Just switched to the Light Side

[KookyFox]

Hey y'all bunch of floofies,

 

So I've wanted to do this ever since I purchased my laptop, and I finally did it today:

I nuked the crap out of the SSHD of my lappy (formerly running win8) and installed lUbuntu on it ^^ .
It's such a relief to finally have my own stable, reliable, secure and light workspace!
It went relatively flawlessly, especially when considering that I'm using a Lenovo Computer, with locks all over the BIOS to ensure that it's hard to boot something else than windows on it.
But hey now it's all working ^^
And I seriously recommend anyone to do the same on their work/education lappy ^w^

So how many of you have joined the light side?
 

 

[Crunchy]

My complete lack of knowledge on how to/ what is would prevent me from ever doing this : X

Edited November 29, 2015 by Crunchy

[KookyFox]

My complete lack of knowledge on how to/ what is would prevent me from ever doing this : X

It's actually pretty fool proof ^^'  , ven more in my opinion than installing a windows OS. Of course if you don't have a bit of base knowledge o Linux it's still recommended that you do it with a linux user friend of yours ^^

[Phausk]

My complete lack of knowledge on how to/ what is would prevent me from ever doing this : X

Installing Linux these days is generally straight forward as long as you aren't installing something like Gentoo...

[Spot]

*says good for you while enjoying my Windows experience with superior gaming and driver support*

Could've just dual booted both OS's.

 

Edited November 30, 2015 by Mr. Fox

[Kalmor]

My raspberry pi has been running pretty much constantly ever since I got it and it has never crashed. I do little things on there from time to time (run some test python scripts that I need running while my PC is offline for the night) and I run a znc IRC bouncer on it in the background.

Linux is a wonderful thing.

Edited November 30, 2015 by Kalmor

[KookyFox]

*says good for you while enjoying my Windows experience with superior gaming and driver support*

Could've just dual booted both OS's.

 

I don't run games on this laptop, I use it solely for simple tasks, web browsing, bureautics, chatting etc....
I have my desktop gaming machine for games

[Crunchy]

So what are the pros of using linux exactly? I have been a windows OS user my whole life and can't complain, windows 7 never gave me many problems that I can think of. I see it all around the internet, people talking up linux and stuff, but why :V

[KookyFox]

So what are the pros of using linux exactly? I have been a windows OS user my whole life and can't complain, windows 7 never gave me many problems that I can think of. I see it all around the internet, people talking up linux and stuff, but why :V

linux OSs vary a lot, but to talk about the one I use, lUbuntu, it's a lot more stable than any win OS, it also uses a lot less ressources to run the OS so it has a much better response time, it's safer in regards to malwares, trojans etc... Mr.Fox basically stated the biggest reason why most people still use windows: the library of applications and games that can run on linux is limited, as it mainly consists of opensource programs.

Though gaming is coming to Linux more and more, especially thanks to steamOS, a linux distribution oriented towards gaming through steam.

[Onnes]

So what are the pros of using linux exactly? I have been a windows OS user my whole life and can't complain, windows 7 never gave me many problems that I can think of. I see it all around the internet, people talking up linux and stuff, but why :V

I think the pros vary quite a bit depending on the person and the usage case.
The most general is simply that almost all linux distros are free and you can run one or another on damn near anything. This is a big deal if you like consistency or want to save money when putting together a cheap system. It's also perfect for dual-boot scenarios.

Everything else that comes to my mind, though, is more specialized. 
If you like working from the command line then of course linux is hard to beat. It also has much better support with the GCC toolchain and other major development tools than Windows does. These things also apply to OS X, at least in part, but OS X isn't designed to be run on anything but Apple hardware, which is increasingly limited with the death of the traditional Mac Pro and Xserve.

And there's also customization. If you're willing to work for it, you can do damn near anything you want to your terminal and desktop interface on linux. The "work for it" part can be rather key, though.

[Mikazuki Marazhu]

I'm seeing too much jargons which isn't good enough to convince me to try out Linux.

[KookyFox]

My raspberry pi has been running pretty much constantly ever since I got it and it has never crashed. I do little things on there from time to time (run some test python scripts that I need running while my PC is offline for the night) and I run a znc IRC bouncer on it in the background.

Linux is a wonderful thing.

I'd like to start fiddlin' with a Raspberry pi, though I don't know wht to do with it ^^'

I'm seeing too much jargons which isn't good enough to convince me to try out Linux.

Yup that's the issue with Linux afficionados ^^  , well it's also the same with windows users the only difference is that you are used to the jargon ^^  .
But yeah I'm glad they ran us through a Linux basics course at the University, It allowed me to get used to the basics of linux ^^

[Kalmor]

I'd like to start fiddlin' with a Raspberry pi, though I don't know wht to do with it ^^'

http://readwrite.com/2014/01/21/raspberry-pi-great-projects

You can also run things like reddit bots off it - and real life robots! It can do pretty much anything within reason. One guy even used to make his coffee machine respond to requests for coffee from his PC.

[Sar]

It's actually pretty fool proof ^^'  , ven more in my opinion than installing a windows OS. Of course if you don't have a bit of base knowledge o Linux it's still recommended that you do it with a linux user friend of yours ^^

This. Another suggestion would be is to try out a distro in VirtualBox so that you have a good understanding of the install process and don't wipe your other partitions. But remember to make your backups in case something goes wrong and you wipe all your porn games.

Installing Linux these days is generally straight forward as long as you aren't installing something like Gentoo...

Gentoo stigma is what people think of linux - and at first was true, but I'm not willing to go there. Only install Gentoo or Arch if you are willing to roll your sleeves up and mess with configs. However, based distros are a good option for people interested in such light setups without the need to go through CLI, like Funtoo and Antegros. I actually recently switched to Antegros from Manjaro because Antegros does not have as much crap pre-installed.

[KookyFox]

This. Another suggestion would be is to try out a distro in VirtualBox so that you have a good understanding of the install process and don't wipe your other partitions. But remember to make your backups in case something goes wrong and you wipe all your porn games.

Gentoo stigma is what people think of linux - and at first was true, but I'm not willing to go there. Only install Gentoo or Arch if you are willing to roll your sleeves up and mess with configs. However, based distros are a good option for people interested in such light setups without the need to go through CLI, like Funtoo and Antegros. I actually recently switched to Antegros from Manjaro because Antegros does not have as much crap pre-installed.

no need for a virtual machine to test some distibs. You can just boot lubuntu from the drive you have it on and see how things are, then when you're ready you can install it and it will just do it's thing. The good thing with lubuntu too is that you can actually never type a single console command if you want, since it has the LXDE interface.

[Sar]

The good thing with lubuntu too is that you can actually never type a single console command if you want, since it has the LXDE interface.

Lubuntu or Xubuntu are pretty good choices - especially if you're coming from Windows. I still use XFCE4, it has fantastic wacom support. The window manager on it is also easy to swap out.

[Azu]

My primary desktop dual-boots Mint and Windows 7.

I almost never have a reason to use Mint, to be honest. It's a fantastic OS, and I use it on my laptop all the time, but as a primary OS for my desktop? I don't really need it. It's more of a fail-safe in case something goes wrong with my Windows 7 installation. I would love to use Mint more often, but unfortunately I don't have an excuse to do so.

[Toboe]

Hey y'all bunch of floofies,

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So how many of you have joined the light side?
 

Welcome to the Linux! (from a Kubuntu user)

 

But yeah I'm glad they ran us through a Linux basics course at the University, It allowed me to get used to the basics of linux ^^

A Linux basics course at Uni? Cool.

 

<3 apt-get, or the fact that even if i eff up, there is still tty, lynx and so on.

[VulpineTaco]

I could never switch to Linux. Far too few useful programs support it to justify swapping. I MIGHT have dual-booted it, if it provided any real performance boosts to games and video production, but as of now, it's too much of a hassle to switch over, and not enough of my programs support it.