said Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users:
| Anno domini 2025 Thu, 14 Aug 18:54:30 +0000
|
| dep via tde-users scripsit:
| > Hi, everybody!
| >
| > We're two months away from Microsoft Corp. discontinuing "support" of
| > Windows 10. In conjunction with this, Windows 11, which is not just
| > awful but also invasive, requires that many people purchase new
| > computers. No doubt some will do this -- there will always be people
| > who have more dollars than sense -- but many may be ripe for an
| > alternative.
| >
| > I'll be in the next couple of days writing a piece on that
| > alternative. The best choice, in my view, is Debian and TDE.
| >
| > So I'm seeking an installable live CD that provides just that. I
| > thought there was one, "Matrix OS," but when one follows the link on
| > the LiveCDs page -- https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/LiveCDs -- it
| > throws a "your account is suspended" error.
| >
| > Is there another Debian spin containing TDE? It would be good if TDE
| > were included in DEbian already -- Enlightenment is in the repository
| > -- but I am not here to solve that problem. I'm here to rescue those
| > whose computers have been abandoned by msft and, with luck, increase
| > the TDE user base a bit. Thing is, I cannot recommend any other
| > distribution or desktop.
|
| If you could live with Devuan (aka debian without systemd) then I can
| point you to my remix:
| https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=56790#p56790
|
| Next version will be out hopefully till end of august :)
Alas, Nik, I applaud your tremendous work, but my goal here is to get
people on Linux and TDE in the simplest way possible, with easy
updates/upgrades and no complications: boot from CD or USB, play with the
desktop and applications, hit install.
--
dep
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