For anyone interested in ditching Windows and going Linux. In my opinion, you wont regret it.
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Slackware user here, but my hubby does all the matinence... He has set Linux up for many of my friends (helps them when ever they need it). He is a nurse by trade, but loves computer stuff as a hobby. Linux is totally worth learning!!!!
In 1994 I was using a multiuser multitasking OS with a virtual desktop (olvwm).
My friends were using DOS with the Windows program.
In 1995 I switched to Debian for dselect (package management)
Dselect was about a decade ahead of it's time
Then I switched to Ubuntu. Ubuntu handled the proprietary stuff better.
IMO the .deb package system is the overall best.
In the early days Slackware was a clumsy upgrade.
I prefer Slackware (I have used Ubuntu, Mint and others), but it could be because I don't really have to deal with the updates/upgrades myself lol!!! I think my husband kind of likes the challanges of Slackware.
There is a little text based package manager called 'dselect'.
It is absolutely amazing, considering it is 25 years old.
It is one of the original debian package managers.
It is still a workhorse today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dselect
I'll show this to my hsband! He might already know about it, but maybe not :)
It was designed for .deb based distros like debian and Ubuntu, etc.
I showed Dselect to my husband, and he did know about it. I guess he says he's not a fan of Debian... Oh and I don't know why, but I can't give you any upvotes (maybe, because I'm still a handshake user)...
It works with any distro that uses ,deb packages.
There are a bunch.
Ubuntu is like a more friendly version of Debian.
I Like Debian. It is a little anal retentive about free software.
The old saying -- Debian is more stable than the earth itself.
Did that back in 1994
Slackware 0.99 kernel (50 floppies)
UbuntuMATE now
Haven't looked back.
https://ubuntu-mate.org/download/
Guide to all distros
https://distrowatch.com/
Thanks =)
I think the Ubuntu family has the highest package count.
The MATE desktop comes with the regular Ubuntu too.
The MATE desktop is a fork of the gnome2 desktop.
When the gnome3 desktop came out a lot of people (including myself)
preferred gnome2.
I use it on a desktop computer.
Some laptops will have funky hardware and you might have to use a distro made just for laptops.
There are some chromebook hacks where you can make a cheap Linux laptop.
(you have to enable write access)
https://www.metacrawler.com/serp?q=linux+chromebook+hack
I messed with Linux about 15 years ago, and forgot about it...gave up on it or whatever. After coming back to it I love it.
Ubuntu DP is the way, and its a verified Ubuntu partner.
https://ualinux.com/en/download/category/36-ubuntu-pack-20-04
You are way better describing my Linux experience...I love it.
My philosophy is simple: if the user has to fuck with the command line, the OS has already failed. If the user wants to and can, then sure, there's lots of stuff to play with, more power to you.
Typing in text commands is the equivalent of disassembling your car in your garage—if you're a mechanical hobbyist and enjoy spending your time that way that's great. But most of us just want to get in our car to drive somewhere and never think about it again. Linux never seems to reach that level of not being forced to eventually tinker with it.
Every five years or so I look at it anew, and once again am reminded that Linux is only free if my time is worth nothing. I'm not a hobbyist. I should probably check it out again, see what's changed.
Maybe you should look at Linux Mint. It's a well polished distro with lots of gui options. You likely won't need to open the terminal. Every year linux gets better and has less and less problems requiring terminal use.
Other very easy distros are pop os and elementary os.
I'm in the same boat. I want to give it a go and I want to get away from with windows but shouldn't have to deal with the command prompt to do anything. I can expect someone to flame this comment because I mentioned the precious command prompt by the same neckbeards who defend their distro as if its a religion.
I just want my OS to work. I don't want to have to work for my OS. I have Elementary OS on an old machine and it's pretty nice. I'm not ready to use it for my main system but it could do the work.
Slackware user here, but my hubby does all the matinence... He has set Linux up for many of my friends (helps them when ever they need it). He is a nurse by trade, but loves computer stuff as a hobby. Linux is totally worth learning!!!!
Linux is a much more free world. I left the Bill Gates world long ago.
Link: https://forums.jeff.pro/
Windows suck. I long ago left it. Microsoft is a controlling mind.
"ditched that many years ago" sounds like a decade or two ago. I haven't needed to compile a kernel for at least 20 years. The module system works very well now. I already knew Apollo Domain, SunOs, HPUX, and various other SysV and BSD variants of Unix so my learning curve for Linux was non-existent.
A whole lot of..... shall I say complaining? Not single word of a solution. So, no on has a better solution. I'm actually satisfied with what I use.
IMO You don't use Linux
That bullshit answer went away about 20 years ago.
Home run!
So whats your point if already using Linux....Why are you not using Windows?
I would have upvoted your comments if they contained a correctly-constructed sentence. As it is, the lack of capital letters makes your text look like that of a 5-year-old and it's tedious to read.
This argument has been going on for years. The issue with Linux.
It's going to be way too technical for the average user. It's good at sticking with being a network operating system for servers.
I find just the opposite (trying to edit the registry)
Update 1000 software packages in Windows in one pass... . . . .
How many average users are going to want to edit the registry? Most don't want to deal with various key/value pairs.
The times I have done it over the years is not because I "want to".
So you are saying most people here are too stupid for Linux?
Not at all.
I am a software engineer. And I don't even want to use Linux for normal day to day computing.
Windows works just fine.
Now if am hosting Docker containers. I for surely want Linux containers.
IMO the easiest way is to get a usb DVD drive and burn an install DVD .iso on it
then boot the DVD.
You can do it with a thumb drive too.
https://www.metacrawler.com/serp?q=create+linux+boot+with+mac