[Hades]

(11-10-2012 01:28 PM)michelin Wrote:  

(11-10-2012 12:41 PM)Hades Wrote:  

Eh I almost forgot.
Now I would hugely recommend Linux for anybody looking to productively get shit done.
Since the operating system is good and stable and everything more or less works, but with less distractions like movies and netflix, you're going to get stuff done more efficiently as long as you stay off the internet too much.

For example, back when I was using nothing but linux, my research projects generally got done much more quickly. I could kick out an eight-ten page research paper in maybe a week, instead of the going rate of every two weeks which is how it is now on windows 7 (or even worse). If you must get shit done, dual boot linux and get writing.

Thanks, will check out Debian (on USB first as try-out). Isn' t dual boot precisely a way to fuck up an OS (like windows), or does it work smoothly?

BTW, I found this interesting talk with its Finish creator Linus Torval. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MShbP3OpA...re=related It' s interesting to see how Linux evolved as a alternative to Windows' empire, while companies ignored giving them support. (such as Nvidia).

The most niggling issue with dual booting is the bootloader.
Now linux comes standard with Grub x.xx bootloader (whichever iteration they are using these days) so it's not a problem. You basically need to have at least twenty gigs of free space on your hdd, install it alongside a windows OS install, and every time you reboot your computer you get a selection menu like this --



You just select and go about your business.

Though it can be sort of a pain in the ass at times if you have 3+ operating systems. I recommend installing linux after windows because the bootloader for windows is (in my experience with trying to install windows after linux) fucking stupid, and you'll never be able to log into your linux partition without a fair amount of tinkering. I've done it before, and it can work, but it's much simpler to install linux after the windows os.

Point being, it shouldn't screw up your windows OS at all, since they're 100% separate.

Now if you use something like Virtualbox or VMware the only thing you should suffer (running linux on top of a windows/mac distro) is a little speed decrease on the emulated operating system. I also don't consider it ideal to use, generally speaking.

Now if somebody switched from windows to openBSD or something like that, I would be hella interested because BSD is supposedly the king of alternate operating systems, for power and customization purposes.