Installing Software

I did not know that but for now I will just try the straight version. What would the difference be as it is only now that I noticed different distributors seem to have different versions as well.
The only difference will be that you get a different Desktop Environment(DE), so a different graphical interface. With the normal Ubuntu you get Gnome and with the Cinnamon edition you get the Cinnamon desktop.
 


From what I am seeing now it looks like even if I install Ubuntu straight I can later update it to the Cinnamon.

Code:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment
 
From what I am seeing now it looks like even if I install Ubuntu straight I can later update it to the Cinnamon.
Yes you can, good find! :) I thought I would save you the confusion of being able to install them along side another one. The upside of using a spin is that you don't have all the extra gnome stuff installed, I can't remember if Ubuntu allows you to remove the unused DE. See if you can remove the default DE after you have installed Cinnamon on Ubuntu and are logged into Cinnamon.
 
Right my USB is now ready so I am going to play around with that a bit and see what it is all about.
 
It looks like the Ubuntu Cinnamon Spin also supports Snaps from the software Center and has them enable by default as well and you can install invoiceninja through the software center as well.
 
Well I played with Ubuntu for a bit. So far there a few things that I do like better but overall I seem to want to stick with Mint.

What I think I must do is try and get the Ubuntu Cinnamon on the USB and try that and see how I feel.
 
f33dm3bits I eventually manage to have a look at Ubuntu Cinnamon and I like it. So I think I will just go with a fresh install using that.
 
f33dm3bits I eventually manage to have a look at Ubuntu Cinnamon and I like it. So I think I will just go with a fresh install using that.
Let us know how you find it once you have it setup.
 
The only difference will be that you get a different Desktop Environment(DE), so a different graphical interface.

With Ubuntu, the different flavors will have different default software, may have different installers, and may have different settings under the hood. That is one of the reasons they're different flavors. It's not like others where they just provide a different DE and any software specific to it.
 
With Ubuntu, the different flavors will have different default software, may have different installers, and may have different settings under the hood. That is one of the reasons they're different flavors. It's not like others where they just provide a different DE and any software specific to it.
Yeah you are right, I forgot about the settings. I don't tend to think much about the settings and default applications since I use most of the default ones and only change some theming settings and leave the rest default in most situations. I don't think most Linux desktop users change too many settings unless they are posting for screenshots on r/unixporn or elsewhere on the web.
 
Here is another possibility to consider:
Install virtual machine software and then create, run, modify, and destroy as many Linux distros as you want to try them out. That is what I do.

VirtualBox is free virtual machine software that lets you run Linux (or other operating systems) in a "pretend computer". You can run multiple virtual machines at the same time with enough RAM and disk space. You can also take a "snapshot", try out some software, and then revert back to the snapshot. It is very handy. You can copy virtual machines, back them up, etc.

It is a simple matter to download an .iso of a Linux installer to create a new Linux virtual machine to try out a new distro or desktop.

Virtual machines like RAM and disk space. The standard software is VirtualBox. I run VMware because that is what we all used at work a long time ago.
 
Yeah you are right, I forgot about the settings.

I was once asked the difference and why they called them Flavors when many other distros did the same thing.

Sadly, I wasn't alert and didn't really think of a good answer for a few days. At least not a succinct answer.

But, yeah... That's the difference (to me) between something like Lubuntu and the Fedora LXQt spin.

Now back to your regularly scheduled thread. (I don't wanna take it too far off topic, at least not at this hour of the day.)
 
After installing the software, I usually reboot my PC 2-3 times! And only after that I check the performance of the system!
 
I am not that worried about the fact that they might have different setting or different default programed as that will force me on a learning curve to change things around.

This is the point of installing it on my laptop before I attempt doing mu main desktop PC. Even if it takes along time before I am ready to change the desktop over that is also ok at least at that time I will have a good grasp of Linux.

I was robbed yesterday and my phone taken so since I last posted here I have not had much time to play with this as it was a mission having to setup my new phone to get it the way I had it before. So now I am back to playing around with Linux again.
 
I wonder whether @DavePM has a good understanding of package managers and what he has just accomplished.
In my experience, I would say it's a gradual process. It took me a couple of years before I truly began to understand how all the parts of a Linux distro and its supporting infrastructure functioned together to create - and maintain - a dynamically working system.

Some of us are more "tech"-minded than others.....and everybody learns at a different pace. It's perhaps a little bit early in DavePM's Linux "journey" to expect that he's already understanding all the background processes of the average Linux OS.

He'll certainly get there, if he's persistent enough. Some users, however, come to Linux with the best of intentions for improving their personal computing experience, only to find out that they MAY have bitten off more than they can chew!

(shrug)


Mike. ;)
 
Well Ubuntu Cinnamon is now installed, also setup and installed my mail using Evolution as my mail client. Did a few tweaks to the look of it all so now I am basically back to the point I was with Mint.
 
I was robbed yesterday and my phone taken so since I last posted here I have not had much time to play with this as it was a mission having to setup my new phone to get it the way I had it before. So now I am back to playing around with Linux again.
Sorry to hijack the thread, but seeing this written in a post as if it were a normal and natural everyday occurrence makes me feel very sad.
 
Sorry to hijack the thread, but seeing this written in a post as if it were a normal and natural everyday occurrence makes me feel very sad.
Well for us it is a normal and everyday thing and when you tell people they normally reply "Well you must be thankful you never got hurt" :D
 
Well for us it is a normal and everyday thing and when you tell people they normally reply "Well you must be thankful you never got hurt" :D
I am thankful you were not hurt, but it should never have to be said that way. Gotta ask - where do you live?
 
I am thankful you were not hurt, but it should never have to be said that way. Gotta ask - where do you live?

I am at the bottom of Darkest Africa, South Africa. :D
 

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