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| Thread ID: 146129 | 2018-04-28 21:35:00 | Linux | piroska (17583) | PC World Chat |
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| 1448961 | 2018-04-28 21:35:00 | The longer I have Linux, the less I ever want to go back to Windows. I find I haven't missed it at all. The new printer, for instance. Downloaded the driver, unzipped and installed. During the install I got asked 2 things: USB or wifi? Name? (Happy with default or enter a name I chose) And that's it. No next, next, reboot, bloat in the startup, annoying nag screens, registry entries, and size and monitoring stuff. It does allow me options to change settings, I do get a screen come up if there is some error or such. But not there in your face all the time. Ditto the scanner part. This caused some initial confusion because it took all of 1 second to install, asked me nothing and then I couldn't see a program listed in the menu or anything. Aha, I realise I type scangear into terminal and up pops the wee window, with all I need: Scan as jpg or pdf, size of paper, colour or black, and where to save it to. So simple. So small. So easy. I rummaged through my folders in file manager and find the entire thing takes up 407kbs. Kbs, not Mbs! Removing old printer? purge <name> from terminal, and it's all cleared out. And really cleared out, no lurking junk in profiles, system or registries. OK, some versions of Linux still require a lot of terminal and knowledge of it, but Mint? It's the simplest O/S I have ever used, anywhere and anytime. And tiny....the TB drive sits there mostly empty, the only things taking up space are some music and videos really. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1448962 | 2018-04-28 23:30:00 | Yep, 18 months or so ago I installed Mint - Sarah (v18) - Cinnamon upon the recommendation of a few on this site and have never looked back. Updates are done in seconds, not hours, and not one has broken anything else. I tried ubuntu in 2006, having purchased the disks from Dick Smith, and it was an epic fail, but the improvement since then has been outstanding. My recommendation to anyone struggling with Windows is to get a HDD from somewhere and install Mint, along with Libre Office that comes with it and try it out. Now I only recommend Mint because I'm not familiar with the others, mainly because Mint just worked and I had no need to do further exploration. :) |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1448963 | 2018-04-30 10:50:00 | Just a heads up guys, Suggest you don't upgrade to Mint 18.3 :( Just reading an article on it, it now by default sends information back to developers. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1448964 | 2018-04-30 20:39:00 | Just a heads up guys, Suggest you don't upgrade to Mint 18.3 :( Just reading an article on it, it now by default sends information back to developers. Source Please. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1448965 | 2018-04-30 20:55:00 | he means this: linuxmint.com System Reports A new tool called "System Reports" was developed for Linux Mint 18.3. Its goal is to generate reports when software crashes occur, and to show information relevant to your computer and your environment. Crash Reports When a crash occurs, information is now gathered and a crash report is generated. The "System Reports" tool lists the crashes and is able to generate stack traces for them: And it is optional, as is everything in Linux, you allow it, or not. Like the updates in the first place. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1448966 | 2018-04-30 21:22:00 | And just for laughs: www.zdnet.com No it isn't a desktop thing. But rather amusing all the same. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1448967 | 2018-04-30 21:54:00 | The article #5 post, similar post but not the complete, Copied from the article This could be paramount for the development team trying to find and solve bugs with the upcoming future released of Linux Mint; assuming that users utilize the feature. Granted, many people prefer tend to disable things that ‘phone home’ and if such an option to do so with this tool is available, it should be expected that many will do so. Key words under lined, cant be turned off. Post #6 -- The title again is ONLY click bait -- reading the complete article it contradicts its self. Old news anyway , that's been known for well over a year now -- Guess not keeping up ;) And even older news, MS did things with Linux back in the 1980's -MS have been using Linux for Years -- So nothing new. Talk about up himself -- Linus Torvalds once said, "If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won." Apple and Microsoft have applications that are compatible on both OS's, and they are way more used than Linux desktops. Speaking of Linux / Printers -- What a disaster / PITA -- trying to install Networked Printers -- mint 18.3 simply wouldn't do it, after waiting over 30 minutes for it to install one and failing badly, had to manually install with a load of commands via a terminal, would have been each printer 1 at a time. So much for "easy" USB connections my be OK. At the end of the day the people who matter and develop software work together. MANY people use the 3 main OS's all the time. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1448968 | 2018-04-30 23:26:00 | If Linux MINT made the command line less frequently required and had support for mainstream gaming I would have switched. I have it running on one of my machines and am generally very impressed with how easy it was to get set up. Well except for the Wi-Fi which is not a deal breaker for me but it does not work well with my USB W-Fi adapter. Even Piroskas "So simple. So small. So easy." example with the scanner would piss me off, needing a terminal command to use the scanner in 2018? Really? But if I was using Linux I'm sure I'd figure out a way to make a menu shortcut or similar for most things like that. Many initial difficulties are just about familiarity. I have been impressed with the improvements made for finding and installing software over the years. But for me the main killer is twofold, I like to play recent AAA game titles and I don't like to run multiple different OSes across my machines. So because I use windows 10 to game on I use it on everything else as well. I installed Steam on Linux and was surprised how many of my library of games were available under Linux, but it's still a small percentage over all. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1448969 | 2018-05-01 02:58:00 | The article #5 post, similar post but not the complete, Copied from the article This could be paramount for the development team trying to find and solve bugs with the upcoming future released of Linux Mint; assuming that users utilize the feature . Granted, many people prefer tend to disable things that ‘phone home’ and if such an option to do so with this tool is available, it should be expected that many will do so . Key words under lined, cant be turned off . Doesn’t say that at all . What it says is that a Crash Report (which can be turned off) is generated in the case of a Crash to assist the developers . Nothing about monitoring your Browsing Habits for sale to a third party . |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1448970 | 2018-05-01 03:15:00 | Nothing about monitoring your Browsing Habits for sale to a third party. I NEVER said that, please point out exactly where in this thread. ? All I said was it now by default sends information back to developers Thats NOT mentioning a browser. And what part of if such an option to do so with this tool is available says it can. The wording says "if there was such an option" You simply wont admit it -- linux isn't as secure as you think it is ;) Keep playing with your waddle OS and be happy. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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