Warning-Peppermint OS-Revisited after a Long Time

Warning Peppermint cannot configure US Keyboard, especially the number pads and extra characters.
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Good Bye!

Yes I did install Peppermint OS on my NUC and it did not recognize my other two distributions, Emmabanus and Astra Linux of Russia. 

Yes it is the Clamara Installer that format the EFI partition which does the damage.

I have to Install Astra Linux again.

Luckily I have not doing any critical work, nothing lost but my time.

It is Christmas and nothing planned for today.

Time well spent downloading all the Text Editors and Word Processors (not including Abiword and Libre Office) that are available which include Manuscript and Focus Writer and Calibra.

Long Time, No See, "my old favourite desktop distribution", I tested today.

It is not comprehensive but it looks like it is trying to attract Laptop users.

It configures our Wireless Internet effortlessly and it is a plus point.

Unlike Puppy Linux it has an attractive desktop experience without basic utilities like browser, office package BUT once internet is configured it lets you go to synaptic package manager and it immediately installed Abiword.

Abiword is my favourite works fine and on that reason alone, I may install if I had not installed Ubuntu 23.10 in my NUC.

Plus points are

1. It has Ubuntu Synaptic package manger.

2. It has Flat Pack connectivity with enormous resource pool.

3. It has Web Scan Pack which I have not tested.

Overall it has done a good job, but a guy who is new to Linux may find it, at a loss.

It has changed its name to PM OS.

My advice for Peppermint OS developers in UK (I believe) is for them to incorporate at least, the Intent Browser and Office Package.

By the way, it has OpenOffice to download as an alternative Office tool.

NOT Well done!

VanillaPup-64

 I have a very short comment on Vanilla Puppy Linux.

It has sacrificed the utility value of Linux for the glossy appearance.

That is a fundamental mistake.

It cannot configure the Wireless Internet.

Any Linux distribution that cannot configure Wireless Networking is not worth testing.

My advice for them is to work on the first 512MB of the distribution for basic utilities so that it can be booted from a 1GB stick (hard to find) and the rest can be downloaded from the home page of the distribution.

The glossy appearance can be worked out later.

It is like a chocolate, the basic ingredients are chocolates, sugar, milk and salt.

Rest is old wrapping outside.

Once the original Linux Chocolate is good, the taste and flavour can be added on (not padded on).

This is the problem with Apple Mac and Windows, they have one flavour and one is stuck with it.

Linux has more than 300 flavours (chocolate has over 330 chemical ingredients) and www,distrowatch.com highlight 100 of them.

FatDog-901 Version is Pretty Good

FatDog image is only 500MB and fits in a OLD 512MB USB stick BUT I prefer at least 4GB stick to install additional software.

After configuring the Wireless Internet, bit different from Easy OS by selecting the Panel Item in the bottom for the internet connection.

It has Ducky Duck Seamonkey browser but I installed both Chrome Browser and my favorite FireFox Browser.

Everything is breezy with FatDog.

FatDog control panel let you configure your system.

I did not try to configure since I am going to test another Puppy Derivative from the same USB stick.

I have only one Scan Disk USB stick for all these testing.