Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use **[solved]**

On 3/21/2018 6:05 PM, David Carlson wrote: Linux is not Unix. Nor is BSD. Very few users are interested either of the other two, but they both are very important in the grand scheme of things. David C True about linux and the unixes not being the SAME operating system, but users do not

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use **[solved]**

Linux is not Unix. Nor is BSD. Very few users are interested either of the other two, but they both are very important in the grand scheme of things. David C On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 3:05 PM, jeffrey black wrote: > On 3/17/2018 11:35 AM, David T. via gnucash-user

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use **[solved]**

On 3/17/2018 11:35 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > Folks, > Thus is no longer a thread about gnucash. Perhaps you could take it to > another venue. > David T. > > > >On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 20:57, Adrien > Monteleone wrote: Avoiding updating the

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

Folks,  Thus is no longer a thread about gnucash. Perhaps you could take it to another venue.  David T. On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 20:57, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Avoiding updating the kernel can leave you with security vulnerabilities. Last summer there was a

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

Avoiding updating the kernel can leave you with security vulnerabilities. Last summer there was a bluetooth vulnerability that was patched and some patches for Spectre and Meltdown have recently been released with more pending. There is a solution to rebuilding drivers, however, called DKMS

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

Hi Jeffrey, I have been using Linux Mint which is a Debian/Ubuntu distribution for 4-5 years with no major problems. The interface is fairly easy to transition to from Windows particularly if prior to Windows 8. The RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express controller should work with the standard Ubuntu

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

I'd also recommend Linux Mint. In my experience, it's easy to setup and use, even for someone who is used to Windows and new to Linux. The Mint and Ubuntu support communities are very helpful (Mint is based on Ubuntu so a lot of articles about Ubuntu can also apply). I ran it for years on my work

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

Another vote for Linux Mint. I don't use it as my distribution of choice, but I maintain a number of installations for others and find Mint to be the most user-friendly and difficult to break of the more widely used flavors of Linux. It's been a while since I encountered hardware that Mint

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

Some other things: When buying a *new* computer, it pays to pay attention to the hardware details. Check the fine print or ask the sales critter about the make/model of the various chipsets used: Intel chips (Ethernet, Wifi, Video, Sound, etc.) are often amoung the *best* supported under

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

On 3/15/2018 2:16 PM, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: As you can see, such a question can generate more suggestions than people responding. +1 (I agree), this is mostly because there is no single "Linux", every GNU+Linux system distribution has different goals, different community rules, views,

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

Jeffrey, As you can see, such a question can generate more suggestions than people responding. As someone who just tackled an issue with closed-source wifi drivers in Ubuntu, the links Edward provided seem to probably be the best route. I’ve also successfully tackled Realtek cards before, but

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

I'd also recommend Linux Mint. In my experience, it's easy to setup and use, even for someone who is used to Windows and new to Linux. The Mint and Ubuntu support communities are very helpful (Mint is based on Ubuntu so a lot of articles about Ubuntu can also apply). I ran it for years on my work

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

Another vote for Linux Mint, current running 18.3 on 3 different computers. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

> One of Mint's "improvements" over Ubuntu is additional drivers, partitularly > closed source ones. Ubuntu (and Debian), like Red Hat Enterprise linux is > fairly "strict" with reguard to being a totally open source distribution. Mint > is "looser" in that reguard. I see something off here,

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

At Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:31:15 + Colin Law wrote: > > On 15 March 2018 at 13:55, Alan Whiteman wrote: > > > My vote goes to Linux Mint. Superb distro. > > > I believe that Mint is based on Ubuntu, so if ethernet is an issue with > Ubuntu I

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

On 15 March 2018 at 13:55, Alan Whiteman wrote: > My vote goes to Linux Mint. Superb distro. I believe that Mint is based on Ubuntu, so if ethernet is an issue with Ubuntu I imagine the same will be true of Mint. In fact if you can get any Linux version to work with

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

Jeffery, I have used Linux Mint and Manjaro with good success. Am currently using Mint because I got tired of the large, frequent updates associated with Manjaro, a derivative of Arch Linux.  I agree you should try a few live-CDs to see if the distro recognizes your hardware.  GNUCash

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

Second that, I have it running of 2 of my laptops (one for testing purposes). One thing (among many) is it is continuously being improved, every few months a newer version is released. Les On 03/15/2018 08:55 AM, Alan Whiteman wrote: My vote goes to Linux Mint. Superb distro. On

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

My vote goes to Linux Mint. Superb distro. On 03/15/2018 06:21 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: On 15 March 2018 at 07:43, Amish wrote: Hello Try Arch Linux if you are willing to put initial efforts in learning and a bit of tweaking here and there. It is not an ideal

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

> I have an iBUYPOWER intel core I5 computer with the Realtek > RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit ethernet controller, and usb:o According to h-node ([1][2]), at least in Trisquel 7, 6, and also in Parabola, some of the revisions of that Ethernet controller work fine ([3]), but you have to

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

On 15 March 2018 at 07:43, Amish wrote: > Hello > > Try Arch Linux if you are willing to put initial efforts in learning and a > bit of tweaking here and there. > It is not an ideal distribution for a newbie to Linux. It is very much aimed at more advanced users. > Amish

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

Hello Try Arch Linux if you are willing to put initial efforts in learning and a bit of tweaking here and there. It has r8168 drivers too. (as a separate package which you can install easily) Plus rolling release model which means you will always have up-to-date system. Once you get hold

Re: Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

It looks like the driver for the RealTek controller is proprietary, so you'll have to go through some extra steps to get it working. For starters, check out this: https://unixblogger.com/2016/08/11/how-to-get-your-realtek-rtl8111rtl8168-working-updated-guide/ and the top answer to this:

Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

I realize this is the wrong forum to ask but; I am finally looking to ditch Windoze 10 completely. I am at my wits end trying to get ubuntu to work with my system. I have tried every post I can find on activating the ethernet and wifi, none of which work. I have an iBUYPOWER intel core I5