Linux Computers

[SecondsCount]

Congrats Rich!

I have been running some sort of Debian Linux distro since 2008, mostly Mint and Kubuntu as I like the kde interface. The oldest machine I played with was a Pentium 166 machine with 8MB, yes ...megabytes. It ran Damn Small Linux and would barely browse the graphic heavy internet but I used it to play mp3s, as a terminal client for and Arduino, and a word processor. Now I have a Raspberry Pi with more power than that thing had, for $35!

99% of the time I use my Linux machine, which is an 8 year old laptop that I paid $150 for about 5 years ago, to browse the web and play music. I use google suite for word processing, spreadsheets, etc. so I don't have to install anything. It did require a memory upgrade for $20 a short time ago when the latest kubuntu release got a bit bigger.

[CleverNickname]

I've been using Linux since ~1997. In college I had a contact at my local ISP, so I was able to host there (for free) an old Pentium box I had which ran Red Hat. I used it to run a relatively popular Quake 2 server. In my professional life I've been a sysadmin for almost 2 decades, mostly Linux.

My main desktop is still Windows 10 though, for gaming.

[Eugene]

...meanwhile...

Things are still rolling along with me and Mint.

I wanted a 4” round target to practice some dry draws on. I used LibreOffice Draw 6.0 and loaded an *.odg file I had used before. File loaded fine. I then changed it into a 4” circle, exported the file to a PDF and then printed it on the brother printer. Turned out great.

Really liking this move to Linux!

I was going to upload my target but the attachment system won't allow .odt

[critter]

I know it makes me an IT heathen, but I fucking loathe Vi, even for coding. I'm MUCH happier using Xemacs if I have a GUI, and regular old emacs, or even pico, if I'm editing on the command line.

I haven't (and wouldn't) used anything other than a nice bloated IDE for coding in over 25 years. I'll use vi or nano for simple scripting, but that's about it.

[RJ]

I was going to upload my target but the attachment system won't allow .odt

I’ve been exporting mine to *.pdf when I want to upload them to say the target thread.

Not to turn this into a shooting thread () but I’m always interested in new targets I can print off. What does your target look like?

[Eugene]

I took one that was downloadable as a pdf and re-drew it but added spaces for the powder, bullet, etc.
I tried to zip it but even though the attachments say zip is allowed it doesn't let me upload a zip.

[perlslacker]

I know it makes me an IT heathen, but I fucking loathe Vi, even for coding. I'm MUCH happier using Xemacs if I have a GUI, and regular old emacs, or even pico, if I'm editing on the command line.

congrats on being one of the more intelligent, refined members of the community.

I like vi/vim for quickly editing config files but how people use it for coding and editing multiple files is beyond me.

[Tabasco]

VI is worth learning to some extent, since it's on every 'nix distribution out there.

[Eugene]

I never cared much for vi. Interesting to note though a few years ago i worked with one of the original vi developers.

[Jaywalker]

Let me suggest to those folks who are tottering on the edge of "Should I Linux or should I not" that you can live happy lives without ever knowing what VI is. It's a useful advanced tool, but unnecessary for those who want a stable platform to browse from and to compose and print letters and other ordinary functions.