Re: [tlug] Rocky Linux

[Niels Kobschätzki <niels@example.com>]

> On 3. Nov 2024, at 06:11, Lyle H Saxon <llletters@example.com> wrote:
> 

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> Any advice regarding "Rocky Linux"?  Anyone using it? 

I use it on some servers. It feels actually like CentOS where its roots are. And like CentOS I wouldn’t use it on the desktop.

> And looking at this:
> 
> Desktop/Workstation Live Images
> Select a version:Rocky Linux 9
> Rocky Linux 8
> v9.4
> -------------
> GNOME
> GNOME (Lite)
> KDE
> XFCE
> MATE
> Cinnamon
> 
> Which of the above desktops would you recommend?  I used KDE many years ago, but ended up not liking what it evolved into.

That’s ehm. You should just try them? What means many years ago? I didn’t like KDE in version 4 and 5 but 6 is my main desktop for some time now. Before that I used usually Gnome. 
XFCE is pretty light-weight and misses some bells and whistles, Cinnamon is kind of like KDE being a copy of the Windows-style WM but based on GTK (how is their Wayland-support these days) and Mate is like Gnome 2. 
And Mate and XFCE are still Xorg-DEs if I am not mistaken but KDE and especially Gnome are nowadays Wayland-DEs. 
Have you tried tiling WMs yet?
So many options to choose from, so much time to waste in testing and playing around ;)

Niels

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