Any other linux users here? :)

[Sketcher]

I was an OpenSUSE user for a long time, now I'm on Mint 13 KDE. I've been playing around with Crunchbang and Arch in VirtualBox lately. I also work with CentOS servers.

 

[elytron]

I tried Arch a long time ago, in a virtual machine. Might try it again some day on my laptop.

 

[BlueLioness]

And if so, what is your favorite distro and for how long have you been using linux?


Also, what is your favorite desktop environment?

I've heard about Linux. o.o

I think our computer operators Windows operating system though and not Linux because of what type of computer it is. Its custom made.

THIS COMPUTER IS NOT A MAC EITHER.

 

[FreedByte]

I've heard about Linux. o.o

I think our computer operators Windows operating system though and not Linux because of what type of computer it is. Its custom made.

THIS COMPUTER IS NOT A MAC EITHER.

Generally there are workarounds for incompatible hardware. I managed to find workarounds for my non-linux compatible printer and wireless adapter.

Definitely don't go installing linux unless you know what you are doing, though.

 

[EphesiaNZ]

Definitely don't go installing linux unless you know what you are doing, though.

Well you could say the same about Mac and Windows then as a lot of people buy these machines without a hint of thought as to the troubles that could lie ahead...

 

[FreedByte]

Well you could same the same about Mac and Windows then as a lot of people buy these machines without a hint of thought as to the troubles that could lie ahead...

True

Generally though, you don't need to wory about using the command line to get incompatible hardware working when installing windows on old hardware.

 

[EphesiaNZ]

True

Generally though, you don't need to wory about using the command line to get incompatible hardware working when installing windows on old hardware.

I find Linux mostly better than Windows for hardware (both old and new) these days as all the hardware I attach just starts working without any driver CD or additional downloads. There will always be some old or new hardware that wont play the game but I've seen plenty of instances of this in Windows too

 

[Cachook]

Anyone got a good suggestion for a distro? Ubuntu never seems to work for me. I am rather noviced.

 

[Sketcher]

Anyone got a good suggestion for a distro? Ubuntu never seems to work for me. I am rather noviced.

Mint or OpenSUSE.

 

[Cachook]

Mint or OpenSUSE.

If you would not mind, could you PM me? I wanted to run a LiveUSB, but don't want to clog up the thread.

 

[Gnarwhal]

I'm a Mac guy through and through (have been since '89), that said I've been tossing around the idea of getting an inexpensive PC laptop and dumping Windows for a Linux distro. I'm an absolute novice when it comes to using Linux though, from what I've heard Ubuntu is the most user-friendly of them all, but I've also been interested in how TAILS works - although from what I understand, it's primarily a DVD/USB drive based system, correct?

 

[EphesiaNZ]

I'm a Mac guy through and through (have been since '89), that said I've been tossing around the idea of getting an inexpensive PC laptop and dumping Windows for a Linux distro. I'm an absolute novice when it comes to using Linux though, from what I've heard Ubuntu is the most user-friendly of them all, but I've also been interested in how TAILS works - although from what I understand, it's primarily a DVD/USB drive based system, correct?

I tend to advise people switching to try Linux Mint to start.

TAILS is a security based live Linux distro aimed at anonymity but the degree of anonymity is questionable IMHO.

 

[Sketcher]

I tend to advise people switching to try Linux Mint to start.

I second this. Mint is what Ubuntu used to be.

Though I am considering switching away from Mint because of stability issues when running VirtualBox instances. I now have to boot into Windows to experiment with Arch. Sadface.

 

[Cachook]

Ubuntu seems to be..... Shaky. Does Mint work well with Asus laptops?

 

[FreedByte]

Ubuntu seems to be..... Shaky. Does Mint work well with Asus laptops?

Writing this from an Ubuntu laptop, no shakiness here! I am running GNOME 3 on it though, not unity. What problems were you having?

 

[Cachook]

Writing this from an Ubuntu laptop, no shakiness here! I am running GNOME 3 on it though, not unity. What problems were you having?

Ubuntu did not agree with my wifi chipset. It also kept prompting sudo pass and nothing worked. I was using 12.04 LTS from the wubi.

 

[pgp_protector]

I've been running Ubuntu at home and work (server environment) and the only time I've had problems is when I messed something up

The only time the work one has gone down is when we had a power outage, and it came right back up without issue.

 

[FreedByte]

Ubuntu did not agree with my wifi chipset. It also kept prompting sudo pass and nothing worked. I was using 12.04 LTS from the wubi.

If your wifi chipset wasn't ubuntu-compatible, it is probably not linux-compatible at all. The same thing happened when I tried to install ubuntu on my old desktop; you just have to use ndiswrapper and the windows driver files and the problem is solved.

Also, "sudo" is required whenever administrator privileges are required, and many actions related to drivers require administrator privileges.

Wubi is being phased out because it can be unstable. The fact that you are able to install ubuntu via a piece of software within windows is a great feature as it is, though!

If you need help using ubuntu, I recommend the #ubuntu IRC channel on Freenode IRC. You can access it from a web client here: https://webchat.freenode.net/

 

[FreedByte]

the only time I've had problems is when I messed something up

Same thing here

For example, I installed GNOME 3 over unity and now unity is broken! GNOME works fine though so there's no problem really

 

[Sketcher]

Ubuntu seems to be..... Shaky. Does Mint work well with Asus laptops?

Mint IS Ubuntu. Without the Unity fail.