Made it to my follow up eye exam. He (eye doctor) was not completely happy with the fit of the right lens, so he is going to adjust that, and happily is significantly strengthening the prescription in my final pair. Looking forward to getting them next week.
I had an itch to try another linux. I booted into KaOS, Neptune6 and Neon... and then when I had my fill of KDE, I decided to try DeepinOS again (it had been awhile). Deepin has had many updates and tweaks so I was looking forward to it. I installed Deepin only to find that the interface is STILL choppy and glitchy. I keep hoping it will become smooth but... no luck. It is still a gorgeous interface but the graphical glitches when panels slide out or the way things do not open or slide smoothly, even with my NVidia drivers installed for my 1080, discourages me.
So... I downloaded the latest ISO build of Pop again. About to install it. I hope I have learned my lesson and will never do this again.
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Friday, July 19, 2019
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
General updates and ramblings...
Still on Pop!_OS. I recently tried (in live mode) Manjaro Openbox, Mabox, Manjaro Deepin... and I just cannot get into them. MX Linux is still out there as one of my favorites though. But I don't know... Pop has just been THERE and out of my way. It isn't super special in any way. It just has enough tweaks and conveniences that set it apart from Ubuntu.
I really like XFCE and distros that use it. I am not a huge fan of KDE even though I did use it for a year a number of years ago. Openbox seems usable... but I remember when GNOME 3 came out I really did not like it. I have bounced around Mac OS, Linux and Windows for awhile now but when Windows 7 came out I moved to that and stayed on it for years, through to Windows 10 (I even own a copy of Windows 10 Pro now). But I have always preferred unix-like, posix-standard-meeting systems over Windows or OS/2, etc.
I am rambling. But where I was going with that previous paragraph was that perhaps getting used to Windows 8 and then Windows 10 interface along with the more recent versions of Mac OS X, GNOME is no longer a "shock" to my system. I don't know. But I even like it now.
I think that Fedora puts out a decent GNOME 3 workstation but it is more difficult (ie. I am lazy) to configure graphics drivers and to get Steam working the way I like it. Manjaro GNOME is also very good.
I could hunt around for the "best G3 linux" and see what else is out there, but so far Pop!_OS has been very good.
I really want to like Deepin. I have tried Deepin OS, I have tried Manjaro Deepin, but I just can't bring myself to stick with it. It has some gorgeous design elements but... it just feels a little rough to me. Maybe I will play with a few more distros over the rest of my vacation.
Vacation is almost over and then it is back to work. Of course I developed an ear infection (again) over the holidays. :) Alas. Didn't really slow us down though. We got to hang out with family and do some other fun things. Sandi and I went on a short trip with some other Mini Cooper enthusiasts.
We joined a local Mini club and they did a run up to Prescott via Wickenberg and Peeples Valley. The city center is all lit up. There was also a gingerbread house competition at the local casino. While we were there Sandi and I ate at a somewhat famous restaurant (we've eaten there before) and enjoyed the evening before heading back down to Phoenix.
That's all I have for now! Shall write more soon.
I really like XFCE and distros that use it. I am not a huge fan of KDE even though I did use it for a year a number of years ago. Openbox seems usable... but I remember when GNOME 3 came out I really did not like it. I have bounced around Mac OS, Linux and Windows for awhile now but when Windows 7 came out I moved to that and stayed on it for years, through to Windows 10 (I even own a copy of Windows 10 Pro now). But I have always preferred unix-like, posix-standard-meeting systems over Windows or OS/2, etc.
I am rambling. But where I was going with that previous paragraph was that perhaps getting used to Windows 8 and then Windows 10 interface along with the more recent versions of Mac OS X, GNOME is no longer a "shock" to my system. I don't know. But I even like it now.
I think that Fedora puts out a decent GNOME 3 workstation but it is more difficult (ie. I am lazy) to configure graphics drivers and to get Steam working the way I like it. Manjaro GNOME is also very good.
I could hunt around for the "best G3 linux" and see what else is out there, but so far Pop!_OS has been very good.
I really want to like Deepin. I have tried Deepin OS, I have tried Manjaro Deepin, but I just can't bring myself to stick with it. It has some gorgeous design elements but... it just feels a little rough to me. Maybe I will play with a few more distros over the rest of my vacation.
Vacation is almost over and then it is back to work. Of course I developed an ear infection (again) over the holidays. :) Alas. Didn't really slow us down though. We got to hang out with family and do some other fun things. Sandi and I went on a short trip with some other Mini Cooper enthusiasts.
We joined a local Mini club and they did a run up to Prescott via Wickenberg and Peeples Valley. The city center is all lit up. There was also a gingerbread house competition at the local casino. While we were there Sandi and I ate at a somewhat famous restaurant (we've eaten there before) and enjoyed the evening before heading back down to Phoenix.
That's all I have for now! Shall write more soon.
Monday, August 27, 2018
Deepin - Because I like and adventure.
I wiped my MX Linux [v17] install in favor of Deepin [v15.7] today. I wanted to get an idea what all the hype was.
The installation was straight forward, not many questions asked. Once completed you boot into a gorgeous desktop. I will say that at first glance Deepin has to be possibly the most beautiful desktop out there in linux-land.
That being said I did notice discrepancies that reminded me VERY MUCH of Windows 8 and Windows 10: Web-based application fonts were not pretty, while desktop application fonts were nigh on perfect.
I will say that with MX Linux, fonts were consistent across all applications.
UI performance is slower (I guess to be expected with all the eye candy) than the XFCE MX Linux desktop. Probably on par with a typical Gnome or KDE desktop.
Deepin has an app store, very much like Windows. The problem with it is that even in "international" mode, it is slow. If you select China... you might as well go watch a movie whenever you want to install or update software. That being said, the store has quite a number of decent apps available to the user.
The file manager renders beautifully and has sensible defaults (like sorting folders first) but seems limited in how it can be configured.
All in all Deepin is a very pretty linux distribution which is now based on Debian (instead of Ubuntu, which is itself based on Debian) and has had some performance enhancements made to consume less power and less memory.
It is a fine distribution and wow, so pretty. It is the type of distribution needed to lure Windows 10 and Mac OS X users into the world of linux-based operating systems.
The installation was straight forward, not many questions asked. Once completed you boot into a gorgeous desktop. I will say that at first glance Deepin has to be possibly the most beautiful desktop out there in linux-land.
That being said I did notice discrepancies that reminded me VERY MUCH of Windows 8 and Windows 10: Web-based application fonts were not pretty, while desktop application fonts were nigh on perfect.
I will say that with MX Linux, fonts were consistent across all applications.
UI performance is slower (I guess to be expected with all the eye candy) than the XFCE MX Linux desktop. Probably on par with a typical Gnome or KDE desktop.
Deepin has an app store, very much like Windows. The problem with it is that even in "international" mode, it is slow. If you select China... you might as well go watch a movie whenever you want to install or update software. That being said, the store has quite a number of decent apps available to the user.
The file manager renders beautifully and has sensible defaults (like sorting folders first) but seems limited in how it can be configured.
All in all Deepin is a very pretty linux distribution which is now based on Debian (instead of Ubuntu, which is itself based on Debian) and has had some performance enhancements made to consume less power and less memory.
It is a fine distribution and wow, so pretty. It is the type of distribution needed to lure Windows 10 and Mac OS X users into the world of linux-based operating systems.
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