
GNU/Linux "Help a newbie"
#1 Posted 25 December 2012 - 01:17 PM
And I can't find proper answer through google.
Shit, I found it in the "start" menu. Sorry....
This post has been edited by Burnett: 25 December 2012 - 02:31 PM
#2 Posted 26 December 2012 - 04:15 PM
#3 Posted 26 December 2012 - 07:36 PM
I don't know what to do next. Either use it as my primal OS through VirtualBox for internet browsing and stuff, or try to do dual boot for be able to play some native videogames on it.
Or just stay on Win7 since I've got it pretty tightly configured with EFS, backups, user management and stuff.
One thing annoyed me somehow. In Linux manuals it is said that you shouldn't work with root privileges and stuff cause it's insecure and stupid. Yet it is pretty normal practice for advanced users to work under "root" in Windows. Once I tell those people to work under "user" they start saying crap like "it's my system and I'm not gonna limit myself". How Linux/*nix mamaged to teach the same advanced users not to work under root yet Windows mostly failed?
#4 Posted 26 August 2013 - 08:42 AM
So I need some general recommendation regarding brands and theirs work in Linux environment. Not strictly a "help me build PC" question.
CPU: I guess it doesn't matter, but probably go with Intel.
MB: I have no idea which brand to use concerning driver support etc.
Video: AMD or Nvidia?
HDD: Does SSD or HDD matter?
How is gaming on Linux generally?

#5 Posted 10 September 2016 - 01:15 PM
#6 Posted 10 September 2016 - 03:18 PM
On games only about 90 titles in my library DON'T run have a Linux port but it's mostly all things that run under Wine (or in some cases have a Linux port just not on Steam). Except like... The Witcher 3 which I bought during the SteamOS sale but the port still hasn't materialized.
#7 Posted 10 September 2016 - 11:33 PM
#8 Posted 12 September 2016 - 07:02 AM
Kathy, on 10 September 2016 - 01:15 PM, said:
>Using Arch
Why not use a distro that works, like OpenSUSE?

#9 Posted 13 February 2017 - 03:47 PM
Now I'm wondering if I have the best linux installed. I'm comfortable with using Ubuntu, but everyone on the internet seems so split towards their own preferred versions. My question is; is there really a wrong linux to work with, or does it mostly come down to preference for the interface itself?
Also, would anyone recommend installing linux on a live USB so that the OS and all the software and data are booted directly from the USB itself? The main downside to this I've read on the internet is that the USB tends to wear out quite quickly due to the frequent reading and writing.
#10 Posted 13 February 2017 - 04:01 PM
#11 Posted 13 February 2017 - 04:07 PM
#12 Posted 13 February 2017 - 04:22 PM
My macbook pro is also university-owned and will likely have to return it at the end. I'm looking into linux because I really, really don't want to go back to windows for research. For a variety of reasons the terminal makes research a lot smoother, and having to install clunky windows addons like Putty doesn't appeal to me.
#13 Posted 13 February 2017 - 04:23 PM
Hendricks266, on 13 February 2017 - 04:07 PM, said:
Yeah, the only way a USB device would work acceptably would be if you had a SSD in an enclosure rather than a run-of-the-mill flash drive. The main thing that sucks about that is that they usually don't support passing a TRIM command along to the device.
#14 Posted 13 February 2017 - 04:43 PM
I tend to recommend Ubuntu GNOME, but regular Ubuntu is fine. There is no "best", only what suits you. Ubuntu and derivatives tend to have most of what you need ready to go and easy ways to get the rest (and very active communities for anything else). But Arch for example also has an active community and even though using it might not be recommended for the average joe the information you find in that community mostly applies everything since in general Linux is Linux minus certain distro specific file tree structures and package managers and such.
/home and the OS should be separate btw (in my opinion at least). in case of catastrophe it's easy to just blow up the OS partition. /home has all of your stuff anyway including settings.
#15 Posted 13 February 2017 - 09:50 PM
TerminX, on 13 February 2017 - 04:01 PM, said:
I have Debian on a separate hard drive as part of my dual boot system.
Solid. Reliable. A lot of packages. Good support, because a lot of people use it.
I'd recommend the .deb distros over the .rpm flavors. - Just for reliability & stability alone.
Whichever distro you go with is more or less personal preference.
https://distrowatch.com/
This community is always helpful, no matter what distribution you operate.
https://www.linuxquestions.org/
This post has been edited by Forge: 13 February 2017 - 09:51 PM
#16 Posted 14 February 2017 - 12:41 AM
Edit: Mblackwell I assume you were running that HDD on USB 3?
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#17 Posted 14 February 2017 - 05:19 AM
#18 Posted 14 February 2017 - 07:38 AM
Micky C, on 14 February 2017 - 12:41 AM, said:
Edit: Mblackwell I assume you were running that HDD on USB 3?
Currently yes, however my old boards only supported 2.0 and the experience was much the same.
#19 Posted 14 February 2017 - 12:28 PM
KDE is more like a windows environment.
Gnome is more like an OSX environment.
There are others as well, but these have been the two primary ones for several years now.
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#21 Posted 14 February 2017 - 01:46 PM
What I like is that the O/S isn't the GUI. the GUI is just a component of the O/S. (an optional component at that)
If you don't like the version of the GUI you have, you can "downgrade" or go "backwards" in packages without the entire system throwing a fit and going into meltdown.
This post has been edited by Forge: 14 February 2017 - 01:47 PM
#23 Posted 17 February 2017 - 10:31 AM
Also, KDE has very adorable mascot.

#24 Posted 17 February 2017 - 03:37 PM
I've had a quick look at SteamOS. Apparent game performance is a lot worse than on windows. I wouldn't have thought there'd be much of a difference since SteamOS is designed explicitly for gaming while Windows has to be a more general purpose OS. But I guess Windows has had a lot longer to improve these things.
#25 Posted 17 February 2017 - 04:10 PM
#26 Posted 17 February 2017 - 04:34 PM
Did they even finished SteamOS? I believe they wanted to make it because they were afraid that MS would block Steam on Windows 10.
#27 Posted 17 February 2017 - 04:57 PM
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#29 Posted 17 February 2017 - 10:03 PM
I then switched to Mandrake Linux, but shortly afterwards it went through changes, re-branded as Mandriva, and turned to shit as well.
Been on Debian since.
It's been quite awhile, so Fedora might be alright. I can't say for sure; all I know is that some of my last experiences with rpm based distros weren't that great.
If I were to try an rpm distro, I'd probably give openSuse a go.
I tried it before I went to debian. It seemed okay and at least stable, but at the time I was having problems getting it to play nice with my hardware, so i moved on.
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#30 Posted 17 February 2017 - 10:38 PM
if anybody asks, it was Viper's idea.