The Official Linux Master Race Thread

[Luglige]

Count me in.

I dual-boot Linux Mint and Windows 10, but use Linux Mint far more. I just like how similar and familiar it is to Windows, but much better on resources.

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[Jayro]

Here's my laptop:

 

[Luglige]

Here's my laptop:

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Looks nice.

 

[Jayro]

Thanks.

Here's the story of how I got into Linux:
When Vista dropped in 2007, I liked it... until it clogged up my system with it's bloat, compared to my XP I had. So I had finally had enough of Microsoft with Vista... and didn't like Mac OS... So I thought to myself, "There's got to be more than just two operating systems out there..." And then it hit me like a truck full of bricks: I remembered Linux was a thing from my PC repair training class in Job Corps of 2002. I'd never installed Linux, or used it outside the classroom, but someone installed YellowDog Linux on a few of the PPC Macs we had at the time, and it was neat.

Wanting something new and eager to learn a different OS, I plugged Linux into Google, and started researching an easy to use, easy to install Linux distro, and almost all the results pointed to Ubuntu. It seemed really popular, but I had never heard of it until that point. So I downloaded the 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" ISO image, and gave it a go. I was shocked that the installer CD I burned actually loaded into the entire OS! Being an ignorant Windows user all my life, I didn't know that was even possible to do! Better yet, I had 100% of my hardware working, including my wireless card and graphics drivers. The desktop effects were amazing. It was love at first sight.

Then I kept looking at other distros that were based on Ubuntu, and found Mint was rising in popularity for it's simplicity and familiar Windows layout. I grabbed Linux Mint 3.1 "Celena" and just as I had hoped, it was amazing, and I liked it better than Ubuntu. So I stuck with mint, and joined their communuty. About a year later, a friend of mine lost her life in a car crash, and I asked the Mint Team that Linux Mint 5 be named after my late friend Elyssa. I didn't think they'd listen, but low-and-behold, I got Elyssa immortalized as a Linux distro! I teared up instantly. I can't code beyond batch files, BASIC, minor LUA, and Syslinux/Isolinux menus, but my MediCat DVD project is how I give back to a thriving PC community that has given me so much. I literally could not run a successful PC repair business out of my home if Linux wasn't around. (There are some things I just can't fix with Windows-based tools)

In closing, I realize Linux is here to stay, and it's getting better every day. I try and support anyone I can who needs help with computer problems, so if anyone needs assistance with PC repair, just shoot me a PM, I'm always willing to help!

 

[VinsCool]

I got into linux at school back in 2008 and IT. WAS. SHIT.

then I installed Linux Mint on my Thinkpad, and it works wonderfully.

 

[Tizm]

Boi, listen here you lil shitz, OPENSUSE MASTER RACE!!!

 

[PaiiNSteven]

Dual boot windows 10 and ubuntu?

 

[Ricken]

Look. Best Linux Ever

 

[Jayro]

You guys don't even wanna see my Windows 10 laptop... Icons across the desktop with a few free spaces left. XD

 

[Ricken]

You guys don't even wanna see my Windows 10 laptop... Icons across the desktop with a few free spaces left. XD

Thats why a folder takes one of the corners of my desktop

 

[Jayro]

I already have one labeled "misc" with tons of crap in it... but since I develop MediCat on here, the desktop is used as a catch-all.

 

[Ricken]

C://Users/[Username]/Desktop/MediCat Projects/[Project Name]/[Project Data]

^Just do this for every project... It works

 

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@Jayro

You lucky bastard.
I only have 8 GBs, and it can only be expanded to 12.

 

[Deleted member 333767]

I would love to join the Linux master race. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being so difficult, that you'll start whacking your PC with a sledge hammer before finishing the installation) how hard would it be for an intermediate computer user to convert their MSI gaming laptop from Win7 to Ubuntu?

 

[smileyhead]

I would love to join the Linux master race. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being so difficult, that you'll start whacking your PC with a sledge hammer before finishing the installation) how hard would it be for an intermediate computer user to convert their MSI gaming laptop from Win7 to Ubuntu?

I'm pretty sure it's about 1 or 2.
I switched from Windows 10 about a week or so ago. I had to get used to the UI a bit, but now I can use it as if I was using it the first place.

 

[Deleted member 333767]

I'm pretty sure it's about 1 or 2.
I switched from Windows 10 about a week or so ago. I had to get used to the UI a bit, but now I can use it as if I was using it the first place.

I'm a little bit worried about incompatibility with my hardware. Did you run a dual-boot set up or did you completely start over with just Linux?

 

[smileyhead]

I'm a little bit worried about incompatibility with my hardware. Did you run a dual-boot set up or did you completely start over with just Linux?

I dualboot it, but since the Windows Boot Manager is hardcoded into my system, and it doesn't display Ubuntu, I burned GRUB (A 3rd party Boot Manager) onto a disc, and set the boot order so it's the first. Now that disc is always in my laptop, but I never use the disc drive anyway, so at least it's not sticking out like a USB drive or an SD card would.

 

[nxwing]

Add me to the list! Currently using Xubuntu but I'll switch to Manjaro Linux soon(tm)

 

[Sono]

GRUB (A 3rd party Boot Manager)

Bullshit!

 

[Jayro]

@Jayro
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You lucky bastard.
I only have 8 GBs, and it can only be expanded to 12.

I use 8GB for system memory, and the other 8GB as a RAMdisk.