Switching to Linux from Win10

JackRab said:
I had a look at them a while back... I'm in Australia though :). And... I can put a system together pretty well, just looking at other OS options. But thanks for the suggestion :thumbsup:
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are u sure u r productive in linux? Don't switch for novelty sake. All win vers are just small iterations of the other so its not dark age. Traders want to trade n not meddle with tech. If u want to do tech, trading is not for u
 
truetype said:
> Disabling Cortana

A good suggestion, but requires regedit'ing, often prohibited for corporate users.
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Put up a change request for IT and wait 5 wks for approval and another 5 wks for them to do the change.
 
You can partition your HD and install virtual Linux but I believe it is too much. If your laptop is too slow that you hate it, it is not Windows fault. Do the following steps and then if it did not help, upgrade your laptop.
1- Uninstall any not used programs that you are not really using it. Be careful and do not un-install everything that you do not know them.
2- check for update in setting-> update and securities.
3- Install malwarebytes and do a scan
4- install ccleaner and do a clean (uncheck deleting cookies ) and also clean registery
5- unset some programs that you do not want to run at startup (like yahoo messenger or skype if you have them)
6- reboot your system.

Buy a laptop which has 8 to 12 Meg RAM and 1TB HD and go with i5 which is cheaper than i7 and also one or two generation lower to save money. Combination of SSD and regular HD is the best.
 
I'd advise against it. Linux is nice for people who enjoy fooling with the guts of an operating system, but it's not good for anyone who wants to use a computer for productivity. Linux does have its place, but it's not a good desktop.

If you insist, there are distros, like Knoppix, that boot straight from a CD/DVD or USB stick. Then you can try it, but I really believe, unless you're computer nerd and you wouldn't be asking this question if you were, you will become frustrated with having to fool with every last component to get it to f unction properly.
 
antiseptic said:
I'd advise against it. Linux is nice for people who enjoy fooling with the guts of an operating system, but it's not good for anyone who wants to use a computer for productivity. Linux does have its place, but it's not a good desktop.

If you insist, there are distros, like Knoppix, that boot straight from a CD/DVD or USB stick. Then you can try it, but I really believe, unless you're computer nerd and you wouldn't be asking this question if you were, you will become frustrated with having to fool with every last component to get it to f unction properly.
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And with Windows you won't? This may be true for the buy a new laptop to replace windows sheep and Linux 10 years ago, but nowadays Linux is more compatible and usable than most other OS on commodity hardware. Point is it's worth the freedom, depending what you need to run ofc. Running Windows in Linux is ancient tech too, something you could do 17 years ago already!
 
hajimow said:
Buy a laptop which has 8 to 12 Meg RAM
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You mean 12 GB dont you.
I was using 12MB back in the Windows 95 days.... when Duke Nukem was rocking the scene.

Seriously, forget Linux. Try the SSD before making such a big commitment. Win10 Rocks.
 
Grantx said:
You mean 12 GB dont you.
I was using 12MB back in the Windows 95 days.... when Duke Nukem was rocking the scene.

Seriously, forget Linux. Try the SSD before making such a big commitment. Win10 Rocks.
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Yes sorry.
 
Simples said:
And with Windows you won't?
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Nope, with Windows most everything auto-magically installs. You double click on the driver executable and maybe reboot the machine. This is not the case with Linux. Nothing auto-magically installs and when it does, you can easily get stuck in dependency hell.

The entire point of Linux is to play with the guts. Steve Jobs' "genious" was that he figured out that 97% of the population can barely even manage double clicking on an executable, much less edit configuration files. You use Linux because you want to learn how operating systems function, not because you want an easier way of manipulating data with a spreadsheet program.

Yes, it can make a great server, I use it as such, but as a desktop, it really leaves something to be desired. I don't know why people insist on spending hours tinkering with Linux to get something that takes a simple double click of an executable to work on Windows.
 
I've got a laptop running 10 from dell, hardly a killer, and have not seen any of this nightmarish performance.

Doesn't even have an SSD

I don't use it for anything major, but if it sucked I would know it.

Something is wrong on your end. There's nothing to slow down.
 
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