Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start?

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start?
Date	2026-03-28 11:53 +0000
Organization	A little, after lunch
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On 28/03/2026 11:28, Borax Man wrote:
> However, this depends on the user.  For me, when I started using Linux,
> I LIKED the fact that the GUI was different, and the more differences
> the better.

It didn't especially bother me. I moved my desktop from win 98 to XP at 
some point
And had a parallel Debian machine.

At some point two things happened, Linux got smart enough to allow an XP 
machine in a virtual box, and Debian stable just didn't run the code I 
wanted to run.

I tried Ubuntu, but I didn't like the interface and on my hardware it 
didn't run very well

There was a lot of noise about MINT so installed that, and mostly it 
worked. Issues with scanners, plugging in cameras and wifi and video 
hardware, but each release was better than the last.

And it came with a C compiler. And could run a web server.And VirtualBox 
could run my XP installation well enough for Corel Suite and Rhino CAD, 
which all I needed windows for.

Bliss...

Never seen any reason to change.

-- 
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all 
private property.

Karl Marx

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