Any one using Linux?
If you are a Linux user with is your distro of choice? I have tried other's, but Arch is the only thing I will run.
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SW-User
I read this last night as I was about to install Fedora again for the first time in four years...
Why do you use it?
I like Linux as an 'idea', and have mostly used it that way.. Why not congratulate, and reward, the success of an idea that gives the developer almost nothing other than maybe future reward and a healthy hobby? It has also just worked for me mostly.
I'm also serious about photography and a couple years ago I caved and went to Adobe products. A pro and con conversation happened in me.
Now, since I'm a little less on the good end of finances, I'm remembering just how Linux and the Gimp managed to do me well for years and likely influenced me creatively!
My fedora install went smooth.... there is things I will have to do still, but I forgot how much of a loss I was with missing Gnome Shell intuitively.. Who says a product made for consumption, by people not looking to make a million dollars, can't be good :)
Why do you use it?
I like Linux as an 'idea', and have mostly used it that way.. Why not congratulate, and reward, the success of an idea that gives the developer almost nothing other than maybe future reward and a healthy hobby? It has also just worked for me mostly.
I'm also serious about photography and a couple years ago I caved and went to Adobe products. A pro and con conversation happened in me.
Now, since I'm a little less on the good end of finances, I'm remembering just how Linux and the Gimp managed to do me well for years and likely influenced me creatively!
My fedora install went smooth.... there is things I will have to do still, but I forgot how much of a loss I was with missing Gnome Shell intuitively.. Who says a product made for consumption, by people not looking to make a million dollars, can't be good :)
Arian · 26-30, F
@SW-User My dirty secret is I love linux, but I also own IMAC. Which I use for Photoshop, after effects and final cut.I know linux has alternatives but fore me I don't find them comparable at this time. Is fedora your only distro?
I use linux because it does the majority of things better than the alternatives. I love the linux community. Have you ever been to a linux fest?
I use linux because it does the majority of things better than the alternatives. I love the linux community. Have you ever been to a linux fest?
SW-User
@Arian If this is a dirty secret? Heh, lovely dirty secret... Well, for me, Linux and the gimp (for photography) did me fine, they allowed me to explore my creative side in ways I may not have before... The results even got me into college for photography.
Yes, Photoshop is less time consuming and the results more consistent. But surely I can work around that in myself... (as I implied it can offer creativity)
After effects and final cut? They are for video right? Now this I don't feel Linux has a counterpart for that would offer what the gimp would for image manipulation
In my 25 years of using Linux I've never been to a Linuxfest... You?
Yes, Photoshop is less time consuming and the results more consistent. But surely I can work around that in myself... (as I implied it can offer creativity)
After effects and final cut? They are for video right? Now this I don't feel Linux has a counterpart for that would offer what the gimp would for image manipulation
In my 25 years of using Linux I've never been to a Linuxfest... You?
Arian · 26-30, F
I tried gimp once or twice couldn't wrap my brain around why I would switch to it. I'm pleased you were able to use it to get you into school.
I attend linuxfest northwest in Washington. You have used linux for 25 years? Have you ever thought about trying archlinux or gentoo?
I attend linuxfest northwest in Washington. You have used linux for 25 years? Have you ever thought about trying archlinux or gentoo?
SW-User
@Arian At this point in my life, as my first distro was Slackware (if you've heard of it) and then next Redhat... I've stuck with Redhat (unless it's enterprise the distro of choice is now Fedora for those users). Redhat, as a company, is very progressive in wanting Linux to succeed. They even keep Fedora as bare minimum to make a user experience into what it is happening upstream in Gnome.
It becomes a test bed. I'm tech savvy, don't mind the occasional hiccup, and don't mind being a test subject for a company actually giving back.
I have tried Suse and Ubuntu before. They tried to make Linux into something more polished than it was. The hiccups were the same with less support.
It becomes a test bed. I'm tech savvy, don't mind the occasional hiccup, and don't mind being a test subject for a company actually giving back.
I have tried Suse and Ubuntu before. They tried to make Linux into something more polished than it was. The hiccups were the same with less support.
Arian · 26-30, F
I have used fedora I had no problem with it. Not a fan of gnome but it is linux so it has customization options. Ultimately fedora is not my distro. When I run it I feel like I am running fedora. When I run arch I feel like I am running my own os. I built my install from the tty on up.
SW-User
@Arian Heh, love it! When I was 18 *I'm now 40*, the internet wasn't what it is... and this kind of bandwidth was unheard outside of a University may have a T1, T2 connection to the internet.
My friends Dad was a uni prof, he got privledge of having a internet connection. I had access to University of Guelph Internet services before when my sister went to school there, when she stopped Uni, my friend helped me. His account had more access, of course (his father was a prof), and I compiled an IRC client (if you know what IRC is) just so I could script and have fun. Their client for IRC, disallowed scripts.
I can understand the appeal of 'doing it yourself'
My friends Dad was a uni prof, he got privledge of having a internet connection. I had access to University of Guelph Internet services before when my sister went to school there, when she stopped Uni, my friend helped me. His account had more access, of course (his father was a prof), and I compiled an IRC client (if you know what IRC is) just so I could script and have fun. Their client for IRC, disallowed scripts.
I can understand the appeal of 'doing it yourself'
Arian · 26-30, F
I know what irc is. I was very young when my brother introduced it to me. I even flirted with the idea recently of installing a client and exploring. Do you still script? What is your preferred language?
SW-User
@Arian I had to ask as IRC is not prevalent anymore and hasn't been since you were a child. How old is your brother?
About two months ago I installed an IRC client... for curiosity. I found it dead, very dry, boring, not engaging .... so never went back
No, I don't script anymore, even if I understand the basics around it, and occasionally have made macros (actions) to perform a task quickly for something I do routinely if something allows me. The IRC client, ircII, had it's own language for scripting but have dabbled in python and perl. Python was much quicker, simpler and could accomplish more with less work but perl allowed for more executing and complicated designs also allowing deeper programming.
About two months ago I installed an IRC client... for curiosity. I found it dead, very dry, boring, not engaging .... so never went back
No, I don't script anymore, even if I understand the basics around it, and occasionally have made macros (actions) to perform a task quickly for something I do routinely if something allows me. The IRC client, ircII, had it's own language for scripting but have dabbled in python and perl. Python was much quicker, simpler and could accomplish more with less work but perl allowed for more executing and complicated designs also allowing deeper programming.
Arian · 26-30, F
My brother is 35 now. He used irc mainly to get american movies and music.
That is disappointing to hear about irc. I like python it is quick and painless. Never used perl. I was taught c++ by my brother again when I was young.
That is disappointing to hear about irc. I like python it is quick and painless. Never used perl. I was taught c++ by my brother again when I was young.
SW-User
@Arian Then you're brother is a little older than you, yes?
Irc may be useful that way... I have vastly different interests when I did when I was 18. At that time, it was useless fun anonymous conversation. (resembling here, but I found it more fun). Two months ago when I logged on, I felt I was in a different universe, so I looked up an interest of mine... books
If I held interest in audiobooks within an hour I would have had a thousand links.
The IRC I remember is fun and conversation...
Irc may be useful that way... I have vastly different interests when I did when I was 18. At that time, it was useless fun anonymous conversation. (resembling here, but I found it more fun). Two months ago when I logged on, I felt I was in a different universe, so I looked up an interest of mine... books
If I held interest in audiobooks within an hour I would have had a thousand links.
The IRC I remember is fun and conversation...
Arian · 26-30, F
I love audio books I might have to join. Yes my brother is much older than me. I think what you are looking for has moved to the deep web.
SW-User
@Arian Maybe... I suspect some of us who remember what the Internet 'was' who are savvy with technology have made their own form of what the 'net' was.