Christian OS

[Marbleyes902]

I am a Linux convert. And two things that brought me over to using almost exclusively Linux, is it's free. Who doesn't like "free"? It is generally more secure. The latter being what got me started. I managed to get a couple viruses one right after the other, which totally crippled my pc, and had to wipe the drive both times to be rid of it. Lost a lot of personal data both times. Plus it's just a pain in the backside to have to reinstall the OS and software over and over. So after doing the research, I decided to try Ubuntu. Very easy to install (that was 7 years ago, today it is so simple a child could do it) and does everything and more that Windows ever did. Haven't had any issues at all with viruses since. I do have an older pc with XP still on it. There are a couple of games my wife likes that don't run in Linux. And an external drive with old pictures etc backed up, that for some reason Linux just refuses to recognize, but XP sees it right away. Go figure. But now I'm rambling. To my point.......
For those with families or those who simply like the idea of a Christian version operating system. It's called Ubuntu CE (Christian Edition)
Along with the standard software, Ubuntu CE includes the best available Christian software, Bibles, commentaries and assorted study guides. It also includes fully integrated web content parental controls powered by the award winning "Dansguardian".
All for free. And for those who know how to download a dvd (ISO) image and burn it in a program like Nero, you can burn a copy and try it without installing it. It's a "live dvd". Put it in the dvd drive and reboot, it will load the OS into RAM and let you take it for a test drive. All fully functional, but not on the hard drive. So your present system is untouched. If you like, then you can install.

 

[FreedByte]

I am a Linux convert. And two things that brought me over to using almost exclusively Linux, is it's free. Who doesn't like "free"? It is generally more secure. The latter being what got me started. I managed to get a couple viruses one right after the other, which totally crippled my pc, and had to wipe the drive both times to be rid of it. Lost a lot of personal data both times. Plus it's just a pain in the backside to have to reinstall the OS and software over and over. So after doing the research, I decided to try Ubuntu. Very easy to install (that was 7 years ago, today it is so simple a child could do it) and does everything and more that Windows ever did. Haven't had any issues at all with viruses since. I do have an older pc with XP still on it. There are a couple of games my wife likes that don't run in Linux. And an external drive with old pictures etc backed up, that for some reason Linux just refuses to recognize, but XP sees it right away. Go figure. But now I'm rambling. To my point.......
For those with families or those who simply like the idea of a Christian version operating system. It's called Ubuntu CE (Christian Edition)
Along with the standard software, Ubuntu CE includes the best available Christian software, Bibles, commentaries and assorted study guides. It also includes fully integrated web content parental controls powered by the award winning "Dansguardian".
All for free. And for those who know how to download a dvd (ISO) image and burn it in a program like Nero, you can burn a copy and try it without installing it. It's a "live dvd". Put it in the dvd drive and reboot, it will load the OS into RAM and let you take it for a test drive. All fully functional, but not on the hard drive. So your present system is untouched. If you like, then you can install.

Congrats on switching to Ubuntu. Ubuntu CE is still on 12.04 I believe so I would recommend installing 14.04 and then installing the software that Ubuntu CE includes manually.

 

[Sketcher]

I like Linux, not a Unity fan though. I use Mint KDE for that reason. XFCE also is making strides, so I'd recommend Mint XFCE for those who are trying to breathe life into an older machine (assuming it's dual core).

 

[C-Man]

I put an unofficial Mint version with LXDE on an old 800 MHz Duron-based machine, and it's been cranking away as a word processor and web browser without a hiccup. :3

 

[Sketcher]

I put an unofficial Mint version with LXDE on an old 800 MHz Duron-based machine, and it's been cranking away as a word processor and web browser without a hiccup. :3

Kernel version?

 

[C-Man]

I'm not even sure, honestly. I just slapped the disc in and installed it. Didn't have to do anything special. I know it was Mint 14, and it had just come out. *shrug

 

[Sketcher]

I'm not even sure, honestly. I just slapped the disc in and installed it. Didn't have to do anything special. I know it was Mint 14, and it had just come out. *shrug

So 3.x. Very nice that you got good performance on that single-core dinosaur.

 

[FreedByte]

I like Linux, not a Unity fan though. I use Mint KDE for that reason. XFCE also is making strides, so I'd recommend Mint XFCE for those who are trying to breathe life into an older machine (assuming it's dual core).

KDE is great but yea XFCE is probably best for older machines. It can actually look quite modern if you theme it right

 

[Unix]

Best FREE Bibles, commentaries and study guides doesn't appeal to me at all. Perhaps I'm a bit biased as I'm entering seminary soon, but I haven't seen many recent free resources that would be worth trying out. I haven't checked out Ubuntu CE and won't - I have enough to do reviewing what I have and the book purchases I'm planning:

It's called Ubuntu CE (Christian Edition)
Along with the standard software, Ubuntu CE includes the best available Christian software, Bibles, commentaries and assorted study guides.

 

[MrJim]

Best FREE Bibles, commentaries and study guides doesn't appeal to me at all. Perhaps I'm a bit biased as I'm entering seminary soon, but I haven't seen many recent free resources that would be worth trying out. I haven't checked out Ubuntu CE and won't - I have enough to do reviewing what I have and the book purchases I'm planning:

OOOH which seminary?

jealous I am....

 

[Qyöt27]

I put an unofficial Mint version with LXDE on an old 800 MHz Duron-based machine, and it's been cranking away as a word processor and web browser without a hiccup. :3

Probably not as impressive, but I've got Ubuntu* on a PIII-era Celeron (1GHz, Coppermine). Likewise, using LXDE, albeit fancied up a bit using Compton. Mostly use it for cross-compiling my media toolchain, maintaining the repos on my Github account, and doing patch testing and whatnot.

*I always run the latest version, so currently 14.04. Started with 5.10, though.

 

[EphesiaNZ]

Probably not as impressive, but I've got Ubuntu* on a PIII-era Celeron (1GHz, Coppermine). Likewise, using LXDE, albeit fancied up a bit using Compton.

That box is begging for something like Arch with bspwm

As far as Ubuntu CE is concerned, you can put all of the apps etc. onto most variants of Linux if you wish - they will be in the software repos of your distro.

My desktop "verse of the day" via Conky was a favorite with people for the next version of Ubuntu CE - so I may be famous at last LOL

 

[EphesiaNZ]

I like Linux, not a Unity fan though. I use Mint KDE for that reason. XFCE also is making strides, so I'd recommend Mint XFCE for those who are trying to breathe life into an older machine (assuming it's dual core).

XFCE is a winner on old and new hardware and has been my default now since Unity/Gnome3 debacle. KDE is good but a little too much eye candy overkill for me. If they simplified things a bit more it would be a winner.

Mint XFCE is quite good as it Manjaro XFCE - based on Arch Linux so is quick and always has the latest packages.

 

[lesliedellow]

Linux never lasts more than ten minutes on my computer before I lose patience with it, and I delete the partition it is sitting on. Unix is the work of the Devil.

Mint tends to last longer than most distributions.

 

[FreedByte]

Linux never lasts more than ten minutes on my computer before I lose patience with it, and I delete the partition it is sitting on. Unix is the work of the Devil.

Mint tends to last longer than most distributions.

 

[EphesiaNZ]

Unix is the work of the Devil.

That's a truly funny statement for me because I've always regarded the others in this league. If you sit down and look at the ethics behind MS and Apple then look at Linux you should find that the latter aligns itself to those who care about humanity in general and usually puts people before Mammon. I wonder where the Christian editions of Windows and OSX are?

It also draws parallels to Christianity in the fact that there are those out there that want Linux/Open Source destroyed because it appears to threaten their systems of greed. Let's look at what Mr. Ballmer (ex CEO of Microsoft) said of Linux,

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches

Statements like these justify why I use Linux.

Also I prefer to use ethical products that don't capitalize on slave labour, charge over inflated prices and use offshore tax havens to maximize their profits at the expense of those people that could benefit from those taxes.