Linux Distros, User Evaluations

[acheron]

A lot of distros no longer release 32 bit iso's. Some good ones still do:

Results of survey (kubuntu portion) for support of 32bit isos

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ku...ly/010524.html

[GreyGeek]

Yeah GG, and I can sympathize with the need to direct resources to where they see the the marketing going...

But, the fact remains that there are a lot of older systems still working (mine among them) and that is a market too.
I don't feel the need to spend money on a new system, merely because the latest OS requires a newer platform.

I hear ya. I can't afford a new box either. My box is six years old. In computer generations that makes it a grandpa, just like me!
But, it's not broken so I am not going to fix it. It works for Minecraft with my grandson so that is all that matters.

Thanks for the links to Mint and Kali, I'll investigate.

I ran Linux Mint KDE 17.3 for a couple months earlier this year. KDE is KDE, but Mint also includes a ton of GTK+ libraries and apps, which gives it a different feel. But,it's alright. I generally prefer a cleaner, more KDE centric distro and minimize or eliminate when possible any GTK+ or MONO apps.

[TWPonKubuntu]

Yeah GG, and I can sympathize with the need to direct resources to where they see the the marketing going...

But, the fact remains that there are a lot of older systems still working (mine among them) and that is a market too.

I don't feel the need to spend money on a new system, merely because the latest OS requires a newer platform.

Thanks for the links to Mint and Kali, I'll investigate.

[GreyGeek]

A lot of distros no longer release 32 bit iso's. Some good ones still do:
https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

https://www.kali.org/downloads/

[TWPonKubuntu]

Claydoh, yeah, it is very subjective and a full analysis would be expensive, not to mention still biased by the researcher.
It boils down to what works for each user...

I just want to find a Linux distro which will continue to work on my, and my clients, older 32bit systems.

I liked the linked article because it was user driven, as opposed to system developer driven.

[claydoh]

All I will say on "best distro" polls and blog posts is that they are akin to asking what the best breathing air is, lol. The first responders to these are almost always from those 2 or 3 distros with the more enthusiastic user base. It sure makes it hard to wade through the mess and get to useful information.

This is one of the better articles on this subject as some time and care went into the writing and analysis.

What is still usually totally missing are any solid, specific reasons why one is better. "Beginner friendly" as one example is far too vague.

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[TWPonKubuntu]

I debated where to put this, but Geek News seemed good enough.

http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/201...est-linux.html

The reason I even bother to look at this is my trouble running Kubuntu 16.04 on my older laptop (Dell Latitude D820, 32bit, 4GB Ram, etc). The biggest (show-stopper big) problems are failure of video support and baloo failure.

Since I'm unable to get Kubuntu 16.04 working (adequately) on my laptop, I am looking for a distro which can still handle such older systems.

And, NO, I still use Kubuntu 14.04 on this laptop, with complete satisfaction... Ir just works and is my production machine.

However, I do want (need) to use upgraded tools (PHP 7, CodeIgniter Framework 4, etc) without throwing away my working system. That means I am testing other distros in hopes that they recognize the need to support older systems and in particular, the 32bit processors still used by many. NOT JUST MY SYSTEM, but those of my clients...

SO, read the linked article and do your own evaluation.