Distrowatch review grumbles

[DukeComposed]

MX is just as easy in my opinion.

Probably easier than looking at an animated GIF frame-by-frame to figure out what the Morse code in it is saying.

[davidy]

As for Mint being #1? Total lies. Mint is for the person switching from windows who knows nothing about pc's in general, much less windows itself incl. linux. That there is the problem. The manufactuerer's as well as the distro developers take advantage of people's general naivety as google has done so spectacularly. Make it easy, make it popular, make it an attack vector......

Let's not make these sort of unfounded allegations against other distros or the people who use them.

See rules: viewtopic.php?p=255061#p255061

I was not attacking anyone. I would recommend Mint, and have, to anyone who wants to get into the linux environment and away from windows. Looks good, easy to use, and generally just works. Making it easy for someone such as myself who doesn't want to, or know how to do everything, they just need it to work. My point was simply when you are in a crowd it is easy to be taken advantage of. I did say google is a problem of ginormous proportions however. That is true. Google is being used to take advantage as attention is about control.
I apologize. It's not distro developers I was referring to it was ubuntu in particular I was actually referring to. Lumping developers in general in with a particular distro I detest is wrong. I do apologize. I am certainly not perfect and will make mistakes. It is hard to speak to developers directly on a forum when you are literally computer retarded.

[kc1di]

MX is just as easy in my opinion.

Probably easier than looking at an animated GIF frame-by-frame to figure out what the Morse code in it is saying.

Let me know when you get it :)
CW forever!

[DukeComposed]

Let me know when you get it :)

Oh, I got it. What I didn't get was a Technician ticket until long after the Morse code proficiency requirement had been dropped.

73

[kc1di]

Well been a ham since 1966 and still use morse to this day. spent 12 years in service as a morse op. I'm not too active on the air now. As I live in a Senior housing and can't get up a decent HF antenna. But I still enjoy it when I can.
73 , dave kc1di

[siamhie]

This is the last grumble of 2024.


Version: 23.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-12-06
Votes: 0

MX Linux has several drawbacks that may concern some users.
Firstly, it has a relatively outdated appearance compared to more modern distributions, which can be a turnoff for those seeking a sleek interface.
Additionally, its package manager, Synaptic, can be intimidating and less user-friendly for beginners.
The lack of Wayland support limits advanced graphical capabilities and future-proofing.
Furthermore, its default applications are somewhat dated, and the community support, while active, is smaller than more popular distributions like Ubuntu.
Additionally, MX Linux's use of sysvinit instead of the more widely adopted systemd can lead to compatibility issues with software and services optimized for systemd.
Gaming on MX Linux is also suboptimal due to less comprehensive driver support and fewer optimizations compared to distributions tailored for gaming,
resulting in poorer performance and compatibility with gaming hardware and software.

[AVLinux]

Haha, perfect GIF award!

[DukeComposed]

Well been a ham since 1966 and still use morse to this day. spent 12 years in service as a morse op.

Morse code requirements for ham radio licensing was a huge turnoff for me as a kid, but many decades later after the requirement was dropped I took the test and eventually ended up teaching myself the basic Morse alphabet during the pandemic by figuring out how to make the scroll lock light on my keyboard flash words in a tweet-length piece of software. Watching someone with a CW proficiency is always impressive, and something I kind of wished I had myself, but I know I'm always going to mix up my Bs and Ls, Gs and Ws, and Us and Vs.

--. --- --- -.. / - --- / ... . . / - .... . / --- .-.. -.. / .-- .- -.-- ... / ... - .. .-.. .-.. / .-- --- .-. -.-

[DukeComposed]

Gaming on MX Linux is also suboptimal due to less comprehensive driver support and fewer optimizations compared to distributions tailored for gaming,

Formula 1 racing with a Toyota Corolla is suboptimal compared to racecars tailored for Formula 1 racing. What's the point being made here?

These reviews always seem to fall into three categories:

• high score, I use it and it works
• low score, I tried it and it didn't work
• 1 or 2 out of 10, here are all the things this distro gets wrong about the secret cosmic order of the universe and it personally offends me for existing

I have yet to read a review that explains what, exactly, makes an appearance look "outdated". I suspect it means "anything that doesn't provide a noisy, chaotic desktop full of windows and widgets that swoop, bloop, fade in, fade out, shimmer, wiggle, wobble, and woop". Heaven forbid users ever be content with a panel of shortcuts, some status buttons, and a menu they can click on to find their stuff.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: these reviews are not written by serious people and should not be taken seriously. Perhaps DistroWatch reviews should come with a disclaimer: "For entertainment purposes only," as that seems to be all that they're good for providing.

[uncle mark]

I have yet to read a review that explains what, exactly, makes an appearance look "outdated". I suspect it means "anything that doesn't provide a noisy, chaotic desktop full of windows and widgets that swoop, bloop, fade in, fade out, shimmer, wiggle, wobble, and woop".

Need to use KDE if you want that stuff.