Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "s|b" Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Subject: Re: Computer turns on and then just dies Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 12:28:12 +0100 Organization: XXII Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: sb.nospam@belgacom.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net Q872qKkwNPlL3BxlD5bH+gxrAglcLz20L8ThSlhkFNjs+9yVan Cancel-Lock: sha1:aUneukc2Uq0sKuRQSQVXZ0288nc= sha256:JJOJXfGDL+PQuGl7ZheFmHy5lWqj294CsKPt2Tyv14Q= User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 X-Face: j0\WO?Dcjo^V#d7Q,H$9^8N{Z|fy50vxQkToel)jNR3hmCMV8kai(fMVJ:Yk}q?t<:xHu2D )?CJ[c|zu]%I!fKb7-4~$&Mx|GT=>ux^*,A:5Cdek,y4A(DSX=oXRv7-)/AcgHiWf Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.hardware:20692 alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt:43645 On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:09:12 -0500, Paul wrote: > Each sub-ecosystem in Linux has its own personality. > > As a newcomer, you would select one of the less aggressive groups > of people, select an OS where people actually help one another. I don't even remember what I started with. I think it was Knoppix. I've tried Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Tails, Puppy Linux, ... Last thing I tried was Linux Mint. Mostly live dvd/usb, but I actually installed some on older computers. > Sure, I recommend you test a few Linux OSes. Some have a deliberate > interest in your comfort with the project (Zorin Lite, the free version). > Zorin is a commercial project, where other SKUs are the "fancy" version > of Zorin Lite. Zorin seeks to promote "direct Linux sales", not > a "support contract $150 per year please" model. Whereas Ubuntu, > the Canonical eventual goal is a support contract. Yeah, somewhere along the road I picked up Ubuntu was a no-no. > > Debian 35000 packages, distro has the odd rough edge > / \__ > Ubuntu \ Uses Debian, better patch fit/finish on programs, "wants to be RedHat" > / \ \ > / LinuxMint \ End user focus, will use Ubuntu until no longer tenable, all free distros (no Snaps) > | \ > | LMDE Debian-based version of LinuxMint, for "life without Ubuntu" > | > Zorin End user focus, free and paid SKUs available (need paid SKUs to pay for bandwidth) > > And this is how you have to know your neighborhood, to plan > for the future when the future arrives. Looking forward to some playing. Probably going to use VNC; cause I'm now using 2 screens, 2 keyboards, 2 mice, ... -- s|b