Questions about Ubuntu 18.04 live/install ISO

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:47:46 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 at 14:22, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't like the Ubuntu GUI.
> 
> This is not a valid objection.
> 
> Ubuntu has the same list of desktops available as Fedora, pretty much.

I don't use Fedora.

> 
> * GNOME 3 (standard Ubuntu, standard Fedora)
> * KDE (Kubuntu)
> * XFCE (Xubuntu)
> * LXDE (Lubuntu)
> * Maté (Ubuntu Maté)
> 
> Ubuntu's own Unity interface was discontinued 2 years ago. Everything
> else, e.g. Ubuntu Budgie, is also in Fedora.
> 
> I can't speak of CentOS -- as you say:
> 
> >  (And don't really like a lot of things about
> > Ubuntu in general, but that is neither here nor there.)  I want an OS I can
> > actually use on an everyday basis that does what I want.
> 
> That is pretty much how I feel about CentOS/Fedora/RHEL: I find them
> unusable. Saying so on the RH "memo" mailing list got me fired from
> the company.
> 
> But I was not proposing you switch distros. I was proposing that you
> switch *versions*.
> 
> If you want to use it online, on the web etc., *run a more recent
> CentOS* (or Fedora).

CentOS 7 is not even new enough -- it still uses an "outdated" (ESR) version
of Firefox and Chrome and Chromium won't run on it. And Fedora is not a LTS
release.  I have no use for Chrome and don't really care for Chromium either, 
but there are websites that do not work well, expect with bleeding edge 
web browsers.  It sucks, but there is nothing I can do about companies who 
hire overpaid webprogramers who are excessively and unnecessarily "clever" 
(too clever for their own good).  *Some* of these websites I need to use from 
time to time.

Eventually I will upgrade to CentOS 7 (process has started -- I have a second 
laptop with CentOS 7 on it, but I have not yet gotten around to dealing with 
customizing the GUI to my liking.  


> 
> Run the old CentOS in a VM under a newer version. This is a much
> easier combination and will be better-supported.
> 

VMs on my *old* laptop is not really an option -- it does not do
virtualization very well. (Old Intel mobile chip.)

When I upgrade to CentOS 7, I won't need CentOS 6, but I will still need
something like Ubuntu 18.04 for the handful of overengineered websites I
sometimes need to visit.

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