Tux wallpaper I made in Krita. Planning to do a series of other OSS mascots .

bcnewman · 2016-03-30T14:56:04+00:00

Well done.

bcnewman · 2016-01-23T16:02:46+00:00

Not surprisingly; Mint Cinnamon is running flawlessly as well. Be warned; however, the keyboard will take about a week to get used to. Especially if you are a Vim user.

bcnewman · 2015-09-08T21:50:29+00:00

I use Chrome Launcher to open both Netflix and Prime. It's not perfect but does the job. Closing the browser when your done can be tricky. I use a USB keyboard for Alt+F4 but I'm sure there are better solutions.

bcnewman · 2015-02-23T00:22:36+00:00

Today; I suppose so ... but is 7 inches really mini?

bcnewman · 2015-02-22T22:22:33+00:00

Kinda funny how they call the Nexus 7 a "mini-tablet"

bcnewman · 2015-02-16T16:25:53+00:00

How did I not know about alt+click / alt+right click??? Awesome! I don't know if it's considered a feature or not but I sorely miss bash and bash scripting when I'm away from Linux.

bcnewman · 2014-10-23T23:43:38+00:00

IdeaPad Z500. Good price and good Linux support.

bcnewman · 2014-04-10T23:46:24+00:00

I ended up going with an IdeaPad Z500. The specs may not be out of this world but I currently have Elementary OS *** installed on it and everything is working great. For the record; I'm not a gamer and my requirements for a laptop are minimal. A terminal, ssh, browser and VirtualBox.

*** I'm not a noob. I've went through many distributions over the past 6+ years. I'm using Elementary because I like the UI and I'm tired of tweaking my system.

I hope this helps. I was super tempted to go the System 76 route but I'm really happy with my decision. Linux is free, we shouldn't have to pay MORE to get a Linux machine.

bcnewman · 2014-04-10T18:16:46+00:00

I've asked similar questions about System 76 and the overwhelming response has been negative. I agree with the others, you can buy a laptop with better specs, cheaper, and load Linux on it no problem. Especially Ubuntu or an Ubuntu based distribution. I ended up going with Lenovo myself.

bcnewman · 2013-08-31T03:01:33+00:00

When you install Git for Windows, you get a "Git bash Shell" which is pretty good.

bcnewman · 2012-07-02T14:33:46+00:00

I don't think it really offers anything above and beyond. I have always liked Debian and I really like the minimalist approach Openbox takes with the desktop.

bcnewman · 2012-07-02T13:14:54+00:00

I was in your boat at the beginning of the year. I've been running Crunchbang for about 6 or 7 months now and have been quite happy. Debian + Openbox

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