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| tgerbic Senior Member  Joined: 25/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 111 |
Stanleyella, You are preaching to the choir here. There are lots of desktops that are easy to use and lots of easy to use or somewhat Windows like apps that would make the transition pretty easy. I do find that some of the Linux apps are far superior to the Windows apps in usefulness and feel. I really hate Windows Explorer, like it is still in the 80s. I was a power Windows user at work and at home I used mostly Linux. Sometimes I had to use them on/off all day. I settled on Plasma for the Linux desktop a few years ago which made the desktops look generally similar and Plasma just blows away other desktops these days. Yes I have used a bunch of others and really tried to get to like Gnome over an entire year. Now that I am retired, I use Windows only because it is running well on my laptop but will probably even switch that to Fedora/Plasma in the future. I think it is a mistake to not have at least one Windows machine around or a dual boot setup on one machine. I think most people are running vanilla Windows systems and don't have CAD or EDA apps that can be a challenge on Linux. So I can see how a movement away from Windows could be easy for most people. I have found replacements for most Windows apps as native Linux apps (office apps, video editing, photo editing, development, web, remoter desktop, graphical settings and configuration, etc.). WineHQ handles most other DOS/Windows apps I like and in a pinch VirtualBox gives me other OS support for things that cannot run in Linux. I occasionally run Kali Linux and Windows 10 as VMs. I also have Mint, Android and other flavors of Linux as VMs to experiment with. So all gain and nothing lost. |
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stanleyella Guru  Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2807 |
if this works.. linux mint as mentioned IS an alternative for win for many win users. I seemed to be be forced into it but on this pc it's fine.. on laptop now. versions of cura and matter creator., vlc etc. Likin linux laptop. new toy |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8769 |
I feel let down by the lack of decent CAD drawing software for Linux. Many years ago there was actually a release of AutoCAD for Linux but Autodesk decided to drop it as it was costing too much to support a relatively small number of users (there is still a Mac version though). Since then it's been a hotch-potch of odd programs that rarely "work" under real conditions. There are few that will run properly under systems like wine either. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| dddns Guru Joined: 20/09/2024 Location: GermanyPosts: 821 |
Linux is the kernel and the scripts that hold everything together. That's why it's called GNU/Linux, thanks to Mr. Stallman and the Free Software Foundation @Mick It's quite true for 2D drawings but not for 3D cause there is the great freecad. Please give it a try, not only for stl output, the gcode post processor gives terrific results. Nice overview of distributions |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8769 |
But I've no use for 3D CAD. :) Something like AutoCAD LT is more than enough. STL and gcode are things I can't find a use for... Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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