[PLUG] The end of Mint KDE edition

[elcaseti]

After some research, I think I'll give the KDE version of Slackel a try.

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 7:35 PM, Dave Lien - W7DAL <W7DAL at comcast.net>
wrote:

> TNX Wayne. I follow Distrowatch from time to time and just downloaded
> manjaro which is the current favorite. Am installing it now to see what all
> the noise is about. -Dave.
>
>
>
> On 5/11/2018 7:14 PM, Wayne van Loon wrote:
>
>> Here <https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major> is a link to
>> DistroWatch's top 10 distros where you can read their take on a few old
>> line distros including Slackware that is being discussed here.
>> Wayne
>>
>>
>> On 05/11/2018 06:55 PM, Dave Lien - W7DAL wrote:
>>
>>> Let me ask a simple minded question:
>>>
>>> I've been running Linux for maybe 20 years. Nothing fancy, office apps
>>> mostly, and went through all the early update struggles, etc. Played with
>>> virtually every version along the way eventually settling on Ubuntu until
>>> that silly debacle. Then cut over to MINT which does everything I want and
>>> more. Also I note that MINT was the most downloaded version for years until
>>> recently. There must be a reason?
>>>
>>> QUESTION: What is so unique about some of the other old major Linux
>>> lines that make them so important to some users? Or is is mostly a matter
>>> of habit and not wanting to change?
>>>
>>> TNX. Dave.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/11/2018 6:21 PM, King Beowulf wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 05/10/2018 09:06 PM, elcaseti wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The fact that Slackware is still using KDE4 is very appealing to me.
>>>>> My
>>>>> command line skills are not at the Slackware level, but I bet I can
>>>>> find a
>>>>> Slackware-based distro that is more to my liking that's still using
>>>>> KDE4.
>>>>>
>>>>> Too bad Slax moved away from KDE.  I used to use Slax for certain
>>>>> simple
>>>>> tasks.  I might still use Slax for some things, & I don't mind that
>>>>> it's
>>>>> switched to a Debian base, but it's not going to be my main distro.
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems like Vector is not a very active project anymore. I tried KDE
>>>>> Neon about a year ago, & found it to have quite a few broken things.  I
>>>>> might even try Gecko KDE Plasma, since I've not really given OpenSuse
>>>>> much
>>>>> of a chance.
>>>>>
>>>>> The following Slackware derived distros with available KDE are still
>>>> active. I haven't used them in a while (I always go back to the pure
>>>> source), but they track the Slackware core pretty closely while adding
>>>> ease of use features.  Most Slackware derivatives are tweaked, "trimmed
>>>> down" to reduce memory and hard drive space.
>>>>
>>>> Zenwalk: http://zenwalk.org/
>>>> XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager.
>>>> Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources.
>>>>
>>>> Salix: https://www.salixos.org/
>>>> XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager.
>>>> Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources.
>>>>
>>>> Porteus: http://www.porteus.org/
>>>> Started out as a community remix of SLAX.  Packages consist of modules
>>>> and can be installed and run from USB flash drive, flash card or CD
>>>> (live distro) or hard drive. There are utilities to convert Slackware
>>>> packages into installable modules.  It is designed to be portable. They
>>>> do recommend Slackware if you want to install a full uncompressed
>>>> version to an internal hard drive.
>>>>
>>>>
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