I also enjoy Linux especially Mint and Zorin OS; however, I still prefer XP as my 'daily driver'.
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Yeah, Linux Mint is as good as Ubuntu. Haven't heard of Zorin OS, what is it?
Zorin is a nice Linux that doesn't use to much RAM (I only have 3GB myself) and I try to find distros that match my aging hardware.
Here are the linux distro's I use.
Manjaro 22.0
q4os 2.7 X 64 and 4.13 X 54 R1
PeppermintOS (very very outdated)
Debian 12.6.0
Ultramarine (very sluggish IMO)
Open SUSE
Linux Mint Mate 21.2 and 22.1
Neptune Linux (outdated but nice)
Emmabuntus de5
Lubuntu 20.04.5 (only this version works on this Dell 745)
EndeavourOS Cassini_Nova (outdated)
Linux Lite 3.8 and 5.8
Zorin (both 32 bit and 16.3 X 64 [the best IMO])
Calculate Linux (outdated)
All of the above I can fit on DVD and boot from the DVD and copy to RAM. However I only use Linux when I can't do something with XP
Yahoo says that Zorin has a Ubuntu "foundation". I tried Zorin on my old 32-bit Atom netbook and was able to use the same commands to connect to my car, that I previously needed Ubuntu on a newer 64-bit laptop. I'm quite the linux noob, I'm lucky I can even copy and paste commands!
You connect to your car from a computer or was it just a typo? Also, imagine if someone hacked your car, which is probably really unlikely.
I have a very American but currently very unpopular car (that saves me a shit-ton of money). I paid to have it rooted so I could disable logging (massive UI speedup and solves EMMC writes exhaustion), updates (newer versions are smaller resolution, harder to see), and to change the gateway config at will (defines what factory installed options the car has, which then can be manipulated in the UI menus.) The car runs a very locked-down linux (lvs, sdv, nc, emit-reboot-gateway, tail), and I only know the Ubuntu connect commands and syntax such as apt install openssh-client, apt-get update, curl, rm, ssh, sv
Yes, you all are probably laughing right now.
Currently, I'd just rather spend my time working and making money, instead of learning more about making Linux work, since I'm not going to use it as my main OS. (I can't stand not having control over every file and folder on C:\ I realize those special folders like mnt do cool things, but there's so many abstract "folders" that I can never find or accomplish anything!)
Yes, you all are probably laughing right now.
Currently, I'd just rather spend my time working and making money, instead of learning more about making Linux work, since I'm not going to use it as my main OS. (I can't stand not having control over every file and folder on C:\ I realize those special folders like mnt do cool things, but there's so many abstract "folders" that I can never find or accomplish anything!)
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I am not laughing right now, don't you worry. I just think if you really want to (if you see the need), technically you could try the one-per-day approach - one linux command every day. On Linux I never play with root folder unless it has a problem, I just have a lot of folders in Documents (Kodachi Linux). Could you tell me what car it is whose OS you're connecting to? I would be very interested to read up more about it...I have a very American but currently very unpopular car (that saves me a shit-ton of money). I paid to have it rooted so I could disable logging (massive UI speedup and solves EMMC writes exhaustion), updates (newer versions are smaller resolution, harder to see), and to change the gateway config at will (defines what factory installed options the car has, which then can be manipulated in the UI menus. The car runs a very locked-down linux (lvs, sdv, nc, emit-reboot-gateway, tail), and I only know the Ubuntu connect commands and syntax such as apt install openssh-client, apt-get update, curl, rm, ssh, sv
Yes, you all are probably laughing right now.
I used Zorin for about 9 months as my main OS and returned to XP due to the fact that I don't understand Linux all that well and I've always been and windows guy.
My first Linux experience was DamnSmallLinux 50mb designed to fit on a business card livecd! The minimum system requirements are a 486 processor and 8 MB of RAM we need a ROFL smile.
Looks like DSL 2024 has been reborn as a compact Linux distribution tailored for low-spec x86 computers. Now it needs 256mb RAM for the lightweight browsers or 512mb for Firefox.
50mb designed to fit on a business card livecd! The minimum system requirements are a 486 processor and 8 MB of RAM we need a ROFL smile.Looks like DSL 2024 has been reborn as a compact Linux distribution tailored for low-spec x86 computers. Now it needs 256mb RAM for the lightweight browsers or 512mb for Firefox.