Re: Linux Megathread - PurpleMetro distro switch count: we lost track

[Marcem]

i'm going to be the second one to install it

too late

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[Port]

why is everybody so hyped about elementary
I don't see anything special about it

[Marcem]

why is everybody so hyped about elementary
I don't see anything special about it

Because it has a very nice new shell, it's not bloated, it works.  It is designed by someone that's at least a bit competent in these things.  Pretty much it's OSX if it were made by its users, and that's great.  It's probably going to become at least as big as Mint.

[Kingdaro]

Pretty much it's OSX if it were made by its users, and that's great.

That was worded pretty well, actually.

Because it has a very nice new shell,

But no, Elementary OS doesn't have its own shell, per-se. I think you meant desktop environment.
And I don't mean to be this overly-technical, but I know Port will be.

[Steve5452]

Someone tell me how this newfangled Elementary OS is.

[Marcem]

Someone tell me how this newfangled Elementary OS is.

Great, if ubuntu 12.04 works on your system.  Hopefully the Elementary devs can keep up with kernel versions.

[Kingdaro]

LTS releases were made to be as stable as possible (or at least moreso than later versions), and one of the best ways of doing that is to use older, less experimental, less unstable versions of software.

They were made for people who want something that works, and something that will work and be supported for a long time, hence the term "Long Term Support". It would be annoying to install this brand new spanking distro, only to have to upgrade a couple months later because your current version is lacking support and updates.

[Marcem]

LTS releases were made to be as stable as possible (or at least moreso than later versions), and one of the best ways of doing that is to use older, less experimental, less unstable versions of software.

They were made for people who want something that works, and something that will work and be supported for a long time, hence the term "Long Term Support". It would be annoying to install this brand new spanking distro, only to have to upgrade a couple months later because your current version is lacking support and updates.

Yeah, stable as in doesn't loving support the latest popular ethernet port.

[PurpleMetro]

i'm typing this post from elementary alongside windows 7 c:

although i really need to change browsers after this

[Kingdaro]

Alright, here's my plan.

• Get my Windows 7 key.
• Make a backup of everything that I can't simply reinstall, as I don't have access to an external hard drive that isn't in use or is big enough to store my Windows 7 / CrunchBang stuff.
• Throw it on Google Drive, because I have about 129 gigs worth of unused space there, so why not?
• Wipe my laptop, reformat the partition table as an MBR partition.
• Install Windows 7.
• Install Elementary alongside Windows 7 on my actual laptop as opposed to my external hard drive, what I run off of normally.
• Go to e6 and jack off.
  

Reason I'm telling you guys this is because I'm scared as forget and if you notice that I'm doing anything, and I mean ANYTHING wrong here, please point it out, because I really don't want to forget things up too badly.

[Nal]

Alright, here's my plan.

• Go to e6 and jack off.
  

Thanks for mentally disturbing me

[PurpleMetro]

don't worry king, the way elementary installs is the same way ubuntu installs, so to install it alongside windows 7 all you have to do is click a button
i don't really see anything critical with your pla

[Nal]

don't worry king, the way elementary installs is the same way ubuntu installs, so to install it alongside windows 7 all you have to do is click a button
i don't really see anything critical with your pla

I'm pretty sure all ubuntu related distros have the same graphical installer.

[Kingdaro]

Yeah, I understand that Ubuntu's install process is pretty easy, it's just that I've had a variety of different problems, error messages and grub rescue screens from dual-booting. I'm only hoping now "starting clean" will at least somewhat prevent some of these issues.

[Marcem]

After using Elementary for a few hours, a few thoughts:

*I really miss minimizing windows.  If I wee actually working on something I need minimization, otherwise my desktop is cluttered with countless windows.

*The idea behind closing windows instead of minimizing (while nice) is terrifying to me.  I'm too afraid of losing work to close a window instead of minimizing.

*what is it with Linux distros and this terrible two tone black/grey chrome look?  To have the window chrome and status bar a different color is just weird to me.  Also the window chrome grey gradient is so bland and doesn't match the minimal design of the rest of the OS.

*I sort of wish that it would integrate the toolbar with the status bar, I really like that from other environments.

*fonts still need work, the transition from elegant login to standard linux desktop is rather jarring.