I only have 2 kids and they are fully grown. I couldn’t imagine having 5, let alone trying to work full time. How you have energy left is beyond me, but I salute you. Kids are awesome.
EndeaverOS really is a nice OS. I was using pure Arch before this but came here because I don’t want to be bothered with the maintenance and whatnot. I run my updates every week and the OS just takes care of itself. Like you, I don’t really do much - I watch youtube, listen to music, do some writing, and dink around with conky.
@ricklinux to be fair I figure I never gave KDE a proper chance. I installed Kubuntu Hardy Heron on my laptop back in 2008, and KDE 3.5 at the time was just not my taste in the slightest for one reason or another. I can’t say I touched it again until a couple months back when Kubuntu 24.04 was released. Of course I had to try it out and I was very impressed with how KDE operated and the system it is! I tried it out on Debian and Neon as well, but for some reason, I just came back to Xfce4 - but KDE has been nagging at me since I’ve tried it. Maybe I’ll have to dive in and really give it a shot. As for Wayland - anyone connected to Linux has seen the conversations surrounding it… It’s most likely the combination of my lack of knowledge on what it truly does better than X11 and my particular use-case, but I haven’t noticed much of a difference in the distros that use Wayland that I’ve tried out. I did see that Xfce folks are starting to work on Wayland, but we all know how rapidly they put out updates, so I think if I learn the benefits and want to experience it truly, I may just have to jump ship to KDE. Again, maybe another thing to dive into!
@temetka - I suppose you could say I’m still starting out - our oldest kid is 10. Every single one is a different personality, which I gotta say, I’m kinda proud to admit my wife and I have our own personal circus. Once I figure out the secret to that energy, I’ll be sure to let you know! Right now, I survive mainly on naps and an endlessly brewing Mr. Coffee pot. The Mrs stays home full time, so my tinkering (like now at 03:00 EST) is usually when I’m done my run for the day and everybody is still asleep - when I’m home I do my best to take the workload from her so she can rest. It’s a wild ride that I can barely find the handles to half the time - let alone hold on - but I wouldn’t trade them for anything. I do hope to start digging into the forums and seeing what I can learn and maybe even contribute to somehow!
@anon47347018 and @ricklinux - I suppose I had a minor bout of DE-hopping curiosity as soon as I got home from my run and fired up the LiveUSB to play around with KDE. I’m so used to Xfce4 after using it for so long, and realizing KDE never got a fair shot in my book. To be fair, after a half-hour or so of playing with the LiveUSB, I realized KDE has come a very long way from the days of Hardy Heron (yeah I know, that’s no surprise at all) and is a DE I could see myself really getting happily stuck with. I got to figuring if I really want to dive in and experience something new, why not start with my new-found home distro? So 12 minutes of installing later - an easy change since I keep my personal files on a separate partition - I booted into EndeavourOS KDE. What was interesting - which may be a point of ignorance on my part - was that the USB live environment still uses X11, but when I did the bare-metal install, it defaults to Wayland.
I’ll have more time to tinker with KDE in the next couple days, but wanted to commit to a different DE to use as my daily driver and see if it could replace my love for Xfce4, or at least be something I would like to dive into further.
KDE is great these days, the usb uses x11 I think as some gpu’s have issues with wayland (someone correct if wrong) but if you have questions I’m sure they are answered here or some of us can help you out
@smokey I think I’m going to end up in your position where Xfce would be a close second after KDE. Of course my needs for the machine aren’t by any means advanced, but the more I’m clicking around and playing through everything the more I’m coming to like it.
Kind of like the feeling when you have been driving that old Chevrolet Pickup forever but that brand new Silverado keeps looking better and better (PS - my 1992 K1500 is only 4 years younger than me and runs just fine )
Nice, if you said that last part to mum or my pop they would get it, I walk everywhere (can’t obtain a licence (mental health stuff) which imo is actually a good thing) and love it except when I just miss a train
To be honest with you - I’m slightly jealous. Mind you, I earn a living by being on the highways, and for the most part I enjoy it. But I’ve always held a firm belief that life would be a lot simpler and dare I say safer without the need for vehicles. Trains could be a good choice if we needed to get somewhere. Not to mention where I live, auto insurance is not only expensive but a requirement.
All that money we could be saving… And keeping ourselves in shape… I can’t say you’re missing out on too much by not having a license/personal vehicle IMO. If I can find a way to haul a 53’ trailer on just my shoulders, I would gladly join you.
Motorised vehicles, I only just got a push bike again and it has made life a lot easier, have another mate who rides around the whole counrty (australia), he’s doing it for charity this time
Agreed. Public transport is good where I live, I only take the train, and my city is very walkable. I have no use for a car. I get nauseous in them anyway.
@anon47347018 I wouldn’t mind walking at all, or at least taking the kids on bike rides… Part of the downside to being in a more rural area is the nearest train of any kind is about a 35 minute drive by car, and the closest stores are about a 15 minute drive. I guess we have to sacrifice somehow if we want space, huh?
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