I am just very curious what peoples stories are. And if you are not using Linux what is holding you back?

No judgement of any kind, just pure curiosity.

  • CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Oh wow, it was way back, around 2007. I was dating a guy who used Ubuntu and I decided that Windows was pissing me off and I wanted to try it. So I got it installed on an Asus, if I recall correctly. Dealt with driver issues, install issues, all that. But all the same, I loved it because it wasn’t corporate - I could do what I wanted to do. So then I ended up in grad school, ended up doing modeling and simulation, all the while using Linux of course. I tried Suse but it ended up with weird bugs, so back to Ubuntu. Built my own desktop for research that wasn’t on the HPC. Eventually Unity came out and I migrated to Kubuntu because I can’t deal with the Unity interface.

    Sadly I mostly use Apple right now for work because I make a lot of powerpoints, basically. But I still run Ubuntu at home, including of course my wee raspberry pi that is a Pi-hole for our home internet.

    • MouseWithBeer@iusearchlinux.fyiOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Oh damn, I can’t imagine how rough it must have been in 2007, Linux has definitely came a very very long way. Props to you for sticking around through all the issues :)

      From what I been hearing from people Apple is not that bad either, but personally it just confuses the hell out of me.