Anno domini 2025 Thu, 14 Aug 22:57:47 +0000 dep via tde-users scripsit: > said Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users: > | Anno domini 2025 Thu, 14 Aug 18:54:30 +0000 > | > | dep via tde-users scripsit: > | > Hi, everybody! > | > > | > We're two months away from Microsoft Corp. discontinuing "support" of > | > Windows 10. In conjunction with this, Windows 11, which is not just > | > awful but also invasive, requires that many people purchase new > | > computers. No doubt some will do this -- there will always be people > | > who have more dollars than sense -- but many may be ripe for an > | > alternative. > | > > | > I'll be in the next couple of days writing a piece on that > | > alternative. The best choice, in my view, is Debian and TDE. > | > > | > So I'm seeking an installable live CD that provides just that. I > | > thought there was one, "Matrix OS," but when one follows the link on > | > the LiveCDs page -- https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/LiveCDs -- it > | > throws a "your account is suspended" error. > | > > | > Is there another Debian spin containing TDE? It would be good if TDE > | > were included in DEbian already -- Enlightenment is in the repository > | > -- but I am not here to solve that problem. I'm here to rescue those > | > whose computers have been abandoned by msft and, with luck, increase > | > the TDE user base a bit. Thing is, I cannot recommend any other > | > distribution or desktop. > | > | If you could live with Devuan (aka debian without systemd) then I can > | point you to my remix: > | https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=56790#p56790 > | > | Next version will be out hopefully till end of august :) > > Alas, Nik, I applaud your tremendous work, but my goal here is to get > people on Linux and TDE in the simplest way possible, with easy > updates/upgrades and no complications: boot from CD or USB, play with the > desktop and applications, hit install. Hm .. I'm wondering .. is the install stuff what bothers you? Refractrainstaller is not the nicest tool, but it works and leves you with a mostly vanilla devuan installation. I'm currently having on big issue on my todo-list: working around the problem that the localisation in TDE defaults to e.g. derman->russian->engish and not german->engish, russian->english. Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
