I don't switch very often. I'm using KDE neon nowadays, I'm happy with it and I know how everything works.
However, every now and then I install a new distro in a virtual machine and toy around with it for a week or two. I wish I had time to do that more often, but with my current schedule I haven't had time to do it in the past six months :(
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A solid setup is always good to get stuff done fast, so this is not a bad thing at all. The idea to use a VM for this is very neat because it will not interrupt your current (host) setup and you can toss it away when you're done with it.
Only thing that bothers me with VMs is if I get a pretty good setup working and have all the stuff in there I want and decide to use the distro from now on, I need to get all that out there and install it on the host somehow. Did not find a convenient way to do that for now :(
Yeah, I really like to use VMs to experiment and see what else is out there.
Only thing that bothers me with VMs is if I get a pretty good setup working and have all the stuff in there I want and decide to use the distro from now on, I need to get all that out there and install it on the host somehow. Did not find a convenient way to do that for now :(
It's not ideal, but I would just create a disk image of the VM with dd and install it in the host machine.
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It's the look and feel. I can't put my finger in what exactly I dislike about the Unity desktop, but I was never a huge fan, I like much better the KDE feel.
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I don't switch very often. I'm using KDE neon nowadays, I'm happy with it and I know how everything works.
However, every now and then I install a new distro in a virtual machine and toy around with it for a week or two. I wish I had time to do that more often, but with my current schedule I haven't had time to do it in the past six months :(
A solid setup is always good to get stuff done fast, so this is not a bad thing at all. The idea to use a VM for this is very neat because it will not interrupt your current (host) setup and you can toss it away when you're done with it.
Only thing that bothers me with VMs is if I get a pretty good setup working and have all the stuff in there I want and decide to use the distro from now on, I need to get all that out there and install it on the host somehow. Did not find a convenient way to do that for now :(
Yeah, I really like to use VMs to experiment and see what else is out there.
It's not ideal, but I would just create a disk image of the VM with
ddand install it in the host machine.Thought of the dd solution also, but as you already said, not the ideal one so I am still searching for a better one.
What makes you prefer the KDE desktop (tautologous I know) over the Unity desktop?
It's the look and feel. I can't put my finger in what exactly I dislike about the Unity desktop, but I was never a huge fan, I like much better the KDE feel.