Posted on 07/12/2023 4:56:02 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Our mainframe is Linux and our Development VM’s are Linux. It’s easier than dealing with all the Windows licenses in VM’s.
I've been a UNIX sysadmin since 1982 and kernel code developer since 1983. PacBell had full source code access as a Bell BOC at that point in time. Modern Linux really spoon feeds the pablum to the unwashed end user. You don't need a huge skill set to use it. It is only on the rarest of occasions when I need to do obscure things like moving filesystem to a large disk, doing a filesystem expansion and tweaking details around physical and logical volume managers. Hacking a device driver to continue supporting the embedded Ethernet hardware on the motherboard also falls in the obscure range. The cheap "out" is to just install a supported Ethernet interface on the PCIE or USB bus.
I hadn’t known that new Linux releases REQUIRE UEFI. Heck, I remember it was controversial when Intel put a unique processor ID on 486 processors. Are there any new Linux releases that do not require UEFI? I thought that was mainly a MS thing.
I just bought a new charger (lost the old one) for a Samsung Chromebook I bought 11 years ago.
I fired that relic up and it works. Naturally it’s way past its expiration date.
So I’m thinking of converting it to Linux. Anyone ever do that? Is it feasible? Practical?
do you have the 400? or something else?
“…it is rapidly gaining momentum as an operating system of choice for many desktop users”30 years and flat at 3%. “Rapidly”
And "Linux desktop" is due to its many flavors. I think Linux could be #1 if I knew how to code and make it the way I think it should (laughing at myself). But I have not switched since the time and energy it would take to customize a distro like I have and can rather quickly and easily with Windows is simply not warranted.
As a frustrating novice on a Smart phone, but seasoned customizer of a desktop, I have yet not see that as a commendation!
I am using W/11 64 bit pro, having migrated for free from W/8 to 8.1 to 10, at a cost of $29.00 upgrade from XP years ago, that was on the Retail channel (legally enabling migration).
Specs? Virus scan?
I have the pi3 and the 400. I like to code on the 400.
“Will linux run office 365?”
You can use the browser base version on Linux. I use the browser Office for work daily. You can now use Edge browser on Linux too.
Such hyperbole is not helpful, versus an objective analysis.
I have run Fedora for many years. The semi-annual cadence of upgrades have been accommodated with an "upgrade in place". I had 3 BIOS only boxes that became unbootable as Fedora rolled out the UEFI only update. I couldn't wait for them to backdown. One machine was gutted and a new motherboard with Ryzen CPU installed. I put Ubuntu on that one. The other two got switched off. I have two others that have a Fedora partition that hasn't been booted in months. I use Fedora because it lets me build ahead of the official Red Hat releases. My development code is mature and ready to deploy as Red Hat releases the next version.
I hate to break it to you, but your situation and experience is NOT "objective analysis." It is anecdotal, at best.
Objective analysis calls for studying a larger group of people with varying experiences and needs.
That saying is growing truer every day.
I did not say my own anecdotal experience was "objective analysis," but it remains that "once you’ve tried Linux, you wont go back" is hyperbole, and such hyperbole is not, versus an objective analysis. And my objection was to the hype.
Objective analysis calls for studying a larger group of people with varying experiences and needs.
Yes, it does. That saying is growing truer every day.
Aside from a slow growth in Linux desktop use, what recent survey can you provide of users who tried Windows and Linux and switched, and polled such aspects as on user proficiency of each and home use versus business?
At least years ago (way back in 2007) asurvey by OpenSUSE.org reported that desktop users as a class were more likely more tech savvy (thus they would be less prone to infections than your average Windows user on that basis alone, in addition to Linux being more secure), almost all male.
China is ditching Windows for ‘Kylin’ which is Ubuntu.
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AH so.. then i am not the only one who got a 400 to code on.
my coding is not commercial grade, just for me to keep myself active.
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