OldCoyote
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Post by OldCoyote on May 27, 2016 9:50:18 GMT -5
Man an I fed up with windows 10 tracking my every move slowing up my computer.
Is there an operating system that is better?
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Anne_in_VA
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Post by Anne_in_VA on May 27, 2016 10:18:33 GMT -5
Let me know if you find it! We've disabled all the tracking software that came with the download, but it still tracks everything. We can't figure out where to disable the tracking.
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ArchietheDragon
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Post by ArchietheDragon on May 27, 2016 10:19:21 GMT -5
More and more people are changing to linux.
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Virgil Showlion
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Post by Virgil Showlion on May 27, 2016 17:09:01 GMT -5
More and more people are changing to linux. Some of the Linux distros are getting... close... to where one might call them "consumer-friendly", but they're not there yet. Linux has always been rough around the edges. It's a mess of competing standards, janky third-party apps, questionable drivers, and alien open source alternatives to all the big software packages you're used to using. You're going to need the command line even if everything runs perfectly--which it won't--and the assumption on Linux support forums is that people know what they're doing. So unless you're comfortable with Make sure you have root access, then unmount /dev/kdrv and any ancillaries. Get opendrv off npm and in the package directory create /settings/.prefs with text "localhost 128.0.0.1" and a trailing newline. the kernel, run "opendrv --k" and it will tell you what it wants its mount point to be. Add a script to mount this on boot-up and point it to settings/, reboot, and rerun the kdrv config. It should detect opendrv. If it doesn't, you'll need to get v6.2.2 or later.
Hope this helps.then stick with Mac or Windows.
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moon/Laura
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Post by moon/Laura on May 27, 2016 17:23:15 GMT -5
I run RHEL 6.7 at work. *Rarely* have I needed to run anything on the command line. But it's enterprise vs Suse, Ubuntu, or one of the other flavors. It's pretty stable, and since it's got a gui interface, it doesn't seem all that different. But, then again, I've taken some unix courses and am familiar with the filesystem hierarchy and how it differs from windows.
I have been planning to download some sort of linux distro and make a bootable flash drive to mess around with at home. I have a 30 gb flash drive just waiting for me to get off my butt and do it.
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tloonya
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Post by tloonya on May 27, 2016 23:24:00 GMT -5
Stick with mighty! Go Gates! However I am refusing 10! I like my old shit!
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Works4me
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Post by Works4me on May 28, 2016 5:19:35 GMT -5
Win 10 fried the BIOS on my HP All In One. I hate Win 10.
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