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Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:08 pm
by colin_b
Version: 19
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-10-23
Votes: 0

I can not install OSDLyrics (lyrics fetcher/displayer) properly on MX 19, this is not happened in version 18.3. Downgrading to old stable.

Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 5:23 am
by PPC
colin_b wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:08 pm
Version: 19
Rating: 8
Date: 2019-10-23
Votes: 0

I can not install OSDLyrics (lyrics fetcher/displayer) properly on MX 19, this is not happened in version 18.3. Downgrading to old stable.
9_9
Well, that user could try to install directly from the application's Git page ( granted, they do not have instructions how to do that there, but the user could have asked for help here or even better- ask for the app to be packaged for Mx 19...) But that's just me!

Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 5:52 am
by asqwerth
The user still rated MX19 as an 8 out of 10 though. So it doesn't seem to be a deliberate attempt to lower MX's score, esp since he moved back to 18.3. Probably his way of saying that MX19 loses out to 18.3 right now because he says (rightly or wrongly) that he can't use that one program. Not everyone wants to participate in the forum.

The one which Huckleberry commented on just above is more questionable.

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 41#p534641 :
...installing anything new breaks whole system.
No one can tell what he did. Installed from PPA? Made a frankendebian with repos from different branches of Debian? Tried to install a deb file made for Ubuntu or for a different Debian release?

Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:18 am
by JayM
asqwerth wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 5:52 am The user still rated MX19 as an 8 out of 10 though. So it doesn't seem to be a deliberate attempt to lower MX's score, esp since he moved back to 18.3. Probably his way of saying that MX19 loses out to 18.3 right now because he says (rightly or wrongly) that he can't use that one program. Not everyone wants to participate in the forum.

The one which Huckleberry commented on just above is more questionable.

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 41#p534641 :
...installing anything new breaks whole system.
No one can tell what he did. Installed from PPA? Made a frankendebian with repos from different branches of Debian? Tried to install a deb file made for Ubuntu or for a different Debian release?
Or he simply lied.

Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:41 am
by sunrat
Now that this topic has hit 365 posts, is it time to fix the spelling of the title? :p

Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:47 am
by Eadwine Rose
:laugh: It has been bugging me from the getgo.. fixing it now!

Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:08 am
by mjtux
sunrat wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:41 am Now that this topic has hit 365 posts, is it time to fix the spelling of the title? :p
:duh: :-)

Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 8:22 pm
by Huckleberry Finn
Version: 19
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-10-25
Votes: 0

Very disappointed that their is no migration path from 18.3 to 19. If I have to perform a fresh install, I may as well switch to Arch.

Sorry Team, It's been the most stable and fun distro I have ever used.
  • the most stable and fun distro I have ever used.
  • (But I'd never install such a "stable" and fun distro only in 15 min. I can't stand such a thing... Therefore:...)
  • If I have to perform a fresh install, I may as well switch to Arch.
  • (...and without installing and trying I gave MX 19 a "1" )
:confused: Could someone please tell the relation between the expressions?

Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 4:02 pm
by Huckleberry Finn
Version: 19
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-10-27
Votes: 0

Stops running after 2 days, have tried 3 times and the same. The Xfce goes buggy first and then time app stops working, themes stop. It runs well for two days and then hits the wall on my computer AMD threadriipper..
:tumbleweed:

Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 4:47 pm
by 8bit
Ha Ha My review has 25 votes in 4 days.
Version: 19
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-10-23
Votes: 25

Based on Debian, so it's solid.
Topped with XFCE so it's fast.
MX Tools so it's easy for new users of Linux.
Active, friendly forum so help is quick.
Goes well with toast, butter, and jam.

8bit