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Suggestion of distro for TV/server combo?
(lemmy.nz)
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Thanks for the suggestion! I presume you're using the Cinnamon desktop? Is Cinnamon it's own thing, not a Gnome/KDE DE?
I wasn't expecting to run Kodi in a container, just the server stuff (Nextcloud, Mediawiki, FreshRSS, Photoprism, etc)
yep, im using cinnamon.. its based off of gnome but is its own thing. i thought i read something about the mint guys wanting to control bigger portions for stability hence their curated app store and desktops.
Interesting! Linux Mint isn't something I've used before, it sounds like a good option. Thanks for the suggestion 🙂
Yes, cinnamon is its own DE. Its similar to KDE in layout, but iirc it's a fork of a very very old gnome version. I remember seeing a benchmark at some point that Cinnamon was less resource-intensive than GNOME or KDE
Interesting, thanks!