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| why are linux users the most friendy* loving pieces of stuff on the planet? |
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| SubDaWoofer:
--- Quote from: Willco2 on June 18, 2017, 05:05:08 PM ---i tried linux once and it didnt go too hot for me basically i just tried installing something from the internet and i was like "wow i am completely out of my league here and i have absolutely no clue what im doing" --- End quote --- it isnt that hard use terminal package manager if you're not running something like ubuntu, and if you cant use package manager try to use the repository, and even if that doesnt work get the source code and try to build it |
| Willco2:
--- Quote from: SubDaWoofer on June 18, 2017, 05:14:23 PM ---use terminal package manager if you're not running something like ubuntu, and if you cant use package manager try to use the repository, and even if that doesnt work get the source code and try to build it --- End quote --- yeaaaahhhhhhh what |
| Refticus:
--- Quote from: SubDaWoofer on June 18, 2017, 05:14:23 PM ---it isnt that hard use terminal package manager if you're not running something like ubuntu, and if you cant use package manager try to use the repository, and even if that doesnt work get the source code and try to build it --- End quote --- that sounds so much harder than just using windows |
| Nal:
--- Quote from: Willco2 on June 18, 2017, 05:05:08 PM ---i tried linux once and it didnt go too hot for me basically i just tried installing something from the internet and i was like "wow i am completely out of my league here and i have absolutely no clue what im doing" --- End quote --- what did you try installing? --- Quote from: Refticus on June 18, 2017, 05:18:14 PM --- that sounds so much harder than just using windows --- End quote --- it's not as hard as it seems, it's literally just "sudo apt-get install audacity" in the terminal to install Audacity on distros with apt-get apt being the package manager So it isn't as difficult as you'd think, but some packages can be a bit difficult to install. In my opinion the package manager is a great thing also I'm not going to say to switch to linux unless you're in the right crowd for it, which I think I am |
| Foxscotch:
--- Quote from: Refticus on June 18, 2017, 05:01:35 PM --- emulation is not the same as having support for a filetype on an operating system. --- End quote --- wine literally stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator" "Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly" |
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