When and why did you start using Linux?
When and why did you start using Linux?
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.
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It was Ubuntu 10.10 which I got sent to me as a CD for free! I had no internet at home that time but I did have a very old computer and I thought it was fun to try something different. It was a huge pain installing things without an internet connection since you had to find all the needed DEB files from another computer (definitely running on Windows) just to install something like VLC on an offline computer, as opposed to Windows where you just get an EXE and that's it.
I guess it was the cool factor of being different at first (that's probably still one of the factors why I use Linux) but I just slowly fell in love with it and the tons of customization and freedome althat it gives.
I now hate Windows. And macOS to a degree.
Oh god, installing Linux (especially if first time) without internet seems like an absolute nightmare. I don't know how you did it, but I am very much impressed!
So I will get the DEB file for GIMP, and
dpkgit forcefully. It will complain about missing dependencies, and I will keep that as a note. When I go to school the next day, I would get all those dependencies anddpkgthem when I get home. Then I will take note of all still missing dependencies. Then I will repeat the process until I installed everything LOLYes. It's something I'm never going to do again LOL
Happily running Arch now, I'm never going back to Windows!
Oh. my. god. That sounds like a massive headache. I can't even imagine how long it would take to get anything installed considering the huge dependency lists some software has.
Yes, please never do that again if you have any other option :D