On 30 June 2012 12:29, john lewis <zen57162@???> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:37:06 +0100
> Alan Pope <alan.pope@???> wrote:
>
>> On 30/06/12 11:09, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 wrote:
>> > On 10.04.x, you can access every single app cumulatively installed,
>> > ever so easily
>> >
>>
>> In 12.04 it's very search-oriented. Press the "Ubuntu button" then
>> click the second lens along (Applications Lens) or just tap the
>> "Windows (super) key" + A and then start typing what you're after.
>> Way more efficient than squirrelling through menus IMO.
>
>> You could try other derivatives like Linux Mint with Cinnamon or
>> Mate, but I would question the sustainability of those desktops.
>>
>> > When you install KDE, LXDE, XFCE desktops, they take on a kind of
>> > Unity cut-down format ..
>> >
>>
>> I hear Debian is quite nice :)
>
> Debian is more than Nice ;-)
>
> Install it and never have to re-install your OS again and (for now at
> least and hopefully always) you can use Gnome Classic, chosen at login
>
> Wheezy has just been frozen but it will be a few months before it is
> released as the next stable version.
>
> Install Debian Unstable instead if you need more recent packages than
> are in current Debian Stable.
>
> It isn't all that problematic to use but does need regular doses of
> "aptitude update, aptitude safe-upgrade" I do it daily.
>
One aspect I like of debian, now that I have it installed because
Ubuntu refused to install on this old 486 box. (a nice fanless box now
running my home automation software)
aptitude update takes about 20MB on Ubuntu, but only takes about
250KB on Debian. A difference of 8000%.
Reason being, Debian uses something called a diffindex, and ubuntu does not.
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