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I Dual Booted Ubuntu to My Computer Over A Year Ago

Angel Young on August 15, 2019

When I was at the New York Code + Design Academy (NYCDA) in 2018, I was one of 5 students who used Windows 10. The problem with that was the teache...
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Angel Young

Secondhand Macs are still out of my pricing range unfortunately.:( I have to wait to get a job that makes a lot of money to afford any kind of Mac.

I have heard of the NVIDIA issue and am going to see if my PC even has NVIDIA. If not, I now see what the problem is.

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Angel Young

I retract my statement about secondhand Macs being out of my price range. I was able to find a few websites that has them within my price range. :)

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Cartoon Madrasah

Better Programmer: Yes, Better Designer: No.

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Angel Young

I agree with this so much!

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David Anton Alvarez • Edited

Same here. I've installed Linux Mint Cinnamon several months ago, and I can't be more satisfied with my decision.

Right now, I only use Windows when I need to use Windows only software (my machine isn't powerfull enought to run virtual machines properly).

I find Linux Mint easy to use, powerfull for software developing, and I've noticed that the battery management is also better than Windows 10, so, for me, the future is to have a Linux Only machine.

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Angel Young

I was also considering another Linux OS. There are so many. It may be down to Red Hat and Fedora. I am going to check out Mint Cinnamon.