@kde@floss.social @Endof10 @kde@lemmy.kde.social On the PLUS side, there ARE all those "old" laptops, tablets and computers that you can pick up really cheap to do a nice, fresh install of Linux on to. I've got 3 of them right now. Including the one I'm typing this post with.
@alandvalonline @kde@floss.social @Endof10 @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Hi, I'm totally new to all this stuff, wanting to explore the world outside Google, Microsoft, Facebook, etc, etc. Do you have any pointers for a complete Linux beginner?
@MichaelRobbins @alandvalonline @kde @Endof10 @kde What are your requirements? We can guide you from there.
@MichaelRobbins @alandvalonline @kde@floss.social @Endof10 @kde@lemmy.kde.social I wrote a little piece on my blog a while ago for this express purpose. Maybe it'll be of some help? https://lunarloony.co.uk/tech/lunars-linux-guide/
@MichaelRobbins @alandvalonline @kde@floss.social @Endof10 @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Try searching for some distros(versions varying in appearance, etc) pick one that you like the look of.
I recommend:
Fedora kionite
Zorin
(K)Ubuntu
Mint
And many more.
Once you've done this, download something like Rufus or fedora media write (I assume that you are one windows), select the .iso file of the distro (download it first) and flash it to a blank USB drive. Plug it in and reboot your computer.
Press your bios key and install!
@MichaelRobbins @kde@floss.social @Endof10 @kde@lemmy.kde.social Give Linux Mint a try. It will run on a flash drive, you can install it on an existing Windows system in a dual-boot configuration so you can test it out as it would run on your current machine, and just play with it. It's as easy or easier than windows, there is a ton of online help and videos on how to do everything (from installs to using it). You'll find all the help you need on Youtube and in forums. It's EASY. You'll love it.
Exactly how can Windows break my computer. My wife has a computer still running Windows XP and it still works. She never connects it to the internet, think that's the way.
Will I be able to run my steam and Epic games with this? What about another PC games I own? And my hundreds of mp3 books and thousands of music files. I have them on internal harddrives. If I upgrade my main hard drive to this will I be able to access the files and docs on the two another drives?
@Fredselfish @kde yes, most of them, if not all. I recommend using heroic games launcher, it has a direct portal to get and install your epic and gog games. Don't hesitate to ask me if you need help 🙂
Thank you saving this for when I make that jump.
@kde@floss.social @Endof10 @kde@lemmy.kde.social but we can't explain how to get headless desktop working with kde and plasma, after like, 10 years
@kde@floss.social @Endof10 @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Lol. I was a KDE/Kubuntu user for several years & KDE on OpenSUSE before that. I may even have had KDE running under CDE on an UltraSPARC BITD.
Then the powers that be decided that KDE4 was "better" for some value of better that I could never figure out. Stepped back to CentOS w/GNOME before I found the Trinity fork. Used that until I retired. Most of my typing is on MacOS now.
My W10 box will remain at W10 until the 4-5 things that I need W10 for force me to change.
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