I run Zorin until it ran into update problems. So I also run Mint now. I switched mostly for speed because Winblows gets slower and s l o w e r with age.
Windows tale:
I had an old HP monitor that I had to put back in service on an emergency basis. Win10 couldn't find the driver. HP in the US no longer supplied the needed driver. I finally had to locate it on a server at HP Singapore, downloaded it, and everything worked fine. Linux can't be any more difficult than that.
To me, it's like having to get used to driving in the UK, except that in addition to having to drive on the left side of the road, your accelerator, clutch and brake pedals are reversed, the steering wheel turns to the left in order to make the car go to the right, all the controls are in Cyrillic, and about fifty other arbitrary, small differences are constantly consuming the mental energy that might otherwise have gone into something useful.
But hey, if that's how you learned to use a computer, you have my admiration and respect.
Like anything these days, help is just a google search away. And you'll find plenty of sites dedicated to helping people with Linux (such as ZDNET).
I have trust issues. When looking for help, I don't know which sites are sufficiently trustworthy that I won't be whelmed with spyware. It costs a lot of time making that determination. Is there a resource that lists trustworthy sources of Linux information?
Not all professional software will work, nor is there an equivalent well developed alternative available.
1) Solidworks.
2) Visual Studio.
3) Microsoft 365.
Yes, I know there are “alternatives”. I have been aware of these “alternatives” for many decades, and I have watched them grow. I even use some of them. All of them are decidedly inferior to the professional tools listed above.
> Linux is an operating system because, without the kernel, you won't have an operating system.
True, but it's only half the story.
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Once again, a long, detailed article that attempts to describe the nature of Linux, and speaks of the "kernel" vs. the "operating system", without once mentioning either GNU or Richard Stallman without which Linux-the-operating-system would be nothing but a kernel.
Are all these writers under 25 years old? Are they really that ignorant of GNU?
Don't get me wrong, I think Stallman's just as much an arrogant socialist asshole as Torvalds is. I'm not defending the man. But to talk about Linux-the-operating-system without mentioning the major project (GNU) that provided the vast majority of the non-kernel open-source code to the Linux operating system, is just unfair.
Oh, well, nobody cares any more about such things. Worse, perhaps, nobody knows. It's like some somebody describing the nature of America, without bothering to mention the Constitution or George Washington. Nobody cares. Sigh.
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Bump for Linux Mint
Thank you Ace, This is an honest article that explains it very well and simple. :)
7. Sharing files across your network, especially in a mixed Linux/Windows network, is horribly problematic.
Trying to set up clients (Linux and Windows PC's) to be able to "talk" with one another and share files in a hybrid environment is complicated, awkward, and cumbersome to configure and the results invariably disappointing. Sure, I can grab my USB drive and manually transfer files from platform to platform but I'm lazy and want to be able to automate file copies, transfers, and synchronizations.
It's so easy to configure in Windows and so difficult to do in Linux!
You can download the FREE Oracle VM VirtualBox and install on Windows and then download FREE copy of Linux and install it in VirtualBox. https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Screenshots
You can size the window to your liking and have both Windows as your main OS and then use Linux to try it out.
8 things you can do with Linux that you can't do with MacOS or Windows
1. Change it
Actually as you know, Windows can be substantially customized - much improved - and rather easily so via safe freeware.
2. Revive old hardware
That is true, Puppy being my fav.
3. Never worry about lock-in
Rather, Linux distros lock you out of many functions unless you give you password, again and again or sudo something even on some non-system files. Not just click to continue, but typing. Yet there is this: If you’re the only one using your Linux computer, why have it continuously nag you for your password? Disable Sudo Password for Your Account Never tried it.
4. Upgrade without reboots
Usually. But when the kernel is updated it may be, and see Identify [Red Hat] packages that will require a system reboot after an update
5. Run Windows software That's right, for those who must run Windows software on Linux, there's a way, and it's called WINE.
Which is not a sure thing, nor necessarily easy.
6. Install tons of software… for free!
Likewise in Windows, and far more, usually better and easier. As with shopping, read reviews.
7. Wow your friends
Likewise in Windows, though most just accept the default.
8. Enjoy unheard of reliability
No, not in Linux.