Why aren't you using the comfiest linux distro /g/?
>Pic related
eye cancer fuck you faggot
Because I don't like being spied on and value my privacy.
>>53616316
>the sky is blue, and is comprised of a blue color
>>53616316
3/10 bait
Because i use my phone for everything now.
>>53616233
>2016
>Using a gnome 2 fork...
>>53616316
>>53616316
He thinks privacy is still a thing in 13.799 billions...
You have to wake up bro it's almost the 14th billion century.
>>53616233
Nice Linux Mint trash
>>53616233
WiFi drivers somehow manage to get trashed in ubuntu.
Arch is comfy enough here
>>53616233
>2 bars
nice waste of space where vertical space is hard to come by
>>53616233
I am and it's amazing.
>300MB ram usage on boot
Debian is better than any of this shits
>>53616233
I installed it and I ran into tearing issues. I searched and apparently all gnu/linux distros are like this.
I'm switching back to windows 7 to be quite honest with you lads.
>>53619763
enable vsync, either in your xorg.conf (especially if you are using open source drivers), your compositor's conf (like compton for example) or enable it in your proprietary driver's control panel.
Not that hard
>>53618141
vertical space i had in 2000: 1024
vertical space i have in 2016: 1080
LITERALLY THE FUTURE
>>53616233
Why do people like MATE so much? I think it looks slick but there's nothing I like about that menu, don't seem to be Gnome 2 nostalgia either as many new folks like it too
Honestly prefer Windows Aero to it
but anon, i'm not a britbong
>pic related
>not centos 7
OP a shit
>>53622497
>Using anything other than debian based for normie shit
>>53622547
rpm is love, rpm is life.
KDE is just the less retarded desktop environment for linux!
Why aren't you using it except you have pentium3 or golden macbook.
>>53622931
>not xfce4
Well, I wonder how your bloated DE works in a VM
>>53616233
Can it game?
>>53623281
Sudo apt-get install steam
>>53622931
Ugly, bloated, buggy, slow as fuck.
>>53616233
My boss wants me to use 14.04 at work and mate is a really comfy DE.
I had to disable a lot of stuff for it to work correctly, but it is really nice now.
>>53623319
Can I enjoy ALL the games? Like, every game I stumble upon on steam? Because I think loonix has like 4 games to every 10 windows has. I may be wrong.
>>53618141
>>53616474
>>53622446
There's a handy tool that let's you change the panel layout at the flick of a switch. There's a Windows style one, an OS X style one and even a Unity style one. It's pretty slick.
>>53623327
Maybe it is some uncanny valley thing, but every other desktop requires a little tweak to make it perfect for that person. Why wouldn't you do that on KDE?
>>53623327
XFCE is much more a mess than KDE with nasty graphics glitches.
No KDE is clean and very fast.
Now if you use tty only, bah it's sure it's bloated. ^^
>>53623020
It's more vm friendly than xfce with compton.
>>53622931
Any KDE after KDE 2 is uglier Windows that Windows
Why?
>>53623356
>bait
>>53623609
I actually don't, what is the ratio?
>>53616233
>Vertically challenged resolution
>Permanent bars on top AND bottom
Ayy lmao
>>53616233
I want an official Ubuntu Cinnamon build.
>>53623626
>complain about two thin bars
>never complained about windows 7/8/10's double-height panel
huh.
>>53618141
You can add/remove panels I am using only the top panel
>>53623626
the panels are removable senpai
Because xfce master-race of course
>>53623712
Same here
>>53616233
Because I value function over nostalgiafagging.
>>53624352
>>53623712
Just install Cinnamon then.
>>53622931
>Plasma has crashed
>>53624613
how do you keep getting more of these i have at least 40 filtered stop it
even captcha wants you to stop
>>53618197
~220 more than XP
enjoy the bloat, m8
>>53619763
I agree this is bullshit, easily fixed bullshit though. Get compton or edit xorg.conf. If you ever plan to use any linux distro get ready to use Google or IRC to find solutions to your issues. If you don't like that the just stick with Windows;
Because I don't use Linux as a desktop OS
>>53624827
>buy 8gb of ram or more
>only ever use 10mb at most cuz muh bloat
>>53625337
>upgraded my laptop from 3GB to 5GB because job requires 4GB
>later realize that my CPU's only 1.4GHz and work requires 2.4GHz
>never seen RAM usage go over 600MB
>>53623712
Did you try Cubuntu?
>>53616233
>mate
vomit.png
720p...
I like HD distros onky
>>53616233
I am on 15.10 still. Will upgrade once I turn in my master's thesis.
>>53626213
1280x720 is HD.
Doesn't get comfier than Arch.
>>53623622
I think like 25% of games are available, although it's not even funny to pretend you'll play them all.
But that's not Fedora Cinnamon.
>>53623356
sudo apt-get install wine && sudo apt-get install winetricks
>>53626228
>install Arch Linux
>write thesis in Vim and LaTeX
>update pacman
>Xorg breaks
>fail class
>>53626500
>write thesis
>for a class
um, okay.
>>53626233
But the lowest HD
IT'S CALLED LHD FFS
>>53626362
Yes it does; Parabola
>>53626506
1280x720 is not LHD, it's literally HD, just like how 640x480 is VGA and 1400x1050 is SXGA+
Debian unstable + i3
>>53626632
I prefer REAL HD distros is all
>>53626795
It's literally as real HD as it can get you manchild
Is there a way to unload the DE in Ubuntu and just use terminal. I'm trying to force myself to stick to the terminal until I get comfy but want the DE just in case.
>>53627656
Just disable the login service and the desktop service using the systemctl command.
>>53627799
Is there only 2 services or is it made up of loads of small ones? Don't know what the fug I'm doing but learning steadily.
>>53622931
Not a pentium but an Intel Atom which is worst
>>53616309
this
MATE is comfy OP but not with fuck ugly Ubuntu fonts and that puke green theme
>>53627872
There's only 2.
>>53627915
pic related is a comfy non-shit MATE setup
>>53616233
As if there's a gnu plus linux user somewhere that hasn't tried ubunghole already.
Face it. Lot's of people move on and find something they like better. Probably because they found something better.
>>53627656
ubuntu minimal
>>53616233
because kde master race
>inb4 krash
been using leap for months and literally no crashes.
>>53627949
He doesn't need to reinstall his operating system.
>>53628017
ok, then he can just uninstall all desktop files
disabling a DE and keeping gigabytes of useless data on your PC is retarded
>>53628042
>I'm trying to force myself to stick to the terminal until I get comfy but want the DE just in case.
>>53627933
It's shit, friendo.
>>53627920
Thanks senpai. I feared because it's Linux that I would have to enable/disable 30 different things.
>>53627949
What for? If I don't need the DE anymore I can just uninstall it. Isn't that the whole fucking point of looniks?
>>53628093
explain. it's functional, it's lightweight, it's fully featured, and it's good looking
>>53616474
Alternatives suck, mate is literally beautiful and consumes the least amount of resources after lxde..
I'm not op but I couldn't find a better de to use.
>>53628120
not >him but
>date and time in the middle
>>53628140
>date and time in middle
>bad
full autism
and I put it there. By default it's on the top left. MATE's panel if much better than XFCE because it's easy as shit to move things around rather than have to meddle with spacers and shit
>>53628151
>and I put it there
makes the situation even worse.
>>53627933
>bottom dock
Get out of here maccuck
>>53623712
>>53624352
>>53624373
>>53625453
Why not just use Mint
>inb4 the ebin breach memes
>>53628233
it's on auto hide manchild. im not losing any vertical workspace
>>53624628
Time to get some good hardware, poorfag
>>53628249
there is literally no reason to use Mint
>>53616233
Looks disgusting.
I hate /g/ and memes and 4chan, why do I keep coming here after so long?
>>53622931
what the fuck is all that wasted space, especially in the settings wtf
>>53628538
Because you have nothing else going on in your life to fill the void, so you fill it with pointless drivel found here
>>53628538
We are your only friends.
Because I'm using GNOME instead and it's not 2003.
Because i prefer lmde.
>>53628594
>GNOME
hahahahaha
>>53628636
Literally nothing wrong with GNOME 3.
>>53628590
>>53628593
i thought so but i didn't want to admit it
>>53628655
It's alright familia, grab a seat and take a beer, we got you
>>53628647
>hurr kek gnome sux no customization no shit tiphahahahaha haha ha
>>53628673
Speak english, please
>>53628655
>>53628673
>Not being able to customize DE
Go back to windows
>>53616233
I use unity and GNOME 3
>>53628701
gnome 3 is a bitch on resources very bad with them.
Unity is just a gnome 3 fork.
>>53628690
>Ah, your opinion gave me a lighthearted smug chuckle. Don't forget, your desktop environment of choice lacks major customization extensibility by default. Ha! I'm just joking with you, fellow anon. I use GNOME as well. That quoting arrow at the beginning marks my caricaturing of a predicted response.
>>53628821
underrated post
>>53628796
Its compositor, WM and everything else is completely different.
It just uses some inner workings of Gnome.
>>53626506
1280x720 = "HD"
1920x1080 = "FHD" ("FullHD")
3840x2160 = "UHD" ("UltraHD")
4096x2160 = "4K"
MATE is the pale moon of DEs
yeah i went there
>>53627933
So much wasted space but whatever floats your boat anon.
>>53627933
How do i put that sexy dock like yours senpai?
>>53616233
That's not gentoo you dweeb.
>>53616233
I use Ubuntu Mate all the time. Personally it's my favorite flavour of Ubuntu. Recommend it all the time when trying to switch cheapos over from Windows.
>>53616474
Mate is literally the only good DE still available. Trinity is almost an option, but it's way too buggy and will never support wayland. Lumina is far too underdeveloped and will never have good generic programs because it's against their goals - yet good programs are the prime reason to choose a DE over another. KDE is systemdickware nowadays and every new series is unusable for years, ending up less featureful than the last version by the end of its life. Gnome, cinnamon and unity use fuckloads of resources, control like crap, look like crap, are extremely hard to customize, and have lackluster programs. Maui has almost no development and is currently too buggy to use. It also aims to use systemd heavily though it can be used independent from it for now. XFCE is a sad joke and LXDE/Qt sacrifices a lot of convenience and programs for the low resource footprint it gains, when not using very small devices.
>>53622446
Use a launcher such as kupfer instead of the menu. It was great when it came out but it's silly nowadays. Aside from that, atril is the second best pdf viewer (behind okular), caja is the second best file manager (behind dolphin), eyeofmate is the best image viewer, the screenshot tool is the second best (behind ksnapshot), and it has all the customization tools you need (settings center which centralizes settings menus, a good screen management utility (frontend to randr), a good set of setting menus for appearances and behaviors of the desktop - and good amount of easy customization, device (printer, keyboard, etc.) management, etc.) The two main issues with mate are that 1. there are several bugs (though easily bypassed, and most have little impact overall; an example is that you have to change the default background, otherwise the text on desktop icons will be garbled at each reboot), and 2. dconfeditor, a.k.a. windows registry: mate edition.
>>53616233
>Ubuntu Bix Nood Muhfugga
No
>>53616233
Mate in real life smells like Horse shit. I drink it every day though.
>>53623372
Frog detected.
>>53616233
I already am.
>>53616233
Why are you using that bloated piece of spyware shit? Go back to Windows 10
What are some key differences between ubuntu and ubuntu mate? I was tinkering around with just ubuntu on a little shit box pc while waiting on some replacement parts for my main rig. Thoughts on my short experience.
>nice, clean, very attractive.
>customization felt limited or perhaps walled off behind more advanced usage.
> very lightweight, but actually seemed to run a little sluggish.
> need to put some more time into learning what alternatives there are to windows apps.
>didn't fuck with wine yet
Overall I felt pretty positive about it, but still think there might be a better distro for me. Oh, and while security is nice, needing to constantly enter my password was fucking annoying. (yes I know you can turn it off, but i haven't spent that much time with it.)
Because if I want animations with it, I'll get tearing with Chromium.
>>53616233
I prefer having a false sense of superiority by using Arch Linux
>>53634007
Ubuntu mate has the Mate desktop instead of Unity and no amazon BS.
>>53633985
There is no spying in Ubuntu Mate, in fact most ubuntu variants leave out the Amazon search feature present in the standard distro. Amazing how many of you supposedly "technologically literate" people are ignorant of this fact.
>>53634091
But you've gotta love the Ubuntu software center, right?
>>53634144
Ubuntu mate uses Synaptic, and even if the software center was there, you can always replace it with Synaptic (or whatever you prefer).
I love how none of you have actually used the OS, but you bash it anyways.
>>53634172
If you would look at my screenshot in >>53633985, you would see that I pretty much do use Ubuntu without the bullshit added on. Ubuntu is pretty much just commercialized Debian with some configuration changes and more default packages.
>>53634236
You're still wrong in what you said.
>>53634263 Would you care to explain why?
>>53634274
>Bloated spyware shit
Ubuntu-Mate is not bloated, less than 500 MB idle ram usage on my machine. It's not spyware either, as mentioned earlier there is no Amazon search feature in Ubuntu-Mate
>>53616233
Because the stupid panel borders in MATE don't render borders STILL TO THIS DAY.
>not using the Solaris theme
>>53616233
Bloated sack of shit.
>>53616233
where are the panel borders? i cant tell where the wallpaper ends and the panels begin
>>53634295
http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy
Also, 500MB is ridiculous, what is taking up all that memory? It can't possibly be the DE, is it?
>>53634325
hi philip
>>53634421
I literally took the image from here
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Nimbus+(+Debian+and+Ubuntu+packages+)?content=70212
>>53616233
I like LXDE. It is the Linux distro that is most like Win 95.
>>53634643
LXDE is not a distro, do you mean Lubuntu?
>>53634390
Your monitor brightness must be real fucked up then.
>>53634392
No, it's mostly background processes. Mate is extremely light, much lighter than xfce for example.
>>53625356
>5GB
>work requires 2.4GHz
whatthefuckamireading.jpg.tar.gz.exe
>>53635004
It's written pretty clearly, what do you not understand?
>>53636478
Yeah, I dont understand also, my work requires at least 32nm CPU and 111GB SSD.
>>53616233
>Double panel
Fucking disgusting my dude.
>2panels
Lmao.
>>53623327
>posted from my 20 y/o chinkpad
wish you neetcucks would fuck off already
YOU are the cancer holding linux behind
>>53632185
MATE Tweak > Interface > Panels
>>53634029
>Because if I want animations with it, I'll get tearing with Chromium.
Just enable the Compton compositor in the settings to get rid of all tearing.
>>53616316
That's only Unity retard.
>>53638003
>>53638580
You can make it 1 panel with 1 click in settings.
>>53616233
It's nice and all, but I already use Debian with Mate.
It can be useful as a live usb (since Debian doesn't have iwlwifi by default), or for people that doesn't want to enter a few sentences in the terminal after their installation.
>>53637868
I don't see how I could be any clearer. In order for me to get my job, my computer needed to have at least a 2.4GHz processor and at least 4GB RAM.
But I am
Because tearing issues
>>53627933
dude, you have only 1080 pixels vertically but still waste like 200px for that dock? That 200px could show ten lines more code/text/what ever.
I love gnome2 and use mate on some of my laptops sometimes, but really. I have 2160x1440 and even still I keep my bar on the side to get more vertical estate.
>>53626506
please sir, stop posting
>>53641278
Tearing is stopped by using the new Compton compositor on 16.04 beta 1.
because only lts versions are worth using, and the current one (14.04) sucks ass and need so many ppa injections to be useful, i rather wait until 16.04 is released next month
>>53634144
the one that's going away in 16.04? jej
