Pistol Pete Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 As my windows xp laptop was running like a dog, following a bit of encouragement from a couple of work colleagues I have now rebuilt it with Linux Mint 17.2 and just getting my head around it. Initially I had issues with not being able to connect to the internet either by wired or wireless but no sorted and wifi activated. Amazing how quick it is, although keep having to lookup how to do things - like add a link to Google Chrome onto the desktop etc. Any other users on WSCC? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibby Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Used to play around with Ubuntu to use an old laptop with a smashed screen for a home theatre/ network streaming/ server but setting it all up was a right pain. Eventually I gave up and stuck Windows back on. The stuff Ubuntu was good at (or the stuff I could make it do) was done better and smoother on my tablet despite having far less processing power. The more advanced stuff I wanted it to do was far easier to set up in Windows. Good luck is all I can say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Pete Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 I've gone for cinamon so its more of a desktop layout, only need it for internet, word excel etc so see how it goes. I'm also planning on downloading WINE for tyre and race technology applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I think guerilla OS do have a place for dedicated use puters and they are great for hobbyists. And I used to be a Unix sysadmin / CLI god... But nowadays they are a little too high maintenance for typical broad use. Especially if you are lazy like me. In theory I could have an epic gaming PC, but cannot be bothered so I run a PS4 and Xbox 1. Press on button and you are playing. Much respect to you for keeping the faith as a fully paid up member of the hair shirt brigade and good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibby Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Yeah, I used WINE too for a lot of stuff, and then came to the conclusion that I'm trying to bodge Microsoft programs back in when it would be far easier to revert back to Windows. WINE was ok but I hit a lot of snags with it, programs would work, just not as well or smoothly as they would under Windows and it always felt like a bodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Jones Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Instead of WINE I would try running XP in VirtualBox on top of Mint. I do this the other way around, Linux on top Windows 7 and it works pretty well these days for a best of a both worlds setup. Only minor problem I have is running out of disk for keeping the various OS installs about, but not too bad if you keep them all lean which of course helps greatly with the speed of each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsechris Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 To be fair, any of us who build our own cars really should be using one of the many flavors of Linux shouldn't we....DIY and all that. Personally, I'm with John K on this one. I'm too old and lazy now to learn how to live with Linux. I've done a few specific installations of it for various tasks but for home use, I'm perfectly happy with an old XP laptop for talking to the cars, and an iMac with VMWare XP, Win7 and Win10 virtual machines for those times when the Mac isn't the right tool. Probably as much a case of what you grew up with, so to say. In my defence, my first experiences of home computing were with a home-made 6502 based micro with 1k of RAM and a hex keypad for input, so I've done my time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Probably as much a case of what you grew up with, so to say That restricts most of the committee to an abacus.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I hope we're not expected to start learning new dangled abacus thingies, with all those gaudy beads and baubles. Whats wrong with fingers? I can count just fine with those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I hope we're not expected to start learning new dangled abacus thingies, with all those gaudy beads and baubles. Whats wrong with fingers? I can count just fine with those. And you have the advantage in your part of the world, most folk can count to twelve on their fingers..! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I think the widely despised Windows Vista was the main reason Linux, particularly Ubuntu gained a foothold a few years ago. But since Windows 7 I think the 'nix march has stalled somewhat and Windows 8 wasn't bad enough to re-ignite the interest. There will always be people who claim 'nix is better for this or that or faster than Windows but that's more to do with how they are set up and processor/disc speed/system resources. And just like the eternal Caterham / Westfield or CEC / BEC discussions that we see there will always be the Windows/iOS/Nix discussuons with passionate supporters of each. I was a Ubuntu convert because I didn't want Vista and thought I needed something else. Turns out I didn't. I have 3 or 4 machines round here that are either dual-boot or have 'nix as a VM. I haven't looked at any of the 'nix partitions for years and in fact Grub is starting to annoy me when I boot up the dual-boots but I am yet to get around to doing something about it. C'est la vie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Has everyone morphed into foreigners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I always was a foreigner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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