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Posted November 25, 2014
Mint. With XFCE on my netbook and with Cinnamon on my desktop.
Posted November 25, 2014
Mint 17.1
Posted November 25, 2014
I'm using Mint 17 with Xfce. I'd rather prefer the Debian Edition, but for gaming purposes I use the Ubuntu based version. Also I use Debian Stable with LXDE (I was using Gnome but changed recently) for university stuff. I'd like to try Arch for learning purposes when I have time.
Post edited November 25, 2014 by DracoMagister
Posted November 25, 2014
Another vote for Mint. I use Linux as a backup more or less but Mints pretty useful right out of the box.
Posted November 25, 2014
Mint 17 Cinnamon! It seems its pretty popular and it does have good uses right out of the box as mentioned.
Its very user friendly and is very comfortable for people who are out of options since being booted from
Windows XP Haha.
Even so, I still have trouble with some simple commands and such and installs and such suck.
Posted November 25, 2014
Debian 7.0 (stable) with XFCE
Posted November 25, 2014
OS: Puppy Linux - Lucid 528
window manager: either Openbox or JWM

I boot from an external hard drive connected via USB 2 using a frugal install of Puppy Linux.
Posted November 25, 2014
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justanoldgamer: Since I do not want to start a fight I will add that I would never do renovation work, work on a car, do garden work but do understand that lots of people find those kind of activities more fun than playing around with an Operating System.
Well, for me, it's more akin to staying on top of what I need to know to be a good full stack web dev.

It's always about learning what I need to learn the most at a given moment, because there is always a queue of stuff I ought learn (and it does make my life easier once I've learned it and it's all very interesting, but the volume of stuff to process before getting remotely close to paradise is mind bogging) and diving far into Linux internals never makes it remotely close to top of the list.

In an ideal world, it's something I'd like to do, but the crazy cutting edge world moving at the speed of light we live in, it's something I can't justify doing with my time.
Post edited November 25, 2014 by Magnitus
Posted November 25, 2014
if i dabble its MintLinux.....
Posted November 25, 2014
It's interesting how many people actually seem to use the.. more default distros, I expected more Arch and other less 'mainstream' distros.
Is the window manager very influential resource-wise on modern systems?
Posted November 25, 2014
Mint 17 Qiana.
Posted November 25, 2014
Fedora 20 KDE 64bit
Mageia 4 XFCE 32bit
Posted November 25, 2014
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Smannesman: It's interesting how many people actually seem to use the.. more default distros, I expected more Arch and other less 'mainstream' distros.
Is the window manager very influential resource-wise on modern systems?
I think the window manager is less of a "deal breaker" on modern systems. I never noticed much of a difference in performance between XFCE, Gnome, KDE, or openbox. In terms of system resources, the only pace I ever really noticed a difference was in the Conky information.

My preference for openbox is more about customizability than system resources.
Posted November 25, 2014
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hummer010: I think the window manager is less of a "deal breaker" on modern systems. I never noticed much of a difference in performance between XFCE, Gnome, KDE, or openbox. In terms of system resources, the only pace I ever really noticed a difference was in the Conky information.

My preference for openbox is more about customizability than system resources.
That's good to know, could you point something you've customized?
I'm assuming it's a bit too much for someone like me that doesn't know too much about Linux.
Posted November 25, 2014
Kubuntu, and experimenting with the i3 window manager.
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