Posted on 10/27/2021 10:46:49 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Still stuck in the crap MSverse. No engineering software is ported to linux or mac. After the last forced updates by M$ wiping out my machines I hate M$even more.
I’ve played a lot with Linux in the the past and I liked it ok. But there are a few Windows programs I am just too heavily invested in that have no Linux presence. Hence I stay here.
Which distro has the best support base? When I was on ubuntu, a couple of problems reared their head but the community was pretty good about addressing it.
Also, I no longer use computers with DVD/CD drives, so the install would need to be across a USB stick.
Just about all distros can be installed via USB. I cannot think of any that require a CD/DVD.
PCLinuxOS (PCLOS) has excellent support and a monthly magazine.
I have been using it since 2007. Started in KDE, switched to XFCE for a while, back to KDE (plasma), currently on Trinity (KDE 4) but am building a new box with the latest PCLOS KDE version.
I have my Quickbooks and AutoCAD running in a virtualbox with Windoze. Everything else is Linux.
My Win7 desktop died a couple of months ago, so I replaced it with a Win10 — which apparently doesn’t support the Win11 requirements.
I also have been using Linux Mint 20.2 some.
During the transition, I ran across LinuxFX which basically has Win10 appearance and WindowsFX which basically has Win11 appearance. They use the .wine emulation for Windows programs, so they are not fully Windows capable. However, for home users and novices, they narrow the gap between the Linux environment and the Windows environment.
Windows11 seems to have significantly more cosmetic utilities. One can even get back actual buttons, etc., by doing a lot of tweaking.
But it seems they are just offering functionality that you can get with any Linux distro out there. At work, I run over 1000 Linux servers in an Active Directory environment. Doesn't cost us anything to do so. Also, wine is available across the board.
How do I manipulate Linux to make the screen fit my monitors screen? On Windows, I RT click on a blank portion. On Linux??? How to conform it?
I’m not sure I understand your issue. Is the workspace not the same size as your monitor? Are you talking about the resolution?
Also, I’d need to know which desktop environment you are using—KDE? Gnome? Xfce?
The major tax software is not supported in Linux.
Ubuntu has a very good support base and generally on their forums you get good answers when you have a problem.
Pretty much any distro can be installed by USB stick. The really nice thing is that you can try any distro running it off the USB to see how it functions on your computer.
Very good article, thanks for sharing.
I have been using Ubuntu/Kubuntu on my machines for years. I got a PineBook Pro about 2 years ago and have been running Manjaro with KDE and really like it. It was very difficult getting used to using pacman for the package manager in place of apt like in Ubuntu and all the Debian based OS’s. I tried ARCH Linux, and think that I would only use that if I hated my life, lol because it was difficult to configure and use. Manjaro makes ARCH easy to use.
I liked Kali, and while it is a solid Debian build, you have to be real careful using it because it was always running as root.
I’ve got this useless HP Stream device. It came with a ton of previously installed programs that it does not allow me to get rid of. I’m running out of memory and I only use a couple of programs.
Device name DESKTOP-40M5RVH
Processor AMD A4-9120e RADEON R3, 4 COMPUTE CORES 2C+2G 1.50 GHz
Installed RAM 4.00 GB (3.86 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display
Where is Mint? Mint is taking the market. That is why you do not see it in the list. These are all small fry compared to Mint. Mint is Debian/Ubuntu with Gnome also.
Ubuntu is popular because of the two click software repository and Mint uses the same Ubuntu software repository. But it kicks on Ubuntu for many other features Ubuntu does not have.
After trying ALL these I went back to Mint... No need to shop anymore... Even my young Grandkids got on Mint and right away flew with it like Linux pros. :)
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