Linux is AWESOME!!!

Another satisfied Linux user here :-) I started with Linux in 1996... then gave it a rest, started again with Knoppix in 2003 (v3.1) upgraded to Mandrake, then Mandriva, then Ubuntu and I'm on Debian in some form or another ever since (now running Kubuntu 12.04LTS)

Basicly I got tired of windows, the hacks, the trial periods, monday patchday and a lot of other little things. I switched over to Linux in 2005. As for games, sometimes I used dual boot with windoze, other times I use Wine. I'm now trying out Mame :-)

Also there is a specific Linux gaming Distro. Plus there is a Steam client now :-)

What I want it to do, it does :-)

Will check this out.

I have been running Debian for ages now. I run it all old school style using a window manager called Ratpoison. I love it. I recently tried Windows again (8) and I just couldn't shake the "is there a virus/malware logging my every keystroke?" vibe so I went back to Linux.

Thanks OP. I'm going to try it.

Thanks for the great thread, the advice, and the photos of screen shots. I just finished a Unix class, so I'm planning on going that way soon. I'd like to try it out on my old computer first, but it has only 250MB of RAM. Is there a version that will work best with that? Puppy Linux? I just want to play with it some, and if I like it I'll install Linux on my Win 7 pc. I know it's the way to go. Thanks.

why distro is better if my computer only have 512 MB of RAM?

i mean What!

My is just 500gb, i think is not enough, despite I not used even a half of the hd.
The problem is I partitioned it wrong, 100 C - 400 D, i will try to pass my data to the other comp. throught the router, im nub on this.
But i guess i will wait the my w7 totaly crash first...

Last Edited by dmt vector on 04/01/2013 11:31 AM

Piece of shit if you cannot get you your wireless adapter to work. Linux wireless adaptors drivers are for shit, their code sucks and they do not tell you this before downloading. Do not partition otherwise you are screwd

HA! This is my thread from more than a month ago.

Thanks for the pin guys!

Linux is indeed AWESOME

some have to use programs that sadly only work on windows .....

All awesome until you have to recompile your own binaries and configure your firewall blah blah blah.

Just get a Mac and have the best of both worlds (things just work and you still get a unix command line).

Once, I reloaded windows 7.
Turned off UAC, turned off "updates", installed my Norton and other programs, good to go.
A lot of luv for Linux is channeled hate for Microsoftdick.
But Windows works fine, if you understand one little fact...
Most of the "stuff" is optional.
My desktop has not crashed once in four years.
My laptop crashed twice in a year, but its a piece of shit

uh dont do that.

Quick question for someone in the know about Linux...

If I wanted to try Linux on an older desktop I have standing idle... Which version to try....
Or in other words - which version will work OK on a slower machine?

I don't like Linux, if they made it more Windows 7 like, and it easier to customize and install and download things maybe I would consider.

ElementaryOs.org I hear is decent, but it's in beta.

Hey, I know its april fools and all, but don't get carried away.
1600 bucks for a very basic 13" laptop, 800 bucks for a stripped down tablet that won't do flash..
Hilarious.
OH, and a special provision to use windows, so people will buy it.

Zorin lite. I run it on an acer aspire one netbook, Intel atom N270 1.6 GHz, 2 gig of ram and 150 gig hard drive and it's running great. Came with xp installed and was a dog.

Ta Very much CL
Will give that a try

If only I could get my Unix (Ubuntu) distribution to compile WRF model with CUDA support. I admit I've came the closest on Unix, but still no OS to day that I've tried offered the right solution for me.

(PS!) Good luck playing anything more then FreeCiv on your Unix box, they are workhorses and mostly scientific computers. Now back to the present age, you will surely not be able to run two of my favorite games (Trainz and Wargame:European Escalation.) on it without much hassle. All those are purely my opinions of the whole Unix experience. (Have some nostalgia, install Knoppix!)

I think the one of the easiest Linux distributions for the average windows user is Zorin OS. It pretty much emulates the window xp and windows 7 experience and also access to the Ubuntu software catalog of 1000s of software applications.

All the mp3 and dvd media works right after install were normally you might have to find and install special libraries to get media working due to licensing.

Zorin Os website- [link to zorin-os.com]

Very useful too. However, windows DOES have virtual desktop support. You just need to download one of the MANY apps (For XP, you can use MS official virtual desktop app).

MS Windows can be faster and more stable than GNU/Linux (insert distribution here) depending on hardware configuration. New fancy hardware, you might be SOL on a *nix distro.

Still, *nix distros generally don't have virus' to worry about [for now]. However, with MS contributing to the Kernel and other projects, that could change LOL

Kde is for the person who doesn't know shit about Linux. Opensuse is made for windows users. What's the point on having windows functionality on a Linux OS if you aren't going to utilize half the shit its meant for? Just another newbie finding something that's has no clue on what they are doing lol learn command lines and how to access dirrdctories using terminal instead of the OS doing all the work. Learning on KDE is the WORSE thing u can do. You'll never truly learn it when its all given to u already.

My CPU Fan is realy noisy when on 100%, so I tune it down to 30% with SpeedFan Application.


The only reason why I haven't been running Linux is because I couldn't find a way of controlling Fan Speeds.


Does anyone know how I could?

I like this idea of having both OS on my machine. Then I could learn Linux at my leisure and get rid of Windows once I know what I'm doing. My computer has 360 Gigs of free space left on the HD so I don't see a problem having both.
Would I just boot into Linux at the start up when I get the boot prompt?

I'm using Lubuntu on my older machines and netbook, it's so fast!

OpenSuse 12.3 KDE version is pretty damn good. Way more responsive on my machine than Ubuntu or Mint.

You could probably regulate the Fan Speed in your BIOS comrade! Just be wary of what you change.

Puppy Linux

Have been using Crunchbang (debian) for a few weeks now, i really like it. My last step before i move over to Arch.