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    From Matthew Munson@VERT/IUTOPIA to All on Sunday, June 21, 2026 12:20:00
    I am thinking KDE Neon is a horrible choice to run under a virtual machine.
    8gb ram is not really ideal. I am trying to find my ideal distribution. It feels like dating.

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  • From nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Matthew Munson on Monday, June 22, 2026 04:57:35
    On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:20:00 +0000
    "Matthew Munson" (VERT/IUTOPIA) <VERT/IUTOPIA!Matthew.Munson@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:
    I am thinking KDE Neon is a horrible choice to run under a virtual
    machine. 8gb ram is not really ideal. I am trying to find my ideal distribution. It feels like dating.

    ... Platinum Xpress & Wildcat!..... Nice!!!!
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    I've moved from Ubuntu to Arch at home. I like that it's up-to-date and
    I had issues with the last major update. I don't like pacman as much as
    apt or dnf but it does the job. Of course, you have have to use KDE
    Neon, you can use any Window Manager you want.
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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Matthew Munson on Monday, June 22, 2026 12:17:00
    On 21 Jun 2026, Matthew Munson said the following...

    I am thinking KDE Neon is a horrible choice to run under a virtual machine. 8gb ram is not really ideal. I am trying to find my ideal distribution. It feels like dating.

    what are you using it for? Alpine is pretty nice for tiny stuff, but you have the alternate libc and toolset (musl and BusyBox) so some things aren't 100% compatible without a little help.

    wikipedia says it'll go with about 128mb of ram and ~138mb of disk space lol

    obviously your minimal gui stuff will bloat that a bit

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Matthew Munson on Monday, June 22, 2026 13:17:13
    Re: KDE Neon.
    By: Matthew Munson to All on Sun Jun 21 2026 12:20:00

    I am trying to find my ideal distribution. It feels like dating.

    There are sooo many comeback for that, I don't know where to start. ;)

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  • From Nixx@VERT/NIXXNET to Matthew Munson on Monday, June 22, 2026 22:02:45
    Re: KDE Neon.
    By: Matthew Munson to All on Sun Jun 21 2026 12:20:00

    Are you specifically trying to test KDE or just want a Linux distro to play with?

    Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux are tiny and don't need many resources.

    Alpine if you want something for the server side to be used with Docker, although it can be used for anything

    -nick

    I am thinking KDE Neon is a horrible choice to run under a virtual machine. 8gb ram is not really ideal. I am trying to find my ideal distribution. It feels like dating.

    ... Platinum Xpress & Wildcat!..... Nice!!!!

    This is me, I think...

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  • From Matthew Munson@VERT/IUTOPIA to FUSION on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 19:31:00
    I am thinking KDE Neon is a horrible choice to run under a virtual machine. 8gb ram is not really ideal. I am trying to find my ideal distribution. It feels like dating.

    what are you using it for? Alpine is pretty nice for tiny stuff, but you have the alternate libc and toolset (musl and BusyBox) so some things aren't 100% compatible without a little help.
    I want to run a bbs on it. I am realizing Microsoft is a sinking ship.
    Windows 11 is just as bad as windows vista.

    I want something that has most of the libraries pre-installed.

    ***wcTaglines: That'll be $67.50 CCCHHHHHIIIIINNNNGGGG!!!!
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