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Old 04-18-2016, 05:52 AM   #2281
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward View Post
Might I suggest trying a virtual machine or a Windows OS?
I run Windows 10 as a main OS now (hammered shut as much as possible), but I would love to run Linux or FreeBSD. I've always been a great fan of Unix-type OS-es. Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kerningham are something like personal hero's to me for creating Unix, C, and (in case of Thompson) doing a lot of work regarding chess engines.

The endless, endless jacking around on the desktop drives me up the wall though. As soon as I need to run a server, I turn to Debian Stable or Testing; if I need something embedded I use Debian or even Arch if it has to be really small (Arch has less dependencies than Debian, even when running Debian with no-installl-recommends).

If I need a desktop, Linux just doesn't work for me, and on a laptop, even more so. There is just too much stuff that costs too much effort to get going and keep going; effort for which I don't have the time to spend ATM.
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