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Post by geebo on Sept 16, 2023 14:36:01 GMT -5
I just decided to make my laptop a dual boot system with Windows 11 and Linux Mint. I knew nothing at all about Linux but I've always heard how it was more secure and pretty simple to use. I was surprised how easy and issue free the install went and the ease in which I can boot back and forth between the two operating systems. Setting up a network share was super easy. I'm going to start using it for all by web browsing until I get all the apps I need loaded up. I've already loaded Chrome and imported all my bookmarks.
Anyway, I was curious if there are any users here and what you think of Linux overall. Is it your only OS or do you use dual boot?
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Post by PAC on Sept 16, 2023 15:38:55 GMT -5
I use only Ubuntu on a Lenovo laptop with an internal SSD that sits in my home theater rack. I have jRiver loaded on the laptop and an external Seagate 2TB hard drive with music files (mostly FLAC) hooked up to the Lenovo P440. USB out to the RMC-1L. I'm very pleased with the stability of the Ubuntu OS and the entire setup. It has been very stable over the 8-10 years of use (XMC-1/RMC-1L). Seems that Ubuntu updates at least weekly and the updates load quickly and smoothly. Ubuntu is not as polished as a Windows or MAC, but I prefer that - less complicated. Also, I'm mostly pleased with the use and performance of jRiver, except they want to sell you updates yearly if you want to be on the "cutting edge" of tech (mostly video improvements) which really are not necessary for audio. I have not heard of any major issues with a Linux system in general over the years except that some programs in the past could not run on a Linux OS - but that has mostly been eliminated.
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Post by rbk123 on Sept 16, 2023 20:35:29 GMT -5
I run a dual boot with Ubuntu and it’s ok. The package installer is a pain and some of the things I want to use, the Linux ports do not work as well. It’s great for browsing and Office clone work. Also easier to transfer Mac files from a Mac external drive or thumb drive, which is nice.
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Post by MusicHead on Sept 16, 2023 22:07:04 GMT -5
Been tinkering with Linux close to 20 years now. I have tried countless distributions and in the last few years I have settled on Linux Mint as well.
I have currently two laptops and a minitower in a dual boot configuration. One of the laptops and the minitower I use with Linux Mint basically all the time.
Actually, considering Android is a Linux derivative, my Samsung S22 counts too 😄
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Post by geebo on Sept 16, 2023 23:29:12 GMT -5
Been tinkering with Linux close to 20 years now. I have tried countless distributions and in the last few years I have settled on Linux Mint as well. I have currently two laptops and a minitower in a dual boot configuration. One of the laptops and the minitower I use with Linux Mint basically all the time. Actually, considering Android is a Linux derivative, my Samsung S22 counts too 😄 I never knew Android has it's roots in Linux. Thanks. |
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Post by oldwood on Sept 17, 2023 9:04:11 GMT -5
We run Linux almost exclusively since closing our business, that required us to run windows for some needed programs.
I have settled on Mint Mate as our preferred version. We have 2 systems that can dual boot to windows, but mostly stay with Linux and have a Windows Virtual machine running in VirtualBox.
Strawberry is our favourite music player. We ran Foobar on Windows, and we missed it until we found Strawberry and learned to configure it the way we like.
One program I have not found a replacement for is Linux is Adobe Acrobat Pro. I will jump into the VM to edit PDFs.
We buy cheap desktop computers from the surplus sales of a local big city and install Mint Mate and use them almost exclusively for playing music.
We also have two more up-to-date desktops for me and the wife.
Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, but there is another version based on Debian that I think I am going to try out.
It is worth getting some basic knowledge of the terminal window that functions a bit like the Windows CMD prompt.
ctl alt t will bring up a terminal window and if you want to paste into the window you type "ctr shift v"
When looking for help you will be asked to run a cmd in the terminal so that helps. There are some basic terminal cmds like lshw which will give you a output listing all the hardware on your computer and the specifications. sudo is a cmd prompt to run in administrator mode and is required for some cmds.
To get the idea just type ctl alt t then type sudo lshw
Timeshift is worth setting up as it will back up your OS config on a schedule you determine.
There are lots of helpful people there.
I could not go back to Windows, mostly because I want to control my computer, not windows.
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Post by 405x5 on Sept 17, 2023 9:51:43 GMT -5
Does this make me a Linux user?
“Since the Emotiva is really a Linux computer in A/V-preamp guise, the unit takes a full 40 seconds to come to life and pass audio and video from a cold start. (There’s an optional Video On Standby mode, which passes video and audio to the TV when the preamp is off and thus keeps the OS loaded, making full startup far quicker.)”
Sound and Vision 2015
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Post by geebo on Sept 17, 2023 11:08:10 GMT -5
We run Linux almost exclusively since closing our business, that required us to run windows for some needed programs. I have settled on Mint Mate as our preferred version. We have 2 systems that can dual boot to windows, but mostly stay with Linux and have a Windows Virtual machine running in VirtualBox. Strawberry is our favourite music player. We ran Foobar on Windows, and we missed it until we found Strawberry and learned to configure it the way we like. One program I have not found a replacement for is Linux is Adobe Acrobat Pro. I will jump into the VM to edit PDFs. We buy cheap desktop computers from the surplus sales of a local big city and install Mint Mate and use them almost exclusively for playing music.
We also have two more up-to-date desktops for me and the wife.
Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, but there is another version based on Debian that I think I am going to try out. It is worth getting some basic knowledge of the terminal window that functions a bit like the Windows CMD prompt. ctl alt t will bring up a terminal window and if you want to paste into the window you type "ctr shift v" When looking for help you will be asked to run a cmd in the terminal so that helps. There are some basic terminal cmds like lshw which will give you a output listing all the hardware on your computer and the specifications. sudo is a cmd prompt to run in administrator mode and is required for some cmds. To get the idea just type ctl alt t then type sudo lshw Timeshift is worth setting up as it will back up your OS config on a schedule you determine. There are lots of helpful people there. I could not go back to Windows, mostly because I want to control my computer, not windows.
Have fun Thanks for the tips. I'm running Cinnamon on mine. Thanks for the music player recommendation, I just installed and will check it out soon. I will also check out Virtual Box. |
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Post by MusicHead on Sept 17, 2023 18:24:19 GMT -5
We run Linux almost exclusively since closing our business, that required us to run windows for some needed programs. I have settled on Mint Mate as our preferred version. We have 2 systems that can dual boot to windows, but mostly stay with Linux and have a Windows Virtual machine running in VirtualBox. Strawberry is our favourite music player. We ran Foobar on Windows, and we missed it until we found Strawberry and learned to configure it the way we like. One program I have not found a replacement for is Linux is Adobe Acrobat Pro. I will jump into the VM to edit PDFs. We buy cheap desktop computers from the surplus sales of a local big city and install Mint Mate and use them almost exclusively for playing music.
We also have two more up-to-date desktops for me and the wife.
Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, but there is another version based on Debian that I think I am going to try out. It is worth getting some basic knowledge of the terminal window that functions a bit like the Windows CMD prompt. ctl alt t will bring up a terminal window and if you want to paste into the window you type "ctr shift v" When looking for help you will be asked to run a cmd in the terminal so that helps. There are some basic terminal cmds like lshw which will give you a output listing all the hardware on your computer and the specifications. sudo is a cmd prompt to run in administrator mode and is required for some cmds. To get the idea just type ctl alt t then type sudo lshw Timeshift is worth setting up as it will back up your OS config on a schedule you determine. There are lots of helpful people there. I could not go back to Windows, mostly because I want to control my computer, not windows.
Have fun Thanks for the tips. I'm running Cinnamon on mine. Thanks for the music player recommendation, I just installed and will check it out soon. I will also check out Virtual Box. I run Cinnamon on two of my computers and Mate on another one. It is amazing how well even Cinnamon runs smoothly, considering these are all old computers with i5 Dual Core processor dating back to Windows 7. Linux is waaaaay more efficient than Windows with CPU, memory and HDD/SDD resources. However, for the occasional cleanup, I recommend an utility called Stacer. +1 for Timeshift too. Consider it cheap (as in free...) insurance against screw-ups. The Linux Mint Forum is excellent, been a member for many years. The terminal window is lots of fun (and very powerful) if you like to work "under the hood". |
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Post by geebo on Sept 17, 2023 18:28:19 GMT -5
Thanks for the tips. I'm running Cinnamon on mine. Thanks for the music player recommendation, I just installed and will check it out soon. I will also check out Virtual Box. I run Cinnamon on two of my computers and Mate on another one. It is amazing how well even Cinnamon runs smoothly, considering these are all old computers with i5 Dual Core processor dating back to Windows 7. Linux is waaaaay more efficient than Windows with CPU, memory and HDD/SDD resources. However, for the occasional cleanup, I recommend an utility called Stacer. +1 for Timeshift too. Consider it cheap (as in free...) insurance against screw-ups. The Linux Mint Forum is excellent, been a member for many years. The terminal window is lots of fun (and very powerful) if you like to work "under the hood". Thank you, I'm going to check out Stacer. |
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Post by oidarnam on Sept 17, 2023 20:12:00 GMT -5
We run Ubuntu 22.04 (6.2 kernel) on all our home PCs—my workstation, wife's computer, and our HTPC hooked to the TV and the audio center (Plex server, browser based streaming services, Plex and Plexamp w/ Tidal). I don't even have a Windows dual boot anymore, but I do have Windows 11 on a ssd nvme usb for the occasional Windows app rather than dealing with Wine and such. All our "productivity apps" are open source now. Sometimes you still have to "roll up your sleeves" with Linux or the apps aren't quite a slick as Windows-only equivalents, but it's worth it to me!
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Post by oldwood on Sept 18, 2023 5:19:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the tips. I'm running Cinnamon on mine. Thanks for the music player recommendation, I just installed and will check it out soon. I will also check out Virtual Box. I run Cinnamon on two of my computers and Mate on another one. It is amazing how well even Cinnamon runs smoothly, considering these are all old computers with i5 Dual Core processor dating back to Windows 7. Linux is waaaaay more efficient than Windows with CPU, memory and HDD/SDD resources. However, for the occasional cleanup, I recommend an utility called Stacer. +1 for Timeshift too. Consider it cheap (as in free...) insurance against screw-ups. The Linux Mint Forum is excellent, been a member for many years. The terminal window is lots of fun (and very powerful) if you like to work "under the hood". I find Cinnamon visually more like Win 10 or 11 and Mate looks more like Win 7. Under the hood they are the same though. I left windows when Win7 went EOL so find Mate more familiar. I think for me, the learning curve going from win 7 to Mate was less than going from Win 7 to Win 10. I really did not like 10 and only used it for about a month before switching to Mate with Win 7 in a VM. |
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Post by brubacca on Sept 18, 2023 13:15:57 GMT -5
I have tried many times to go Linux. My first foray was a system called Caldera Linux back in the late 90's. Every few years I get a bug to just ditch windows. I've tried fedora, ubuntu, openSuse, Mandriva, Mangaro, Mint, Raspberry PiOS, Ubuntu PI..... I always just keep coming back to windows. Last go at it was a couple weeks ago with the latest LTS Ubuntu. I have started using Fusion360 and couldn't get it to work. Back to Windows it is. I keep loving the promise of Linux and despising Windows for all that it is, but Linux never sticks for one reason or another.
The longest tenured Linux machines in my house are my Roon ROCK and NAS Drives, but I don't have to build and maintain them.
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Post by oldwood on Sept 18, 2023 21:29:08 GMT -5
" I have started using Fusion360 and couldn't get it to work."
I have gotten Turbocad a 3D drafting program and Aspire 3D modelling to run on Win 7 in a virtual machine. Aspire will output CNC code and design tool paths.
We have a cabinet design program that is very resource intensive, I don't think it would run in a VM, so we never tried.
I have never installed Fusion360, so I don't know how resource intensive it is.
Some programs just will not run well in a VM.
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