Linux - A Crusade To Free Humanity!

[Deleted member 201381]

First let me say thank you for allowing me to join this community of vast knowledge about Linux. I have been lurking, reading, and learning for quite awhile now and much appreciate the knowledge shared here. I found I had questions now and then and realized I needed to join the community so I could share these questions and hopefully get some answers.

I am an old hand at the Internet and computing. I got into it back in the 80s with Usenet, AOL, and Netscape. Grew with it play by play as MS kept stealing away any new speed we gained as CPUs, RAM increased, and Bus speeds got faster. Every time Hardware got faster MS would bloat their OS even more and slow it right back down to what it was before. Even now to this day it is as slow as it was back when we were running 386 processors.

So my personal disdain for MS has been well earned over the years. I got into Web development as a hobby about fifteen years ago and this is my main interest. And I was fine with using Win 7 for as long as it lasted. Like so many others I had the mythical impression and assumption that Linux was all command line and like MSDOS. So In my ignorance I foolishly never took the time to try it out.

Then about nine years ago new computers were only available with Windows 10. I used Win 10 one time and decided that was it, I was finally completely done with fighting the MS ball and chain for years and realized I now had no choice but to find another OS option to be liberated or stop computing altogether. I had in my mind decided that even if I had to use commands like DOS I was not going to allow MS to own my computer anymore.

Enter Linux... I reviewed and everything at the time pointed to Mint as one of the best for new users to Linux. So I made a live CD of Mint Cinnamon 18.3. It booted up and lo and behold there was a full drag and drop GUI that was almost Win7 staring at me. No need for the CLI as I thought! I was home! Now since I have played with at least twenty Distros for many different personal applications. I would call myself intermediate but still need to learn much more. As much as possible!

Anyhow to the title of this post... Ever since finding Linux to be a fantastic alternative to replace that ball and chain of MS I have been on a personal crusade to help convert as many folks as I can. It has become an obsession well earned over those years of being abused by MS arrogance. I can't shake it and everything I do Linux is geared towards helping make it easier for folks to make that change. I have a one track mind in that direction. My interest in Linux is not for myself, but to help others as I see it is here with most in this community!

So thank you for what you do and thank you for allowing me to be part of it!

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Like so many others I had the mythical impression and assumption that Linux was all command line and like MSDOS. So In my ignorance I foolishly never took the time to try it out.

Welcome to the forums!

Me too was running away from the terminal and living in ignorance how GUI improved in Linux.
I was also living in ignorance due to not knowing that today almost every Windows game can be run on Linux as well, that triggered my switch.

 

[Deleted member 201381]

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Welcome to the forums!

Me too was running away from the terminal and living in ignorance how GUI improved in Linux.
I was also living in ignorance due to not knowing that today almost every Windows game can be run on Linux as well, that triggered my switch.

Thank you for the welcome! Yes, I found Linux had come a long way from the old Redhat days when I first looked at it as an option. And I have to be honest and say Linux is not without a few quirks and eccentricities as we know. But everyone of those very few quirks is well worth ironing out to be rid of that ball and chain for good.

 

[Fanboi]

First let me say thank you for allowing me to join this community of vast knowledge about Linux. I have been lurking, reading, and learning for quite awhile now and much appreciate the knowledge shared here. I found I had questions now and then and realized I needed to join the community so I could share these questions and hopefully get some answers.

I am an old hand at the Internet and computing. I got into it back in the 80s with Usenet, AOL, and Netscape. Grew with it play by play as MS kept stealing away any new speed we gained as CPUs, RAM increased, and Bus speeds got faster. Every time Hardware got faster MS would bloat their OS even more and slow it right back down to what it was before. Even now to this day it is as slow as it was back when we were running 386 processors.

So my personal disdain for MS has been well earned over the years. I got into Web development as a hobby about fifteen years ago and this is my main interest. And I was fine with using Win 7 for as long as it lasted. Like so many others I had the mythical impression and assumption that Linux was all command line and like MSDOS. So In my ignorance I foolishly never took the time to try it out.

Then about nine years ago new computers were only available with Windows 10. I used Win 10 one time and decided that was it, I was finally completely done with fighting the MS ball and chain for years and realized I now had no choice but to find another OS option to be liberated or stop computing altogether. I had in my mind decided that even if I had to use commands like DOS I was not going to allow MS to own my computer anymore.

Enter Linux... I reviewed and everything at the time pointed to Mint as one of the best for new users to Linux. So I made a live CD of Mint Cinnamon 18.3. It booted up and lo and behold there was a full drag and drop GUI that was almost Win7 staring at me. No need for the CLI as I thought! I was home! Now since I have played with at least twenty Distros for many different personal applications. I would call myself intermediate but still need to learn much more. As much as possible!

Anyhow to the title of this post... Ever since finding Linux to be a fantastic alternative to replace that ball and chain of MS I have been on a personal crusade to help convert as many folks as I can. It has become an obsession well earned over those years of being abused by MS arrogance. I can't shake it and everything I do Linux is geared towards helping make it easier for folks to make that change. I have a one track mind in that direction. My interest in Linux is not for myself, but to help others as I see it is here with most in this community!

So thank you for what you do and thank you for allowing me to be part of it!

Pretty similar, my timeline was a bit different but I had been given a fixer-upper laptop and was looking for something super light. That machine reached the golden 5sec colboot on TinyCore. Played with antiX and eventually ended up with pure Debian. I kept a Win7 copy and for a time it was a safety net because WINE didn't run everything. But I was soon weighing up the PITA of running Win7 & Debian, along with how Windows felt more 'n more a mission that one day I took the plunge, wiped the Windows partition and the OEM restore one to force me to get used to alternative stuff that ran on Linux. I think that's the biggest challenge for most, not he OS but the software. Times have changed now and therems pretty much nothing you can't do on Linux. And with October round the corner, I figure a lot of people are gonna be p*ssed about having to fork out thousands for a new machine. Smartest decision you made as the transition is gonna be tough for many folks who only have months to cover what you've had years.

 

[Deleted member 201381]

Pretty similar, my timeline was a bit different but I had been given a fixer-upper laptop and was looking for something super light. That machine reached the golden 5sec colboot on TinyCore. Played with antiX and eventually ended up with pure Debian. I kept a Win7 copy and for a time it was a safety net because WINE didn't run everything. But I was soon weighing up the PITA of running Win7 & Debian, along with how Windows felt more 'n more a mission that one day I took the plunge, wiped the Windows partition and the OEM restore one to force me to get used to alternative stuff that ran on Linux. I think that's the biggest challenge for most, not he OS but the software. Times have changed now and therems pretty much nothing you can't do on Linux. And with October round the corner, I figure a lot of people are gonna be p*ssed about having to fork out thousands for a new machine. Smartest decision you made as the transition is gonna be tough for many folks who only have months to cover what you've had years.

Oh man... I think we have hit a point in history where Linux has a chance to make leaps and bounds in the desktop market and even push MS out. Not only is MS forcing everyone to buy new computers, they plan on making the OS nothing but a portal to their OS in the cloud with a subscription. So the OS won't even be in the box anymore. This is even worse than a Mobile Phone or Tablet. One would be better off with a tablet, USB hub, addon keyboard, and a mouse.

But it can only happen with the help of Linux users and software developers going out of their way to become proactive. Like they say... Build it and they will come. And as Linux explodes so will the opportunities for software devs to actually profit from their work. Which as you know is holding back the personal effort being put into Linux to make it better. More than just that proverbial cup of coffee.

 

[Brickwizard]

Welcome to the forums, A similar path to many of us,
Interesting screen name!

 

[Deleted member 201381]

Welcome to the forums, A similar path to many of us,
Interesting screen name!

Thank you! I am Native American. It is my Tribal name.

 

[MikeRocor]

Welcome to the forums.

Re: "...as MS kept stealing away any new speed we gained as CPUs, RAM increased, and Bus speeds got faster"...

"For What It's Wirth", somebody famous long ago said, "Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster." It's still true today, especially with MS.

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Re: "I used Win 10 one time and decided that was it, I was finally completely done with fighting the MS ball and chain..."

Exactly that. Windows 7 forever! (or just no MS, period.)

 

[KGIII]

Thank you! I am Native American. It is my Tribal name.

Welcome aboard. I don't have a tribal name but when I visit the rez they call me sigawa'suinu. I think I spelled it right.

 

[Deleted member 201381]

Welcome aboard. I don't have a tribal name but when I visit the rez they call me sigawa'suinu. I think I spelled it right.

Thank you! Is that Mi’kmaq?

 

[Deleted member 201381]

Welcome to the forums.

Re: "...as MS kept stealing away any new speed we gained as CPUs, RAM increased, and Bus speeds got faster"...

"For What It's Wirth", somebody famous long ago said, "Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster." It's still true today, especially with MS.

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Re: "I used Win 10 one time and decided that was it, I was finally completely done with fighting the MS ball and chain..."

Exactly that. Windows 7 forever! (or just no MS, period.)

That is very good! Thank you!

 

[KGIII]

Thank you! Is that Mi’kmaq?

Yes it is.

I didn't pay much attention to my heritage until I was in my fifties. I never really had time or motivation. Then, life turned around and I had more time and more interest, so I started exploring.

My nickname comes from some property on Nova Scotia. It's a long story, but I own property there as a way to get more points toward Canadian citizenship.

We were mostly drinking around a fire when someone stepped on a yellowjacket's ground nest.

I'm allergic to bees so I did the sane thing and started running.

And that's where the nickname comes from.

In a bit of coincidence, I actually live in Maine these days. However, I'm not in the Mi'kmaq territory. I'm quite a bit inland, not terribly far from the NH border.

I don't speak the language, though I know a few words. I've also participated in a dig for a few weeks, but that's another story for another time.

I haven't got a clue where your name comes from. Feel free to share it, if you'd like.

 

[Deleted member 201381]

Yes it is.

I didn't pay much attention to my heritage until I was in my fifties. I never really had time or motivation. Then, life turned around and I had more time and more interest, so I started exploring.

My nickname comes from some property on Nova Scotia. It's a long story, but I own property there as a way to get more points toward Canadian citizenship.

We were mostly drinking around a fire when someone stepped on a yellowjacket's ground nest.

I'm allergic to bees so I did the sane thing and started running.

And that's where the nickname comes from.

In a bit of coincidence, I actually live in Maine these days. However, I'm not in the Mi'kmaq territory. I'm quite a bit inland, not terribly far from the NH border.

I don't speak the language, though I know a few words. I've also participated in a dig for a few weeks, but that's another story for another time.

I haven't got a clue where your name comes from. Feel free to share it, if you'd like.

I knew Ala'suinu equates to "Traveler". I don't know what sigawa means... From the story you shared maybe "Fast Traveler"?

Mine is Chickasaw. It kind of equates to Clan Patriarch. I was the only male born from the previous family clan generation and was destined from birth to eventually be patriarch of the Clan.

 

[bob466]

Welcome to the Forum.

 

[Deleted member 201381]

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Thank You!

 

[KGIII]

From the story you shared maybe "Fast Traveler"?

Close enough. It's 'fast runner' in context.

Chickasaw

I'm pretty familiar with the areas where you once were and where most of you are located now (Oklahoma, as I understand it).

I sort of wish I'd started paying attention to my heritage earlier in life, but it is what it is. As mentioned, I've done some work on a seasonal dig that's trying to recover my tribe's history. I'm not an archaeologist, I'm just willing to move dirt. They almost always want/need volunteers willing to move dirt from one place to another, as there aren't enough grad students. I did date an archaeologist, however.

 

[Deleted member 201381]

Close enough. It's 'fast runner' in context.



I'm pretty familiar with the areas where you once were and where most of you are located now (Oklahoma, as I understand it).

I sort of wish I'd started paying attention to my heritage earlier in life, but it is what it is. As mentioned, I've done some work on a seasonal dig that's trying to recover my tribe's history. I'm not an archaeologist, I'm just willing to move dirt. They almost always want/need volunteers willing to move dirt from one place to another, as there aren't enough grad students. I did date an archaeologist, however.

Man... One of my passions is history, especially Archaeology and Anthropology. Ironic for a Native right? Yep, moved a lot of dirt...

One of my Grandmothers was a renown Archaeologist in the area. She was a good friend of Chris Donnan, she helped him locate digs in the US southwest. She knew where they were. She apprenticed me from when I could walk. So I was fortunate to have studied much of my own background over the years among many others.

 

[wizardfromoz]

Crikey, the Native Americans should get a room, lol.

G'day from DownUnder @MinkoIkana and welcome to linux.org

We have 3 Aussies in this thread, as well as Central European, Republic of South Africa and British, so we are a bit of a multicultural melting pot.

I gave away using Windows (7) for a totally Linux environment in September 2014, I was so enthusiastic I was multibooting 3 of them in days (Ubuntu 14.04, Zorin OS9 and LM 17.0). Nowadays I run 70 or so, and have been as high as 89.

Enjoy your Linux.

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

 

[f33dm3bits]

I don't get why someone is creating an introduction thread and then having their account deleted shortly after. Quite odd way of doing things.

 

[Fanboi]

Join the club... I'd be curious to see what happened. Seems like there was real good rapport here, which is a freshing change from a lot of fly-byers who come here just to moan about Linux <insert distro>.