[NTLUG:Discuss] distro suggestions please

[Steve Litt]

On Wed, 8 May 2019 20:42:03 -0400
Fred James <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net> wrote:

> 64 bit Linux systems ... home use, home network
> 
> Mageia is breaking my heart ... been with them since Mandrak 9, when 
> RedHat left me in the dust.  But when Mageia moved from KDE4 to
> Plasma5, they left Mageia5 almost an orphan (I know that was that
> there were so many changes between the two versions of desktops ...
> so like M$)  They promise that Mageia6 to Mageia7 will be better, but
> now they want to drop seamonkey/iceape, 

Isn't Thunderbird the same as seamonkey/iceape? All distros have
thunderbird.

> when that has the best email
> client I have ever seen!  Now I am in the corner crying my eyes
> out ... what next, I say?
> 
> So, I am here to ask for opinion ... if I move from Mageia, where to?
> Thank you
> Regards
> Fred James

For 4 years I've been happily using Void Linux with dmenu-enhanced
Openbox as my user interface. Always works, always does the right
thing, has most of the software I want, and has qemu to host other
distros that Void doesn't have.

Void is rock stable and very fast because they don't "helpfully" throw
in every possible dependency and don't default you to some monstrous
WMDE (Window Manager/Desktop Environment).

Void's not for everyone. It's a little closer to the metal than some
people like, and although its packager is much more reliable than Arch
or Gentoo, like those it's a rolling release.

SteveT