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While my new !archlinux desktop install was baking, I also baked some dinner rolls. #baking #cooking http://ur1.ca/6b4zq
Saturday, 03-Dec-11 03:51:55 UTC from web-
@takeshitakenji Archlinux? Is that any good? I don't think I've heard much about it (I'm new to Linux).
Saturday, 03-Dec-11 03:54:55 UTC from web-
@eaglehooves If you're new to Linux, you probably want to avoid it. While the wiki is exceedingly helpful, there's a lot of manual work done in the beginning. The upside is that with its rolling releases, not only are you always kept up to date, but there are never hugely-breaking changes typical of OSes that have 'huge' releases periodically like Ubuntu, Fedora, and so on.
Saturday, 03-Dec-11 04:28:15 UTC from web-
@takeshitakenji I'm running Win 7 and Mint on my laptop at the moment. Mint is kinda big, but it's been good to learn with so far. My roommate wants to re-purpose an old desktop of mine into a Linux data server, and I've talked about trying Linux for awhile, so I figured I'd start easy.
Saturday, 03-Dec-11 04:36:02 UTC from web-
@eaglehooves I haven't even booted into Windows 7 at home in a year, so with this desktop upgrade I've dumped it entirely.
Saturday, 03-Dec-11 04:37:04 UTC from web-
@takeshitakenji I would do that, but some of my university software is Windows only, and I really don't want to try and run it all through Wine. I want to ditch Windows, but I've built up too much stuff I don't want to have to re-install on a tight schedule. Next computer, it's Mint or Ubuntu from the start.
Saturday, 03-Dec-11 04:43:20 UTC from web-
@eaglehooves Wine should probably work fine. Actually, I recommend PlayOnLinux (or it's OSX counterpart, PlayOnMac) for it's ease of use.
Saturday, 03-Dec-11 04:44:50 UTC from web-
@xtux345 It probably would, but with installs on Windows that work, I really don't want to fight ITS for more keys.
Saturday, 03-Dec-11 04:47:32 UTC from web
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