Lemur's New Rig

[Myth]

I'm sticking with Windows 7 until the next one comes along. It's my experience that they are always a hit and miss version. 95 - huge improvement over 3.11, 98 - nothing new, apart from maybe FAT32. 2000/NT were server versions so I exclude them. XP - awesome. Vista - complete bollocks. 7 - awesome. 8 - the only new stuff I see is aweful compared to 7 (I just have the one monitor anyway). So I'm waiting for 9 or whatever they call it.

Also, an unrelated picture:

[Ja'chyra]

Lemur

How did you get on with your hybrid drive, I'm thinking of getting one till the SSDs get a bit cheaper, I run my OS from a SSD but was going to move to hybrid for my music and videos.

Thanks

[Lemur]

The hybrid drive is actually meant for the kids' computer. My storage drive in the big boxen is actually a bog-standard WD drive.

Hybrid drives are nice if you don't want to plonk down for a sizeable SSD, but you want to give a laptop or a desktop a bit of oomph.

[ICantSpellDawg]

I never knew what was so different about linux. I had never fully understood the difference between an operating system and a user interface - believing that a UI was simply a component of an OS, but now I do and it makes all the difference in the world.

[Lemur]

I never knew what was so different about linux. I had never fully understood the difference between an operating system and a user interface - believing that a UI was simply a component of an OS, but now I do and it makes all the difference in the world.

Well, in fairness, the UI is a component of the OS. That ain't wrong.

Tried to find a handy graphic that would illustrate the architectural differences between Windows and Unix. Failed. I'll look again later.

Meanwhile, here's a rather opinionated (but not inaccurate) summary of 10 differences between Linux and Windows. Not really the comprehensive 40,000-foot view I was looking for ...

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Also note that Linux is just one variant on Unix. Here's a family tree that might help clarify where all of the bits and pieces come from, their heritage, their parentage, and so forth.

[Husar]

It's very opinionated.

I find searching the interwebs fro Linux commands incredibly tedious and don't feel like spending a year just to learn them all. And it's almost necessary to do so, especially if you use the adjustableness of the interface to make it disappear and then don't know how to get it back (did that once). As for stability, last time I installed a Linux Mint, it crashed during the login after the first restart. Installing some versions of Linux when you have no internet access is also almost impossible or rather boring as I found out because I have no discs with Linux programs here. The central application repository is indeed a good idea in general, but it also lists tons of programs that may not run on your version of Linux and I found quite a few that crashed on startup etc. And then Microsoft has that new Store since Windows 8.

It's not like I hate Linux, we are just not made for eachother and I think Windows is usually easier to maintain and use for the average user and people who do not want to delve deep into command line stuff and source code. And Apple is apparently even more so but also even more closed, but they all contribute to IT in general and they all have their target audience. I wouldn't really recommend Linux to my grandma just like I wouldn't recommend Windows to someone who wants to edit the source files of his system. I'm very much at peace with Windows, especially since I even stopped changing my wallpapers regularly because I really have better things to do with my computer than fiddle around with the OS all day. YMMV of course.

[Lemur]

Well, the funny thing about Apple's OS X is that it's wildly popular with technophobes and deep nerds, and not a lot in-between.

Designers and filmmakers don't give a flying monkey about how closed the system is, they just like having their tools on a stable platform. And deep Unix nerds like having an easy version of Unix on laptops. Or as one Unix Admin friend of mine put it back in the day, "Hey man, you have no idea what it means to have a version of Unix on a laptop that just works."

I do 95% of my work in a Windows environment, so I should probably just shut the hell up.

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Here's a not-terrible whitepaper about the architectural differences between Windows and Unix. Still looking for some sort of handy graphic that can illustrate the big differences. Still failing.