On 2016 Dec 31 22:06:34, you wrote to Andrew Leary:

 VC> With the issues regarding new users not able to allocate a password so I
 VC> have had to kill telnet it is a bit of a pain so would like to find a
 VC> replacement distro that will run KDE by choice and Gnome if I have to in a
 VC> rpm type format for packages etc.

oh, you want RPMs :( sorry... i was going to suggest kubuntu... KDE is the
default WM in it... i don't (yet) know if the mbse installation has a
problem on kubuntu, though... i'm actually looking to run it on a ubuntu
server install which means no GUI WM at all...

i can't say that i've had any problems with .debs... i've actually grown to
prefer them over the years... i started on redhat and then moved when they
started making their changes... never looked back...

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