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07-28-2016, 09:17 AM | #1 |
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Anyone Using Peppermint OS?
Sadly, its time for the ol' XP Pro to go. Too many problems cropping up. Options so far are:
1) go to Win 7 2) go to win 7 and upgrade to Win 10 3) go to a Linux based system Stumbled across Peppermint 7 and it looks pretty good to my limited braintrust. https://peppermintos.com/. An Everyday Linux User Review Of Peppermint OS 7 - Nice Ice Baby http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/201...iew-of_28.html
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07-28-2016, 09:45 AM | #2 |
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I'm using Linux Mint 17.3 Mate and like it a lot. I only use Windows maybe 1% of the time, any more.
Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, which is a very stable and user friendly distribution. That makes Linux Mint very easily upgraded and user friendly, too. And, it's FREE... https://www.linuxmint.com/ Brian
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07-28-2016, 01:26 PM | #3 |
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Brian, do you use a dual boot system for Linux and Windows?
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07-28-2016, 02:09 PM | #4 |
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07-29-2016, 09:19 AM | #5 |
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Here's a good link that has a lot of the Linux distributions. There is a ton of information about them, too.
http://distrowatch.com/ Brian |
07-30-2016, 09:45 PM | #6 | |
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A few years ago I had set up a dual boot system with Win and Ubuntu. At that time Linux wasn't as much "fun" as Windows. At any rate the dual boot crashed. It was something to do with Grub and I lost the info on that hard drive. I believe that microsuck will sabotage any Windows OS under Win 10 long before the 2020 support (for Win 7) expires. JMHO. |
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07-31-2016, 08:22 AM | #7 | |
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You can still do all that, but why, when everything is more automated, these days. You can still bury yourself in virtual machines and make yourself untraceable, though. I used the Win7 on my laptop recently and thought what a pain in the butt. The man that was hot on this Linux stuff was Pfalz2. There wasn't anything he didn't know about it. He's the reason I got back in to Linux. Brian |
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