Posted on 08/09/2024 12:55:38 PM PDT by ShadowAce
Bobby certainly is a fanboi.
I’ve been using and programming computers since IBM360 and then DEC10, CP/M, MSDOS (3.0 was the best), Windows 3, 93, 95, 97, 98, 2000, NT, XT, 7, 8, 10 and now 11. I started experimenting with Linux when Red Hat was free.
For hard core engineering, video and scientific users, many of the features described will be useful. For the rest of us, email, word processing, spreadsheets, browsers and games are our daily computer encounters. We seldom run more than two or three at a time.
Every current shell is overkill for the vast majority of users. An iPad with a keyboard is just fine. Other than saying it just has everything where we expect it to be, nothing here gets me excited. So I ask... Will it run Gnome Mahjong??
Ubuntu is the OS, running underneath the DE. I believe that Ubuntu comes with Gnome by default.
Those pics are both great. I agree with you on the second being a favorite. :-)
LOL!
I run Terminator as my shell. It's pretty awesome. I can log into every node of a Hadoop cluster with one mouse click, and then run the same command on all nodes at the same time.
Saves HOURS of work when it's needed.
Good example of all the different Linux options and customizations possible. You can mix and match stuff across versions and desktops. Like this, basically standard Linux under the hood but with very cool window dressing and options. :)
“If you want to solve issues with money, get a Mac.”
Yeah, because after getting a Mac you won’t have anymore money and in turn no more money issues. lol
Very nice! Never heard of it, but just installed..
I am constantly having multiple terminals open.
Will come in very handy :^D
BTW, mentioned this before, a long time ago.. I AM able to install and run Photoshop CS6 with no issues.
I still prefer it over GIMP.
“An OS is the Operating System (duh!) of the computer. It handles all the communication between the ports (USB, HDMI, etc), video, storage, memory, screen, mouse—essentially all the hardware that makes up your computer. The OS is what handles the communications and translations of the various languages they “speak” so that one piece of hardware can communicate with other pieces of hardware.
A Desktop Environment is the screen that the user sees and and uses to operate the computer. I *would* say Graphical User Interface (GUI), but some DEs can be nothing more than a console screen with a prompt (not very graphical).
Windows typically has just one DE, and that is what people just use. Linux comes with a choice of DE to better fit one’s style of usage. COSMIC is the latest DE, joining old-timers like GNOME, KDE, and XFCE (among others).”
Excellent Ace. Thank you for sharing this with them! What might also help is a Glossary of Linux terminology, just different terms and acronyms for similar things familiar in Windows. Such as the CLI (Command Line Interface) being the same as the DOS prompt in MS. A lot of the misunderstandings about Linux are just a difference of the terminology:
https://www.mybpl.org/documents/computerclasses/LINUX%20GLOSSARY.pdf
Oh wow! Very cool! is Flameshot stable for you so far? what a cool tool idea!
Flameshot is the only screenshot tool I use. It’s awesome.
And here is an even better one:
https://kc7nyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2006_Bookmatter_BeginningUbuntuLinux.pdf
You need to get out more. Dell has been selling PCs pre-installed with Linux for decades.
Yes, well; they don’t let me out much.
Thank you.
Thank you. I’ll pass that on to the Husband Unit.
Yes, “Classic Shell" for efficency. Partial view:
Plus 7+ Taskbar Tweaker along with Explorer Patcher that restores the Windows 11 taskbar to be like but better than default Windows 10.
Absolutely my privilege. I hope you can find time to try Linux. It really isn’t that hard if you do it step by step. And you don’t have to install it, you can just run it from the USB stick you will have to make. I would like to highly recommend Mint Cinnamon as a first Linux Distro. It uses the Gnome desktop that is similar to this Cosmic Desktop. But it feels and operates almost the same as Windows 7. So if you are familiar with win 7 you can fly right away. :)
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