I would like to present a few alternatives and workarounds that I am very familiar with.
I will start by sharing this:
This morning I read this article and thought it would be of interest.
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-mint-rafaela.html
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The Author is a compulsive tester of computer things ( http://www.dedoimedo.com/faq.html ) I also test things too, and often disagree with his point of view, but I value his writing and objectivity.
Most of his site is Linux, navigation is not too easy but scroll down for Windows articles and much more.
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computer_software.html
I use Linux (LMDE Mate) daily and occasionally boot with Windows 7 for Autocad that works better with windows.
PS: I want to thank Wendell for always being open and courteous when I derail a thread on Windows.
Those are great links. I have a non-used pc (win7/64) that I'm going to experiment with.
I'll post the catastrophic results in the future. 😉
edit: will Briscad behave properly in a Linux OS?
FL/GA PLS., post: 333013, member: 379 wrote: Those are great links. I have a non-used pc (win7/64) that I'm going to experiment with.
I'll post the catastrophic results in the future. 😉
edit: will Briscad behave properly in a Linux OS?
There is a linux version of Briscad, I don't believe the windows version will work. If you just want to play around with it you can install the distro of your choice onto a thumb drive, set your bios to boot from the usb first and give it a spin, but if you are wanting to do any in depth playing then a full install is highly recommended. I had great success with the Mint distro and that was several releases back. I ended up customizing the interface extensively to resemble the mac osx platform (I called that box my "Hackintosh") for my ex-wife who is an Apple devotee.
I too have tried Briscad but never purchased it or any of the addons. For what work I do I use my LDD 2003 in Windows.
You Can run windows in a virtual box, and Acad inside of that. It works just fine, but with large files is runs too slow.
I posted this quick review in a Linux user group, just another alternative, but not my favorite by a long shot:
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http://pointlinux.org/
I saw a review of Point Linux a few days ago, Funky review, I did not understand it, so I decided to install and have a look.
Pros:
Debian Jessie base
installs quick and easy
comes with either Mate or XFCE
Thunderbird and Firefox and LibreOffice included
not a bunch of cruft
Cons:
Less user friendly than LMDE
lacks the polish you get with LMDE or Mint
small developer team, future support unknown
spartan updater, uses Synaptic (but it has a notifier in the panel!)
I had tried it a few months ago and did not like it, but I don't remember why... this one is nice for those that want Stable and not a lot of Bling. If you want bleeding edge packages it would be simple to change the repos to Testing or even UnStable.
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as said above I use LMDE with the Mate desktop (Not Cinnamon, it is buggy, in my not so humble opinion), not quite as user friendly as Linux Mint as described in the article, but noticeably quicker and more stable (like a rock). http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php
I also use it on a Thinkpad T61 (8 years old, $100 on ebay) and it works just fine.
FL/GA PLS., post: 333013, member: 379 wrote: Those are great links. I have a non-used pc (win7/64) that I'm going to experiment with.
I'll post the catastrophic results in the future. 😉
I doubt you will have trouble, it is quite simple. If it boots with a Live DVD/USB, and has no obvious problems with wifi or graphics you are good to go. Huge user base, lots of help in the Mint Forums...
PS: install alongside W7 and you can still have it available when you turn on the machine. You only need about 15 GB of disk space, and will still be able to read and write data to your existing Windows partition.
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Peter Ehlert, post: 333097, member: 60 wrote: Windows 10 vs Linux | Linux Mint 17.2 Impressions
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I got so motivated by this thread that I dug out an old Toshiba Satellite laptop that I used in the field for several years and had retired because it had just gotten too long in the tooth and didn't have enough oomph to run Civil 3D, swapped the 160gb hard drive that was in it with a 500gb one I had just swapped out of my current laptop (upgraded from 500gb 7500 rpm to 240gb ssd) wiped the whole thing and installed Linux Mint 17.2. So far so good all of the hardware seems to be working fine network adapters, wifi, display adapters, etc. etc.
I decided to give Cinnamon a whirl since this is not in any way a mission critical box and I had only used Mate and Gnome in the past.
Meanwhile on another non mission critical box I'm test driving Windows 10.
Cool! Maybe try LMDE on a dual boot arrangement.
BTW I remember you recommended Mint a few years ago. At the time I was using SolusOS for the gnome2 desktop. I hated Mint with GNOME3, and Mate was not yet forked from gnome2. Mate has matured, is now everything gnome2 was. Mint messes up the panels and defaults to Mint Menu. You can easily change to the traditional panel layout and use the more logical custom/traditional 3 pulldown menu.
Glad I inspired you!
On a related note:
No, Munich is not considering ditching Linux and going back to
Windows
http://www.ocsmag.com/2015/08/24/no-munich-is-not-considering-ditching-linux-and-going-back-to-windows/
this is stuff most Linux users never really need to know, and don't care about.
Linux file system structure
07/07/2014
http://www.namhuy.net/3230/linux-file-system-structure.html
a different structure, common general format and names for most all Unix, Linux, BSD, etc. ....... all are accessible.
the examples in this article are from a server system, similar to a desktop system... but a little different
handy tip: there are many "hidden" files and folders, things you don't usually want to see... clutter.
simply press Control H to hide or unhide
