Posted on 06/17/2022 11:20:31 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Our Linux Mint works almost the same as Windows. The minor differences are easy to adapt to.
For that #3 group, I’d suggest looking at both Gentoo and arch. Gentoo has a very active help community.
Watch some of those Youtube videos of people talking about and reviewing Linux
I sure didn't. Windows slows down over time. So slow you wonder if you have a virus at times. Clearing the cache,virus scans etc, etc every two months gets old and it's never fast. I'm using Zorin. It's okay and I'm a beginner. I just do simple stuff. Nothing techy. But it's as fast now as when it was installed so that's a big plus for me.
I've been lucky to find a career (Linux sysadmin) that enables that as well.
We only switched to Linux because were were disgusted with Microsoft.
People who think Linux is not really good for non pros are actually right I think. The typical user isn’t really using the operating system per se, they use applications that run on it. Windows is what consumer applications are written for. And there is usually a mac version for those in the apple cult. Linux is a great system for running server applications and dominates the cloud. Its just not so much a client/consumer os.
I tried to install Red Hat once. Took me a whole day to unfl*ck my computer. Never again.
Can’t stand Gnome and Ubuntu just made the switch to it. Not very customizable, even with Gnome Tweaks tool. I’m running Kubuntu with the KDE Plasma desktop but don’t really run many KDE apps. Plasma is fast and you can make your desktop look however you want.
In the early 1990’s on a newsgroup:
Me: We are using SCO, you say you are working on a unix variant?
Linus: Yea.
Me: What’s the cost?
Linus: Free.
Me: I’m in.
The rest of the story would take too long to tell. Suffice to say that LeeeeNuxxx (as he said it) has been very very good to me.
Dual boot Ubuntu for modern machines.
Dual boot mint for older machines.
I Despise Windows.
But I have a computer science degree
and have 6 computers in my home.
So I’m not your run of the mill user.
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So when are you free to come over and do that to my computer?
I took this screenshot by hitting PrtSc which opens my screenshot app, click Take New Screenshot button, it does, then click Export > to imgur. In a couple of seconds, the image url is placed on my clipboard. (I use Midnight Lizard dark mode addon for Waterfox browser)
Icons on left are single click, quick launch. Three browsers, couple of email clients, catfish file search, package(programs) installer, calculator, Element chat, note keeping app, file manager, another notekeeping app, text editor, spotify, convertAll(unit conversion), twin panel file manager, sublime dev text editor, terminal.
I also have various graphics apps, VLC media player, Private Internet Access VPN. Audio library/players, image library management, PDF/document viewer, Calibre ebook library, word processor, spreadsheets, torrent client and a lot of others. Anything a consumer would need.
Where Linux won't work is in many business settings because most specialized business apps are for Windows and to a lesser degree, Mac. I was in the electric sign business for 25 years and there are specialized graphics programs that are geared for the large scale and will run a cnc machine that cuts vinyl graphics or cnc router. Nothing like that for Linux. There is a LinuxCNC but it's not straight forward to set up. The programs for the sign business have all the drivers for most every machine special made for the sign business.
Banking systems, large accounting systems, inventory systems, Point of Sale systems etc are all MS Windows. Bill Gates cornered the market.
There’s a gazillion tutorials out there. That’s how I learned. You do need a second machine to read the tutorial as you’re doing it though. Either that or print it out. I’ve done it enough times to where I don’t need the tutorial, unless it’s that new replacement for the standard BIOS.
I run Win 7 Pro and Kubuntu. Win 7 is not allowed to connect to the wifi/internet and has never been updated since install. Still works as fast as fresh install that way too. All those updates seem to slow Windows down over time.
Yep. Linux is good for data centers that make the backbone of the internet. I write code that runs on linux systems professionally. But my home computer is a windows because I want to be able to play dota 2 and the witcher 3 and have consumer applications. I still write code for linux machines on my home computer and deploy it to the cloud. And for work I use a macbook like the rest of my team for writing code that runs on linux servers. I like linux...but its just a server OS not a home computer type OS.
Ever get to the Big island of Hawaii, come over with a 12 pack(Becks Dark) and I’ll do it for free.
I’ve been using Linux as a home computer OS for 15 years. I’m not a gamer and don’t need to run business software at home.
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