So this is the first of Geolinux...
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Lets dive in!
VM CONFIG
RAM : 2048 mb
Storage: 35GB virtual
- OS: cutefish os 0.7 beta
Install
There wasn't anything remarkable about the installation , prettstandard branded Calamares . It took a while though.
First look
When I rebooted it looked like this:
Not my favorite look
So:
Customization time !
after some exploring I :
1) made the resolution bigger
2) make everything the medium sized Noto sans mono font
3) changed accent color
4) changed background
5) made dock icons small
after:
Package Management
Pretty standard apt , but I must say … I really prefer Pacman.
Also , -y flag was enabled by default.
A big problem was that standard things like git & curl weren't pre installed.
My Main issue was that the Debian 11 repo which Cutefish uses was extremally outdated . So when I tried to install neovim , I got neovim 4.4 !
Pro's and cons
| pro's | con's |
|---|---|
| -nice ux | - DE still in development , has it's kinks |
| - system is nice n' small | - debian based |
| - well intergarted | - packages are severly outdated |
| - nice window management | - still in beta |
| - not great touchscreen / tablet mode support |
Overall cutefish still has room for improvement , but still one of my favorite De's.
You'll definitely be seeing more of the cutefish DE in the geolinux series.
Hope you enjoyed reading!
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