Re: Windows vs Linux

Re: Windows vs Linux Hi,I've been just trying and discovering a bunch of destros to see which one is my fit. so far the options are pretty good. HOwever, I encountered a problem. I"m a student, thus have to read documents all the time. the problem now is, how can I read pdfs or

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Re: Windows vs Linux Tips:1. Keep your system up to date2. Don't be afraid to customize your system how you like it3.  Windows key gets you the same menu as in the Budgie onebut you probably already found that oneFor the Windows onethere's a command to get  GRUB to check what you

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Re: Windows vs Linux hi,so I have finally made my solus mate to work. everything is good and fast. even my wifi card is working. now, the problem is, I lost my windows boot loader somehow and can't boot into it. and that's being said, any tips for linux newbies? I also tried installing

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Re: Windows vs Linux Eh I dunno, If/when I get a new laptop I'll probably just get a cheap Dell I can throw a bigger HDD in or one of those portable machines.Also, I'm not the world's biggest fan of Ubuntu, simple because Solus is leaner, cleaner and doesn't have half the bloatware Ubuntu

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Re: Windows vs Linux why not get a lenovo laptop with AMD a6 quad core processor off amazon for $260 or so, put in your solus or ubuntu mate disk, wipe the hard drive and all partitions, then install ubuntu if you want? best part is, these laptops do not have broadcom cards. my laptop has

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Re: Windows vs Linux Thanks for the helpful tips there!I do like the idea of Windows 10, though one person told me I'd better running it in a virtual machine under Linux if I absolutely needed it. Long as the Self-Voicing install from Narrator works, I should be ok.I do want to play

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Re: Windows vs Linux For the RAM...8+ gigs of RAM for any VM if you got 16+ gigs IMOI'd say check companies who sell refurbished machines, I got my Vostro from  a tech firm in the UK that sells accessible tech (though why they sold me a top of the line gaming laptop for $450 is beyond me

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Re: Windows vs Linux Under a virtual machine, how much  would you recommend if using Ubuntu or Fedora? For ubuntu, particularly 17.10 and later?In addition, has anyone ran windows 10 under Linux itself?Also, I'm trying to find places where you can get a good linux machine which does

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Re: Windows vs Linux Under a virtual machine, how much  would you recommend if using Ubuntu or Fedora? For ubuntu, particularly 17.10 and later? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=346934#p346934 ___ Audiogames-reflector

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Re: Windows vs Linux Ah the thing with the Broadcom drivers is this, they provide two different ones for LTS and current kernels, make sure you're installing the correct ones for your kernel typeAlsosince you're on Budgie do NOT update the system since it'll convert Budgie to QT which

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Re: Windows vs Linux Tip!!!For those running linux on Windows via Virtual Machine, make sure to have a computer with at least 4GB Ram, and dedicate 2 GB of ram to the virtual machine itself. If you wish to run linux on physicall hardware, check out "either Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops,&quo

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Re: Windows vs Linux Hi,So I downloaded the "solus" os from your last mentioned distros. for me luckily, it installed after I booted it up and now I have two operating systems(windows and solus) on my pc. it's actually a nice operating system. I know I was adviced to get mate or

Re: Windows vs Linux

Re: Windows vs Linux Hi,So I downloaded the "solus" os from your last mentioned distros. it's actually a nice operating system. I know I was adviced to get mate or nome but I decided to get the other version and I think it's not bad at all. I can press the windows key an

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Re: Windows vs Linux Neither of those are, AFAIK, accessible.Start with the ones I mentioned in my last post. I know for a fact that the Mate (and by extension Gnome) desktops work flawlessly with Orca. KDE as far as I'm aware, isn't accessible  easily, but don't quote me on that, I don't

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Re: Windows vs Linux Hi,Thanks for the information guys. keep it coming. and just before downloading some iso, I would like to also make sure the usability of desktop environments like KDE and Cinnamon, (popular desktop environments used in linux mint) etc. is anyone using these?Regards

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Re: Windows vs Linux Okay you got a few ways to get into Linux1. Virtual machines. This is probably the easiest way, get VMWare or VirtualBox and a Linux ISO and set up the VM2. Actually making a bootable ISO and installing Linux on your physical systemFor the second one you'll need

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Re: Windows vs Linux Linux is great for a number of reasons, most of which are a google search away so I won't go on about that. Thw downside is that if you want to do CLI stuff, and you probably do, its a process getting into. The good thing is here is help out there, you get in touch

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Re: Windows vs Linux linux is just like any other OS now. what it really comes down to is what do you want to do with your computer. linux has easy to use graphical desktops and everything. if you want more human sounding voices, use windows, more games than linux? use windows. URL: http

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Re: Windows vs Linux yes ;you can play games on linux. use the tintin client for audio adventure games. rs-games works good, eloquence tts engine also works good. you can read pdfs with evince pdf reader. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=346802#p346802

Windows vs Linux

Windows vs Linux Hi,So the subject name pretty much says it all. I am wanting to get into linux for a long time now but the fact that from the day I got a pc,  I had windows and now I am aware about it's insides does not allow me to switch my os entirely. So here I welcome all answers from