Linux discussion
- Thread starter Nothing_Much
- Start date
Usually it tends to be that people who aren't comfortable in a CLI environment, aren't fond of linux.
They need to either try something like Ubuntu (looks different) or Kubuntu (Windows lookalike). I wanna punch whoever recommends a computer newbie to something like Arch or Gentoo (starts off with the CLI and you literally start from scratch and have to do a lot and I do mean a LOT of reading from the Arch or Gentoo wiki), but I'd also like to punch whoever doesn't want to try out something new that literally takes just holding down the Super (Windows) key and about a page of reading for Ubuntu's Unity interface.
I would not use the Ubuntu installer for windows. At least use a USB boot installer.
Ubuntu is okay, I hate the unity interface. I prefer Crunchbang over Ubuntu, seems like ubuntu has been getting a bit worse.
Honestly someone should start with like Linux Mint, Ubuntu, or Xubuntu if you don't have a good computer.
CLIs' are where it's at though. So much more efficient.
Unity I honestly think is so much better than anything I've ever used, Gnome 3 included is also amazing. It just takes some getting used to.
I used Ubuntu, so all of my Linux experience is there.
and I used the Windows installer. obviously didn't use by boot disk, instead used a portion of my second internal hard drive that I normally use for Steam
come to think of it, I could probably get another 200GB by using my old SATA HDD, I think I have the power connector for it
You could just install linux on that external drive and just boot from that.
I like Ubuntu, but personally I'd go with Arch or Crunchbang.
I don't understand how people like it. I think it's atrocious for desktop computing. I'd enjoy it if I had a touchscreen tablet running ubuntu.
If you looked passed the gigantic icons on the left, you would see the extremely useful features that Ubuntu has to offer, such as merging the menus to the top of the screen rather than the menu taking up valuable viewing space of your web browser or application.
i dont know why should i have other linuxes i just want a linux that works but it doesnt so windows good
You have plenty of time to post "no u" in Unmod every 10 minutes though. You'd have better spent this time getting familiar with user-friendly distributions, like Ubuntu.
If you use Linux Mint or Ubuntu it'll mostly work out of the box, but *nix installations require work and customization for your machine.
It's not for gaming, though.
I would recommend you get yourself an old Core 2 Duo craptop and use Ubuntu or something for at least 15 or 30 days, you have to learn this type of shit at some point in your life once Windows 7 bites the dust.
Debian is also good (I like the GNOME interface). Ubuntu used to use that instead of Unity. I dislike Unity.
Gnome 2 or Gnome 3? Gnome 3 I do believe is slightly better than Unity, but mostly because Compiz is slow as hell on Unity.