Trying Debian and finally Ubuntu for desktop
After trying these OS's for desktop trying BSD in 2015
I work with a Intel NUC D54250WYK in my job. It had Linux Mint 17, and I was tired of having to update applications I need like Libreoffice, mutt, thunderbird, and so on. Also I prefer now a distribution more update not LTS.
I dismissed the Linux Mint 18 option because I want a main distribution. I have servers working with Debian and Ubuntu so I tried these two.
My premises are:
- I have to get all configured in less than 3 hours. It's the work desktop !!
- I have to get all applications that I need to work.
- my /home is on a separate partition, so no extra work for restoring backups.
- beautiful fonts please.
- I work with i3wm. Yes, I'm used to work with keyboard more than mouse.
And this is the list all software I need:
from repos:
sudo apt install
i3 suckless-tools chromium cups evinve feh filezilla firefox gedit
gnome-terminal gparted konsole libreoffice mutt openvpn
pinta putty R recordmydesktop remmina rsync
synapse thunar vim vlc virtualbox Xfce4-Screenshooter or gnome-screenshotlanguages Go and R
sudo apt-get install golang r-base
soft to download and work
- resilio sync
- thunderbird
- vmplayer
- haroopad
Rstudio and Skype
Debian testing
I learned GNU/Linux with Debian so I owe it a nice try.
Here are my problems with Debian.
- you must add in /etc/apt/sources "contrib" because otherwise it is not possible to install some software
- you must install sudo and configure it ?!
- no thunderbird ?!
- problems with language, I need spanish and in certains applications (mutt) the display is wrong
- Rstudio and skype?
And the main problem. Ugly fonts with an old aspect.
Ubuntu 16.10
Easy install for all aplications I need. I like the aspect of DE and Unity is not as bad as people say. Anyway I use i3wm.
Yes It's said that Ubuntu is for beginners and not for hackers. Ok, it's not my problem. Ubuntu fits on me.
Problems:
- nautilus breaks in i3. I spent too much time trying to resolv this problem and I didn't get success. So I discovered "pcmanfm" and now I love it.
Epilog
I had to configure crontab, printers, ssh, more workspaces, routes, samba, mount devices, R, i3/config, resilio and so on but with Ubuntu all was easier.
Sorry but now I have to get my things done in my work.