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Old 07-22-2014, 11:11 AM   #12
jleslie
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Linux isn't a good desktop o/s (and I had my own distro briefly) as there are too many compatibility issues with libraries and you are usually stuck with just the programs available for your distro. It's always fun when you install software on linux and the installer starts compiling things, then starts complaining about missing libraries, then when you add them it breaks other stuff... BTW I got Enlightenment E18 running on Linux Mint 17 Mate in just a few hours last month, with much compiling... Gotta love Windows installers...

If you do want to try Linux on the desktop I'd suggest starting with linux mint 17 kde or the latest Elive beta (which is a real pain as they try really hard to get money out of you before you can play with it and see if you like it). Do this in a virtual machine like VMWare Player (BTW use the Ubuntu settings for Mint, IIRC Debian for Elive).

P.S. My notes on the trivial simple addition of one piece of software (E18) to Linux Mint 17 Mate, note the four extra things I had to manually install before I could install the thing I wanted:
(In a shell)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vase/ppa
cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
sudo chmod 666 vase-ppa-trusty.list
open vase-ppa-trusty.list in text editor and change the “trusty” entries to “saucy”.
(optional) sudo chmod 644 vase-ppa-trusty.list
Add file extra.list just containing the line:
deb http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy main universe
e.g. by:
sudo echo 'deb http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy main universe' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extra.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libtiff4
sudo apt-get install libefl
sudo apt-get install libpoppler43
sudo apt-get install evas-generic-loaders
sudo apt-get install enlightenment
If have auto-login set need to go to Control Centre, Window Manager, Options tab and choose Enlightenment as the default session. Note there is no save button.
Reboot and will get Enlightenment configuration questions.
Note advice was don't install Connman, stick to the Mint network manager, don't seem to get the option.
Next to make it look nicer...
Trying this theme: http://e17-stuff.org/content/show.ph...content=100923

P.P.S. How to install (program of your choice) in Windows:
(Double-click)
Setup.exe
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