Well that’s a useful exercise. I put off reading this linked piece. https://tildes.net/~misc/bfq/what_the_hell_is_going_on_a_thoughtful_and_thorough_overview_of_the_rising_entropy_in_society_by
Well that’s a useful exercise. I put off reading this linked piece.
Just this one: To Cook a Steak, First You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned It was actually so I could show it to my dad later, as he gets a kick out of articles like these. :)
Need help with Switching to linux I still haven't done more than skim that topic, because deep down I know I'll never really have the gumption to do it.
I think the trick to making the switch is to just give a live-cd distro a go. See if you can't spend an afternoon with it on some old laptop. Looking through all the settings that distro has,...
I think the trick to making the switch is to just give a live-cd distro a go.
See if you can't spend an afternoon with it on some old laptop. Looking through all the settings that distro has, googling to see if you can change X and Y because you don't see them in the menus.
Linux was a lot more daunting to me before I just gave it a shot. Then I realised that it's only daunting to me because it's something I don't know about, not because it's linux. And I think most of us here are better than average at "google-fu" so we're all well enough equipped to deal with it imo
Sounds like you are putting it off again ;) As @ruspaceni suggests, booting a live USB is very easy. Download a distro, put it on a USB drive and restart your computer. Then select to boot from...
Sounds like you are putting it off again ;) As @ruspaceni suggests, booting a live USB is very easy. Download a distro, put it on a USB drive and restart your computer. Then select to boot from USB. Running it in live mode is nice, because you don't have to install it. You can look around, install stuff and screw it up all you want. If you want a reset you can just restart the live image. And if you don't like it, just reboot into your current OS.
I'm a non-developer. But, with some assistance from a developer friend of mine, who told me what "distro" would suit me best (Mint, because it's most like Windows), and who gave me some detailed...
I'm a non-developer. But, with some assistance from a developer friend of mine, who told me what "distro" would suit me best (Mint, because it's most like Windows), and who gave me some detailed instructions, I was able to install Linux on an old netbook of mine by myself. You don't need to be a high-level IT guru, just someone with some basic tech knowledge and an ability to follow instructions.
As @ruspaceni points out, that gave me an opportunity to try it out. And, as a result of trying it out, I know what I'll be doing on my main computer when Microsoft withdraws support for Windows 7 next year: installing Linux.
I suggest getting a Raspberry Pi (or other headless computer) and setting up a few services on it like pihole and own cloud. You learn a little bit about how the terminal works and there's a...
I suggest getting a Raspberry Pi (or other headless computer) and setting up a few services on it like pihole and own cloud. You learn a little bit about how the terminal works and there's a zillion guides and forums out there for it. Then you can always ssh into it to do Linux things.
This one: Meta-post for the "a layperson's introduction to..." series Some very good threads came of it but it more or less died out and @wanda-seldon stopped interacting with Tildes so I forgot...
Some very good threads came of it but it more or less died out and @wanda-seldon stopped interacting with Tildes so I forgot that it was still in bookmarks.
I'm still around. I might post some more in the future and see if my threads are more popular then. Currently real life is very busy though so it might be a while.
I'm still around. I might post some more in the future and see if my threads are more popular then. Currently real life is very busy though so it might be a while.
Well that’s a useful exercise. I put off reading this linked piece.
https://tildes.net/~misc/bfq/what_the_hell_is_going_on_a_thoughtful_and_thorough_overview_of_the_rising_entropy_in_society_by
Just this one: To Cook a Steak, First You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned
It was actually so I could show it to my dad later, as he gets a kick out of articles like these. :)
Need help with Switching to linux
I still haven't done more than skim that topic, because deep down I know I'll never really have the gumption to do it.
I think the trick to making the switch is to just give a live-cd distro a go.
See if you can't spend an afternoon with it on some old laptop. Looking through all the settings that distro has, googling to see if you can change X and Y because you don't see them in the menus.
Linux was a lot more daunting to me before I just gave it a shot. Then I realised that it's only daunting to me because it's something I don't know about, not because it's linux. And I think most of us here are better than average at "google-fu" so we're all well enough equipped to deal with it imo
Thanks for the encouragement! Maybe I'll make it a project for later on this year.
Sounds like you are putting it off again ;) As @ruspaceni suggests, booting a live USB is very easy. Download a distro, put it on a USB drive and restart your computer. Then select to boot from USB. Running it in live mode is nice, because you don't have to install it. You can look around, install stuff and screw it up all you want. If you want a reset you can just restart the live image. And if you don't like it, just reboot into your current OS.
I'm a non-developer. But, with some assistance from a developer friend of mine, who told me what "distro" would suit me best (Mint, because it's most like Windows), and who gave me some detailed instructions, I was able to install Linux on an old netbook of mine by myself. You don't need to be a high-level IT guru, just someone with some basic tech knowledge and an ability to follow instructions.
As @ruspaceni points out, that gave me an opportunity to try it out. And, as a result of trying it out, I know what I'll be doing on my main computer when Microsoft withdraws support for Windows 7 next year: installing Linux.
I suggest getting a Raspberry Pi (or other headless computer) and setting up a few services on it like pihole and own cloud. You learn a little bit about how the terminal works and there's a zillion guides and forums out there for it. Then you can always ssh into it to do Linux things.
You can also try ubuntu - a popular linux distro in your web browser
This one: Meta-post for the "a layperson's introduction to..." series
Some very good threads came of it but it more or less died out and @wanda-seldon stopped interacting with Tildes so I forgot that it was still in bookmarks.
I'm still around. I might post some more in the future and see if my threads are more popular then. Currently real life is very busy though so it might be a while.
I eagerly look forward to their return, but totally understand why you have taken a break from them too... so no pressure. :)
Link: https://tildes.net/bookmarks
I think Wes might have been providing the link as a matter of convenience, especially for people who don't know where to find their bookmarks. :)