gatton
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Post by gatton on Aug 23, 2022 18:34:04 GMT
So I'm putting this in Other Distros because no doubt other distros will be discussed but it's primarily about Bodhi I guess. Why in the veritable "ocean" of distros did you pick Bodhi? I myself have found I'm attracted to smaller distros over the years. I've run PCLinuxOS, Bunsen Labs/Crunchbang, Archlabs, Mabox, Q4OS and many others. Now some of these are small community distros that are based on a big distro (like Bodhi). But I often find that I like the smaller more close-knit communities that spring up around smaller distros. I'm also aware the distros I named are probably not THAT small being largely based on rather popular projects.
Oh and for me Moksha is a big selling point. I've become accustomed to its workflow and when I use another desktop environment I find I miss it and constantly try to call for things that don't exist like the Everything launcher.
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Sharp
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Post by Sharp on Aug 23, 2022 22:39:07 GMT
Why? Because it functions as I want it to, gives me a lot of options to set up things the way I want them, no bloat, and easy on resources. Bodhi, AntiX, LXLE, and EndeavourOS are my go to distros in that order.
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oscarb75
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Post by oscarb75 on Aug 24, 2022 14:53:01 GMT
I am a Windows user since 3.11, but I've always been curious about the Linux and Open Source world. Like Gatton, I've always been looking for small distros, able to revive old hardware. I have been using Puppy Linux for many years on old PCs, and I still think that's a very good Distro.
What I do not like about it, is the look and feel. To me, it feels "amateurish". (just my personal taste, of course, no critics or offense intended).
Some time ago, I was looking for a light Distro for a couple of old laptops. I've tried Bodhi, Q4OS, Antix and Peppermint.
Bodhi is the one that gave me the best impressions.
The only thing I miss, is the possibility to organize the desktop as I am used to do on Windows (icons, folders, documents, pictures.... on the desktop), but I respect the design philosophy of Bodhi devs.
I know that there are many workarounds to achieve the same results on Moksha, at the moment, they are far away from straightforward.
On a slightly better laptop, I am trying Mint Cinnamon. Till now, I do not see any good reason to install a full fledged Distro instead of Bodhi.
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Post by thewaiter on Aug 24, 2022 17:53:03 GMT
Hmm, I am pretty sure you know you can have icons, folders and docs and pics on the desktop. Or I am wrong? It is disabled by defaults. I even made a new feature for you. You can drag and drop apps from menu to the desktop...
Stefan
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Post by Hippytaff on Aug 24, 2022 20:30:15 GMT
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Post by thewaiter on Aug 25, 2022 4:27:02 GMT
The meaning was if I am wrong that oscarb75 is aware of the feature, lol
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oscarb75
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Post by oscarb75 on Aug 25, 2022 17:19:06 GMT
[...] The only thing I miss, is the possibility to organize the desktop as I am used to do on Windows (icons, folders, documents, pictures.... on the desktop), but I respect the design philosophy of Bodhi devs. I know that there are many workarounds to achieve the same results on Moksha, at the moment, they are far away from straightforward [...] Please, forget this part. My bad, sorry. I've tried today, after updating, and everything works like a charm. Thank you. And sorry for the OT too. |
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