igor_kavinski
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But you can surely script it to do everything automatically.It would probably take me about 4 hours to replicate my Linux setup in a clean install
But you can surely script it to do everything automatically.It would probably take me about 4 hours to replicate my Linux setup in a clean install
But you can surely script it to do everything automatically.
But it is so much easier to install as you go with Linux.It would probably take me about 4 hours to replicate my Linux setup in a clean install
But it is so much easier to install as you go with Linux.
It would probably take me about 4 hours to replicate my Linux setup in a clean install
I don't have a complicated setup but yes. You setup your base install and you are set. With Windows you have to find all the correct drivers for the the specific computer you installing it on, chipset, video, audio, LAN and sometimes others. I have a USB drive with all my standard installation files.I'm not sure what you mean, but if I had to guess what you meant, it's about how quickly you can have a basically working setup by.
I don't have a complicated setup but yes. You setup your base install and you are set. With Windows you have to find all the correct drivers for the the specific computer you installing it on, chipset, video, audio, LAN and sometimes others. I have a USB drive with all my standard installation files.
I'm having a lot of frustration with installing software on Mint 21.3 right now. I installed wine and it does not show up in start menu and the launch button in software manager does not start it either. As much as I like Linux, their manual software installation still sucks after all this time. Also, finding where something is installed is a pain.
Try Pop_OS. It's geared towards gamers so stuff like Wine comes pre-installed plus it's easier to use for a newbie.I'm having a lot of frustration with installing software on Mint 21.3 right now. I installed wine and it does not show up in start menu and the launch button in software manager does not start it either. As much as I like Linux, their manual software installation still sucks after all this time. Also, finding where something is installed is a pain.
I've been using Mint for years as my standard day to day version. I had been using Ubuntu but absolutely hated the Unity desktop. I was thinking about trying Pop_OS but then saw this. Anyone have any experience? It say they tweaked the Ubuntu kernel for extra performance.Try Pop_OS. It's geared towards gamers so stuff like Wine comes pre-installed plus it's easier to use for a newbie.
I have a pile of thumb drives and a pile of SSD's coming so I think I'll give it a shot.Worth a try if it is coming up as No.1 but there's also https://nobaraproject.org/ which aims to help the user in avoiding the terminal.
If I was in the habit of clean-installing my main PC's installation of Linux on a regular basis and therefore making all the development time in researching/coding/troubleshooting the automation worthwhile, sure (also assuming that I can learn how to script everything that could be scripted; my bash scripting skills are pretty basic), the same argument largely applies to Windows too though.
Look at configuration management systems. E.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet. Some of them work an Windows and OS X too.That is why I keep several (weekly) verified Macrium Reflect Backups. In case of a crash or some other major issue.
Gaming is the ONLY reason I still have Windows. Been 100% linux desktop at my work for over 25 years (even though I am one of the only ones and it is an otherwise 100% windows centric desktop environment for day to day functions outside of the labs). I get away with it because I am one of the Unix/Linux admins and administrating and interfacing with those systems is 1000 times easier from a linux system (but I am still on MS Office 365, and the chat client of the month, and meeting software of the month, and colab software of the week just fine through most web portals/interfaces, or an open source client that can interface with them).Would have given up on Windows some time ago if not for the fact I still occasionally fire up a game. The way it seems to be moving towards becoming an ad-supported 'service' (with forced upgrades with older software stopping working every time, and increasing amounts of what seems to be built-in advertising) I doubt I'll be using Windows much longer...if I could just fully kick the gaming habit.
Maybe 'tis the season? Recently I used the workaround to install Win11 on my broadwell-era laptop, which worked fine until I was off for a week with covid, then the screen started intermittently going on and off after being woken from sleep mode.Retract that comment about my desktop running great. After using it the screen kept blacking out intermittently. With no reasoning that I could figure out. Did a clean format and install and found the same issue.
I usually wait for a couple of updates like maybe 22.3 and I'll try again. 21.3 is working great and I've never had any issues, so I'll stick there for a while more.
Restored my backup image and moving along...
Maybe 'tis the season? Recently I used the workaround to install Win11 on my broadwell-era laptop, which worked fine until I was off for a week with covid, then the screen started intermittently going on and off after being woken from sleep mode.