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After reviewing PinguyOS last month, I tried out several distributions over the period of a few days: Fedora 20, Ultimate Edition, Elementary OS, Zorin OS 8.1, Linux Deepin, and Kubuntu 14.04 (beta). Many years ago, in a galaxy really, really close, I used to run Red Hat Linux (and later Fedora 1 through about 8). Then I joined a resistance with friends Paul Nijjar and Daniel Allen to create WCLP, Working Centre Linux Project (long defunct but still available), a distribution for the computer recycling project we volunteered for. WCLP was based on Debian GNU/Linux. Since that time I’ve tended to favor Debian-flavoured distributions.
Après l'étude de PinguyOS le mois dernier, j'ai essayé plusieurs distrib. en quelques jours : Fedora 20, Ultimate Edition, Elementary OS, Zorin OS8.1, Linux Deepin, et Kubuntu 14.04.(beta). Il y a pas mal d'années, dans un galaxie vraiment très proche, j'ai dû utiliser Linux Red Hat (et plus tard Fedora de 1 à 8 environ). Puis j'ai rejoint la resistance avec mes amis Paul Nijjar et Daniel Allen pour créer WCLP, (Working Centre Linux Project), Project Linux de centre d'usinage de travail (mort depuis longtemps mais toujours disponible), une distribution pour un projet de recyclage d'ordinateurs pour lequel nous nous étions portés volontaires. WCLP était basé sur Debian GNU/Linux. Depuis cette époque, j'ai tendance à préférer les distributions basées sur Debian.
Of all the distributions I tried after PinguyOS, one stood out as a clear winner for me, and something of a surprise (to me). I’ve tried Kubuntu several times over the years and there was always something that made me switch away rather quickly. That was actually the experience with most of the previously mentioned Linux distributions, except for Kubuntu 14.04. Kubuntu 14.04 surprised me by being more stable than any other previous version I’ve tried (even though I was trying the beta at the time). In the past, stable applications under Kubuntu have been one of my biggest pet peeves - I found applications tended to crash far too much under Kubuntu. It’s been more than 20 days now and I’ve only had 1 or 2 (application) crashes during that time.
De toutes les distrib. que j'ai essayé après PinguyOS, il y en a une qui sort nettement victorieuse, à ma grande surprise. J'ai essayé Kubuntu plusieurs fois pendant ces années et il y avait toujours quelque chose qui me faisait rapidement passer à une autre. Ça a été en fait le cas avec la plupart des distributions Linux mentionnées précédemment, excepté pour Kubuntu 14.04. Kubuntu 14.04 m'a surpris en étant plus stable qu'aucune des versions précédentes que j'avais essayé (même si je testais la bêta à ce moment-là). Dans le passé, stabiliser des applications sous Kubuntu avaient été l'un de mes plus grands dadas - j'avais trouvé des applications qui plantaient beaucoup plus vite sous Kubuntu. Ca fait plus de 20 jours maintenant et je n'ai eu qu'un ou 2 plantages d'application pendant ce temps.
Firefox is the default web browser for 14.04. Currently I have version 29.0 installed. Firefox has been my go-to web browser under Windows (at work I sometimes have to RDP to my Windows box from my Xubuntu system) and Linux for a long time now. I’m still not a huge fan of search-style graphical user interfaces, and the way Kubuntu nests applications seems like it might be difficult for someone with bad arthritis, but I’ve gotten used to it. One graphical change I liked was the work done on Muon software manager; it looks a little more like a software store. It still doesn’t have quite the polish of Ubuntu’s software center, but it’s a little prettier and a tiny bit more functional.
Firefox est le navigateur web par défaut pour 14.04. Actuellement, j'ai la version 29.0 d'installée. Firefox a été mon navigateur préféré sous Windows (au travail j'ai parfois à me connecter à distance (en RDP) à ma boîte Windows depuis mon système Xubuntu) et Linux depuis longtemps. Je ne suis toujours pas un grand fan des interfaces graphiques en style de recherche et la façon dont Kubuntu imbrique ses applications pourrait augmenter la difficulté pour un d'arthytique, mais je m'y suis quand même habitué.J'ai apprécié le changement graphique réalisé sur le gestionnaire d'application Muon ; ça ressemble un peu plus à un magasin de logiciels. Il n'a pas encore tout à fait le poli du centre logiciel d'Ubuntu, mais c'est un peu plus agréable et un tout petit peu plus fonctionnel.
I installed Handbrake and MakeMKV almost immediately because they’re applications I use regularly (Handbrake at least, my Blueray collection is about 8 strong). Both worked without issue and neither have crashed since I installed them. I think I mentioned last month loving the speed difference between this AMD A8-5600k and a Core 2 Duo. Ripping the same DVD was a matter of 13 minutes versus 50 on the Core 2 Duo using the same software. Buying new technology makes a huge difference.
One of the tasks I needed to do was scan a dozen documents. I found the default scanning program, Skanlite, to be laggy with my HP Scanjet 2200c, so I installed Simple Scan. Although it takes a little bit for my Scanjet to warm up each time, Simple Scan seems to work much better. I also needed to send the scanned documents with a password. I discovered that Ark, the default graphical compression application, doesn’t seem to be able to zip up a document with a password. File Roller, the default application for compression on a number of Gnome-based distributions, has a well implemented password protection function. I ended up using the terminal to zip my documents with password: zip -P passwordhere zipfilename.zip file1.ext file2.ext file3.ext I was sending the zipped files to a Windows user who had no issues opening up the zip files.
I also needed to transfer the documents to another computer. I could have used FileZilla, but I tend to use this when I have large, or many, documents to transfer. I transferred some of my media files using FileZilla without issues. For these documents I used Dolphin, pressing CTRL+L to get the editable location bar and typing smb:myserver/ to connect to myserver via Samba. I also love Dolphin’s split-pane functionality and the fact that I can drag any folder to the Places bar on the left for quick access. As I explored Dolphin further, I found I was able to tailor it more to my taste through the control menu, permanently enabling the editable location bar and showing the full path rather than just the current directory. Also worth checking out are the services you can download under Control > Services > Download New Services. While I’m sure a lot of this functionality existed before in Dolphin, the stability issues I had with applications in Kubuntu before really prevented me from exploring Kubuntu for very long. Another job I did over the past month was putting together some video previously imported from our DV camera. The DV file was roughly 45 minutes long. I installed Openshot and Blender, imported the digital video file and created the video complete with Blender-rendered animated titles. Rendering titles in Blender took longer than I would have liked, I really understand why video production staff like working on 8 core Xeon-based systems. But in the end I was able to produce a video for family that had a lot more polish than the raw DV and not 1 crash in the entire process. One thing I noticed when I was using Linux Mint (before the PinguyOS review last month) was that when I clicked on any of the rounded rectangular sections on page 2 of Full CIrcle Magazine issues, I wasn’t being taken to the article page - this works in Kubuntu 14.04. Overall I’ve been really pleased with Kubuntu 14.04. Like every operating system I’ve ever used, there are minor annoyances (Ark and passwords), but the freedom that GNU software gives us means there are lots of applications we can switch to if we don’t like a piece of software. For now I’ve found my desktop distribution and I’m surprised and happy to say it’s Kubuntu.**