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Krister's Blog krister at hallergard dot com | Last Updated: 2020-07-03 |
I have used Linux since 2005, though I still prefer Windows as my default operating system. I do like the Linux communities, the forums, where it is easy to get help with any problem. A bit of Linux knowledge is also useful when trying to understand the Android system.
Desktop Environment - KDE
My present Desktop PC (spec) dates from 2016. Tap here to view screenshots of all systems!
I have concluded that I prefer the Linux KDE environment - it is more a matter of touch and feel, than of actual performance. For a while I had Linux Mint as one of my main distros until they stopped KDE support for newer versions. I will keep the last KDE version 18.3 LTE till its support expires in 2021 - but hardly ever use it nowadays.
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Distros
These are my distros today on the main disk drive (GPT), which I keep up-to-date:
Office and multi media files are stored on the Windows 10 or DATA partitions to limit the Linux partition size to 30 GB. With this size I can create a disk image for backup (and cloning) using partimage (ext3) or partclone (ext4). |
 Main GPT Drive All Disk Drives |
I use the Linux system Grub2 to multi boot as I find it much easier to handle than the Windows Boot Manager. Tap here to view the bootmenus of all bootable systems!
SMB Shares
Whichever partition I boot will become the SMB server of my local network, allowing my Android tablets and our Smart TV read/write access to all relevant files on the PC. To avoid having to use password I have till recently limited the protocol to SMB1. However, last years' Fedora release ver. 31 and now also Kubuntu 2020.04 force the use of SMB2.
Programs
 Often used programs (updated) |
Most applications can be executed with the same or similar program on all three systems. Today I use my Andoroid Tablet
(Galaxy TAB S2) much more than the PC. For heavy duty jobs - be it typing, printing, creating spread sheets, editing videos
or file management - I prefer using the PC though.
Windows 10 is my default system, mainly because I prefer the Windows File Manager. On Linux I used to use the Konqueror file manager, but it was abandoned for Dolphin. Then they made is difficult to use Dolphin as Root, so I have switched to Krusader as Root with a nostalgic Norton Commander type interface. For screen recording I prefer Linux with its SimpleScreenRecorder, especially for merging two videos. |