Any Linux Users?

[Clockwork]

Hi everyone,

Just a thread for the Linux users of AN.
I personally use X/Ubuntu and Chrome OS (if that counts ) as my desktop and laptop OS choices at the moment. I also run a mixture of CentOS and Debian on servers currently. I've been looking at installing Arch sometime soon which I'll probably do in the next week or so.

So, are there any other Linux users on AN, and if so what OS(es) do you use?

[mark_alec]

Gentoo since 2004.

[Clockwork]

Gentoo since 2004.

How are you finding Gentoo? Truth be told I haven't read much into it but from a couple comments it does sounds good.

[grannysmith]

Not anymore, but I used to run X/Ubuntu, Linux Mint.

[sarangiya]

School-provided laptops are fitted with Windows 8 -shoots self-
I tried loading Ubuntu onto it as a virtual machine but it was way too slow to be useable.
When I use my own computer I use Ubuntu and have been since 2011 (not long, but long enough to know the horrors of proprietary drivers at least lollllllll)

[Clockwork]

School-provided laptops are fitted with Windows 8 -shoots self-
I tried loading Ubuntu onto it as a virtual machine but it was way too slow to be useable.
When I use my own computer I use Ubuntu and have been since 2011 (not long, but long enough to know the horrors of proprietary drivers at least lollllllll)

What's Windows 8 like? I've played around a bit with Windows 10 and seems fairly good. Instead of Ubuntu have you tried Xubuntu and/or Lubuntu? They're lighter on resources so it might run faster in your VM.

[mark_alec]

How are you finding Gentoo? Truth be told I haven't read much into it but from a couple comments it does sounds good.

I like it (as otherwise I would have moved onto something else). As I know my way around it, I find that I can install a new system from scratch in an hour or two and then update it continuously until machine retires with very little difficulties. I'd probably use Arch if I wasn't lazy.

[sarangiya]

What's Windows 8 like? I've played around a bit with Windows 10 and seems fairly good. Instead of Ubuntu have you tried Xubuntu and/or Lubuntu? They're lighter on resources so it might run faster in your VM.

Gross. Horrific. Ugh.
Windows 10 looks far better to be honest. Thank God they brought the Start Menu back. I don't know what they were thinking with Windows 8. Just no. No no no.
Even if Windows 10 looks OK, I could never go back. I already miss using Terminal and the HUD on Ubuntu and scopes and well... everything.

True. I would use them (probably Xubuntu even though Lubuntu is lighter (right?)) but even then I don't have much space left (cheers Windows for having a 20GB install size) and I need Office for school :S
But I might try it out if I'm really desparate.

[Aaron]

Well crap I didn't even know this thread existed until today.. -raises hand-

I experiment with cloud virtual machines quite alot (in particular the provider DigitalOcean) - mainly involving CentOS and Ubuntu. At uni we use UNIX.

In response to the Windows 8 question, it's OK if you have 8.1 where you can set it to boot to desktop rather than having to jump through hoops from the Metro UI to the desktop. 8.1 is a step in the right direction but not quite there yet.

I've changed between 8.1 and 7 so many times because I really LOVE 8.1's user interface, but love Windows 7's stability and of course, no Metro UI/other crap.

I too have looked through the Windows 10 Tech Preview and it's looking good so far. I've contributed a few bugs/glitches to the Microsoft team already (e.g. game graphics problems), but I think this is great since they're finally listening to their users and getting rid of the shocking Metro UI.

True. I would use them (probably Xubuntu even though Lubuntu is lighter (right?)) but even then I don't have much space left (cheers Windows for having a 20GB install size) and I need Office for school :S

You know as an alternative you can use a cloud-based suite of office programs (such as Google Spreadsheets, Google Docs... - obviously there are many out there, but just suggesting this as an example).

.. Or alternatively you can buy an external hard drive and put windows on that, and make your system boot that on runtime, leaving you with free space to do whatever. Just some ideas.