Linux Desktop: Why Spiral Linux is interesting for Debian/Ubuntu users
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Do you already know Spiral Linux? A Debian fork that wants to differentiate itself from Debian itself with improvements in certain areas and thus convince us...

https://spirallinux.github.io/

BTRFS, GUI Flatpak manager, Theming, nonfree codecs etc., printer support, timeshift preconfigured

Their goal is to make vanilla debian usable, with only debian tech. It is just a config, no “small distro dies and users need to switch”

Might not be the most secure (loose printer configs, preinstalled drivers for random stuff that is not normally a problem)

  • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.netOP
    1·
    4 months ago

    VBox has really easy Windows integration. To this day I have not managed to have a shared folder and especially clipboard with any guest, let alone Windows.

    This may be easily possible, but not just a few clicks

    • Scoopta@programming.dev
      2·
      4 months ago

      Shared folders are easy with Linux guests, you just set it up in virt-manager and then mount it in Linux. With windows it’s possible and I have done it but you need to install the virtiofs driver alongside winfsp and then make sure the virtiofs service is running. So the setup is definitely a bit obtuse. I haven’t done clipboard sharing deliberately as I don’t love the idea of that being synced but I should at least try it so I know what setup is like. The file sharing isn’t hard once you learn how to set it up but figuring it out the first time is a challenge for windows guests.