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gaines_wright
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8 years ago

Linux

  Is anybody out there running Linux?     I get the feeling that most of the people around here are WIMPs ( windows icon mouse pushers ). I used to be a ClUB ( command line user bigot ), but now I'...
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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago

I've dabbled in Linux Mint on my desktop and my Rasperry Pi 3 B+ has Raspbian, which is a lite Linux distro.  I'm going to try Ubuntu MATE when I get another micro SD card.  

 

It takes a bit of getting used to (using the terminal), but I'm getting better at it.  

 

One thing is for sure, and that is that it is getting more user friendly, and the more user friendly it gets the more people will use it.  I don't know that it is going to threaten MS as much as everyone thinks or wishes, but it's definitely growning.  

 

I've tried Ubuntu in the past, including on a USB flash drive, but I liked Linux Mint much more.    

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gaines_wright
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8 years ago
GabeU wrote:

It takes a bit of getting used to (using the terminal), but I'm getting better at it.  

 

  Just think, you too could become a CLUB!  :>)>

 

  And, I think Windoze should be destroyed,