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    • R3dPand4R
      R3dPand4 @Obsolesce
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      @tim_g Nice I'll take a look at that as well

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      • R3dPand4R
        R3dPand4 @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller @Tim_G while we're on the topic of portables and Linux distros, do either of you have an opinion on Mint vs Korora? I'm thinking I'll like the xfce desktop, but what have you found to be enjoyable and perform well?

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @R3dPand4
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          @r3dpand4 said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

          @scottalanmiller @Tim_G while we're on the topic of portables and Linux distros, do either of you have an opinion on Mint vs Korora? I'm thinking I'll like the xfce desktop, but what have you found to be enjoyable and perform well?

          Both are good. Mint is based on outdated LTS Ubuntu. Korora can't keep up with Fedora. I've used both and have moved to Fedora itself and found it better than either. I used Mint's Cinnamon on Fedora, it's great.

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          • R3dPand4R
            R3dPand4 @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller Yeah it seems like Fedora is just on a roll lately and continues to pick up from momentum on the desktop and server side from everything I'm reading.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @R3dPand4
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              @r3dpand4 said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

              @scottalanmiller Yeah it seems like Fedora is just on a roll lately and continues to pick up from momentum on the desktop and server side from everything I'm reading.

              A lot of it is just that the market has matured and Fedora is in the right spot right now. LTS releases like CentOS really don't make sense like they used to (CentOS is built off of Fedora anyway). And the need for downstream tweaks like Mint and Korora don't make sense like they used to. Korora is just Fedora with some tweaks. So Fedora hits the sweet spot, along with Ubuntu Current and Suse Tumbeweed.

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              • R3dPand4R
                R3dPand4 @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller Yeah if I understand it correctly, RHEL/CentOS releases are just a packaged stable version that solely differ on whether or not you have support from RH?

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @R3dPand4
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                  @r3dpand4 said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                  @scottalanmiller Yeah if I understand it correctly, RHEL/CentOS releases are just a packaged stable version that solely differ on whether or not you have support from RH?

                  That's correct. Both are made by RH, both are created from the same files, both work and do everything identically, just one has support (and branding) and one does not.

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                  • ObsolesceO
                    Obsolesce @R3dPand4
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                    @r3dpand4 said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                    @scottalanmiller @Tim_G while we're on the topic of portables and Linux distros, do either of you have an opinion on Mint vs Korora? I'm thinking I'll like the xfce desktop, but what have you found to be enjoyable and perform well?

                    I left Korora behind and stick to Fedora Workstation (for my pc/laptop).

                    I'd not use XFCE, use KDE instead. KDE only uses only ever so slightly more RAM for apps, but the difference is that these apps have more features you'll use. XFCE is basic, ugly, minimally functional, including the built in apps... which can be good if you're starved for resources on an ancient device.

                    But go KDE instead... you'll be glad.

                    Cinnamon is nice too. My top two favorite are KDE and Gnome. Cinnamon is great for learning a distro.

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                    • R3dPand4R
                      R3dPand4 @Obsolesce
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                      @tim_g Awesome thank you

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                      • ObsolesceO
                        Obsolesce @R3dPand4
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                        @r3dpand4 said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                        @tim_g Awesome thank you

                        Just a side note, if you do go with Gnome (regular Fedora Workstation), install the dnf install gnome-tweak-tool

                        It gives you some easy to use settings access.

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                        • R3dPand4R
                          R3dPand4 @Obsolesce
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                          @tim_g I'll keep that in mind thank you!

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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                            @tim_g said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                            @r3dpand4 said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                            @scottalanmiller @Tim_G while we're on the topic of portables and Linux distros, do either of you have an opinion on Mint vs Korora? I'm thinking I'll like the xfce desktop, but what have you found to be enjoyable and perform well?

                            I left Korora behind and stick to Fedora Workstation (for my pc/laptop).

                            I'd not use XFCE, use KDE instead. KDE only uses only ever so slightly more RAM for apps, but the difference is that these apps have more features you'll use. XFCE is basic, ugly, minimally functional, including the built in apps... which can be good if you're starved for resources on an ancient device.

                            But go KDE instead... you'll be glad.

                            Cinnamon is nice too. My top two favorite are KDE and Gnome. Cinnamon is great for learning a distro.

                            One thing that I found is that on Korora, XFCE is gorgeous.

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                            • ObsolesceO
                              Obsolesce @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                              @tim_g said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                              @r3dpand4 said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                              @scottalanmiller @Tim_G while we're on the topic of portables and Linux distros, do either of you have an opinion on Mint vs Korora? I'm thinking I'll like the xfce desktop, but what have you found to be enjoyable and perform well?

                              I left Korora behind and stick to Fedora Workstation (for my pc/laptop).

                              I'd not use XFCE, use KDE instead. KDE only uses only ever so slightly more RAM for apps, but the difference is that these apps have more features you'll use. XFCE is basic, ugly, minimally functional, including the built in apps... which can be good if you're starved for resources on an ancient device.

                              But go KDE instead... you'll be glad.

                              Cinnamon is nice too. My top two favorite are KDE and Gnome. Cinnamon is great for learning a distro.

                              One thing that I found is that on Korora, XFCE is gorgeous.

                              On Korora, they all have the same basic look... so I wouldn't compare the differences between GUIs using Korora.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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                                @tim_g said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                                @tim_g said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                                @r3dpand4 said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                                @scottalanmiller @Tim_G while we're on the topic of portables and Linux distros, do either of you have an opinion on Mint vs Korora? I'm thinking I'll like the xfce desktop, but what have you found to be enjoyable and perform well?

                                I left Korora behind and stick to Fedora Workstation (for my pc/laptop).

                                I'd not use XFCE, use KDE instead. KDE only uses only ever so slightly more RAM for apps, but the difference is that these apps have more features you'll use. XFCE is basic, ugly, minimally functional, including the built in apps... which can be good if you're starved for resources on an ancient device.

                                But go KDE instead... you'll be glad.

                                Cinnamon is nice too. My top two favorite are KDE and Gnome. Cinnamon is great for learning a distro.

                                One thing that I found is that on Korora, XFCE is gorgeous.

                                On Korora, they all have the same basic look... so I wouldn't compare the differences between GUIs using Korora.

                                The point being, XFCE can be really nice.

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                                • ObsolesceO
                                  Obsolesce @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                                  @tim_g said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                                  @tim_g said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                                  @r3dpand4 said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                                  @scottalanmiller @Tim_G while we're on the topic of portables and Linux distros, do either of you have an opinion on Mint vs Korora? I'm thinking I'll like the xfce desktop, but what have you found to be enjoyable and perform well?

                                  I left Korora behind and stick to Fedora Workstation (for my pc/laptop).

                                  I'd not use XFCE, use KDE instead. KDE only uses only ever so slightly more RAM for apps, but the difference is that these apps have more features you'll use. XFCE is basic, ugly, minimally functional, including the built in apps... which can be good if you're starved for resources on an ancient device.

                                  But go KDE instead... you'll be glad.

                                  Cinnamon is nice too. My top two favorite are KDE and Gnome. Cinnamon is great for learning a distro.

                                  One thing that I found is that on Korora, XFCE is gorgeous.

                                  On Korora, they all have the same basic look... so I wouldn't compare the differences between GUIs using Korora.

                                  The point being, XFCE can be really nice.

                                  Oh, yeah I agree. It's one of the most configurable GUIs out there.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    I find that other than Cinnamon, I tend to use XFCE the most. But mostly, I stick to Cinnamon.

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                                    • ObsolesceO
                                      Obsolesce
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                                      On my E7270, here's what I am getting on my Win10 VM running on KVM in Fedora 26:

                                      The VMs virtual disk a RAW .img.

                                      0_1510166858196_Selection_001.png

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                                      • R3dPand4R
                                        R3dPand4 @Obsolesce
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                                        @tim_g @scottalanmiller Found someone selling a Surface with Fedora 24 on it lol https://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/ele/d/microsoft-surface-3-not-pro/6359018383.html

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                                        • R3dPand4R
                                          R3dPand4
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                                          Little pricier and not a Chromebook but pretty solid specs https://www.amazon.com/F556UA-AB54-BL-Light-Laptop-Intel-Windows/dp/B07239QH2C/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1510671250&sr=1-3&keywords=ASUS+F556

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @R3dPand4
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                                            @r3dpand4 said in Chromebooks and Mild Paranoia:

                                            @tim_g @scottalanmiller Found someone selling a Surface with Fedora 24 on it lol https://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/ele/d/microsoft-surface-3-not-pro/6359018383.html

                                            Still Surface hardware, though.

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