tito via Dng,

>> I did have a look at PClinuxOS (I've not tried installing/running it as
>> yet). I got the impression that the packaging was a kind of hybrid
>> between deb and rpm. From the wiki page:
>>
>> "PCLinuxOS uses APT-RPM, based on APT (Debian), a package management
>> system (originally from the Debian distribution), together with
>> Synaptic Package Manager, a GUI to APT, to add, remove or update
>> packages."

I've been using PCLinuxOS for years, just updating via
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

It's never crashed.

I think the kde/plasma desktop is a bit much. I use JWM almost exclusively,otherwise. On Devuan I stick with Forge's tailored JWM.
But I prefer to stick with Tex, the developer's, main desktop. He keeps the applications pretty current, sort of at Debian Testing level but without the risk.



Take care,
Larry
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