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12-04-2016, 11:11 PM
It is clear that in order get companies to do what we want, we must stop giving money to them. Microsoft is no different. Unless you are a video editor, or a game developer, you should not be using Windows.
The great thing about Linux is that you can be sure that you are not being spied on. It is also much more customizable.
Currently, I'm using Linux Mint. It's great if you are a Windows user and you want to switch. It very closely resembles windows, with all the buttons you are familiar with.
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12-04-2016, 11:17 PM
Quote: (12-04-2016 11:14 PM)pheonix500000 Wrote:
we already have a linux thread
I couldn't find it. Where is it?
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12-04-2016, 11:17 PM
Linux is a PITA if you need to install software the distro does not come with.
Compiling?? Fuck that, I'll stick to my MBP, thank you very much!
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12-04-2016, 11:20 PM
Quote: (12-04-2016 11:17 PM)Simon Mcozelean Wrote:
Quote: (12-04-2016 11:14 PM)pheonix500000 Wrote:
we already have a linux thread
I couldn't find it. Where is it?
I can't tell if you're trolling me or not. That thread was not about the Linux OS. That was about a user with the name "linux."
This thread is off to a great start.
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12-04-2016, 11:27 PM
Quote: (12-04-2016 11:17 PM)Guitarman Wrote:
Linux is a PITA if you need to install software the distro does not come with.
Compiling?? Fuck that, I'll stick to my MBP, thank you very much!
I would have to disagree with that. I've been running Linux on my laptop for 6 months, and have not needed to compile any software.
Linux has gotten much more user-friendly over the years, to the point where it can be used as an alternative to windows without many problems.
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12-05-2016, 03:31 AM
Well Linux mint is a distro for softies.....
Running Linux has it's pros and cons vs windows. Obvious con is that a lot of software doesn't work with it. Although that gap has closed massively in say the last 10 years. Open office or libreoffice are really good. You can certainly run older hardware using linux. I'm still running an amd athalon 64 processor.
Another big pro is that it doesn't update all the time and when it does update you hardly ever have to reboot. Windows 7 seems like a self generating update machine where actually using the pc seems secondary to it updating itself continually.
I agree, OP, in principal, that we should not be giving microsoft money. I unplugged years ago.
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12-05-2016, 03:35 AM
I'd stick with MS, it's hard to get games running on Linux and Wine is just too much work.
I have a shitty computer, 2GB RAM Celeron processor...I installed Ubuntu since it should run faster but nope, it still keeps freezing up. Dunno what to do with it.
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12-05-2016, 07:21 AM
On my normal rig I run windows 8.1 with Startisback. But I have a dell laptop someone gave me that has no power whatsoever. I swapped the HDD with an SSD and threw on a lite linux install. Considerably better performance.
I like linux(both OS and member), and I am pondering doing an arch linux install on my main PC. But I don't know if I am ready to take the leap yet.
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12-05-2016, 10:44 AM
To be honest I prefer the other Linux thread to this one.
But about the operating system, I find later versions of Ubuntu to be too dumbed down.
I used to run a distro called Crunchbang (spelled #!) that used Debian and Ubuntu repos but was way more lightweight. I see that it's discontinued now but there's a continuation project apparently called Crunchbang plus plus (#!++) and I recommend intermediate level and above users to check it out.
Or run full blown Debian.
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12-05-2016, 10:54 AM
Quote: (12-04-2016 11:11 PM)Simon Mcozelean Wrote:
It is clear that in order get companies to do what we want, we must stop giving money to them. Microsoft is no different. Unless you are a video editor, or a game developer, you should not be using Windows.
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You don't have DIY things to get companies to do what you want. Microsoft is changing because of iOS and Google, not because people using open source Linux.
I've used Linux as a parallel system on my Chromebook so I could use Skype (Ubuntu I think). It's not that intuitive. I appreciate people who use it, I think it's awesome, and I worked at a big company that wrote a lot of software with it for POS and transaction systems...but Microsoft is thinking about Google and iOS, not nerds who use Linux.
I'm pretty nerdy (used to root my own Android and install Linux on PC), and even I don't find it terribly intuitive.
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12-06-2016, 01:25 PM
LOL this thread got me all confused. Thought it was linked to the braggart Linux on the travel game forum. Surprised he isn't on here talking about blackwater, mercs, cigars and how he actually created LINUX
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12-06-2016, 03:37 PM
Fuck Linux. Leave it on the servers where it belongs. Even Android which is Linux based works half-assed compared to iOS. I tinkered with Linux and used Mint a while back and it's not worth the hassle unless all you're going to do is get an underpowered netbook to surf the web on. I even installed Ubuntu Touch on a tablet and it was complete and utter shit.