Your Linux distribution

[dblaisde]

>>Hard warm and functioning correctly = dirty sheets. 

Funny and I get your point, but Linux has "garbage collection" so it cleans your sheets too. :)

[chubby]

TrueOS (freebsd)  nice Telegram group

[SheungWan]

On 8/13/2017 at 10:47 AM, dblaisde said:

 though Google has turned evil. 

I guess Chromium and CloudReady not on the list then.

[oldcpu]

I'm an openSUSE user (age 65).   

 

Have openSUSE on 3 old PCs here in Europe (2 desktop's and 1 laptop). Laptop is Toshiba Satellite Z930. Desktops both custom: one with a core i7-4770 on a Gigabyte Z87X-DH3 motherboard and the oldest a very old core-i7-920 on an ASUSTek P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard. 

 

I plan to retire in Phuket in May this year (as my wife and I have already purchased a condo), and bring my laptop and Gigabyte motherboard based desktop with me, discarding the very old ASUSTek PC.

 

My first introduction to GNU/Linux was in Phuket in 1998 when while living in Phuket (on sabbatical for a couple of years) I installed Red Hat GNU/Linux for the first time on an ancient Compaq LTE5200 laptop.  I have not looked back since and still happy with GNU/Linux.    

 

I hope to drop in on this forum thread a bit more often after May this year.

[SheungWan]

On 9/13/2016 at 3:59 PM, SpaceKadet said:

Good to see that paranoia still rules OK....

Don't forget to tape over your laptop's camera and microphone too.

I actually know someone who does re the camera.

[SpaceKadet]

1 hour ago, SheungWan said:

I actually know someone who does re the camera.

After reading Mr Snowdens revelations, I might do too nowadays...

 

All the dirt and hacking stuff I have is behind several firewalls and NAT, so I'm not very worried about that. Some is encrypted too, but if NSA can de-crypt SSL in real time, that is worrisome. But if you can turn on a webcam remotely without turning on the little LED... that's scary.

[Vacuum]

18 hours ago, SheungWan said:

I actually know someone who does re the camera.

A confirmation that I'm not the only one.

Using a 'blind-plug' in the headphone jack is also a good idea.

[hakama]

Arch Linux

[mikebrian1]

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[octagon]

Manjaro Linux Cinnamon. A nice and simple distro, except for all the updates. I run it from a SanDisk Ultra Fit USB flash drive on my Windows 7 desktop computer.

[SheungWan]

Has anybody here used Zorin OS? StarLabs (UK) are offering it as an option with their hardware.

[Tayaout]

Arch Linux with i3wm on Desktop. Arch Linux on Raspberry Pi and servers. 

[Pattaya46]

I use Debian, with a rather minimalist window manager, because I use Debian for decades for my job on web servers and don't see the point to change for another distrib on my own computer.

[oldcpu]

On 8/25/2019 at 4:09 PM, Pattaya46 said:

I use Debian for decades for my job on web servers and don't see the point to change for another distrib on my own computer.

I think that a good idea.  I do not believe being a 'distro hopper' is productive.   As a distro hopper one does get to see different ways of doing things only in a very superficial way (IMHO).  I've read countless posts of distro hopper who complain about function 'x' in a distro, where if they had only spent a small time more in that same distro they would have learned that distro has function 'y' which means function 'x' not needed or easily worked around, but they never learn.  I think sticking with what one knows as much as possible (whether it be Mac, Windows, or a specific GNU/Linux distribution) is the way to go.

[Morakot]

On 8/30/2019 at 10:22 AM, oldcpu said:

I think that a good idea.  I do not believe being a 'distro hopper' is productive.   As a distro hopper one does get to see different ways of doing things only in a very superficial way (IMHO).  I've read countless posts of distro hopper who complain about function 'x' in a distro, where if they had only spent a small time more in that same distro they would have learned that distro has function 'y' which means function 'x' not needed or easily worked around, but they never learn.  I think sticking with what one knows as much as possible (whether it be Mac, Windows, or a specific GNU/Linux distribution) is the way to go.

 

Used Debian for more than a decade. Moved to Devuan almost a year ago (Devuan = Debian without systemd). Never looked back!!

 

devuan.org

 

 

[WalkingOrders]

currently using Linux Peppermint. I change about every 3 months or so. I was using Ubuntu Studio, changed recently.

[Stocky]

On 12/1/2019 at 11:56 AM, WalkingOrders said:

I change about every 3 months or so.

Strewth, I couldn't be doing with that, what's the point?

I tried a few flavours to start with, but settled on Linux Mint and have been happy with that the last six years.

 

Recently, I confess to have tried a few different distros in a search to find one that worked well on a mini-PC with HiDPI display; Mint doesn't offer more than 2x scaling. I quickly settled on KDE Neon, which works a treat, though I've not been tempted to change the desktops, as Mint works fine, and the wife & kids are familiar and happy with Mint. 

[FarangryBirds]

Linux Newbie!

 

I've got a 10 year old laptop I recently reformatted, I have reinstalled it mainly with Win10 again BUT this time I set a separate partition on which I've installed Zorin 15.

 

The Windows install still chugs away a bit but I've been very impressed with Zorin, it's breathed new life into a decrepit old rig. I'm really liking the interface on Zorin, it's really slick. Most stuff was pretty easy to adapt to, took a bit of work getting my VPN working. I think the only part I don't really enjoy is trying to connect to my (Google) cloud drive. I did want to use Chromium browser but Netflix didn't work so I've switched back to Firefox. I've got some documents and spreadsheets I'd created on MS Office and no problems using them in Libreoffice.

 

The thing I appreciate most about Zorin is the time between logging in to being ready to use compared to Windows. The shutdown time is also super quick.

 

I was going to try Mint on my newer laptop but just couldn't get the damn thing to boot from my USB pen.

[Nobody55]

Linux Newbie!

 

I am using Linux Mint, I'd like to ask something I'm not clear on.

Is it true that all Linux distributions are virus-free and therefore there is no need for antivirus?

[Dumbastheycome]

https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/myth-busting-linux-immune-viruses/

 

The summary in the last paragraph sums it up well IMO.

[tso310]

Linux Mint here also. I also use Daphile, X86 audiophile distro, and Volumio, ARM audiophile distro on an ASUS Tinker Board S. One day I'll get around to dumping my Windows desktop.

[JohnnyNJoy]

I have Ubuntu on an old PC and laptop I have. And also dual boot it on my current PC with Windows 10. 

[Gumballl]

Yesterday I updated my Kubuntu 18.04 system to 20.04.

 

Fairly painless process, however once completed, I had to restore certain custom settings. First was to use postfix vs. sendmail for sending email; next I had to update fail2ban to read/manage a list of blocked IP addresses (mainly from China and Russia... sorry!), and finally to update my SSH daemon with custom settings.

 

The total time for the update took about 4 hours (while waiting, I stepped out of home to go eat a damn good Philly Cheese Steak sandwich and fries, along with a few Wild Turkey 101/ginger ale drinks).

 

 

P.S. This was on an HP laptop, with and i5 processor, 16 GB of RAM, and a 500 GB SSD.

[tw25rw]

I was using Linux mint from 2009 until a few weeks ago, but was having a lot of wifi issues on this PC. I installed Kubuntu, and find that I generally prefer how it feels, but still don't have reliable wifi.

[Barnabe]

Debian since 2005, took me some time to customise everything but been running smoothly ever since!

 

My current installation is 11 years old and survived multiple computer and disk transplants.

[Moncul]

Kali, but I use it for work.

[Gumballl]

On 2/19/2021 at 12:28 PM, Moncul said:

Kali, but I use it for work.

Not to pry too much, but why do you use it "only" for work? Is it not worthy to use at home?

 

About the Kali Linux Distribution

Kali Linux is an open source project that is maintained and funded by Offensive Security, a provider of world-class information security training and penetration testing services. In addition to Kali Linux, Offensive Security also maintains the Exploit Database and the free online course, Metasploit Unleashed.

[matta]

I have tried almost every distro, but for some reason I always turn back to Ubuntu.

[Morakot]

On 9/27/2020 at 1:04 PM, Barnabe said:

Debian since 2005, took me some time to customise everything but been running smoothly ever since!

 

My current installation is 11 years old and survived multiple computer and disk transplants.

Might be time to update to Debian "bullseye" Release. ????