glad I stuck to the "universal" desktop environments when making recommendations tho, makes life so much easier.

                                        I hate that the Super (Windows) key is only a modifier. It's much easier and more familiar to hit that key and have the activities overview come up than alt+space or alt+f2 (whatever it actually is) for krunner.

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