Other Interesting Distros, Part 7

tomscharbach

WetGeek I wonder ... could Firefox be refusing to download its competition?

Doubt it. I routinely use Firefox to download the Microsoft Edge deb for Linux ... most recently this morning.

WetGeek

tomscharbach I routinely use Firefox to download the Microsoft Edge deb for Linux

Sorry, I should have made it more obvious that I was kidding when I wrote that. I've mentioned in these distro reviews the times when I've needed to use Firefox to get the .DEB file from the Vivaldi site because the distro's repository didn't provide it.

I have no idea why Firefox is refusing to do that in in the case of Pop!_OS. I've checked all the settings, and turned off the one about only allowing "safe" downloads, but all I can get is an error that says "Failed" when I try to download it. And so far, Firefox is the only thing I've found that doesn't work well on Pop!_OS.

Apparently it has nothing to do with the distro itself, because Chromium worked without a problem. Go figure.

davidjharder

Yo @WetGeek forums are up. Get in here

brent

davidjharder you have to go over to Sparky and drag him out🙂

WetGeek

brent

Wow, so many friends trying to get me back here! I'm pretty sure I checked this this morning, as usual, and there was no change yet. But later, I noticed the tweet from Josh. Yeah, WetGeek is back on Twitter. It's been cleaned up a lot since I closed my account a couple years ago, and I wanted to follow the Solus Project account for news of my favorite distro.

I've been here today for a while now, but was occupied reading the new organization document, etc. It was a good idea to look for me in the Sparky Linux forum. WetGeek is not only an active account there, but also on the Siduction Linux forum, KDE forum, Mosilla forum, Vivaldi forum, etc., etc.

As I tweeted a while ago, I looked around for a distro that was as much like Solus as possible, and Sparky Linux filled that requirement admirably. In fact, I'm tempted to call it a 100% fit. I now use Sparky on my daily-driver laptop, my workstation, and my server. (Solus is still on one of the Latitudes, the Precision, and the Travelmate.)

Much as I love Solus, and have used it for years, a Solus Plasma VM that I created today showed that it's not been updated yet. Sparky, on the other hand, is quite up-to-date, so I'll continue using it until that changes for Solus. When that does happen, I suspect I'll change back to Solus everywhere, but for now, I'm enjoying the newer distro and updated software.

I'll definitely check this forum frequently for news, and run my checkUpgrades macro on the Solus VM frequently as well. It will tell me when there are upgraded packages to install.

alfisya

Here is @WetGeek account. Anybody that has sparky linux forum account, drag him here please 😆

JoshStrobl

Here is another interesting distro 😛

Fedora Budgie Spin: https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/budgie/

brent

JoshStrobl since january:

2 more days till its official--it's still Beta...gdm crashes usually at end of day. have been reporting that btw so nothing to do with solus. looking very forward to your new implementation of it @ Solus.

The-Violinist

brent Great to hear from an advanced Solus Mate enjoyer; I have distro hopped a lot to find the best recommendation for beginners (its been great for my 84 year old mum when she rage quit Win10) and more experienced noobs like myself

I've had no problems installing it in a dual boot with other distros so far...

brent

The-Violinist "advanced" as in destroy system repeatedly thru clumisness. no one's got nothing on me in that dept🙂. I really like how Mate responds, behaves, and looks. It's very simple like Cinnamon. They even look alike. But I prefer Mate; it's cleaner. (But I love the Budgie).

atriaze

How good to find the community this forum that I missed

brent

WetGeek but was occupied reading the new organization document,

i read it twice. lots going on there. Solus has its vision back.

WetGeek It was a good idea to look for me in the Sparky Linux forum

I just remember you reccing it on a former-admin tweet. lucky guess.

"As I tweeted a while ago, I looked around for a distro that was as much like Solus as possible, and Sparky Linux filled that requirement admirably."

For me it was Fedora Budgie. It is just like Solus Budgie when Solus Budgie was Solus Budgie if that makes sense. Fedora is simple. If I never have to do another Debian stripe in my lifetime I will be happy.

" When that does happen, I suspect I'll change back to Solus everywhere, but for now, I'm enjoying the newer distro and updated software."

As am I. Enjoying apps I didn't know existed. I hope Solus embraces a bigger cross-section of apps while not forcing it all to Snaps. baby steps.

It's nice to talk to you again @WetGeek. look forward to it again

WetGeek

brent For me it was Fedora Budgie. It is just like Solus Budgie when Solus Budgie was Solus Budgie if that makes sense. Fedora is simple.

Of all the distros that I examined in rrecent years, Fedora and Fedora-based distros were some of the best. In particular, I really liked Ultramarine Budgie. Fedora is small and fast, and makes for small and fast derivatives.

WetGeek

brent Solus has its vision back.

I noticed that there's been no mention of Beatrice from anyone. Do you know anything about that? Apparently she's no longer involved in any of the organization categories that have been listed, and that surprises me. She's been the only leader participating on Twitter, as recently as a few weeks ago.

seanragout

WetGeek Welcome back WetGeek! you have been the SOUL of the Solus forums, hope youre sticking around

WetGeek

seanragout hope youre sticking around

No worries, I don't plan to go anywhere. I'm still waiting for Solus to be updated before I return to using it as a daily driver, but now that the forum is available again, I'll be here often.

brent

WetGeek can't answer to much of that. if I had to guess it all became too much and she wanted out but whatever it is I'm sure it is private-ish. Good luck to her. If she has a continued role here in some form, then whatever will be will be. Will all come out eventually.

Saeden

WetGeek In case you hadn't seen it yet here is Beatrice's blog post. It was posted on the subreddit today. https://www.datadrake.com/blog/2023/04/19-solace-in-solus.html

brent

posted twice and can't delete one...kept getting the spinning flarum ball

WetGeek

brent posted twice and can't delete one...kept getting the spinning flarum ball

That's happened to me many times. I think it's because once someone else has accessed a post, flarum doesn't allow you to edit or remove it. That's a really stupid workflow, and I've noticed that it's the only forum I've used that works that way. Everywhere else, I'm able to fix typos, etc., without restriction. Not sure I've ever tried deleting an existing post, but I'd be surprised if that doesn't work as expected elsewhere.

saitam

On Beatrice's twitter account she wrote that a blog post can be expected tomorrow.

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