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Why and why not to use Linux?

Bishwas Bhandari on November 18, 2021

Reasons to use Linux Linux has a better environment for programming. It can smoothly execute software like PyCharm, Rider and Android St...
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Idiots in the Linux community quarrels over distro, instead of coding a nice piece of software

Just an idea: Maybe don't go around calling people idiots because they refuse to write the software you need for free, and just do it yourself if you think it's that easy.

Oh but it gets worse:

KdelLive for video editing but I don't like both of those app.

It's not that they haven't written those programs already; they just haven't done so in a way that you like it. So they're idiots for not writing the software exactly the way you want it.

But considering how entitled you're acting, I'm sure your own contributions to FOSS are quite amaz- oh, never mind, your github profile is literally empty. Oh well.

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Bishwas Bhandari

Kinda agree with you, but I am poking those who quarrels over "My distro is better than yours". bishwas-py is my github profile sir.

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bishwas-py is my github profile sir

You have a different profile linked in your dev account

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Bishwas Bhandari

Sorry for that, lemme fix it. Actually this is my github educational pack (.edu) college account.

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Alexander B.K.

So far I have only been trying with Live-CD to get accustomed to Linux, also using online tools for trying Linux commands. But these all were very slow, in addition to my laptop which has low specification : 2GB ram. :)
With this laptop, I can only use Sublime Text for development, although I have also installed VSCode, Intellij IDEA and Android Studio :) :)

What scenario do you recommend for installing Linux, esp for low budget ?

  1. Within the same laptop/PC that already has Windows 7 64-bit. Is it good to install Linux for dual-boot in a separate reserved partition ? I am worried about problems when doing this like someone told me about.
  2. If I have to upgrade to Windows 10 that provides subsystem for Linux (WSL), do you think it is enough ?
  3. If all of those above don't fit, then it means I will have to buy another PC/laptop special for Linux.

I cannot continue on learning Python + Django using Apache on Windows, because last time I tried to do, it failed on installing mod_wsgi.
But it is not the only reason; I think it's time for me to learn, try, use Linux in more serious way. Last time I used Linux is when I had to config Nginx in the server to handle cache problem in my web application using SSH from my Windows pc.

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Bishwas Bhandari

I would never ever suggest dual boot, if you had 32 GB of RAM, I would still suggest you not to use dual boot. For your 2 GB ram, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or Windows 7 would be great.
Do not install windows 10, your specification can't handle it.

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Alexander B.K.

Thanks for the reply and suggestion. As for the distro, I actually want to install CentOS. I have read about it as well as other distros. At the last company I worked, the application was deployed on VPS that used CentOS.

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Bishwas Bhandari

Also, I don't think you need to install apache specifically to run django. Just write codes on django, and do python manage.py runserver

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Alexander B.K.

I know that python-Django has that command for running its own web server. But, because I have already had Apache which is regularly used for running PHP code, I wanted to use Apache for serving python + Django too.

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Bishwas Bhandari

Ohh, you wanna host it with Apache on your VPS or what?

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Alexander B.K.

Not on VPS, but on my local computer for the purpose of learning Python + Django. But it is not my priority now, because I have a new interest in using Go aka Golang as the backend language. Node.Js, Java (with Spring or JEE) are still in my list too. C# and .Net, although very powerful, are massive tech that I don't have time to learn.

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Brijrajsinh parmar

i was a windows user for 11 years, recently switched to Linux Mint..
my experience was mixed.

The Good.

  • the way WIFI connects within seconds contrary to windows make me literally drool. like some times my laptop would be in sleep the whole night and as soon at i wake it in the morning it already would be connected to the WIFI on the contrary windows takes 69 years to connect
  • software installation process with terminal was super straight forward, i loved it.
  • your imagination is the limit when it comes to customization
  • UI is ❤️😩 (or maybe windows UI is just too shitty)

The Bad

  • No Photoshop, No Office, No Vegas Pro yes there are alternatives, like libreoffice, Gimph.. i hate them, they suck. libreoffice works but best of luck with the formatting of files your friend sent you
  • random freezes, my laptop used to just freeze, nothing worked... tried everything under the sun to recover from this stuck phase and preventing it, even mad it to mint forums, nothing... only solution once there was to hard reboot.
  • poor software updates, third party software updates matter because the come baring bug fixes, third party software like slack, quickdock, even whatsaap for desktop, all plagued with bugs.
  • this one is not that significant but the booting time in Linux was a bit higher than the windows counterpart, not that noticeable in the long run but coming from windows immediately it caught my attention.

anywho, i came back into loving arms of windows in about two months into my Linux journey, do i regret it, No.
would i install Linux again, No.
do i feel line one os is superior than other, No.

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Peter Vivo

Protection of Krita: one of the best hand drawing application, I used many years for create some digital arts. No the best but good for example: idea.stemhungary.com/ (pwa program for mobil devices, but work in modern browser - hungarian languages) , but I used Krita windows version few years ago. My solution for linux - like os is macOS, because terminal work with linux command and iterm2 is really fine for day bay day works, plus you can work with best photo editing programs too. Also easy ssh to VPN machine.

Plus I great fun of MacBook Pro with touchbar and touchpad because don't need use mouse, and really small portable to work anywhere, don't need afraid desktop.

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Krita is an amazing piece of software. It may not do everything (yet), but even just the UI is a massive leap forward from typical linux software from 10 years ago: it's much more aware of the typical user and totally lacks this slight sense of elitism that many other linux programs have ("here at XYZ, we do things differently")

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Bishwas Bhandari • Edited

I got a bit confused while using it, cause I guess Krita is more for vector design and digital painting, but I am more into image editing and memeing. What do you think Is krita good for beginners?

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Peter Vivo

Krita is great for pixel graphic, worst for vector and terrible for text. Total good for beginers.

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Bishwas Bhandari

Haha, that's awesome. What do you think, can I use krita to design characters for my game?? I also do Unity gameDev sometime....

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Peter Vivo

Of course Krita is great for character design, also shine when you would like draw endless texture much much easier than PS.

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Rachit Khurana

I also switched to linux a few months ago, mainly because windows was lagging a lot on my low end pc. Linux runs far far better than windows on my PC. After switching i realized how good linux is.
I initially installed ubuntu but then I installed the KDE desktop environment. I just love the fact that I can customize everything in it.

I am never switching back to Windows ever again.

And regarding the app support, most apps I use are either available on Linux natively or have some awesome alternatives or have a web app.

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D. Bryson Jones

Ha Ha, me too.
All the joy, none of the license fees. SSH to your server like a boss.
Ubuntu for a daily driver, Arch for messing around and digging deeper into Linux.
VSCode on Ubuntu FTW.

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Bishwas Bhandari

Yeah sir.

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Bishwas Bhandari

Are you using Debian or what as you default OS?