Beldaran
03-29-2008, 09:03 PM
I am posting from my new Linux installation! :)
I have two desktop computers. One is a Dell Dimension E510 that has Windows XP on it that I use mostly because it has my nice graphics card for playing games. My other desktop is a computer I built 8 years ago and have upgraded throughout the years. It currently has a 2.6ghz single core processor with 1 GB of RAM. Not bad, but not nearly as nice as my gaming computer. It also has an older model video card.
Anyway, since I had been using the gaming PC for most of my work, I hadn't turned on my home-built computer in some time. Recently I decided I wanted to really switch to Linux and use it for absolutely everything I could. I know that I'll need to be a proficient Linux/Unix user in my future career, so I looked at as a productive project, as well as just fun.
Well, I installed Debian Linux on it and I'm using the GNOME desktop. It's so awesome! I have a cool looking visual theme installed, and I used the command line for everything I can so that I'll get better at it.
So yeah, I'm officially part of the Linux community and, with the exception of games, I've pretty much absolved myself of the need for Windows.
Any other Linux users here? What distribution do you use? What do you think of Debian? (my distro).
I have two desktop computers. One is a Dell Dimension E510 that has Windows XP on it that I use mostly because it has my nice graphics card for playing games. My other desktop is a computer I built 8 years ago and have upgraded throughout the years. It currently has a 2.6ghz single core processor with 1 GB of RAM. Not bad, but not nearly as nice as my gaming computer. It also has an older model video card.
Anyway, since I had been using the gaming PC for most of my work, I hadn't turned on my home-built computer in some time. Recently I decided I wanted to really switch to Linux and use it for absolutely everything I could. I know that I'll need to be a proficient Linux/Unix user in my future career, so I looked at as a productive project, as well as just fun.
Well, I installed Debian Linux on it and I'm using the GNOME desktop. It's so awesome! I have a cool looking visual theme installed, and I used the command line for everything I can so that I'll get better at it.
So yeah, I'm officially part of the Linux community and, with the exception of games, I've pretty much absolved myself of the need for Windows.
Any other Linux users here? What distribution do you use? What do you think of Debian? (my distro).