which Linux?

[stephen barncard]

Richard, which desktop do you prefer, MATE or Cinnamon?

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:

> Colin Holgate wrote:
>
>> For just the purposes of showing how LiveCode apps can work on Linux,
>> which one should I use?
>>
>
> For development, obviously Ubuntu simply because it's the largest audience
> by far.
>
> But for demo, I would suggest Linux Mint.  It's based on Ubuntu and very
> easy to use, with a pleasant UI that folks tend to like right off.  But
> more important for LiveCode is that it doesn't use a global menu bar,
> Ubuntu's Launcher, or other Ubuntu-specific things that LiveCode doesn't
> support well right now.
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World
>  LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com


Stephen Barncard
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