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| 1300371 | 2012-09-14 08:43:00 | MATE | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1300372 | 2012-09-14 08:44:00 | you also may want to familiarise yourself with the linux shell/bash thingy. I fully intend to... at some point. Similar to windows command line, but a bit more friendly if you've gotten nudged in the right direction, you've got a fair few more commands than the standard settings and such may show. The Tab key is very useful within it too. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1300373 | 2012-09-14 10:04:00 | Another problem. When I'm in linux and flip my lid shut on my laptop, it goes to sleep (as it should). When I open up the lid, it won't wake up, and just shows a black screen. Any ideas? | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1300374 | 2012-09-14 10:15:00 | I been trying out the various Linux distros also. You may find it helpful to check out the finux forums http://forums.linuxmint.com/ |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1300375 | 2012-09-14 10:45:00 | You could Google it, I did, it is one of the many issues with Mint, apparently. If you are going to survive in the Linux world I recommend you read the documentation that is embedded in Mint You can then search the Mint Forum for answers to these common questions and issues with a far greater chance of getting a solution than here where emphasis is on supporting Windows, mainly. www.google.co.nz 14079.3-3j18j9.30.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.igXtZi32JOE&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=7a36375cff9cb737&biw=1128&bih=475 |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1300376 | 2012-09-14 11:14:00 | Why Linux? To be honest, Linux on the desktop/laptop is a dud. Sorry - but what you have written is pure opinion - one could just as likely say "Why Windows? To be honest, Windows on the desktop/laptop is a dud". I have used Linux on my desktop since 1998 (single boot since 2001) and would never go back to Windows for my personal machines. I use and teach Linux and Windows server stuff at work and would maintain (for what it is worth) that I have less problems on my desktop than I would running Windows. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 1300377 | 2012-09-14 11:26:00 | And you do buy laptops, unless you steal them. And I would hope it came with something on it, For what you pay for them. And thats not free. Would be good if laptops came with no OS at all. They'll be a lot cheaper Buying a laptop with no OS or with Linux is again an option after a long wait - see zareason.co.nz |
johnd (85) | ||
| 1300378 | 2012-09-14 22:35:00 | How is Mint with restrictive license multimedia Codecs like WMV and so forth. Are they in there out of the box or do you need to install from non-free repositories. This is an issue with OpenSuSE, I buy mine from Fluendo because one fee covers pretty much every multimedia codec out there. | Yorick (8120) | ||
| 1300379 | 2012-09-14 22:51:00 | How is Mint with restrictive license multimedia Codecs like WMV and so forth. Are they in there out of the box or do you need to install from non-free repositories. This is an issue with OpenSuSE, I buy mine from Fluendo because one fee covers pretty much every multimedia codec out there.It has them installed. | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1300380 | 2012-09-14 23:58:00 | I am speaking from experience Chill. Used Linux from 1994-2007 and then switched to OSX. Answer this, For a regular user what does Linux offer that Windows 7 doesn't. Dont tell me it is free, Windows is always bundled with laptops so in essence free. Aaah I so love it when people make these "I am experienced" statements. Firstly 2007 was five years ago, which in IT, as you would know is a lifetime, though perhaps it could be argued that in Windows not so much, that's just a couple of service packs. In Linux and especially desktop Linux, it is several lifetimes. KDE and Gnome (the two main Desktop environments) show the benefits of hard fought competition and are both far ahead of the opposition. Windows got Aero long after Compiz was common on the Linux Desktop. Multiple desktops are standard where windows only gets them through third party plugins and even then it's a shadow of the Linux method. Some Linux purists argue that the KDE-Gnome battle is just a battle for bloat, but then they just don't use either, they use the myriad of lightweight, but still powerful DEs such as LXDE or XFCE or Enlightenment. (www.pcworld.com ml) Windows as per usual forces hardware upgrades to suit the OS, Linux allows the user to adjust their Environment to suit the hardware. Now as to what you can do in a Linux Distribution that you can't do in Windows 7. The answer is lots. I'll work from OpenSuSE because that's what I use and have done since way back not sure when really but at least ten years, old age and memory and all that... or perhaps because I just didn't care enough to be able to be precise but I went from Win 2K. Those that remember Win 2K will be able to predict WHY I went to linux. I went to Mandrake first, for the same reason I use OpenSuSE, I wasn't a CLI guru, I wanted to be able to totally administer my system from a GUI, which I can. As to the question. OpenSUSE comes on double sided media, not necessary to download. It has 64 bit on one side and 32 bit on the other. So that's the first thing, I can take that media and install it on any number of machines. Can't do that with Win7, BUT the man says "this is about already installed" True, however what it means is I can upgrade to the latest Version or even a different distro (If you have home directory on a separate partition) and have all the other machines in my house/business matched with my new machine and I can do that when the next version comes out on and on. So that no matter how old my new hardware becomes I have the latest OS automatically rather than the hardware becoming obselete when the Next Big Thing comes along. Can't do that with Win7, well not legally. OpenSuSE media allows you to set up as a server, all the software is there. Can't do that with Win7. The OpenSUSE install comes with over 4 gigs of software, productivity software, Image editors, Illustration software, Sound editors, Accounting packages IDEs and so and so on, all installed out of the box(or you can customise). In fact you can install OpenSuSE using a particular package set off the DVD and you can be doing high end productivity straight up, Word processing, Spreadsheets, Database, Graphic design, Multimedia, right up to web development or if you're a proper propellor head full on programming. Can't do that on a basic Win 7 install. I have a Win 7 install, I have it for support as well as XP and Win 2K, the Win 2K install is to run my old Solidworks instance. These all run in Virtual machines on my OpenSuSE box, can't do that with a base Win7 install. My problem with Win 7 is I can't do anything except browse the web, get email and type things in notepad, whereas in OpenSuSE I can do everything I need straight out of the box. Then when I want to do High end stuff invariably the software is on the repositiories with a simple secure download and install process. On top of all this I can as a non geek, if I wish, create my own distribution with all of the software I need or only the software I require by building it in SuSE Studio, can't do that for Win7. People who buy machines that have Win 7 preinstalled or OSX on Mac are paying money to be used in the marketing campaigns that convince them to buy it! :D Weird circular thing innit. Linux distros do almost no marketing (other than the biggies of course RedHat, SUSE Enterprise, Oracle etc in the corporate space) except Ubuntu on the desktop and the spend is miniscule compared to Win and Mac and yet they have a substantial following. That says something. |
Yorick (8120) | ||
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