Any Linux users here?
With the new Windows 10 NSA Edition here, Microsoft can officially go urinate in an upward direction toward twine.
A buddy of mine is using Gnome, but I haven’t touched a Linux box since the last Millenium.
Any distro recommendations are welcome. I want efficiency, and Microsloth is anything but.
I use Ubuntu 14.04. I have tried other versions of Ubuntu and hated them (some versions seem to have stability issues on my computer). 14.04 has been rock solid. I like Ubuntu because it has the highest level of support and I can normally find any software I need. You don’t need to be a linux nerd to be able to use it effectively. It is very rare that I find myself needing Windows.
I have a friend who like Debian, but considering I can’t seem to even figure out how to make it install properly (I’m sure that is due to my general computer-illiteracy) I decided to stay away from it.
Has the Unity-Interface been working out for you? I’ve been hearing a lot of bellyaching from my travels in picking a new OS.
I have always preferred Fedora over Ubuntu. This is a good place to keep up with all things Linux.
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I think the Ubuntu interface has been one of the reasons for the stability issues. They have been evolving it over the years and I think some releases are more stable than others. 14.04 works for me, but maybe it just happens to work well with my hardware (other releases MIGHT work better for other people).
I believe distributions like Fedora and Debian may be more stable, but I have found its a bigger leap from being a Windows user than if you were to use Ubuntu. I was ready to give up on Ubuntu until I installed 14.04. 14.04 is what Ubuntu considers a LTS (long-term support) release. I think those releases are more stable in general.
I’d like to dive straight at Fedora, but I’m leaning towards Ubuntu. From what I am gathering, Ubuntu has more hardware support.
Waiting for my 2007-era dinosaur to format the thumb drive…
Ubuntu. /thread.
I’m using Zorin / Ubuntu. Very new to me as of this spring, but I am liking it.
Ubuntu user since its earliest releases. I don’t like the newer interfaces, so have been using the peppermint ubuntu variants as well as putting it on family member laptops when they got too old for modern windows.
It just works, even non techie people can use it as it functions like windows for the most part.
FYI, Ubuntu is largely just an extension of Debian, so its the best of the world’s.
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LULs
If you think switching to Linux is going to keep you off the NSA radar you are delusional. You would need to be completely off the internet.
No shit.
But, still, between
Windows 8: Where Smartphone Meets PC!
And
Windows 10: Where All Your Data are Belong to Us!
I said **** it, I’ll keep what I’ve got and get a different OS:
Alright fellas, Windows is in the garbage can.
Where da free apps at!?
apt-get ?
Linux is fine for programming (including running a server) and light computer use. Also for security use, if you change your distro to Kali or something similar.
But media creation and gaming will bring you, for the most part, back to Windows or OS X. I do a lot of photoshop and gaming on my computer, so I use Windows. I have my phone for forums and word processing and emails can be done anywhere.
That being said, when I run Linux on a home non-server non-laptop, it’s generally Ubuntu. It’s just easier to work with.
Off the radar: no.
Off an operating system that likely has built in back doors and very very known flaws that last for long cycles with out patches: yes.
That said debian or Mint are both very nice. Mint is amazingly simple to get setup and going. Mint also from what I remember is a little more security and privacy focused that ubuntu which has some built in advertisers/partner software and links.
Might need to go with something less resource intensive than 15.4…my machine is NOT liking it…
What version did you go with?
The only app I really install is google chrome and google earth. I hear the steam app they have for Ubuntu has ported a lot of the windows games over. Are you looking for any specific apps?
As noted above linux is most likely just as compromised as windows, but its probably not due to cooperation by the linux community.
If you really wanted to be an online ninja, there are some linux distributions that are audited by privacy groups and supposed to be “spyware” free (Tails, Liberte, etc). If you use those distributions correctly you can probably avoid mass surveillance and maybe even a targeted attack on your computer.
Again, Check out peppermint, much lighter weight but still based on Ubuntu core.
Also you could use a VM if you still need windows on occasion. I have win7 running in a VM on my fedora machine and it works nicely.
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Ended up installing Ubuntu 15.04.
Display is constantly going to sleep, and system is locking up. A buddy is running 14, and is going to bring that in for me, since he’s not been having any stability issues with it at all.
I’m going to give that a stab, and see how it works before going to something light. On paper, my 8 year old PC exceeds the specs required for 15.04 by exponents, so it may be some issues with the latest version of Ubuntu/Hardware conflicts.
Ubuntu also ships everything you type into the search bar off to Amazon, Canonical, and others by default (or 14.04 did anyway). If that bothers you, make sure to disable it. I don’t know the procedure, but surely Google knows.
Son of a bitch!
That’s exactly why I wanted off of Windoze. I’d prefer to not be data mined by every corporate entity on the planet. I can’t visit a website without advertisements for hiking boots and ham radios popping up in my face.