How many of you have gone full circle trying to figure out what

>>57712896
Why not Solus?

Is it just missing software you need, or did you just decide to never try it out?

Wut about solus dude

I still can't find a linux distro that gives me the option to make an encrypted installation across two drives and decrypt them with a single password so I'm staying with Windows 7 for now.

>>57712896
Mine's

Linux mint
Ubuntu
Fedora
Ubuntu

Finally decided on the universal operating system, Debian.
Plan to install next week, pls wish me luck everybody :)

>>57712935
Just so you are aware windows' encryption is backdoored and can be subpoenaed

>>57712960
I know, everyone knows.

However the having shit encryption is better than no encryption.

>>57712972
>the having
why the fuck did i type "the"

>>57712896
I did something similar
>Windows
>Ubuntu
>OpenSUSE
>CentOS
>Fedora
>PC-BSD
>Arch
>Ubuntu
I did learn a lot but settled on ubuntu as it just works as well as I need. Yeah there's problems, but for the most part it stays out of my way (i.e. no exotic problems, all hardware works with no further config).

I am happy with it, I'd rather focus on work than my OS.

>>57712896
I stick with Gentoo. I've got a vm running Windows 10 right now. I never tried it.

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>>57712972
Having shit encryption is like having no encryption. Retard.

>>57713070
None of those will protect my data from authorities but shit encryption will protect it from your average person so yeah it's better than no encryption.

I went
>mint
>Ubuntu
>xubuntu
>fedora
>arch
>debian
>apricity

I can't be bothered to install anything else now, apricity just works plus it's like the elementaryOS of arch so it just werks

>>57712896

Over the course of 18 years, yeah.

Windows 98
Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Red Hat 5.2
Red Hat 6.0
Debian 2.2
OpenBSD 3.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
a few others
Ubuntu 6.04
then various other Ubuntu releases
Windows 7
back to Debian
Windows 8.1
Arch meme, for like 4 weeks
Windows 10
Debian again
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

>>57712896
>not using TempleOS

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>>57712896
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Ubuntu/Mint/ElementaryOS
Arch/Fedora/Manjaro/Kubuntu
Windows 10
Ubuntu 14.04
Windows 10
Ubuntu 15.10
Windows 10
Ubuntu 16.04

>>57713142
I don't want to learn HolyC just to use my computer anon

Winshit to LM to Debian is the only path that makes any sense, fuck anyone who thinks otherwise

>>57713104

Holy shit, use a password then.

I started with Mac OS, then wanted to see what Windows was all about, then OS X. I've used Linux throughout and I continue to use it. It's pretty sweet I can still use a SCSI scanner from Photoshop 3 days without too much hassle on a modern OS. For laughs I have Iomega Buz and ATAPI Zip drive in my ISA/PCI/AGP IDE machine. There's nothing like 352x240 hardware accelerated MJPEG video compression in 2016.

>>57713200
I learned a lot about Linux from using meme distros to be edgy. Like it or not, archfags are learning something while they waste their lives ricing.

>>57712917
>>57712925
Okay I am sick of this stupid meme. I looked at Solus, it is just a gtk theme makeover with Moka icons and some preinstalled software. The only thing new is side panel applets which have been present in Windows/OSX since forever.

So stop shilling another useless fork.

>>57712896
I've concluded that xubuntu is my final OS

>>57713333
So does those digits

>>57712896
>Windows 98
>Windows Xp
>Windows 7
>Fedora
>LMDE
>Debian
>Linux Mint
>Debian again
>Windows 8.1

>>57712896
>arch
>manjaro
>arch

>>57713333
The quads have spoken.

>>57713184
>>57713184
>>57713184
>>57713184


new to ubuntu. how do i get the specs-output via terminal like you did? thanks

>>57713467
Not him, but it's screenfetch.

>>57713467
screenfetch is a shitty meme with ascii art. there are a handful of other more useful programs for showing system specs on linux.

>>57712896
theme?

>>57712896
Could I have the wallpaper please? Ty

>>57713467
to download the package

sudo apt install screenfetch

then to run, type in terminal

screenfetch

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>>57713735
Here you go anon.

>>57713983
Thanks :)

>>57712935
Why not encrypt a LVM volume that spans across n physical groups with LUKS.
>Arch has no graphical installer for a reason.
I tried the same with MemeMint and it was a disaster. I guess its possible but the documentation is garbage and it will almost definetly break during some update because Mint/Ubuntu only covers the usecases that are accessible from the graphical installer.
You could make it work with RH or debian, I suppose.

>>57713301
Okay. You didn't.

>>57713301

Solus isn't a shitty fork, its an overhyped meme yes, but it has its own DE, package manager, and carries over some of Clear Linux's performance optimizations.
Mint, elementary, manjaro, and antergos are shitty useless forks.
>Inb4 Kevin
Solus is still a joke that's missing a ton of packages, and they're fucking idiots for trying to make their own package manager and maintain repos with their tiny ass dev team.

>>57712896
Not really what I want, just different usecases from time to time
>95
> XP
> 7
> *buntu
> mint
> 8
> elementary
> 10
> ubuntu
> jessie
> arch

The only reason I use arch now is that I know what's installed and what not after a complete reinstall and 10 minutes of running scripts gets me all my functionality and customization back. I have zero reason to not use debian or anything minimal except that old habits die hard

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>>57712896
Yup, I know what you mean:
>Windows 7
>Linux Mint
>Ubuntu
>Arch Linux
>Debian
>Gentoo
>Windows 8.1
>Windows 10
>Fedora

I've always liked Windows 7 and GNU/Linux is important for my job, so I settled for Windows 7/Ubuntu dual boot.

If you don't know what you want, a VM may help.

>>57712896
>>57715200
>>57713184

my newly installed ubuntu 16.04 looks nothing like this
is it an optional theme or something like that?

>>57714351
elementary has it's own DE too desu senpai

>>57713184
>installed Windows 10 so many times
Why?

Circle? I run multiple OS using VMs. Have Linux hosts with Windows VM, Windows hosts with Linux VM, and Linux hosts with various other OS in VM.

>>57712896
>95
>XP
>Ubuntu
>some meme distro I cant remember
>XP
>7
>Kubuntu
>7
>Gnomebuntu
>7
>10
>Thinking about ubuntu \w i3 now, but have to figure out how to run Visual Studio efficiently.

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>>57715200
>two clocks

>>57712896
>Winows 7
>Windows 8
>Windows 8.1
>Windows 10
>Mint
>Ubuntu
>AntergOS
>Apricity
>Fedora
>Gentoo
>Arch
>Debian
>Manjaro
>*buntu
>Solus
>Peppermint
>12 other shilled Linux Distros
>ff
>Finally stood with Mint+Debian and Windows 7

Why should I use something that doesn't work for me how I want?

>>57712896

Windows 7 Ultimate (host)
Debian Jessie (dual boot)

WIndows 8.1 Ent (VMware)
Windows 10 LTS 2015 (VMware)

>>57714093
Because the installer should do that instead of me googling and dwelling into the terminal.

>>57715620
>Why should I use something that doesn't work for me how I want?
Took you long enough to realize.

Windows xp
Windows 7
Windows 10
Ubuntu
Linux mint
Debian <- using right now

can someone please explain the solus meme?

what about it is so different? from what i am reading here, it is being touted as the end all be all of "just werkz" linux distros. doesn't ubuntu already do that?

>>57716240
The devs shilling on /g/. Nothing new, or interesting for that matter. Report those posts and don't respond to them. Sage, if you must.

>>57713184
>transparent terminal

how do you manage to read the output when you have it open over a webpage or something?

>>57715587
>visual studio
Bloated pile of shit. You should use something else even if you stay on Windows.

I've been on Debian for over 10 years and I am convinced that distrohoppers are both unemployed and likely mentally ill.

My first Windows was 98 SE, then XP, Vista SP1, OpenSUSE, 7, and finally Arch. No plan to switch again.

>>57712896
I did exactly this except gentoo was in a VM

I've figured out that distro doesn't matter at the arch phase, and been stuck there ever since.

arch isn't a meme though

>Windows 95
>Windows 98
>Windows 2000
>Windows ME
>Windows XP
>Windows Vista
>Windows 7
>Windows 8
>Windows 10

>XP
>ME
>XP
>Vista
>7
>8
>8.1
>10

>xp
>vista
>debian
>7
>arch
>8.1
>opensuse
>gentoo

>>57715344
Flatabulous theme with Numix Circle icons.

Search for them and you'll learn how to download them and install.

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>>57712896
I finally found my peace with Mint 17.3, but I've been distrohopping for some years always going back to w7 everytime.

>>57715459
And it's shit, too.
Wow is there a pattern here?

>>57712896
Debian Ubuntu Debian Ubuntu Debian Xubuntu Ubuntu

I'm gonna stick with ubuntu

Why do you guys always switch between distros? I thought Linux was completely modular and you could basically take arch and build it into ubuntu and vice versa?

>>57712896

Some of this is out of order and some of it is incomplete. Because.

Whatever was on the IBM 370 at URI in the early 70s when my dad was doing his homework (I was 7).

......time passes

AppleDOS
TI Basic
IBM and MSDOS
Xenix
WANG OS
PR1ME OS
VM/CMS
OS/2
Beta of Yggdrasil Linux
Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98 OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS SUCKS NT 2K 2k3 XP Vista JUST NO. NO MORE.
Caldera Linux
SuSE
Mandrake (oh my god this sucks - run back to SuSE for good)
SuSE all the way to 11.0
Ubuntu
Kubuntu
OH MY GOD KDE4.0 SUCKS
>try Pardus - put together by the spooks at the Turkish equivalent of the NSA. "This is fucking beautiful..." but no 64 bit. Sad Face.
Ubuntu for a long fucking time.
KDE Neon
Slackware and a beta of Yggdrasil in the early 90s as a toy OS

>>57712896
Win10 on my desktop, Dual-boot Xubuntu/Win10 on my T420.

There's no point in having Linux on my desktop because it AMD GFX support is piss poor.

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>>57715344
Install Unity Tweak Tool. Then visit Noobslab to get themes and icons for Ubuntu. Literally the easiest to customize distro.

pic related

>>57712917
why not bleach, Kevin?

>>57715541
Autism. I don't feel satisfied with one system for too long. I desire change.

>>57713116
ancient-or-unstable/10

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I've been on a rollercoaster
>win7
>suse
>buntu
>gentoo
>buntu
>funtoo
>arch
>void

Damn you /g/ why didn't you let me just take the ubuntu bluepill!

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>>57720375
Ubuntu is for the enlightened. You need to find your own way there. You need your own reasons for using it.

>>57720020
I'm sure you COULD do that in theory, but just because it's possible doesn't mean it wouldn't be a huge pain in the ass. Meanwhile, if you have a separate home partition, you can install something like Ubuntu in 15 minutes(including the time taken to torrent the ISO) and keep your files and the settings for your programs intact.

>>57712896
I'm going back to windows while running *buntu in a VM.
That's it. I'm tired of trying workarounds for free software, I'm tired of corrupt packages and "System Errors".

>>57716438
My job is developing a Visual Studio extension. It's not my choice, I prefer VS Code on pet projects what you may think is similarly bloated, but it runs fast so it's fine.

>>57712896

MS-DOS 3.0-6.x
Win 3.0-3.1
Win 95
Win 97
Win Vista
Win XP
Win 7
Max OSX Lion
Mac OSX El Capitain
Mac OS Sierra

Evolution complete. Happy as can be.

>>57712896
>Winlelz 8.1
>OS X Mavericks
>Winlelz 10
>OS X El Capitan
>Arch <= here I found /comfy/

mac os
debian
slackware
debian
os x

really made me think

>>57712896
Ubuntu is definitely the best choice.

>w10
>ubuntu
>w10
>antergos comfy
:^)

There is nothing wrong with Ubuntu, just change the wm.

>>57713229
This.

>>57713104
Good encryption most certainly will protect it from authorities. That's kind of the idea.

MS-DOS
3.1
95
98
2000
XP
7
OSX Tiger
OSX Leopard
OSX Snow Leopard
Ubuntu
Chrome OS
10
Debian
Gentoo
FreeBSD
Gentoo

>>57712896
>windows 7
>linux mint
>windows 8
>windows 8.1
>windows 10
>mac os + windows 10

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>>57713333
Welp, checked and it is written, Xubuntu is The One

>OSX Tiger
>XP
>7
>8.1
>Ubuntu
>10
>Fedora
>Ubuntu
>MacOS

Across 5 years and 4 computers.

Fuck Apple hardware though, at least Intel macs.

>>57715459
Elementary is just Ubuntu Pantheon but with a shitty, wannabe Apple philosophy desu

>You have to install a package to be able to add PPAs

WHY

Since 2008 - Two to a line is a Dual Boot, first entry is the primary OS

Windows Vista
Windows 7
OSX Lion / Windows 7
OSX Mountain Lion / Windows 7
OSX Mavericks / Windows 7
OSX Mavericks
OSX Yosemite
OSX Yosemite / Windows 7
OSX Yosemite / Windows 10
OSX Yosemite
Windows 10 / OSX Yosemite
Windows 10
Windows 10 / Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 LTS
Linux Mint 18 / Windows 7
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / Windows 7

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>Windows 7
>Kali Linux
>Windows 7
>Xubuntu
>Lubuntu
>Windows 7
>Solus
>Windows 7
>Manjaro
>Windows 7

>>57721470
Actually yeah disabled bitlocker and went with VeraCrypt instead, looks good enough and there's no performance hit whatsoever.

I'll switch to Linux when some distro implements an encrypted LVM across multiple drives option in the GUI installer.

>>57713200
Spoken like a tolerant marxist/leftist

>>57725018
So never.

Linuxtards still don't understand that some people prefer a GUI to do things instead of googling how to use the terminal and they wonder why the year of the linux desktop isn't a thing.

>>57712917
Fuck off, Kevinfag

>>57714351
Wtf man. Manjaro w/ xfce is comfy af. KYS

>>57721470
and what do you mean by "good encryption"

>>57712896
I went full circle. Figured arch or some branch of arch like Manjaro is the way to go because its super powerful and flexible, you learn an incredible amount your first few times, and I love fixing shit. Shit breaks on my car and I fix it all the time. I got the same enjoyment and frustration out of my first 2 arch installs. When you finally get it just right, there's a sad magic about it.

>
>>57720144
My intel igp runs 2 monitors while passthrough is from my amd card to main monitor. Works fine senpai.

>>57725140
>and what do you mean by "good encryption"
Anything not backdoored && would take longer than the universe has left to crack.

>>57712896

i've been trying to find the best os for my system. fedora is the best i've used so far. other distros have problems

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>all these fucking millennials

DOS
pic related
Win 3.1
Win 95
Win 98
Win ME
Win XP
OSX

>>57715200
Wallpaper pls.

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>>57726020

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at first i want purple wallpaper
and then i want dark walpapar
and now i purple wallpaper

Windows 98
Windows Xp
Windows vista
Windows 7 Pro
Debian
Fedora
Korora
Xubuntu
Mageia
Arch

I've used arch for around two years now. Super comfy.

OSX
Windows 7
Mint
Windows 8
Ubuntu
Kubuntu
Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Arch
Debian
Windows 10
Arch/Windows 10
Antegros
Windows 8.1
Antegros
Antegros/Windows 8.1 (dual boot)
Windows 8.1

each for at least 3 months
kinda want to switch to debian

>>57713070
True, but not all of us are americucks. I doubt that any agency outside the us has this pull on microsoft as long as you dont go full bloody bond-villain or snowden and give them a really good reason

Windows 10
Ubuntu
Windows 10

>>57712896
What icon pack is that? Is it Numix?

>>57725137
It's good but Lubuntu is superior

I would move away from Windows in a heartbeat if I could run everything I use on a Linux distro. But I can't and wine is a shitty solution.

>>57726495

>>57719896 - Yah, Numix Circle Icons

>>57726627
Looks nice

tbqh my only three real OSes I've used on my main machine for any relevant number of hours are Windows 98, Windows XP, and Windows 7. Anything else I was just fucking around with.

>>57713234
this. Writting my own Hookscripts just to get luks, lightdm and plymouth to work smootlhy exactly like i wanted was the most fun thing i did codewise in a while. satisfying af

>>57712896
I dropped winshit and never looked back but can't tell which distro, until I met Source Mage. Oh my, how much I love it.

>>57713467
The fuck, how new are you?

Why do many people say Arch is a meme, what's wrong with it?

It's obvious none of you retards even understand what "full circle" means.

Linux users confirmed for mentally retarded.

>>57712943
Good luck.

>>57712917
too much kevinnet

>>57720122
Jesus man

>>57713467
screenfetch or archey

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>>57713301
>>57720260
>>57725118
>>57727424
>getting this triggered over progress in the open source community
I bet you think systemD is trash too :^)

>>57725000
Similar pattern as me. Always end up getting tired with Linux.

> Windows xp
> win7
> win8
> leeenoox for running servers
> win 10
> win7 now and only

>Wxp
>new build with W7
>fell for the W10 meme
>installed Xubuntu because W10 was so shit
>back to W7
>had a look at W8 once, was complete cancer

>>57712896

If by full circle you mean

Windows
Linux
Windows

Then yes, I've come full circle.

Linux is great, and I appreciate what those guys are doing. I just don't have the fucking time to fight with every little thing to get it working.

>>57729056
That's why solus exists.

>>57712917
I have not tried it out because I hear it lacks software. Whatever I install next need access to the AUR

>>57729056
Are you not willing to fight for freedom?

>>57727495
He's kidding

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>>57729056
>can't install Ubuntu

>WIndows 98
>Windows XP for a week
>WIndows 7
>Windows 8.1 - started dualbooting Ubuntu
>Windows 10 comes out
>Permenantly move to Linux (Linux Mint)
>Get introduced to /g/
>Move to Arch
>FreeBSD
>See how windows 10 ltsb N goes
>ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE, cuck tier ""((control))"" panel
>Xubuntu
>Xubuntu
>Xubuntu

Yeah I settled with Xubuntu

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>>57712896
yes, many times
poor little guy

>>57712896
Arch is a meme but Gentoo isn't? Boyyyy

>>57728286
Oh boy, here we go again

>>57728155
oh god, dat 1920x1200 screen <3
can you post a photo of the laptop, anon, pls

>>57727151
the circle isn't completed for many of them. everyone has to get back to windows because I think that wast majority of children start with windows.. to complete my circle i would have to install win95

>>57729056
>doesn't have time to configure Linux properly, which takes only a few minutes after installing
>willing to spend over an hour configuring Windows and making it usable

>>57730617
THIS

Apricity OS has cold freeze, so you can configure once and literally download anytime with your own patches of Linux

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>>57726178
>Ruining a perfectly good picture with memes
am disappoint anon

>>57712896
>Windows 95-8.1
>Ubuntu
>ZorinOS
>Lubuntu
>Fedora
>OpenSUSE
>Ubuntu
>Mint
>Arch

Been on Arch the longest out of my distros now and I feel very happy.

MS-Dos 5.0
Windows 95
Windows 98
XP
Vista
Win 7
Win 8.1
Win 10
Ubuntu
Linux Mint
Lubuntu
Elementary
Ubuntu Mate
Manjaro

Been using Arch with i3 for quite a while, finally a comfy OS

>>57712896
Me.

>Used Windows 8.1 on my gaymen laptops for the past few years
>It broke
>Bought a refurbished tablet with 8.1 for $40
>Built a desktop
>Started with Linux Mint Cinnamon on it
>Tried Linux Mint with KDE, XFCE, and MATE
>Switched to Linux Mint MATE
>Tried i3
>Switched to i3
>Tried a lot of distros through VirtualBox
>Solus
>Antergos
>Debian MATE
>Debian GNOME
>Fedora
>Ubuntu MATE
>Ubuntu GNOME
>Kubuntu
>Xubuntu
>OpenSUSE
>Peppermint OS
>Probably a few I'm missing.

I plan on dual-booting Windows 7 and Peppermint OS once my next paycheck comes in. I also plan on buying a cheap laptop and installing Peppermint OS on that.

>>57712943
windows 7 > mint >windows 7 > windows 10 >mint >ubuntu > kubuntu > gentoo

>winblows
>redhat
>fedora

>>57712896
>windows 7
>ubuntu -> xubuntu
>crunchbang
>ubuntu again
>debian
>arch
>gentoo
the latter 3 now co-exist peacefully on 3 different machines

95
XP
7
8
8.1
Kubuntu+10
10
10+Hackintosh

>>57721539
>>57713032
>>57719838
>>57730888
>>57730920


honest question: how many hours a month do you spend on compiling updates and software that you need to use?

>>57731074
gone are the days of compiling for days on end. once you get or your main shit in place compiling from source isn't that bad. unless you are using a really old computer, or you for some reason are constantly getting tons of new software that's huge.

>>57731179
i got a lenovo g550 laptop from 2010:
pentium dual core 2.2 GHz
RAM 3 GB

i seriously consider to have gentoo dual booted with windows 10

DOS
Win 3.1
Win 95
Win 98
Win ME
Win XP
Win 7
Ubuntu
Xubuntu
Kubuntu
Lubuntu
Debian
Devuan

Not counting some distros I installed for short periods. But maybe Gentoo is next so the story isn't over.

Vista
7
8
8.1
Ubuntu
7
10
7
Mint
Debian
Fedora 23
Fedora 24
7
Fedora 25 + 7

>>57712935
Lvm on luks on lvm. Debian got you covered.

>>57712896
Ask me how I know you've never used half of the OSs you claimed you have used.

>>57731074
Takes about 2 hours to compile the entire base system from scratch, then the packages that collectively take 1.5 hours basically never get updates (let alone at the same time) so you never end up with updates that take up 15 minutes or longer (less than 5 minutes if updating once a month). Plus, -bin packages.

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>AmigaOS
>Win98
>WinXP
>Ubuntu
>Windows 7
>Windows 10

>>57712896
Win 95
Win 98
Win 2000
Win 98 SE
Win XP
Win Vista
Win XP
Win 7
OpenSUSE
Win 7
Win 8.1
Ubuntu
Linux Mint
Fedora
OpenSUSE
Win 7
Win 10
Debian
Arch
macOS El Capitain
macOS Sierra

Became macfag because I need shit to just work now desu.

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Just go back to good old Windows. You will feel like you are at home when you do. Linux is just a hobby. You will like it at first because it is different but you will run into obstacles. You will seek help to resolve issues and sometimes get help. But why install Linux Mint when Windows is already what you want Linux Mint to be?

>>57731254
I have gentoo installed on a latitude e5400 right now. 2.26GHz core 2 duo p8400, 3GB ram. Haven't had any issues with compile times.

>>57732856
>go back to windows
>remember why I left it almost immediately
Windows is such garbage that you have to install autohotkey to be able to use custom key combos for media controls if your keyboard doesn't have an inbuilt media key. In fact, you can't make any key shortcuts of any kind. How pathetic. I'd expect that from a BSD, not from a closed-source multi-billion-backed OS.

>>57731074
not sure, I emerge world and leave the server alone for a while
doesn't take very long, would approximate up to 10 hours a month, 1 to 2 hours per update
now were it a desktop system, it would probably take a lot longer

Win98 - Old is gold
WinXP - Good
Win7 - Never tried Vista, Win8 or Win10, they just look horrible
Ubuntu - Unity sucks
UbuntuMate - using in for 6 months on my x201, I have no complains

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>>57717848
>Not staying with Vista

>>57712896
Windows
Mandriva
Yopper
Gentoo
Debian
Ubuntu
Windows (because of vidya)

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desktop

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>>57712917
>>57712925
>>57714351
>>57729653
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DgbUBoxa48

>>57716240
It's just the dev team shilling their shitty distro, ignore it

>>57712896
Bearing in mind I'm still dual booting with Windows 10 because gayming and convenience, here's my Linux timeline

>Ubuntu
>Mint
>Crunchbang
>Many Ubuntu flavours
>Arch
>Mint
>Ubuntu
>Antergos
>Arch

I need an environment with the latest stable packages from upstream for software development and Arch/Antergos does exactly just that.

>>57712917
Hi Kevin

>>57712896
Windows 7 - Music production
Arch - Programming/computer shit
macOS - Browsing the internet, fucking around

The pain of installing the tri-boot is worth the joy of using the tri-boot.

My hard drive has 8 partitions.

>>57738541
>not gentoo + VGA passthrough masterrace
Pleb

>>57712896
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Ubuntu
Mint
Xubuntu
Debian
Arch
Gentoo
Debian
Windows 7
Windows 10

>>57712896
>got tired of wangblows around the time Microsoft made the first directx version that was incompatible with XP
>was a neet
>made a hobby of trying out new distros/DEs
>used almost all of the most popular distros
>recently get a job
>was using slack with some retarded riced minimalistic desktop
>end up coming back to mint because it just werks and I don't have time to waste fixing unnecessary shit anymore because now I have a life

>>57712943
more like plebeian