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Today I installed TROMjaro XFCE on another laptop that had TROMjaro Gnome. This laptop was using a little maze of file syncing with Syncthing + FreeFileSync, so that photos from other computers synced automatically on this laptop, then to an external HDD, then picked up automatically by Shotwell. Same with a phone sync. In essence if the person got some photos/videos from friends via Syncthing or took photos via the phone, they will all coalesce in Shotwell. Neat!
This laptop was also connected most of the time to an external monitor that was used as the main monitor (so lid should be closed all the time). So it also had an external keyboard and mouse.
The experience:
Booting to the live usb was a breeze. Testing it was perfect. All worked, all keys, everything. All smooth. Installing was super fast. All worked great. No issues. Bringing back the files to this machine and settings + apps is always time consuming regardless of the OS.
Bringing back the apps + settings + databse sync issue:
You have to know what apps you had installed and install again, and this was the first bump: there is a issue with TROMjaro XFCE, and this may be a Manjaro/Linux thing, but despite the fact that the Software Manager showcased the available apps (so I can easily install them), as soon as I tried to install then I was faced with a sluggish Software Center that was refreshing all apps and dependencies....that took some 20 minutes. I had to close it at one point and then do a manual Database Refresh via the same Software Center. Luckily that took a minute or two. After that all worked ok and I could install the apps.
AUR banning the IP:
Another weird issue I saw in Manjaro a few times too, was the AUR banning your IP so then you can't find any AUR packages. The ban is temporary. Luckily we have a trade-free VPN. Click it and all works fine. In a day or so the ban is removed and stays removed.
Multiple monitors confusion:
First, I was disappointed to see that there is no way to make a panel available on multiple screens in XFCE. I thought it can mirror a panel...on Gnome you could that that via the Dash to panel plugin. You can tho, create a new panel for the external monitor and add the items back to them + settings. It is not pretty but is fine.
The way you deal with the monitors is interesting, you can add them on top, bottom, sort them as you want. That's very cool. You can even expand panels across monitors - idk if that's useful.
I did ran into an issue: I wanted to close the laptop's lid but keep the laptop running so that it works via the monitor. No setting allowed me to do that until I manually edited a file in the root directory. That fixed it. It took me some 20 minutes to deal with the monitors situation...
OVERALL:
The issue with the software center can be a bad one to deal with....new users will be confused by that. The upside is that once it syncs the database it works no problems afterwards. The issue with the monitors and restoring the apps' settings and reinstalling the apps, is kinda normal on most Operating Systems.
TROMjaro XFCE performed really well today with my tests. So overall it was a very good experience even with the above errors/glitches that some are normal with many OSes.
#tromlive
This laptop was also connected most of the time to an external monitor that was used as the main monitor (so lid should be closed all the time). So it also had an external keyboard and mouse.
The experience:
Booting to the live usb was a breeze. Testing it was perfect. All worked, all keys, everything. All smooth. Installing was super fast. All worked great. No issues. Bringing back the files to this machine and settings + apps is always time consuming regardless of the OS.
Bringing back the apps + settings + databse sync issue:
You have to know what apps you had installed and install again, and this was the first bump: there is a issue with TROMjaro XFCE, and this may be a Manjaro/Linux thing, but despite the fact that the Software Manager showcased the available apps (so I can easily install them), as soon as I tried to install then I was faced with a sluggish Software Center that was refreshing all apps and dependencies....that took some 20 minutes. I had to close it at one point and then do a manual Database Refresh via the same Software Center. Luckily that took a minute or two. After that all worked ok and I could install the apps.
AUR banning the IP:
Another weird issue I saw in Manjaro a few times too, was the AUR banning your IP so then you can't find any AUR packages. The ban is temporary. Luckily we have a trade-free VPN. Click it and all works fine. In a day or so the ban is removed and stays removed.
Multiple monitors confusion:
First, I was disappointed to see that there is no way to make a panel available on multiple screens in XFCE. I thought it can mirror a panel...on Gnome you could that that via the Dash to panel plugin. You can tho, create a new panel for the external monitor and add the items back to them + settings. It is not pretty but is fine.
The way you deal with the monitors is interesting, you can add them on top, bottom, sort them as you want. That's very cool. You can even expand panels across monitors - idk if that's useful.
I did ran into an issue: I wanted to close the laptop's lid but keep the laptop running so that it works via the monitor. No setting allowed me to do that until I manually edited a file in the root directory. That fixed it. It took me some 20 minutes to deal with the monitors situation...
OVERALL:
The issue with the software center can be a bad one to deal with....new users will be confused by that. The upside is that once it syncs the database it works no problems afterwards. The issue with the monitors and restoring the apps' settings and reinstalling the apps, is kinda normal on most Operating Systems.
TROMjaro XFCE performed really well today with my tests. So overall it was a very good experience even with the above errors/glitches that some are normal with many OSes.
#tromlive
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