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Veresanctus User ID: 26108394 United States 02/14/2013 01:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you REALLY want to dive into and fully understand and learn Linux AND get the MOST out of it use Arch Linux. Quoting: Veresanctus It's not as easy because you do things manually when you install it but you learn a lot of important things about Linux and how it works. [link to www.archlinux.org (secure)] AS for OpenSUSE I don't really like RedHat based distros which OpenSUSE is. Prefer either Debian based ones like Ubuntu or from scratch ones like Arch Linux. arch linux is for nerds ... wouldnt suggest that for starters.. i havent bothered trying it because i dont like command lines and hassle to get it running, graphical systems that are fast to install is what i go for ubuntu is the ultimate noob system .. mint if you arent that fixed on eyecandy and want a fast system thats easy to use.. opensuse if you have some understanding of linux and like eyecandy .. then theres prob hundreds of other distros of all flavours, but those 3 basically covers all sorts of languages and are easiest to find info for Well yes Arch Linux is for those who want to take control of their OS If you don't want to learn your OS and just use it to check email etc. etc. then Ubuntu, Linux Mint, OpenSUSE, Mageia are good choices in that order i guess most want that when they try a new operative system .. they dont want to sit for a week and learn command lines before they figure out how to run firefox Sad thing is, back in the day Computers and Operating Systems came with big spiral bound manuals and people would actually LEARN their system through and through and then even program them. But the PC became popular because of grandma and grandpa who just wanted to check email and do a web search so that is most people now. GET SAVED: Thread: Are you SAVED from DAMNATION? "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another." -- Galatians 5:14-26 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4964319 United States 02/14/2013 01:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have Linux Mint 14 installed on my Toshiba laptop and it has never crashed on me once. If yours is crashing it has to be you don't have enough RAM or your install got corrupted somehow and might need to be re-installed. Mint is as stable as any of the other Ubuntu based distros (all of which are based off of Debian the most stable Linux there is). |
nerd User ID: 31855582 United States 02/14/2013 01:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh Cool! Way to go. Quoting: Irradiated Fish Dish 18234481 If you really want to feel the power of linux type the following lines in a terminal as root. cd / rm -Rf * enjoy!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this operating system!! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 34394289 I went with the big deal first, (Linux Mint) but I didn't like it much to be honest. It had crash issues on my computer, the graphics were messed up a little here and there and I just didn't care for the whole look of it. I was almost ready to give up and go back to Windows and came across a version of Linux called OpenSuse. O.M.G. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!! Much nicer in appearance than Mint and it hasn't crashed on me a single time in the week that I've had it. I mean this layout is bad ass and the different things you can do with graphics and customizing your desktop are sweet. It runs VERY close to how Windows runs too so you don't have to learn a whole new skill set to get started. If you're on the fence about Linux, trust me, they have fixed the issues, go for it. You won't regret it. It has no backdoors like Windows does, it's ENCRYPTED, it is ENTIRELY open source which means others can add to it and make it better. You really can't ask for anything more, Linux is the shit. And it's FREE!! I have the newest version of OpenSuse, 12.2 with the KDE desktop. If you don't know what that means, like me, it's no problem, the OpenSuse website guides you every step of the way and allows you to choose which desktop you run. Download the file, burn the image to a DVD and you're done. I also love being able to keep my Windows with it and I have a choice which one I want to use before the computer boots up. One thing I have noticed is that Linux doesn't support blueray/HD 1080p, so I keep a copy of Windows on my hard drive that I use solely for that. On the other hand Linux plays streaming HD content MUCH better than the other so I go to OpenSuse for that and general everyday surfing etc. AMAZING! If you want to get started, I can help with the setup and questions. DO NOT DO THIS. Period. It will delete your entire partition. NO IT WON'T Follow the directions and it will install GRUB2 and let you select the OS at boot. Installers in most current distros work seamlessly to set up dual book. |
nerd User ID: 31855582 United States 02/14/2013 01:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OpenSuse has a setting specifically for playing games. Or, just run Wine. It is a Windows emulator and will mount and run most Windows programs on Linux. Also check out playonlinux. Oh cool , But lets say if the game HAS to have something like direct X to launch will that work too? You got me on that one. I'm a Linux noob. Games are an issue, but Linux is on it for sure. They'll get there probably this year. WINE and PlayOnLinux both work |
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Veresanctus User ID: 26108394 United States 02/14/2013 01:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: Stallman 31855582 I wish he would get over himself seriously... Who CARES! All that really matters is that LINUX or UNIX-Like-OS or whatever you call it is FREE and OPEN SOURCE GET SAVED: Thread: Are you SAVED from DAMNATION? "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another." -- Galatians 5:14-26 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27962372 Norway 02/14/2013 01:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: nerdwegian arch linux is for nerds ... wouldnt suggest that for starters.. i havent bothered trying it because i dont like command lines and hassle to get it running, graphical systems that are fast to install is what i go for ubuntu is the ultimate noob system .. mint if you arent that fixed on eyecandy and want a fast system thats easy to use.. opensuse if you have some understanding of linux and like eyecandy .. then theres prob hundreds of other distros of all flavours, but those 3 basically covers all sorts of languages and are easiest to find info for Well yes Arch Linux is for those who want to take control of their OS If you don't want to learn your OS and just use it to check email etc. etc. then Ubuntu, Linux Mint, OpenSUSE, Mageia are good choices in that order i guess most want that when they try a new operative system .. they dont want to sit for a week and learn command lines before they figure out how to run firefox Sad thing is, back in the day Computers and Operating Systems came with big spiral bound manuals and people would actually LEARN their system through and through and then even program them. But the PC became popular because of grandma and grandpa who just wanted to check email and do a web search so that is most people now. yes but this isnt the 1990's anymore arch has its niche, but its not for the masses ... linux is an awsome system, but needs more people i hope linuxdistros will be as streamlined and easy to install and use as mac os has been known for so the masses migrate over.. slick, userfriendly, without hassles and open source ubuntu, mint and opensuse is more or less there |
nerd User ID: 31855582 United States 02/14/2013 01:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ill just add this, if your OS is linux and you still need to run the odd windoze program (microsoft visio or something like that, or tax software etc) and it wont run under wine you can install a windoze VM and be able to run both at the same time. Quoting: Anubis virtualbox is just as good as vmware workstation and it is free: [link to www.virtualbox.org (secure)] so you can have an instance of xp or win7 or whatever running at the same time in a vm on your desktop and for the previous poster about directX i believe virtualbox has experimental accelerated graphics support (when running in full screen mode) and might work for your games. you would have to try it. Yep, unless it's a 3D intensive game. Try running something like Call Of Duty in a VirtualBox, and it won't work. Unless you do a Hypervisor, which is complicated. But things like Office, Media Player, Photoshop, etc, will work in VirtualBox, Or, just keep a copy of Windows next to it and use it for gaming. Everything else, do on Linux. Dual boot. Install Windows first, then Linux on top of it. When you want to game, boot into Windows - it's what I do. Luckily, most of my games are Steam, so I don't even need to do that, really. With WINE upping its game and an open-source port of DirectX coming soon, I won't have a reason to use Windows. Native Steam on Linux is Da Shiznet! 6 more months and it will be perfect. |
Veresanctus User ID: 26108394 United States 02/14/2013 01:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Veresanctus Well yes Arch Linux is for those who want to take control of their OS If you don't want to learn your OS and just use it to check email etc. etc. then Ubuntu, Linux Mint, OpenSUSE, Mageia are good choices in that order i guess most want that when they try a new operative system .. they dont want to sit for a week and learn command lines before they figure out how to run firefox Sad thing is, back in the day Computers and Operating Systems came with big spiral bound manuals and people would actually LEARN their system through and through and then even program them. But the PC became popular because of grandma and grandpa who just wanted to check email and do a web search so that is most people now. yes but this isnt the 1990's anymore arch has its niche, but its not for the masses ... linux is an awsome system, but needs more people i hope linuxdistros will be as streamlined and easy to install and use as mac os has been known for so the masses migrate over.. slick, userfriendly, without hassles and open source ubuntu, mint and opensuse is more or less there Don't get me wrong, I agree GET SAVED: Thread: Are you SAVED from DAMNATION? "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another." -- Galatians 5:14-26 |
Anubis User ID: 4949345 Canada 02/14/2013 02:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're doing it wrong run if you have to run FF from a terminal. Seriously. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14068473 Of course it's wrong - real men use lynx in the terminal. ^^^ this here is GLP within LYNX [link to s12.postimage.org] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34391617 Germany 02/14/2013 02:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're doing it wrong run if you have to run FF from a terminal. Seriously. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14068473 Of course it's wrong - real men use lynx in the terminal. ^^^ this here is GLP within LYNX [link to s12.postimage.org] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 24057050 Canada 02/14/2013 10:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I recently took the Linux plunge again with Mint as well (Cinnamon). Tried Ubunutu and a few other distros a few years ago and didn't really like it... It was interesting for a few days but I didn't like the Cinnamon desktop that much... Decided to try Ubuntu 12.10 earlier today and Unity is much better than it once was (liked it more than Cinnamon actually)... but again, not really "feeling it". There's a few Windows apps that I just can't live without and Wine... although does the trick for the most part, is a little buggy. |
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