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Running Linux permanently and ditching windows, who does it?
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I plan on using it as long as possible. I don’t have automatics updates turned on anyway. I mainly use it for browsing, writing papers, some video editing, and beat making.
I don’t really do a whole lot outside of that.
Word.
I don’t game on my Linux machine, but I haven’t had much issues with any of the other stuff.
I’ve using Mint for over 5 years now and I used Opensus for over 10 years.
That’s why I keep a windows laptop. As much as I love using Linux, I get annoyed with working through some of the capability issues. Shit, for the longest I had a hard time using flash until html5 made that shit obsolete to a degree.
Open source software is good, but many still come with shortcomings.
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My biggest issue was needing Photoshop and sometimes Illustrator. I just didnt want to learn Gimp....I tried, but in the end I just didnt want to devote the time. But now that there is Photopea.com I couldnt be happier...basically an online version of photoshop all the same tools in the same locations. But yeah, still like to do animations in Flash.. and then Premiere and After Effects.. but now that ive been doing backend programming, Im on a mac most of the time along with Linux remote boxes for our dev environment, so havent had much time for graphics work
Quit'cha hatin and let us nerd it out in peace.
Lol pulling up porn off command line...
I got a W7 VM running on my Mac that I use religiously for business. I'm making the W10 jump when I absolutely have to, but I ain't looking forward to it.My laptop is an HP G6-1D01DX, that was purchased in 2012..
It has a 1.90 ghz AMD A4-3305m and 8 gigs of ram, upgraded from 4
I'm currently using Zorin OS after making a quick switch from Windows 7 ahead of the 2020 end of support.
I may give Windows 10 another try just out of curiousity but I'm only using this thing for Kodi and Youtube and may drop Lakka on it again.
I pray for you obtuse niggas daily.
That's not the case in every instance though, it depends.
Damn, your computer is running smoothly as hell with those specs.
So why isnt it as used as windows?
Why dnt they make Linux based pc's & laptops?
Try System76.com
Dell sells Ubuntu flavored "PCs"
I was using my Mac OSX to browse the web, download torrents, print documents, edit dinner music playlists, make flyers for gigs, edit my Wix website, and a few other tasks that could easily be done with any software made within the last 20 years or so. The Mac worked well so when it first stopped allowing upgrades I hardly even noticed.
Eventually I needed new software to retag the music from the record pools. I went every file repository I could think of but couldn't find anything that would work with OSX. I had to use my DJ laptop to download TigoTago. A 10 year old piece of shareware that easily should have worked within Mac's specs. Pissed me off because I wanted to keep the DJ laptop as a closed system
Not long after I bought a $100 Akai drum pad to try to relearn how to make beats. The included software was meant to simulate an MPC from the 1990's. A system that is prehistoric compared to an OSX, but again, Apple refused to let it work.
The outdated Chrome was getting buggy too. First the online banking stopped working, then Coinbase, then finally Wix. That was the last straw!
The frustrating part is that the hardware still works fine. The only reason it won't do what I need it to is because Apple wants to force me to buy a computer I don't need. Fortunately, Ubuntu is handling all these needs and then some.
I just bought a 2010 Mac Pro that can be upgraded all the way to High Sierra.
I'm about to upgrade my 2007 Mac Pro (which includes upgrading the firmware) which will officially allow me to upgrade up to El Capitan and if I hack it, will upgrade to Sierra. The whole job will cost $150.
Plenty of YouTube videos show you the step-by-step of upgrading older Macs. Those older Macs still scream, especially if you're using them for music. These newer Macs kinda exceed what most music oriented users need. Now if you're talking 4k video rendering, that's a different story. But still, you can load the old mac pros with powerful GPU's for video stuff. It's a new day, just gotta do the research.
So you would recommend a dual-boot system over Virtual Box/VMWare Player for a Linux 1st timer? The 2nd route is what the RHCE I worked with suggested.
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It is but I'm reading up on some lack of fan control for linux on the y700.
I'm risking it though I install sensor and another temperature program. Installed dropbox and keepass and chromium browser.
Its flying I can't lie but I need some more time to test. I'm install ssh, ftp and just learn all this stuff.
So far I'm realing even when streaming videos on YouTube this shit is quick as hell almost install and less pop ups either with these bad sites we visit like speedup.
Can't front I'm impressed feels quicker than a vm.
I wanna reach out to any bgol cats who wanna chat up some linux stuff just shoot me a PM.
Looking for a music player now.
Ever noticed how this cracker is always Mr. Me Too?
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Good shit fam, I might fire up my hyper v and try the distros you mentioned again. The last time I fucked with it was about 6-7 years ago.
Its a matter of personal preference. VM's are sharing the resources of the host system (Windows). But they are easy way to try out different flavors and desktops...especially if you are not intending for a permanent move over. Also, if you screw something up. It's easy to just scrap the whole OS and start over if you like.
When I used it, it used to lag on some tasks. Granted, this is an older machine with not the most powerful cpu and this was years ago. VM's may work better now...I'm not sure.
Don't. Keep them MFers over there.
I use old machines that i don't wanna throw away. thats true you can run it on a new PC if you wantYou don't have to run it on an old machine. That's BS.
Running Gentoo using true FDE (full disk encryption) w/ Secure Boot. It won't boot without my USB stick holding the key and password I have to enter.
IMHO, Linux is better than Mac
OP, it's a good move. I used Ubuntu for home uses for more than ten years. I switched to Mac two years ago only because I had difficulty upgrading. You need a Guru, though, which I never had.
Learned Linux back in 2000 and would use it if I was sysadmin for a server but Im not anymore, I pay someone to do that shit.
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