Notices by allyngibson (allyngibson@social.vivaldi.net)

@itsfoss I have an EOS partition on my system, and I have EOS on a notebook. It's a well-made distro, and I like it. Yet, I feel I'm not giving it the love it deserves. In 2025, I'm resolving to put it to more use. :)

@itsfoss I had experimented with i3 last year, using your guide to help get it set up. It was interesting, but I couldn't see how it work work for me.

A few months ago, I set up a new Mint 22 install with MATE, and I configured it to use i3 as the window manager instead of Marco. So, I get the benefits of MATE -- panel management, system menus and controls -- with the tiling of i3.

I found that it works well for me as a remote work setup; I can have my remote desktop open alongside a file I'm working with on my local machine, and it's more convenient than trying to juggle windows on the remote desktop.

It's an unconventional use for a tiler, but it works for what I needed from it.

@itsfoss I found a stack of Mint install CDs in the spring, going back to my first, #LinuxMint 5 in 2008! After copying them back.to ISO files, I have a Mint 5 VM running in #LinuxMintDebianEdition 6, and what's striking to me is how familiar the old system feels. Under the hood it's different, GNOME 2 is not Cinnamon, yet it's still recognizably Mint.