14 January 2021

Contemplating A Big Move

I am strongly considering a move to a Linux distro.

I've dabbled with Ubuntu before, so I'm not completely unfamiliar.

JT recommends Zorin.

It looks like Linux is much more mature than it once was.

All of the apps I use daily are there, especially since iTunes became a steaming pile of suck with regards to video playback on Win7.

I think that iTunes only runs well on the old Mac Pro because the OS got cut off from support and iTunes never got updated to suckage there.

That machine isn't online any more, but it makes a dandy entertainment center!

Posted by Angus McThag at 19:39
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  1. The Neon Madman14 January, 2021 21:23

    I use Fedora (with LibreOffice), am pretty pleased with it. I stopped using Windows after Win 7, I loathe Win 10. For the most part Fedora works well. Sometimes you have to do a bit of research and tweaking, but there is an extensive support community out there and for common uses it is pretty much plug-and-play.

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  2. freddyboomboom15 January, 2021 01:44

    I like Manjaro Linux quite a bit. Steam works in it, and I even ran a few Windows programs via the built in version of Wine.

    Download it, burn it to a USB thumb drive, boot off the thumb drive and take it for a test drive. If you like it, back up your data, then install from the same thumb drive.

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  3. Therefore15 January, 2021 07:18

    I use windows for autodesk in a virtual server on my desktop computer but my only is outside of that since the 90s had been linux or Unix.

    You have my email, if you want to jump to linux I will provide you with support.

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  4. James15 January, 2021 12:28

    I went to Linux Mint, related to Ubuntu, a year ago and have no regrets. It doesn't regularly send data back to headquarters, cough Microsoft cough.

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  5. Jonathan H15 January, 2021 13:31

    It has gotten very easy to use. I don't have enough recent experience to recommend a distro, but I too am thinking about moving over. My current PC is getting old and will need replaced in the next year or 2. When I do that, I'll almost certainly go Linux to avoid Windows 10.

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  6. samoore15 January, 2021 14:52

    I put ChaletOS on a Satellite last year, and it has worked out well.
    The look and feel is similar to Win7, which makes getting around easy.

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  7. Anonymous16 January, 2021 06:54

    I second Linux Mint. I set my folks up with it on a laptop and there have been zero calls for tech support and that is now three years! It. just. works.
    JK

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