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post #1 of 10
1/5/12 at 3:50pm
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Ohai guys, Hows it going?

Well i guess i should tell my story... Back in 2007, I had an old pentium 3 that i figured i could get some more use out of. So i did some research, and heard some good things about Ubuntu 6 (or 7 i forget) Well that computer only lasted a bit longer, (like 2 moths :P) but, even after i got rid of the computer, i found myself craving the Ubuntu... feel. Well, long story short, i am now a Debian user, and i love love LOVE linux! ^^ Being 'Free' (as in freedom!) is part of why i love FLAC sooooooo much, well that and the sound quality. XD 


Edited by Nightowl217 - 2/11/12 at 9:31pm
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post #2 of 10
1/15/12 at 9:42pm

I use a fair bit of Linux/Unix. It's nice, clean and fast. Lots of great open source software out there. I use Ubuntu.

For doing coding stuffs, it is pretty much the best. It also costs approximately nothing.

 

I am really sweet at breaking it too.

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post #3 of 10
2/1/12 at 12:11am

I poke around /g/ quite a bit and dicovered Linux that way, so I decided to install Ubuntu on a tiny 2gb mini HDD and plug it into one of my harddriveless Toshiba lappys lying around. It worked for like 20 minutes, then went kapoot and I couldn't open any programs, and then wouldn't boot up, but from my meager (is that the right word?) experience, I was very impressed. It even had the snap to side screen window thingy that 7 has! 

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post #4 of 10
2/1/12 at 10:15am

Run windows 7 on my main laptop  but back home its all linux all the time.

 

 

Main media server - Slackware

Main desktop - Ubuntu + scientific linux

Untra portable laptop - Backtrack 4 + scientific linux

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post #5 of 10
2/1/12 at 3:10pm

I use ubuntu on my laptop and arch on my desktop at home. :)

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post #6 of 10
2/1/12 at 9:51pm

Xubuntu is the best.  Not too much eye-candy, but fully functional and easy to use.

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post #7 of 10
2/3/12 at 6:20am

I run gentoo on my desktop, and debian on my laptop.

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post #8 of 10
2/11/12 at 12:10pm

I use W7 at work (unfortunately), but at home I have used Sabayon (derivative of Gentoo) since 2007.  God I love everything that is about linux and open source software.  It has really changed my life in terms of how I interact with computers.  There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING I can't fix on my computer.  I have done everything possible to break my linux installs over the years.  Needless to say, like most linux power users, the only application that is ALWAYS open is a terminal emulator.  Who knew how awesomely powerful they are?  *nix users that's who.  In fact, I am usually really pissed off if I need to do something in a GUI nowadays.  Scripting in the shell is just some much easier and faster.  

 

Transcode to flac?  just use flac on the command line.  flac [filename] boom, done.  flac /dir/* boom, batch processing done.

 

It just really doesn't get any better than linux.  Windows has gotten better, but man it still isn't even in the same league as linux for functionality.

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post #9 of 10
2/11/12 at 9:34pm
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Originally Posted by chickpea View Post

I use W7 at work (unfortunately), but at home I have used Sabayon (derivative of Gentoo) since 2007.  God I love everything that is about linux and open source software.  It has really changed my life in terms of how I interact with computers.  There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING I can't fix on my computer.  I have done everything possible to break my linux installs over the years.  Needless to say, like most linux power users, the only application that is ALWAYS open is a terminal emulator.  Who knew how awesomely powerful they are?  *nix users that's who.  In fact, I am usually really pissed off if I need to do something in a GUI nowadays.  Scripting in the shell is just some much easier and faster.  

 

Transcode to flac?  just use flac on the command line.  flac [filename] boom, done.  flac /dir/* boom, batch processing done.

 

It just really doesn't get any better than linux.  Windows has gotten better, but man it still isn't even in the same league as linux for functionality.


True that man. Linux has changed my life too. I just love the efficiency of everything about it. I remember trying to use some of the other distros out there, but have always ended up coming back to Debian. Its nice and simple, and most importantly, it works for me. The GNU operating system and linux are truly a beautiful thing.

 

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post #10 of 10
2/15/12 at 11:41pm

Ubuntu here, I was running vista before and the computer was horribly slow at just about everything. Now it's nice and quick. 

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