Linux Operating System Thread

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I know some people are familiar with the operating system. I would like to be but I’m not there yet. Share your favorite distro or comment.

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I don’t use it anymore but I used to use Debian. It’s nice and stable.

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I want to install MX Linux on an old Macbook Pro. Has anyone had any experience with something similar?

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Maybe try installing it on a virtual machine first, to see the gotchas.

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I usually prefer Debian based distro’s but I’ve never tried Debian itself.

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Good idea but it has the newest operating system, it’s too slow to run anything as I have been told. It’s a 2010 model. I’ve never owned a mac, I don’t know much about them. I think I can tether my phone to it for internet connection while it installs. I doubt the wifi will work at first.

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I’ve done a lot of distro hopping but stick with Ubuntu these days. Fedora is nice but they don’t have drivers for my wireless card in the default repos.

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I liked Ubuntu Studio for quite a while.

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You’ll probably have to download the distro to a CD or USB and install using that.

I found this guide

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I’ve been studying some Linux command line.

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I used Lubuntu in the past but now Windows as its the best for gaming.

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WindowsFX I used to like now it paid for :frowning: SO I have also tried Mint, Fedora, openSUSE, and quite a few others.

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If you come from Windows, try Linux Mint.
It has all the drivers and codecs (unlike Ubuntu).
It has the nice software center of Ubuntu (unlike MX Linux).

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Only used Red Hat - when i used to steal wifi passwords when i was skint lol. Used to take about 3 days to brute force some wifi networks. Was great with an ALFA Aerial that goes a mile with a booster.

Years ago now tho. Im paying it back - by letting the neighbours use my full fibre now for free,

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Ive been using linux since around 2006 when i was psychotic and paranoid about getting hacked. Tried several different distros but always go back to ubuntu because it works best with my hardware.

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I had ubuntu for a while. It was fun using the bash command line for stuff. Its waaay faster to fetch programs, install and update stuff.

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Yeah i tried using steam on ubuntu it wasnt good lol. So i switched it back to windows

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Its like 99% of the games only support Windows.

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It’s true, I just use a Nintendo 64 emulator for games so it doesn’t effect me much. I am running windows too. I just like the ease of use right now but when the Windows support ends, Linux will be back.

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I was paranoid too. I used to use Tails, I thought that was the neatest thing when I first found out about it. I would take it to work and hijack the work computer for anonymous browsing.

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