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Offline dustigroove

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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1350 on: Tue, 12 July 2016, 19:11:48 »
Is there anything other than Arch?
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1351 on: Tue, 12 July 2016, 19:33:38 »
Quote from: Leslieann on Sat, 02 July 2016, 17:22:41
Quote from: dante on Sat, 02 July 2016, 09:29:38
So right now in July 2016 - what is the absolute best graphics card that is 100% supported by Linux?
if a customer needs a graphics card, or a card fro multiple monitors and such, I try to buy AMD for them.

Do you have a business that builds custom PC's?
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1352 on: Tue, 12 July 2016, 19:37:22 »
One month of Debian and only three crashes due to my actions (all GPU related - nothing to do with Debian). Swoon
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1353 on: Tue, 12 July 2016, 21:37:46 »
Quote from: Vadisi on Tue, 12 July 2016, 18:56:25
I use mostly use Manjaro because I'm too lazy to install Arch myself.
Architect Linux
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1354 on: Tue, 12 July 2016, 22:00:07 »
Quote from: dustigroove on Tue, 12 July 2016, 19:11:48
Is there anything other than Arch?

Uhhh..... Antergos? :shrug:
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1355 on: Tue, 12 July 2016, 22:07:57 »
Quote from: sean on Tue, 12 July 2016, 22:00:07
Quote from: dustigroove on Tue, 12 July 2016, 19:11:48
Is there anything other than Arch?

Uhhh..... Antergos? :shrug:
Which is Arch-based... not Arch.

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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1356 on: Tue, 12 July 2016, 22:16:12 »
Quote from: dustigroove on Tue, 12 July 2016, 22:07:57
Quote from: sean on Tue, 12 July 2016, 22:00:07
Quote from: dustigroove on Tue, 12 July 2016, 19:11:48
Is there anything other than Arch?

Uhhh..... Antergos? :shrug:
Which is Arch-based... not Arch.

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Way to be a buzzkill!
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1357 on: Tue, 12 July 2016, 22:37:37 »
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1358 on: Wed, 13 July 2016, 01:31:12 »
Quote from: dante on Tue, 12 July 2016, 19:33:38
Quote from: Leslieann on Sat, 02 July 2016, 17:22:41
Quote from: dante on Sat, 02 July 2016, 09:29:38
So right now in July 2016 - what is the absolute best graphics card that is 100% supported by Linux?
if a customer needs a graphics card, or a card fro multiple monitors and such, I try to buy AMD for them.

Do you have a business that builds custom PC's?
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1359 on: Wed, 13 July 2016, 05:40:10 »
Quote from: Leslieann on Wed, 13 July 2016, 01:31:12
Quote from: dante on Tue, 12 July 2016, 19:33:38
Quote from: Leslieann on Sat, 02 July 2016, 17:22:41
Quote from: dante on Sat, 02 July 2016, 09:29:38
So right now in July 2016 - what is the absolute best graphics card that is 100% supported by Linux?
if a customer needs a graphics card, or a card fro multiple monitors and such, I try to buy AMD for them.

Do you have a business that builds custom PC's?
I'm an independent tech supporting home to small and medium businesses, among other things.

And to the odd keyboard forum here and there ... ;)
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1360 on: Wed, 13 July 2016, 06:22:15 »
Quote from: dustigroove on Tue, 12 July 2016, 19:11:48
Is there anything other than Arch?
There is no Arch.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1361 on: Wed, 13 July 2016, 10:35:48 »
Quote from: iri on Wed, 13 July 2016, 06:22:15
There is no Arch.



(diversion from doing work...)
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1362 on: Wed, 13 July 2016, 10:52:22 »
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(...)Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I'd combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both. They both want to control you. The first group, by making you do the same thing over and over again. The second group is indicated by the letters I get from the Vassar girls who want me to put more women's lib in The Martian Chronicles, or from blacks who want more black people in Dandelion Wine.
I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is b.s.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1363 on: Wed, 13 July 2016, 10:55:26 »
I keep hearing about this Arch thing, what is Arch? Seriously
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1364 on: Wed, 13 July 2016, 10:56:07 »
Quote from: csmertx on Wed, 13 July 2016, 10:55:26
I keep hearing about this Arch thing, what is Arch? Seriously
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Linux
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(...)Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I'd combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both. They both want to control you. The first group, by making you do the same thing over and over again. The second group is indicated by the letters I get from the Vassar girls who want me to put more women's lib in The Martian Chronicles, or from blacks who want more black people in Dandelion Wine.
I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is b.s.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1365 on: Wed, 13 July 2016, 10:57:53 »
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1366 on: Wed, 13 July 2016, 11:06:35 »
Quote from: csmertx on Wed, 13 July 2016, 10:55:26
I keep hearing about this Arch thing, what is Arch? Seriously
Arch is a rolling release Linux distribution with a huge repository (both distribution and community maintained) of current and bleeding edge packages. They adhere to the mantra of simplicity (see: The Arch Way, KISS)

Best from the horses mouth...

https://www.archlinux.org/about/


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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1367 on: Wed, 13 July 2016, 12:15:00 »
Quote from: Vadisi on Tue, 12 July 2016, 18:56:25
I use mostly use Manjaro because I'm too lazy to install Arch myself.

Me too.  For the moment, at least.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1368 on: Fri, 29 July 2016, 00:48:20 »
Quote from: dustigroove on Wed, 13 July 2016, 11:06:35
Quote from: csmertx on Wed, 13 July 2016, 10:55:26
I keep hearing about this Arch thing, what is Arch? Seriously
Arch is a rolling release Linux distribution with a huge repository (both distribution and community maintained) of current and bleeding edge packages. They adhere to the mantra of simplicity (see: The Arch Way, KISS)

Best from the horses mouth...

https://www.archlinux.org/about/




Noob version of Slackware. ;)
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1369 on: Fri, 29 July 2016, 08:45:21 »


Quote from: smknjoe on Fri, 29 July 2016, 00:48:20
Quote from: dustigroove on Wed, 13 July 2016, 11:06:35
Quote from: csmertx on Wed, 13 July 2016, 10:55:26
I keep hearing about this Arch thing, what is Arch? Seriously
Arch is a rolling release Linux distribution with a huge repository (both distribution and community maintained) of current and bleeding edge packages. They adhere to the mantra of simplicity (see: The Arch Way, KISS)

Best from the horses mouth...

https://www.archlinux.org/about/


Noob version of Slackware. ;)

Ha! Actually Gentoo/Funtoo would be more correct as Slackware isn't a rolling release distro.

But I feel what you're trying to imply... even if it's wrong. ;)
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1370 on: Fri, 29 July 2016, 09:12:27 »
There's no 'X version of Slackware'. There's just Slackware and everything else.



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(...)Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I'd combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both. They both want to control you. The first group, by making you do the same thing over and over again. The second group is indicated by the letters I get from the Vassar girls who want me to put more women's lib in The Martian Chronicles, or from blacks who want more black people in Dandelion Wine.
I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is b.s.
-Ray Bradbury

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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1371 on: Fri, 29 July 2016, 17:41:42 »
Got a new laptop for work. Running Linux Mint 18 instead of Debian because I need kernel 4.4 and some newer packages for hardware support and I didn't want to mess with sid on a work machine.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1372 on: Fri, 29 July 2016, 23:50:29 »
Does anyone have any experience with puppy linux? Thinking of trying it out because I've got a really old pc that I'm trying to use in my 'office' it's more of a big mess with a desk that I try to work with keyboards at.
And when I say old pc I mean pci express 1.0 old.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1373 on: Sat, 30 July 2016, 10:27:59 »
Not sure if this really deserves it's own thread, so, since it's relevant I'll post here...

What (distro +) window manager do you all use?

Mine:
Arch / i3
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1374 on: Sat, 30 July 2016, 10:34:07 »
Quote from: StickyBlueJuice on Fri, 29 July 2016, 23:50:29
Does anyone have any experience with puppy linux? Thinking of trying it out because I've got a really old pc that I'm trying to use in my 'office' it's more of a big mess with a desk that I try to work with keyboards at.
And when I say old pc I mean pci express 1.0 old.
I used Puppy as a rescue tool for a couple years,  and have an old Dell Mini 9 kicking around with it on it somewhere... nice lightweight, little distro.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1375 on: Sat, 30 July 2016, 11:04:46 »
Quote from: dustigroove on Sat, 30 July 2016, 10:27:59
Not sure if this really deserves it's own thread, so, since it's relevant I'll post here...

What (distro +) window manager do you all use?

Mine:
Arch / i3

This topic pops up occasionally is this thread.  I have been using Manjaro bspwm on one of laptops.  I like it.  I tried to build bspwm without the pre-built version, but I failed miserably.  I don't know how much I care to try again, because Manjaro bspwm is fine with me.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1376 on: Sat, 30 July 2016, 12:29:53 »
Quote from: StickyBlueJuice on Fri, 29 July 2016, 23:50:29
Does anyone have any experience with puppy linux? Thinking of trying it out because I've got a really old pc that I'm trying to use in my 'office' it's more of a big mess with a desk that I try to work with keyboards at.
And when I say old pc I mean pci express 1.0 old.

I haven't used it myself, but I know people who have. It's supposed to be fairly snappy, but don't expect miracles out of your hardware.

Quote from: dustigroove on Sat, 30 July 2016, 10:27:59
Not sure if this really deserves it's own thread, so, since it's relevant I'll post here...

What (distro +) window manager do you all use?

Mine:
Arch / i3

Debian / Openbox
Mint / Muffin
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1377 on: Sat, 30 July 2016, 15:42:28 »
Quote from: StickyBlueJuice on Fri, 29 July 2016, 23:50:29
Does anyone have any experience with puppy linux? Thinking of trying it out because I've got a really old pc that I'm trying to use in my 'office' it's more of a big mess with a desk that I try to work with keyboards at.
And when I say old pc I mean pci express 1.0 old.
I've used it on a laptop I bought in... 2006 I guess. No complaints at all, very nice distro.
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I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is b.s.
-Ray Bradbury

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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1378 on: Sat, 30 July 2016, 15:51:57 »
Saw this thread, reminded me i havent -Syu in 5 weeks, due to vacation(Holding thumbs)
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1379 on: Sun, 31 July 2016, 01:37:33 »
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1380 on: Mon, 01 August 2016, 15:00:13 »
Quote from: dustigroove on Fri, 29 July 2016, 08:45:21


Quote from: smknjoe on Fri, 29 July 2016, 00:48:20
Quote from: dustigroove on Wed, 13 July 2016, 11:06:35
Quote from: csmertx on Wed, 13 July 2016, 10:55:26
I keep hearing about this Arch thing, what is Arch? Seriously
Arch is a rolling release Linux distribution with a huge repository (both distribution and community maintained) of current and bleeding edge packages. They adhere to the mantra of simplicity (see: The Arch Way, KISS)

Best from the horses mouth...

https://www.archlinux.org/about/


Noob version of Slackware. ;)

Ha! Actually Gentoo/Funtoo would be more correct as Slackware isn't a rolling release distro.

But I feel what you're trying to imply... even if it's wrong. ;)

Slackware was the "go to" for those "in the know".  Now it's Arch.

Someone obviously needs to find more time for Bob Dobbs in his life...
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1381 on: Mon, 08 August 2016, 12:51:14 »
Debian, of course.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1382 on: Tue, 09 August 2016, 20:49:10 »
Quote from: smknjoe on Tue, 28 June 2016, 22:45:43
I never said never. :)

I'll bet that 95% of the people who dual boot could do just fine with VMs though. Again, if you are just using Win once a week...why have a native install? I juggled dual, triple, and even quad booting (with a Macbook) for years and it was a ***** to manage backups and share files. With VMs you backup and restore entire "machines" with ease. And if you go with VMware the guest tools make it almost impossible to tell any difference between a native machine and virtual in terms of performance...including graphics.

I think the best setup for these kinds of situations is having two drives, one for Windows and one for Linux.

Install VMWare Workstation on Windows and set up the Linux partition as a VM. This will allow you to boot directly to Windows or Linux, as well as run your Linux partition live while running Windows through VMWare Workstation.

I prefer to boot into just the OS that I will be using but there are certainly times where I need to access resources/software from both in the same time frame and this saves from having to shut down one to boot the other.

I first learned you could do this when I booted my Windows bootcamp partition on my Mac as a VM in OS X, allowing me to use both at the same time or boot directly to either. Very handy indeed.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1383 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:31:45 »
Getting a new pc tomorrow that's going to control one of my screens.
Already bought Synergy and am just waiting on parts.
It'll be running Linux Mint. - Can't wait to fiddle around with it.  :cool:
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1384 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:36:40 »
Considering running Voidlinux on a Macbook..
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Offline dustigroove

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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1385 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:52:47 »
Quote from: StickyBlueJuice on Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:31:45
Already bought Synergy and am just waiting on parts.

Absolutely love Synergy. Have been using it for a number of years now... I'd include it as one of my few essential tools.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1386 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 07:29:25 »
Quote from: joey on Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:36:40
Considering running Voidlinux on a Macbook..
Just do it.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1387 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 07:32:24 »
Quote from: iri on Wed, 10 August 2016, 07:29:25
Quote from: joey on Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:36:40
Considering running Voidlinux on a Macbook..
Just do it.
That's the motivation I need.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1388 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 08:14:48 »
Quote from: dustigroove on Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:52:47
Quote from: StickyBlueJuice on Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:31:45
Already bought Synergy and am just waiting on parts.

Absolutely love Synergy. Have been using it for a number of year now... I'd include it as one of my few essential tools.
That's what I've heard. I can't wait to try it out and play around with everything.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1389 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 17:25:56 »
Quote from: StickyBlueJuice on Wed, 10 August 2016, 08:14:48
Quote from: dustigroove on Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:52:47
Quote from: StickyBlueJuice on Wed, 10 August 2016, 06:31:45
Already bought Synergy and am just waiting on parts.

Absolutely love Synergy. Have been using it for a number of year now... I'd include it as one of my few essential tools.
That's what I've heard. I can't wait to try it out and play around with everything.

Oh man this.. I was just thinking about a KVM switch and I read this--definitely bookmarking :)
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1390 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 17:58:25 »
I just looked into this... Why had I not heard of this before.
Seriously I could have used this years ago and skipped buying a KVM (actually I'm on my second KVM).
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1391 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 20:55:22 »
Does anyone know if I can do the following:

On a MacBook Pro with OS X and Windows 7, I want to have a virtual machine of Lubuntu that I can run from either Windows or OS X. I'm wondering, if I install it under Windows, can I also boot the VM from OS X? Or am I best setting up a shared drive, locating the VM folder there... then perhaps I can access it from each Windows and OS X?

Sidenote: My MBP is from 2010 and only a dual-core i5 with 8GB of RAM. Oddly enough, I can upgrade to 16 GB of RAM but only Windows will recognize it. I've tried running my Windows bootcamp partition as a VM in OS X and while it works, the performance is too poor to be useful.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1392 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 22:01:35 »
Quote from: Altis on Wed, 10 August 2016, 20:55:22
Does anyone know if I can do the following:

On a MacBook Pro with OS X and Windows 7, I want to have a virtual machine of Lubuntu that I can run from either Windows or OS X. I'm wondering, if I install it under Windows, can I also boot the VM from OS X? Or am I best setting up a shared drive, locating the VM folder there... then perhaps I can access it from each Windows and OS X?

Sidenote: My MBP is from 2010 and only a dual-core i5 with 8GB of RAM. Oddly enough, I can upgrade to 16 GB of RAM but only Windows will recognize it. I've tried running my Windows bootcamp partition as a VM in OS X and while it works, the performance is too poor to be useful.

The way I'd approach it would be to use virtualization software that runs on both OS X and Windows, or at least software that can read the same formats, and to put the virtual hard disk on a shared partition. It may not be the best way, but it seems to me that would be the easiest way to get things up and running.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1393 on: Wed, 10 August 2016, 22:53:35 »
If you're not going to boot the Windows partition in a VM while in Mac OS, and Mac OS can mount that NTFS read+write, it'd be easier to just leave the Lubuntu VM's image on that partition.

Unless you insist on Lubuntu being able to run both in a VM and physically, then, partition for it as well.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1394 on: Thu, 11 August 2016, 07:37:06 »
Thanks to both of you.

Looks like VirtualBox runs on both Windows and Mac. I think I'll try that and see if I can use both while the VM files are on the Windows partition so that both can access it; else I'll create a shared partition and try it there.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1395 on: Mon, 22 August 2016, 05:40:42 »
Quote from: user 18 on Fri, 29 July 2016, 17:41:42
Got a new laptop for work. Running Linux Mint 18 instead of Debian because I need kernel 4.4 and some newer packages for hardware support and I didn't want to mess with sid on a work machine.

Love Mint, wish I could use it at work. We have a RHL and an Ubuntu image but both are... bleugh bloated and ruined by corporate security software
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1396 on: Mon, 22 August 2016, 06:30:49 »
Two months of Debian. I'm finally past my duck and cover phase of testing out a new distro. Ubuntu was WAY too user-friendly for me--I broke mine during the first month :))

Looks like I'll be on board for Stretch
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1397 on: Mon, 22 August 2016, 17:55:54 »
So I got a thinkpad x220 about a week ago and for one reason only, FreeBSD! One of the known laptops to work flawlessly with it, since I can't always be using my FreeBSD desktop!

Quote from: dustigroove on Tue, 12 July 2016, 19:11:48
Is there anything other than Arch?

it's called FreeBSD  ;D
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1398 on: Tue, 23 August 2016, 07:04:26 »
Really enjoying Linux mint so far, been using it for about a week or so and for a plug and play os it does the job quite well.
I'm freeing myself from Windows one step at a time. :D
Also: Synergy is ****in' amazing.
There are a few glitches here and there, my biggest gripe right now being that I can't copy/paste from one screen to the other without stopping and starting the service every once in a while.
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Re: What Linux Distro do the Linux users of GH use?
« Reply #1399 on: Tue, 23 August 2016, 07:37:39 »
Quote from: StickyBlueJuice on Tue, 23 August 2016, 07:04:26

Really enjoying Linux mint so far, been using it for about a week or so and for a plug and play os it does the job quite well.
I'm freeing myself from Windows one step at a time.


I dabbled with Ubuntu for 5-6 years but it went off in a direction that wasn't for me.
Tried OpenSUSE but had a number of hardware issues, and the "community/forums" were monumentally arrogant and unhelpful.

I have been using Mint/Cinnamon for the better part of a year and am extremely pleased, although I think that the the forum is very poorly organized and extremely difficult to search. Fortunately, the OS seems to work so well that I have not needed much help.

My first step breaking free from the Windows universe was to drop Photoshop Elements in favor of GIMP, a few years ago, and although the learning curve was painful it has worked out well. Then I started using LibreOffice in place of Office 2010, and today I am about 90/10, although I am an "easy" user and rarely do anything besides word processing and spreadsheets.

The best thing that I did though, 6-7 years ago, was to drop Outlook. That thing is a heartless bastard.
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