Who uses Linux?
- Rob R.
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Looking for a show of hands for those that run Linux on something at home or work.
What Distro do you run?
What type of machine are you running Linux on?
What do you use it for?
I started playing with Linux about 15 years ago, mainly just for something to fool around with. I never used it for everyday type activities until about 10 years ago, when it started to be a lot more useful out of the box.
I have been running a media server with Ubuntu Server Edition for 2 years, and it continues to run excellent. I run Manjaro Linux on my Dell desktop and use that for web browsing, and managing music & videos for the media server.
One of my kids also uses an old HP laptop with Manjaro Linux on it.
What Distro do you run?
What type of machine are you running Linux on?
What do you use it for?
I started playing with Linux about 15 years ago, mainly just for something to fool around with. I never used it for everyday type activities until about 10 years ago, when it started to be a lot more useful out of the box.
I have been running a media server with Ubuntu Server Edition for 2 years, and it continues to run excellent. I run Manjaro Linux on my Dell desktop and use that for web browsing, and managing music & videos for the media server.
One of my kids also uses an old HP laptop with Manjaro Linux on it.
- lsayre
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A few months ago I transitioned from Mint to MX-17. MX is a rolling Linux release, and it has upgraded itself to version 18.12. I started using Linux when OS/2 was on its way out. Except for work, I've never used Windows.
- lsayre
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On Distrowatch, MX-Linux has recently exceeded the popularity of Mint. But Manjaro is #1.
- warminmn
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Mint 18.3 Cinnamon on a pretty old laptop.
It had 7 on it but I couldnt keep it running good so went to Linux. It does what I need it to do. i dont care for its picture editing or movie making ability but for general internet use its as good as Windows.
I do realize if I wanted to spend the time to add different programs I could get more out of it but I dont enjoy that kind of stuff. This old laptop runs pretty hot, has for a few years but it keeps chugging along. Yes I clean it often.
My next one might be a Chromebook.
It had 7 on it but I couldnt keep it running good so went to Linux. It does what I need it to do. i dont care for its picture editing or movie making ability but for general internet use its as good as Windows.
I do realize if I wanted to spend the time to add different programs I could get more out of it but I dont enjoy that kind of stuff. This old laptop runs pretty hot, has for a few years but it keeps chugging along. Yes I clean it often.
My next one might be a Chromebook.
- D-frost
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I run Linuxmint 17.3, 64-bit, Opera browser(old version-37). This wipes out 99% of the ads. This on an old Acer laptop. No business use, just internet, and I play solitaire. Works for me.
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- BunkerdCaddis
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- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Saey Hanover II working when I feel the desire, Waterford 105 out on vacation, Surdiac Gotha hiding somewhere
- Coal Size/Type: pea/nut/rice/stove-anthracite, nut/stove bit when I feel the urge
- Other Heating: oil fired hydronic
I've run some version of Puppy Linux on a 15 or so year old Pentium 4 I bought at a county auction as my main web surfing machine for at least 9 or 10 years. It was starting to get pretty slow with the newer video formats and and other junk on web based email etc. so I pulled it out and replaced it yesterday with my old photography machine (an I3 that came with win 7). It ran fine with Puppy but the browsers kept crashing (firefox and palemoon) so I put Mint 19 in and firefox still keeps crashing.
All in all though I have used or tried Puppy, Mint, Peppermint, PCLinux, Mandriva, Vector Linux, Kubuntu, Lubuntu and Xubuntu. I really liked Vector but it hasn't been updated in years. Puppy runs in ram so even on an old machine it is fast and boots from a cd. Any machine I have around that windows is out of date on gets Linux.
If it wouldn't be for the fact that I use Adobe Lightroom for photography my newest machine wouldn't be Windows, once I learn to use lightzone or darktable I won't buy Windows again.
All in all though I have used or tried Puppy, Mint, Peppermint, PCLinux, Mandriva, Vector Linux, Kubuntu, Lubuntu and Xubuntu. I really liked Vector but it hasn't been updated in years. Puppy runs in ram so even on an old machine it is fast and boots from a cd. Any machine I have around that windows is out of date on gets Linux.
If it wouldn't be for the fact that I use Adobe Lightroom for photography my newest machine wouldn't be Windows, once I learn to use lightzone or darktable I won't buy Windows again.
I run Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on a refurbed dell I bought on ebay. I originally used it for a steam cache server. Now it's used for a network storage, minecraft server for the kids, docker running a plex server and my unifi controller. I was thinking of running zoneminder and throwing a few POE ip cams up. Not sure if I will though.
- Homesteader
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I have a Dell laptop that came with win 10 and had all kinds of trouble running legacy hardware that needed USB-Serial adapters to communicate to the hardware. Windows would keep blue screening when it did its updates complaining about the VCP ports so I wiped the drive and installed Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon. No problems now whatsoever, very stable and faster machine using less resources than win 10. Also use Firefox with it and have no problems browsing.
- BunkerdCaddis
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: Bairmatic-Van Wert
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Van Wert VW85H
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Saey Hanover II working when I feel the desire, Waterford 105 out on vacation, Surdiac Gotha hiding somewhere
- Coal Size/Type: pea/nut/rice/stove-anthracite, nut/stove bit when I feel the urge
- Other Heating: oil fired hydronic
I see MX is a descendant of Mepis , So some questions mostly for Rob and Larry but also others, what do you like specifically about Manjaro or MX that separates them from the crowd? What desktops do you prefer and why? I don't see a lot of difference in the different desktops in my use so it doesn't mean much to me and I wonder why so many flavors sometimes...
- lsayre
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- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh Anthracite Pea
- Other Heating: Resistance Boiler (13.5 KW), ComfortMax 75
For me, there were two reasons why I transitioned. I was coming across annoying flaws in the latest Mint, and it has become bloated and slow on my aging laptop. MX is very fast and everything simply works as expected. It even boots up about 5 times faster.BunkerdCaddis wrote: ↑Wed. Jan. 02, 2019 6:47 pmI see MX is a descendant of Mepis , So some questions mostly for Rob and Larry but also others, what do you like specifically about Manjaro or MX that separates them from the crowd? What desktops do you prefer and why? I don't see a lot of difference in the different desktops in my use so it doesn't mean much to me and I wonder why so many flavors sometimes...
BTW, years ago I was a big fan of Mepis Linux.
- Rob R.
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- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Chubby Jr
Manjaro has a really nice version that uses the XFCE desktop environment, which is lightweight and quick. It also has an excellent installer, that does a great job of installing the correct drivers - even for new hardware. My Dell desktop has a MicrosoftBunkerdCaddis wrote: ↑Wed. Jan. 02, 2019 6:47 pmI see MX is a descendant of Mepis , So some questions mostly for Rob and Larry but also others, what do you like specifically about Manjaro or MX that separates them from the crowd? What desktops do you prefer and why? I don't see a lot of difference in the different desktops in my use so it doesn't mean much to me and I wonder why so many flavors sometimes...
multimedia keyboard with some nice features (extra buttons), and does not work in Mint or Ubuntu - but it worked out of the box with Manjaro. Power management also worked out of the box with my HP laptop.
- Richard S.
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CentOS
Migrating to this today, tomorrow.... Might be a very short outage. Big difference between current plan and new plan is the SSD's.What type of machine are you running Linux on?
2 Core CPU Processor
4 GB Guaranteed RAM
100 GB RAID-10 SSD Storage
3 TB Premium Bandwidth
Coalpail.com of course.What do you use it for?
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CentOS 6 on a home server, CentOS 7 on a workstation, and Fedora 29 LXDE on my laptop. I've been running linux for 15 years.