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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:47:00 No.17273179 View View Reply Original Report

Greetings /g/
I have just booted Linux (Mint) on my computer (The first time I have ever used any type of linux) to see what it is all about. I've noticed it looks clean but that's not the main point. My main point is, what is the point of it? Is it just an alternative to the major OS available?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:48:00 No.17273188 Report

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The point of an OS is to make it easy for you to communicate with the hardware.

Golden !DarKnesspc

Golden !DarKnesspc Mon 02 May 2011 18:48:00 No.17273189 Report

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Free as in free neckbear.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:48:00 No.17273190 Report

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loonix is a nogaymer/real business OS

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:48:00 No.17273193 Report

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It's freedom.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:49:00 No.17273198 Report

Quoted By: >>17273227 >>17273229

>Is it just an alternative to the major OS available?
Pretty much. It has its pros and cons just like other Operating Systems.

>inb4 GNU/Linux hurrr durr
>inb4 Linux sucks
>inb4 huge OS war

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:52:00 No.17273227 Report

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>>17273198
>implying inb4

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:52:00 No.17273229 Report

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>>17273198
I'm not here to go against any OS (Except maybe OSX).

I was just wondering the reasoning for using it. It seems pretty solid (I was expecting it was choppy win98 style OS) but It looks great. I have however kept windows 7 on my computer as well just so I can have all the features I like

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:53:00 No.17273233 Report

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The issue is this: no licensing costs.

You don't know it, but part of the original price of your computer was windows.

imagine if you were a business and needed to run a server for (insert anything here) and needed to (legally) run dozens or hundreds of computers on your network

with windows, every computer has a licensing cost. You can't even legally sell a computer running windows to someone else. Microsoft's server "solutions" START at $1629 and you are guaranteed to be fucked in 4 years when the 20xx version is released, for both your desktop/workstations and the server

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:56:00 No.17273255 Report

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in all honesty : the whatever is your package manager
that's the fucking bright side of linux

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:00:00 No.17273288 Report

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>>17273179
Funny, I'm installing Mind as I'm typing this on a Dell.

For Mint/Linus: It's free? Maybe that's the point?

Use it like there are no other OSs out there. You'll then understand. If you're smart, you might even contribute and make it your own.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:03:00 No.17273304 Report

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>>17273288
For about $30 you can get OS X and build a Hackintosh. A very mature OS with surprisingly good hardware support and you can run iTunes.

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?????????????????????????? Mon 02 May 2011 19:11:00 No.17273352 Report

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>>17273304
>For about $30 you can get OS X and build a Hackintosh.
It's forbiden by the license to install it in non-Apple hardware
>surprisingly good hardware support
On apple hardware. Linux and Windows have better support on everything else.
>you can run iTunes.
Why would you do that. And before you say syncing iPod, there are alternatives which don't ramdomly nuke your music.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:17:00 No.17273396 Report

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>*nix user here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:20:00 No.17273422 Report

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>>17273396
The irony of this post is that I'm watching Ghostbusters on my second monitor while using Linux. That said, I get laid plenty so the text is a bit misleading.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:35:00 No.17273565 Report

Quoted By: >>17273599 >>17273620

>>17273422
ubuntu doesnt count. It may as well be windows.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:40:00 No.17273599 Report

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>>17273565
Ubuntu default install doesn't count. I install Ubuntu minimal and pick and choose my packages individually, so I think that would count.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:41:00 No.17273604 Report

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>>17273352
And the only thing you'll miss out on is official support from Apple.

EULAs are not legally binding.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:43:00 No.17273620 Report

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>>17273565
>implying ubuntu can't have any set of programs you want running on it
if you're curious, i like it for the sane set of unstable packages and lots of third party repos

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:45:00 No.17273640 Report

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>>17273604
mm, but idk, paying for the disk then not following the licence seems a bit backwards.

might as well pirate the install disk while you're at it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:46:00 No.17273642 Report

Quoted By: >>17274275

>>17273179

the main point is that many people find it better than windows
for me, i like that i cant get virus and everything runs a fair bit faster

theres also the moral reasons
not contributing to the microsoft machine that slows down technological development of humanity

welcome to the good guys, OP

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 20:53:00 No.17274275 Report

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>>17273642
>I concur with this port.

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