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Well, I'm free and I've been using UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems for about ten years now, so if anyone has any issues I'd be glad to help.
Isaiah Scott
that's nice, what did you start with? most people are in the other thread, maybe it would be good to go there.
Elijah Brown
Ubuntu and then quickly moved to Debian, then Red Hat for school and then tinkered with FreeBSD, Slackware and Arch until I finally settled with hardened Gentoo.
Ethan Morales
hi Sup Forums, i want to install a linux distro on a different partition, which one would you recommend? i was thinking of mint.
i will mainly use it to learn programming/get used with it eventually, windows has gone shit
Joshua Taylor
Don't dual boot.
Either install Linux in a VM (I'd recommend Ubuntu if you have the space and hardware, otherwise Xubuntu) or format your drive and install Ubuntu.
Unless you really want to keep Winshits around for gaymes, you should go full Linux for about 3 months and just look for replacements for your Winshit stuff because there always will be replacements.
Xavier King
If you want to duel boot then I recommend Debian Fuck Ubuntu. If he wants to duel boot then let him. That's what I did.
Brandon Perry
mint is a good beginner distro imo, i started with it myself. but it has a few issues, debian is a bit harder but it could be better for you in the long run. another choice is ubuntu, but it has the same problems mint has. dual booting is okay but make sure to do as said and search for replacement programs instead of using the same things, this will make you more independent in a few ways. the installgentoo wiki has good articles on recommended software and the OP will tell you more. please go to for more, one of the threads needs to die otherwise mods might be pissed.
Isaiah Sullivan
I fap to that yesterday.
Caleb Martin
congrats
Benjamin Brown
Recently i love to stick a finger in my anus
Caleb Campbell
Good. Soon you'll put bigger and after that you'll start to fap to big hard cocks.
Aaron Cruz
Impossible, I support Trump
Ryan Howard
What happened to image?
Kevin Edwards
degeneracy was taken care of late so this thread is rightfully dead.
Grayson Jones
is it?
Jayden Davis
I'm glad lesbos are considered degenerate as well, sick of people constantly acting like they're anything great.
James Lopez
Can someone recommend a cheap (
Brody Edwards
ThinkPad
Elijah Campbell
Hello Sup Forums do not usually come here. I am having trouble booting linux(Debian) from a flashdrive onto my windows 8.1 laptop. I have tried going through the bios and booting it straight through the usb. Everytime it still boots to 8.1 did i do something wrong in the process of downloading the OS? Any advice on how to overcome this?
Adrian Sanders
I have low opinion about Windows GNU/Linux.
Henry Rivera
Go to your bios, disable secure boot, select flash drive first in boot queue
Jose Fisher
Guys do you use wayland instead deprecated xorg?
Hunter Baker
Nope. I don't really have a problem with xorg as long as it's on a localhost client instead of a server. Plus I think Wayland still lacks some support.
Benjamin Rogers
Can /fglt/ recommend me a cheap as fuck laptop to use for linux and windows dual booting?
Jose Cox
Thinkpad (not new obviously)
Kevin Barnes
How about one that doesn't weigh as much as a family car? or as thick as shit.
I move around a lot. I can sacrifice power for portability.