I tried to install HandBrake but the web site was pretty sniffy and it
seems I need first to install flatpak (?) to install HandBrake, new to me >but I will give it a try.
I am trying (again) to get myself going with Linux on a
spare PC (Xeon CPU) and have made good progress so far with
Ubuntu-MATE.
I discovered yesterday that no matter how hard you try a Blu
Ray disc won't play in a standard DVD player,
that's an hour
I won't get back. Once I had realised what I was doing wrong
I got it working fine even using the terminal to install
some libraries.
I tried to install HandBrake but the web site was pretty
sniffy and it seems I need first to install flatpak (?) to
install HandBrake, new to me but I will give it a try.
What has me stumped at the moment is I want to use the Linux
machine from a Windows laptop using RDP on the laptop and
xrdp on the Linux box. I made quite good progress to the
extent I could connect (once I had realised I had to log off
the Linux box first) but there was no access to the menu. It
seems xrdp doesn't like 3D desktops. I have been going in
circles this morning installing xfce4 (which I think is 2D)
but RDP just keeps dropping out.
I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if
there is a distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard
since it might be easier to start from fresh?
Good learning process, haven't used a terminal since DOS 6.2
:-)
Many thanks.
I am trying (again) to get myself going with Linux on a spare PC (Xeon
CPU) and have made good progress so far with Ubuntu-MATE.
I discovered yesterday that no matter how hard you try a Blu Ray disc
won't play in a standard DVD player, that's an hour I won't get back.
Once I had realised what I was doing wrong I got it working fine even
using the terminal to install some libraries.
I tried to install HandBrake but the web site was pretty sniffy and it
seems I need first to install flatpak (?) to install HandBrake, new to
me but I will give it a try.
What has me stumped at the moment is I want to use the Linux machine
from a Windows laptop using RDP on the laptop and xrdp on the Linux box.
I made quite good progress to the extent I could connect (once I had realised I had to log off the Linux box first) but there was no access
to the menu. It seems xrdp doesn't like 3D desktops. I have been going
in circles this morning installing xfce4 (which I think is 2D) but RDP
just keeps dropping out.
I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a
distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be easier
to start from fresh?
Good learning process, haven't used a terminal since DOS 6.2 :-)
Many thanks.
I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a
distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be easier
to start from fresh?
I am trying (again) to get myself going with Linux on a spare PC (Xeon
CPU) and have made good progress so far with Ubuntu-MATE.
I discovered yesterday that no matter how hard you try a Blu Ray disc
won't play in a standard DVD player, that's an hour I won't get back. Once
I had realised what I was doing wrong I got it working fine even using the terminal to install some libraries.
I tried to install HandBrake but the web site was pretty sniffy and it
seems I need first to install flatpak (?) to install HandBrake, new to me but I will give it a try.
What has me stumped at the moment is I want to use the Linux machine from
a Windows laptop using RDP on the laptop and xrdp on the Linux box. I made quite good progress to the extent I could connect (once I had realised I
had to log off the Linux box first) but there was no access to the menu.
It seems xrdp doesn't like 3D desktops. I have been going in circles this morning installing xfce4 (which I think is 2D) but RDP just keeps dropping out.
I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a
distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be easier
to start from fresh?
Good learning process, haven't used a terminal since DOS 6.2 :-)
Many thanks.
I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a >>distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be easier >>to start from fresh?
I will look for a news reader, Thunderbird used to be excellent but its
main emphasis seems to be email nowadays.
Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote at 12:42 this Tuesday (GMT):
I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a
distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be easier
to start from fresh?
Wait, what's a 3D desktop?
On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:10:10 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:
Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote at 12:42 this Tuesday (GMT):
[snip]
I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a >>>distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be easier >>>to start from fresh?
[sni]
Wait, what's a 3D desktop?
AFAICT, a "3d desktop" is a Window Manager or Desktop Manager that >incorporates
or requires a compositor to function.
Standard X11 window managers (like fwm or blackbox, etc) and early desktop >managers (like enlightenment) do not need the compositing facilities
offered
by OpenGL add-ons to X11 or the builtin compositor in Wayland. But, more >"modern" Desktop Managers (like Gnome and KDE and others that use the >GTK+/Qt
toolkits) often depend on a compositor to provide their standard visual >environment.
FWIW, if it uses a compositor, then its not likely to work well with RDP, >and
not at all with networked/remote X11.
On 02/04/2024 in message <uuh8i7$39gdq$1@dont-email.me> Lew Pitcher wrote:
On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:10:10 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:
Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote at 12:42 this Tuesday (GMT):
[snip]
I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a
distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be
easier
to start from fresh?
[sni]
Wait, what's a 3D desktop?
AFAICT, a "3d desktop" is a Window Manager or Desktop Manager that
incorporates
or requires a compositor to function.
Standard X11 window managers (like fwm or blackbox, etc) and early
desktop
managers (like enlightenment) do not need the compositing facilities
offered
by OpenGL add-ons to X11 or the builtin compositor in Wayland. But, more
"modern" Desktop Managers (like Gnome and KDE and others that use the
GTK+/Qt
toolkits) often depend on a compositor to provide their standard
visual environment.
FWIW, if it uses a compositor, then its not likely to work well with
RDP, and
not at all with networked/remote X11.
I will take your word for that :-)
It's certainly true that a 3d desktop won't play with RDP.
Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote at 12:42 this Tuesday (GMT):
I am trying (again) to get myself going with Linux on a spare PC (Xeon
CPU) and have made good progress so far with Ubuntu-MATE.
I discovered yesterday that no matter how hard you try a Blu Ray disc
won't play in a standard DVD player, that's an hour I won't get back. Once >> I had realised what I was doing wrong I got it working fine even using the >> terminal to install some libraries.
I tried to install HandBrake but the web site was pretty sniffy and it
seems I need first to install flatpak (?) to install HandBrake, new to me
but I will give it a try.
What has me stumped at the moment is I want to use the Linux machine from
a Windows laptop using RDP on the laptop and xrdp on the Linux box. I made >> quite good progress to the extent I could connect (once I had realised I
had to log off the Linux box first) but there was no access to the menu.
It seems xrdp doesn't like 3D desktops. I have been going in circles this
morning installing xfce4 (which I think is 2D) but RDP just keeps dropping >> out.
I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a
distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be easier
to start from fresh?
Good learning process, haven't used a terminal since DOS 6.2 :-)
Many thanks.
Wait, what's a 3D desktop?
Wait, what's a 3D desktop?
On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:10:10 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:
Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote at 12:42 this Tuesday (GMT):
[snip]
I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a
distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be easier >>> to start from fresh?
[sni]
Wait, what's a 3D desktop?
AFAICT, a "3d desktop" is a Window Manager or Desktop Manager that incorporates
or requires a compositor to function.
Standard X11 window managers (like fwm or blackbox, etc) and early desktop managers (like enlightenment) do not need the compositing facilities offered by OpenGL add-ons to X11 or the builtin compositor in Wayland. But, more "modern" Desktop Managers (like Gnome and KDE and others that use the GTK+/Qt toolkits) often depend on a compositor to provide their standard visual environment.
FWIW, if it uses a compositor, then its not likely to work well with RDP, and not at all with networked/remote X11.
Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote at 12:42 this Tuesday (GMT):
What has me stumped at the moment is I want to use the Linux machine from >> a Windows laptop using RDP on the laptop and xrdp on the Linux box. I made >> quite good progress to the extent I could connect (once I had realised I
had to log off the Linux box first) but there was no access to the menu.
It seems xrdp doesn't like 3D desktops. I have been going in circles this >> morning installing xfce4 (which I think is 2D) but RDP just keeps dropping >> out.
I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a
distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be easier
to start from fresh?
Good learning process, haven't used a terminal since DOS 6.2 :-)
Many thanks.
Wait, what's a 3D desktop?
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