(Just for the record, I did read the Guide posted at the top of these forums, which is dated Sep 2003.)
OK, so after years of Windows products, I decided to grab a new machine and have it dual-boot: Vista, and, a linux distro.
I'm new to linux, so I started researching regarding which linux desktop distribution would be right for me. (Of the 350+ unique distributions, overall.)
What I have read has been disappointing. It seems that these desktop distributions are leaning towards bloated, fancy GUIs. (Xgl, Compiz, KDE, etc.)
This I was hoping to mostly avoid. Am I a decade too late?
Is there a desktop distribution for the Advanced Joe who wants to tinker with linux without all the fluff? For absolute Windows conforming, there seems to be Xandros 4.0 Premium, but it operates so closely with NTFS and Windows apps that I would wonder why I would switch from Windows at all.
Thanks in advance.
OK, so after years of Windows products, I decided to grab a new machine and have it dual-boot: Vista, and, a linux distro.
I'm new to linux, so I started researching regarding which linux desktop distribution would be right for me. (Of the 350+ unique distributions, overall.)
What I have read has been disappointing. It seems that these desktop distributions are leaning towards bloated, fancy GUIs. (Xgl, Compiz, KDE, etc.)
This I was hoping to mostly avoid. Am I a decade too late?
Is there a desktop distribution for the Advanced Joe who wants to tinker with linux without all the fluff? For absolute Windows conforming, there seems to be Xandros 4.0 Premium, but it operates so closely with NTFS and Windows apps that I would wonder why I would switch from Windows at all.
Thanks in advance.