RobM
Active member
I liked the look of it and wanted something that was not 100% working out of the box as it were
Considering moving to Linux
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Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
You should probably go for something simple and not mess with Debian or Arch -especially Arch- untill you feel more than comforable and having spend a lot of time using linux. It's not fool-proof (or mistake-proof) at all compared to mac OS or windows
RobM
Active member
Nah I feel comfortable as I still have my win partition just in case
Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
Nah I feel comfortable as I still have my win partition just in case
Arch is advanced stuff and you may not find what you are looking for with a google search, that's why. Ubuntu based distros are so easy to use because of the huge community behind them.
If you learn how to Arch, then you are going to be a linux god
RobM
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Arch is advanced stuff and you may not find what you are looking for with a google search, that's why. Ubuntu based distros are so easy to use because of the huge community behind them.
If you learn how to Arch, then you are going to be a linux god
hehe yeah I hear what your saying but so far Manjaro is letting me do everything I need to, it looks great also and I dont mind learning, thing with linix is there a good community base in terms of support so I feel confident enough to run with it for now and since I know see how easy the installation process is I sure dont mind changin distros if I need to.
SPS
Moderator
Why Manjaro over Mint?
SPS
Moderator
Literally just came across this article.
http://arstechnica.com/information-...-works-linux-doesnt-get-any-better-than-this/
RobM
Active member
Good find and similar to the reviews and info I viewed this week, Mint has some great reviews, infact I dont think I came across anything negative for it. The only thing that swung me Manjaros way was the longevity as its a rolling update where Mint was LTS meaning in 3 years I would need to intall version 19 and so on.
So really think everyone should take a look at linux, its come on leaps and bounds since I last looked at it some 10 years ago. I like how you can create bootable usb and load from that which makes test driving a breeze.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Well LTS will end up being more common then. Because if people want AAA games to move to Linux/Vulkan, then Devs are going to need a stable platform that doesn't constantly change.
RobM
Active member
yeah but would you call a LTS a stable platform over rolling? I think both are equally stable and tbqh windows is a rolling platform updated every wednesday.
Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
Ubuntu and mint get "upgrades" frequently. LTS for ubuntu means that canonical will update the repositories for a long time.
In linux when we say rolling we mean new system from scratch, basically the kernel gets updated.
Kernel updates sometimes make things crash
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Windows updates it's security and OS patches and drivers. Nothing else changes.
Linux rolling is when the kernel changes(as above states).
SPS
Moderator
Actually Windows updates break game development quite a lot.
RobM
Active member
So would I be better using Mint then? only just about got things setup how I like it even managed to mount my ntfs drive at startup although not found a way to install apps and games to the ntfs drive yet and dont want to reformat as the drive is also my storage drive if I use windows.
If you are more of a techie person, I would choose Linux if I was you. I was doing some reading and found this article comparing the 2 operating systems, https://www.1and1.com/digitalguide/server/know-how/linux-vs-windows-the-big-server-check/
Basically, Linux is more customisable and flexible if you are willing to take the time to learn. If you are not very technical, or not willing to learn, then I would recommend to stick with Windows.
Basically, Linux is more customisable and flexible if you are willing to take the time to learn. If you are not very technical, or not willing to learn, then I would recommend to stick with Windows.
