Full Circle Magazine FR

Another SolydXK Fan At first I became disenchanted with Ubuntu a few years back because the interface just didn't fit my way of computing. Oh, there were other issues – but I could have lived with most of them; my system certainly has the power to deal with graphics. I landed on Linux Mint which I grant is still Ubuntu based. I found either the MATE or Cinnamon desktops more intuitive. I settled down with Cinnamon and liked it. Then Full Circle just had to review SolydXK - so this is all your fault, isn't it? [guilty as charged - Ronnie] I installed first SolydK on my 'let’s-try-this' partitions because I haven't fiddled with KDE in many years. The desktop became too cluttered and the mixer wouldn't allow R/L balance adjustment. So I tried SolydX. To my surprise, Xfce clicked with my “brain” and I continued to play around with it. A couple of weeks ago I bit the bullet – I backed-up the Mint (production!) home partition and installed SolydX. There was an issue with the home partition, probably my fault, that was recovered nicely but basically most things just work as I want them to. I really appreciate the increased freedom to tweak the system through a graphical interface. The rolling distribution has impressed me. I guess what I want to say is that I couldn't agree more with Robin Catling. I encourage you to change “The Independent Magazine for the Ubuntu Linux Community” to something like “The Independent Magazine for the Linux Community”. I find it a uniquely wonderful resource. Dave Rowell Ronnie says: While Ubuntu is our main port of call, I welcome articles on any Linux distro out there. In the past, we’ve covered Android and such like. Again, I’m repeating myself here, I can only print what folks send me.

Encore un fan de SolydXK

D'abord, j'ai perdu mes illusions concernant Ubuntu il y a quelques années, parce que l'interface ne correspondait pas du tout avec ma façon de faire de l'informatique. Oh, j'avais d'autres soucis, mais j'aurais pu vivre avec le plupart ; mon système peut gérer les graphiques, grâce à sa puissance.

J'ai atterri sur Linux Mint, qui, je l'admet, est aussi basé sur Ubuntu. J'ai trouvé que les bureaux (soit MATE soit Cinnamon) plus intuitifs. Je suis resté avec Cinnamon et l'aimait bien.

Puis, Full Circle se sentait obligé de faire une critique de SolydXK - ainsi tout est votre faute, n'est-ce pas ? [je plaide coupable - Ronnie]

Au départ, j'ai installé SolydK sur une partition « d'essai » parce que je n'avais pas bricolé avec KDE depuis pas mal de temps. Le bureau est devenu trop encombré et le mélangeur ne permettait pas l'ajustement de l'équilibre G/D. J'ai donc essayé SolydX. À ma grande surprise, Xfce a déclenché un « déclic » dans mon cerveau et j'ai continué à m'amuser avec.

Il y a deux-trois semaines, j'ai serré les dents, j'ai sauvegarde ma partition /home sous Mint (mon travail !) et j'ai installé SolydX. Il y eu un problème avec la partition home, qui était sans doute ma faute, qui a été bien résolu, mais, fondamentalement, la plupart des choses foncionnent comme je veux. J'apprécie vraiment la liberté accru de fignoler le système avec l'interface graphique. La mise à jour en continu m'impressionne favorablement.

Je pense que ce que je veux dire est que je suis d'accord à 100 % avec Robin Catling. Je vous invite à remplacer « Le magazine indépendant de la communauté Ubuntu Linux » par quelque chose comme « Le magazine indépendant de la communauté Linux ». C'est une ressource magnifique et unique.

Dave Rowell

Ronnie dit : Alors qu'Ubuntu est notre sujet principal, des articles sur n'importe quelle distrib. Linux seront les bienvenues. Par le passé, nous avons traité notamment d'Android. À nouveau, je me répète, mais je ne peux publier que ce que les gens m'envoient.

Qmotion I saw your article in Full Circle [regarding the ‘motion’ application]. Using motion can be painful, and it’s not exactly user friendly. You could use qmotion instead: http://slist.lilotux.net/linux/qmotion/index_en.html Stephane List (Qmotion developer)

Debian I'm a newbie: I've started my Linux experience in February this year. I'm neither an IT professional nor a geek, and I'm about 50. I use my PC to get things done, it's a tool – not a scope. I want to say a big and grateful “Thank you” to the Xubuntu team, because that was the distro I was able to install and run on my machine, an old Thinkpad T43p - Ubuntu is nice but a bit too heavy on my scarce PC resources. Actually, now I'm running Debian 8 Jessie (testing) Gnome 3, after a couple of months with Wheezy (stable). I want to share my humble newcomer point of view after reading the in-depth analysis from Robin Catling: • Ubuntu is great, many Canonical marketing ideas are great (the Dell alliance on Dell-Ubuntu stores in China is the last I read about); • the number of packages available is the largest in the Linux world; • many things are working out of the box, or with a few tweaks that can be completed all by GUI.

But, big but, I find myself a bit confused when I see that Unity desktop environment. I've tested Gnome 3 on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Opensuse. I read that there will be a display server called Mir for Ubuntu, and one called Wayland for the rest of the Linux world. I'm not an expert so the technical reasons why Canonical decided to develop Mir instead of contributing to Wayland remain obscure to me. I've found Debian a little bit more complex to set up - some terminal tasks are mandatory - but I was successful because of the clear documentation available. Maybe they are a bit conservative, but it results in a highly reliable system - the stable edition is rock solid, and also the testing edition is very reliable for a desktop user like me. The number of packages available is huge, and it's possible to take a risk with a new package version or to remain with a more stable and older version of a tool. I stay with Debian because I feel myself at home, I feel myself comfortable with their democratic way of approaching problems and development, I'm free to choose the level of risk and innovation versus system stability of my Linux experience. I add that if someone does not like to work with terminal but has a feeling for Debian, there are some good derivatives based on Debian: I mention Mint LMDE and SolydXK because I've tested them, but there are many more Debian-based distros. Gabriele Tettamanzi

DESSIN You can 3D print just about anything these days… …sure, they're plastic wings - but in return they're much sturdier and easier to clean… Not with this version, I'm afraid… Can I at least choose a different color… please ?