Not MS but IBM, created a front 13y ago called RedHat, financed it with consulting subcontracts installing RHEL,Fedora,Debian everywhere, to steer all Desktop/GUI development to depend on it, and when it all met its goals bought it to create its mass consumed system to compete with MS.
Very few attempt to maintain desktop functionality without systemd today, and upstreamers just quitely conformed to the "market'.
i pretty much dont give a fuck what companies do.
except its hella destructive/wastefull to the environment… and also will probably drive up the price of computers for everyone.
Auto Hot Key, that’s something I haven’t heard of in a while. Probably because it’s not as essential in a Linux environment when you can more easily accomplish most of what you’d accomplish using AHK in a shell script. What problem are you trying to solve using AHK? Someone might be able to tell you how to solve it.
I know its possible in linux. but on windows in ahk it takes me seconds to add/remove/deactivate/activate them. and on a good working day do that maybe 20 to 50 times. and they are all in one single file.
or stuff like search selected text in search engine X or Y; but if selected in program A, then use search engine Z or open program B and enter it there. but those are the most complicated ones i use and dont need quick changing.
Debian! As far as hardware you’d probably have an easier time with an AMD GPU but otherwise most everything works. Get intel wifi if you can/want wifi.
Dice rolls, all the way down. You’ll eventually try more of those other packages “you don’t need” in your quest to make your Linux system look and feel how you want, but first you’ve gotta start with something to get a feel for: “I like this bit, but not this other bit, can I change that?” Generally, yes.
If you’re demanding to be told the right way, there’s TempleOS for that, or Mac, or Windows, or hell, how about RedStarOS?
But literally any PC that’s within your budget. OK maybe that’s not true, there might still be some crap WiFi cards out there with weird firmware that don’t support Linux very well. Find an older name-brand PC within your budget. Before buying it Google “[make and model] Linux WiFi” and see whether there’s tons of complaints about the WiFi. If not, go ahead and get it, put Ubuntu or Linux Mint on there, start banging out JavaScript projects, profit.
I think GNU/Linux (What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.) is a great fit for non-technical people when they don’t have an established workflow on another OS. If their needs can’t easily be translated over, though, I think it’d turn users away.
Well, one of the benefits of Linux is that it’s extreme customizability allows you to emulate whatever workflow you want. I think that Zorin OS has the right idea of asking what workflow you want to use. This way, even a noobie use can feel at home
I want to open the internet but its not on my desktop. How do I get it back? Also, what happened to my C drive? All the files are gone now, and there’s all these other ones I don’t need called like “lib” and “home.” I tried using that app store you showed me, but I couldn’t find microsoft word; it tried to install something else instead, I think I might have a virus. It’s probably that “wine” virus I tried installing, some guide on the internet said it would give me word, but it didn’t bring word back. I don’t think it did anything, but you should still do a virus scan. I tried to, but I couldn’t find the Norton button.
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check the Downloads folder, OfficeInstaller(1).exe through OfficeInstaller(12).exe
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It worked before you messed with it. Why did you do that? What do you mean you were “installing word” it’s just a program you click, why’d you need that black window with text in it?
try to teach them about the terminal
I shouldn’t have to learn all this hacker shit to install a simple program.
I love this answer because it’s exactly what he’s asking, but absolutely what he shouldn’t do hahahaha.
Anyone wondering, go to a computer and type nc -lp PORT > file (Replacing PORT with the port you want to use), now go to a different computer and type nc IP PORT < FILE (Replacing IP and Port with the IP from the first machine and the PORT you ran on the command there, and FILE with a file you want to copy). Congratulations, you just copied a file from one machine to another without using SSH.
Sends in the clear, no error checking, the nc command is promiscuous while its bound to the port. No crypto or compression to slow you down. Just a raw pipe of bytes
Its a bad idea, part of the forbidden codex known only to old, irreverent graybeards who know better but don’t care anymore. There are better ways that are both more reliable and better practice.
You might want to look into using passwordless SSH keys within your script (see ssh -i) which isn’t the most secure.practice on multiuser systems, but is Okayish in Devops and backups. Add other factors like aggressive allowed hosts settings on the receiver, and rotate the keys regularly.
My current personal laptop is a ThinkPad 13 2nd Gen. I believe it was released in 2017. It was my work laptop for 4 years and was gifted to me by the employer. During those 4 years as a work laptop it proved its worth—9 hours of teaching per day plugged into a projector. Once it was mine I slapped Linux on it. Today, the battery still lasts 10 hours.
So, definitely look into getting something used. You probably don’t need the best of the best. If I had to choose right now I would rank my needs and try to get something close enough.
An i3 or equivalent might be fine, and i7 might be overkill. Something with an i5, perhaps? Lots of people say 8GB is the minimum for RAM, my computer has 6GB and works. But, if I were going to buy today I might take 16GB just as future-proofing. I would also need that USB-C.
Browse around sites like linux-hardware.org before purchasing to make sure you don’t get any surprises.
Speaking of surprises, I would take anything with Nvidia just in case, and whatever model I take would need to be reparable or upgradable.
If you decide on buying new, you might as well take a look at the vendors mentioned by other users. System76, Slimbook, Framework, StarBook, and so on will hurt your wallet a bit, but at least you know the hardware won’t result in time lost troubleshooting.
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