Tips on moving to Linux?

[TheMagicM]

I seriously wish the Open Source folks didn't choose Linux to throw away countless man hours on.  One of the worst decisions in computing history.

You sound like Hitler.  One choice only.

[TheMagicM]

some useful software I've come across:

DeVeDe - use it to create DVD's with titles, background music, images out of .avi's, mpegs etc..
QTerm - I use to to connect to places like CottonwoodBBS via telnet, works great.
VirtualBox- create virtual machines to test various other operating systems before actually installing on a real machine.
K3B- burn stuff to cd/dvd, if its not standard with your distro, you can always install it via *Ubuntu's software manager
Mondo- very damn useful.  I use it to back up my servers to get a full image put on .iso's.   Something goes wrong..boot disk 1 of iso's and restore the entire server from backup.  Works with desktops, laptops, same concept.
KTorrent- if you download stuff via torrents, this is a great program also.  Easy to use/setup.

E-UAE- Amiga emulator w/GUI interface
fs-uae-  another Amiga emulator, in the under construction phase.  Looks good so far.

OpenShot- video editor..you can put together family or whatever type videos with this, add music etc.

mypaint- if you like drawing..this is a nice piece to install.  reminds me of Dpaint.
Audacity-audio editor.. I've used it to make ringtones for my phones

[TheMagicM]

@TheMagicM,

You really have to excuse CommodoreJohn, remember he is still using a C64 for his computing needs, the reason he hates PC's so much is nobody told him yet that he has to plug in his keyboard and that he has placed mouse traps all around his computer since he was told he has a mouse with his computer.

Remember, to install Linux today you have to know how to download an ISO, burn it  to a DVD, then turn  off your  computer put the DVD in the computer, turn it on and then you have to type in your name when asked and think up a password, know  your timezone and then Linux pretty much install itself. The reason CommodoreJohn thinks that Linux is such a kludge is because he has to put in the password  twice after he gets done thinking of one, I  know CJ it is so confusing.

Well now that i came in and stirred up the pot, I will run now because I know CJ will be at his best.

smerf

LMFAO!!!! That was good.

[TheMagicM]

Okay folks,


Also, is there anything like Irfanview for Linux?  I love that little utility.

You CAN run irfanview thru wine on Linux if you really wanted to.  Check out gthumb also..

[TheMagicM]

I forgot to add...

I have had trouble trying to install from a USB stick. No problems installing from a DVD however.
Any tips on installing from a USB stick? Is it worth fiddling with the BIOS to do it?

Does it boot from USB stick or completely bypasses it without trying?  Can you go into the boot menu and manually tell it to boot from USB stick?

[TheMagicM]

By the way when Linux maker Torvedous
smerf

you probably meant his brother Torvalds.. ;-)

[TheMagicM]

Also, is there any way to have a shared folder between your Windows and Linux partitions, so you can, for instance, save a graphics project you've been working on on the Linux side and when you load Windows you can access it?

Thanks.

easiest way...save to usb..

Otherwise... create a partition that can be read by both Linux and Windows, NTFS or similiar.  Find out your folder name you want accessible and either:

A) save everything to the NTFS partition (create symlinks that will point to it)
B) manually copy stuff to the NTFS partition when you are about to switch back to Windows

IE.
If you have a "downloads" directory..

create a directory on the NTFS partition called "downloads", then create a symlink to it from the Linux side.  Everything you save to "downloads" in Linux will actually go to the NTFS partition.

[TheMagicM]

@CritAnime @polyp2000:

Best thing to do is not reply to his uneducated banter.  

Other than that..good replies in this Linux thread.

[TheMagicM]

Lets leave Windows and other NON LINUX operating systems out of this thread.  I'll just delete the ones from here on out that are anything but Linux.

[TheMagicM]

another great piece of backup software is Mondo Rescue.  I back up entire servers and my laptop to make a bootable set of dvds to restore from.

[TheMagicM]

Since we're still talking about Linux... I installed Debian 7.4 on my G5 PowerMac to see how it would run.. so far so good.  Havent played with it much, but I'll be looking to install some emulators (Amiga, c64 etc) and changing the window manager from Gnome3 to something else.