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Mageia 7 Installation
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Mageia 7 Installation
Manradke was the Linux distribution that I first learned to use in Linux.
It changed to Mandrake and due to litigation problems went into hibernation or defunct.
Fortunately community in France maintained it as Mageia Linux.
I installed it today in my laptop as the Third Distribution, in addition to Debian 10 and Emmabuntus 3 Debian version.
It reminded me of the early days and very well organized installation with enough pause for doing step by step configuration.
While installing it I read the documentation which was pretty good for a newbie.
Nevertheless I read the entire documentation.
It is bit slow in installation and it was very helpul for an old guy like me who has slowed down in reflexs.
(Not the reading speed which is very fast in my case).
Thank you guys / girls for all the security features including logging screen at boot up.
It is the best UEFI booting supported Linux distribution.
Windows intention is to pull the rug under your feet to mess up installing or duel booting Linux.
Mageia has done a good job not violating Free Software Protocol.
Many Thanks.
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Linux Desktops
Big Boys
GNOME: the modern and intuitive default
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Mate: legacy GNOME
KDE
Cinnamon: classic GNOME
Pantheon: the divine default of ElementaryOS
Budgie: a subdued desktop
Trinity: legacy KDE
My Old favorites
Windowmaker: the NeXT interface reborn
Enlightenment: a modernized and improved Windowmaker-style desktop
Fluxbox: thinking outside the box
Openbox: improving the usability of the box
TWM: the timeless sample desktop bundled with X11
Fvwm: TWM improved
Light weight
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LXQT and LXDE: familiar desktops for a smaller fraction of the cost
PekWM: a box-style window manager
Joe's Window Manager: another box-style window manager
Ratpoison: don't touch that mouse
Herbstluftwm: Ratpoison for Vim users
Lumina: a desktop developed for PC-BSD
Experimental
Unix Desktop Environment: a reinvention of the desktop
Rox: a progressive and modern desktop in its day
MLVWM: what if the Apple IIe had run Unix?
Equinox: just the basics
Types Voted for
GNOME24% (1829 votes)
Plasma Desktop (KDE)32% (2426 votes)
Pantheon2% (121 votes)
XFCE12% (888 votes)
Cinnamon11% (864 votes)
Mate5% (384 votes)
Trinity (TDE)0% (15 votes)
Budgie2% (139 votes)
Windowmaker0% (25 votes)
Enlightenment1% (49 votes)
Fluxbox1% (45 votes)
Openbox1% (100 votes)
TWM0% (5 votes)
FVWM0% (15 votes)
Lx{QT,DE}1% (86 votes)
PekWM0% (2 votes)
JWM0% (12 votes)
Ratpoison0% (12 votes)
HerbsluftWM0% (14 votes)
Lumina0% (10 votes)
UDE0% (12 votes)
Rox0% (9 votes)
Equinox0% (5 votes)
Just a TTY and fbdev 1% (55 votes)