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Re: Desktop distro

by Joshua Stone

If you're using Intel or AMD graphics, then I highly recommend trying out Fedora. It gets the newest kernel and Mesa versions during a release's life cycle, and it typically stays close to upstream. Fedora (Workstation) also isn't rolling release, so you can expect your system to not have any breaking changes from an update which is an important quality in a server. As far as I know, Manjaro having a rolling release model doesn't make this stability guarantee. Plex also seems to have official builds for Fedora, which can be configured with this guide here: http://bendavis.me/2015/03/29/setup-plex-media-server-on-fedora/ Some of the steps could be simplified like this: sudo dnf install https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.13.5.5291-6fa5e50a8/plexmedia… systemctl enable --now plexmediaserver.service Fedora is also nice if you want to be experiment with some of the latest in Linux desktop technologies. It typically releases with the latest stable Gnome version, and includes new features like Wayland, Flatpak, and Pipewire. -Josh On Sun, 2018-08-05 at 16:31 -0400, Richard Klein wrote: > I'm having trouble deciding which distro to install on my new SSD. > It's the only desktop computer in the house, so it's used for web, > email, etc, plus it's a Plex server. > > DistroWatch.com shows Manjaro being really popular right now, but > I've never heard of it. It's based on Arch, which I've heard of, but > never tried. I see that Arch uses Pacman for a package manager. I'm > used to APT; I'm not sure if I'd like Pacman. > > So anyway, I thought I'd ask for suggestions. > > -- > Rich > > _______________________________________________WLUG mailing list -- > wlug(a)lists.wlug.orgTo unsubscribe send an email to > wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org

Aug. 5, 2018

Re: Desktop distro

by John Stoffel

Since it’s a desktop, I’d go with linuxmint, based on Ubuntu based on Debian. I use it for my desktop and it’s nice. Plus you have the power of Debian to run services in the background. The only gotcha is that you want to disable people shutting down or rebooting the system from the GUI. It can be done, just not sure off the top of my head. I’d actually suggest you find and old system you can stick in the closet to run as your plez server if possible. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 5, 2018, at 4:31 PM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > > I'm having trouble deciding which distro to install on my new SSD. > > It's the only desktop computer in the house, so it's used for web, email, etc, plus it's a Plex server. > > DistroWatch.com shows Manjaro being really popular right now, but I've never heard of it. It's based on Arch, which I've heard of, but never tried. I see that Arch uses Pacman for a package manager. I'm used to APT; I'm not sure if I'd like Pacman. > > So anyway, I thought I'd ask for suggestions. > > -- > Rich > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org

Aug. 5, 2018

Desktop distro

by Richard Klein

I'm having trouble deciding which distro to install on my new SSD. It's the only desktop computer in the house, so it's used for web, email, etc, plus it's a Plex server. DistroWatch.com shows Manjaro being really popular right now, but I've never heard of it. It's based on Arch, which I've heard of, but never tried. I see that Arch uses Pacman for a package manager. I'm used to APT; I'm not sure if I'd like Pacman. So anyway, I thought I'd ask for suggestions. -- Rich

Aug. 5, 2018

Reminder! Meeting August 9th 2018 at 7pm

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang! We've got a WLUG meeting August 9th! Location: Campus Center Mid Century Room (rm 331) at 7pm. Topic: I'm working on that!!! If there's something cool you've been working on, or would like to show off, let me know! As usual refreshments and snacks will be provided. Afterwards we'll head off for dinner and keep up the conversation! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Aug. 5, 2018

Re: Microsoft PowerShell

by Joshua Stone

Snaps tend to install more cleanly due to including all of the dependencies independently of the host OS. Snaps have a few drawbacks though, one being that they're very Ubuntu-centric. To my knowledge, the apparmor profiles which are using for sandboxing are currently not upstreamed, so app developers like the powershell devs recommend installing in "classic mode" which bypasses this benefit. Snaps are also added to your $PATH, which can be a problem if a snap decides to use the same name as an application that was installed via package manager for example. Also from what I remember, snaps are still heavily reliant on the Ubuntu app store. While it is possible to install an arbitrary .snap file, you can't add different repos. Flatpak doesn't seem to have these limitations, being much more distro-agnostic and having a well-defined sandboxing mechanism. I recommend checking out Flathub if you want to give flatpaks a try. -Josh On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 08:52 The Hammer via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I have not tried snaps yet, but believe that one of the other > characteristics of them are if you chose to delete a snap, all the > dependencies that came with it also go away. > > > > On Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 10:01:49 AM EDT, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> > wrote: > > > What's a snap? > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 09:57:12AM -0400, Richard Klein wrote: > > Microsoft PowerShell is now available as a Snap: > > https://betanews.com/2018/07/20/microsoft-powershell-core-linux-snap/ > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >

Aug. 1, 2018

Re: Microsoft PowerShell

by The Hammer

I have not tried snaps yet, but believe that one of the other characteristics of them are if you chose to delete a snap, all the dependencies that came with it also go away. On Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 10:01:49 AM EDT, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> wrote: What's a snap? On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 09:57:12AM -0400, Richard Klein wrote: > Microsoft PowerShell is now available as a Snap: > https://betanews.com/2018/07/20/microsoft-powershell-core-linux-snap/ _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org

Aug. 1, 2018

Re: Microsoft PowerShell

by Joshua Stone

Snaps (https://snapcraft.io/) are an application-packaging technology created by Canonical designed to be developer-friendly by including dependencies instead of breaking them up into smaller packages like deb and rpm formats do. Personally I don't think think Snappy is very well designed, but as long as they lower the barrier of entry for application distribution on desktop Linux then it's a net positive. On Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 10:01 Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > What's a snap? > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 09:57:12AM -0400, Richard Klein wrote: > > Microsoft PowerShell is now available as a Snap: > > https://betanews.com/2018/07/20/microsoft-powershell-core-linux-snap/ > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >

July 31, 2018

Re: Microsoft PowerShell

by Chuck Anderson

What's a snap? On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 09:57:12AM -0400, Richard Klein wrote: > Microsoft PowerShell is now available as a Snap: > https://betanews.com/2018/07/20/microsoft-powershell-core-linux-snap/

July 31, 2018

Microsoft PowerShell

by Richard Klein

Microsoft PowerShell is now available as a Snap: https://betanews.com/2018/07/20/microsoft-powershell-core-linux-snap/ -- Rich

July 31, 2018

Re: Full Home folder

by John Stoffel

Richard> And after using the computer for another hour or two Richard> yesterday, it locked up; the pointer still tracked the mouse, Richard> but I couldn't click on anything or get any response from the Richard> keyboard. I got a new SSD last week that's waiting to be Richard> installed, so I'll probably punt and do a fresh OS install Richard> when I do that. Could you ping the computer some some other device? When the Xwindows locks up, I sometimes am able to get it back with: ALT-CTRL-F1 to switch to a text console. At least it might be logging errors to the test console at that point as well. It might just be that your disk is dying, or has bad blocks. I'd boot off a rescue image and do a 'badblocks' scan of the disk and see what pops up. Good luck! John

July 30, 2018