How many linux users here

[Gameborn]

Just was curious

[2FA]

That poll doesn't fit my situation. Linux only on laptop, Windows only on desktop.

[Gameborn]

2 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

That poll doesn't fit my situation. Linux only on laptop, Windows only on desktop.

fixed

[elkenrod]

On my main PC I dual boot.

 

I have like 3 raspberry pi's in the house and they all run Linux of course.

[Gameborn]

Just now, elkenrod said:

On my main PC I dual boot.

 

I have like 3 raspberry pi's in the house and they all run Linux of course.

why of course? there is windows 10 iot

[elkenrod]

7 minutes ago, Gameborn said:

why of course? there is windows 10 iot

It wasn't meant as a slight.  I haven't tried it, so I can't speak to its effectiveness.  I did try BSD on pi and just didn't like it.  The Linux distros for pi were just better for ease of use whether GUI or CLI.

[TheLaserCucumber]

I run ubuntu as a VM on my Server for Teamspeak.

 

For the rest I have plenty of Win10 license keys ^^

 

So, this poll doesn't fit my situation ^^

[Gameborn]

Just now, TheLaserCucumber said:

I run ubuntu as a VM on my Server for Teamspeak.

 

For the rest I have plenty of Win10 license keys ^^

glad to see another user that runs vps on home pc! I have Ubuntu server running in hyper-v on my brother's pc on i5 750 when he isn't home and sleeping (it runs very quiet) and run factorio and doom servers on it. Connecting via ssh

[TheLaserCucumber]

5 minutes ago, Gameborn said:

glad to see another user that runs vps on home pc! I have Ubuntu server running in hyper-v on my brother's pc on i5 750 when he isn't home and sleeping (it runs very quiet) and run factorio and doom servers on it. Connecting via ssh

My "server" is an HP Prebuilt with an i5 3550 and 16GB RAM. 

The company I'm working at doesn't need it anymore, so I took it.

Because of this, I can run it 24/7 ^^

Oh, and it is very quiet too

[Gameborn]

1 minute ago, TheLaserCucumber said:

My "server" is an HP Prebuilt with an i5 3550 and 16GB RAM. 

The company I'm working at doesn't need it anymore, so I took it.

Because of this, I can run it 24/7 ^^

let me guess. It was considered gaming pc because of 16 gb of ram and intel HD GRAPHICS? 

[hardtofindinthefuture]

i only use Linux on old PCs

and thats about it

[TheLaserCucumber]

10 minutes ago, Gameborn said:

let me guess. It was considered gaming pc because of 16 gb of ram and intel HD GRAPHICS? 

Kinda, it had a shitty Quadro card inside and "only" 8GBs of RAM. Don't ask me what they used it for. I work in the IT department there, but I dont have any idea . I took the GPU out to save a little bit of power and upgraded it to 16GBs, as I had some DDR3 laying around ^^

[Gameborn]

1 minute ago, TheLaserCucumber said:

Kinda, it had a shitty Quadro card inside and "only" 8GBs of RAM. Don't ask me what they used it for. I work in the IT department there, but I dont have any idea . I took the GPU out to save a little bit of power and upgraded it to 16GBs, as I had some DDR3 laying around ^^

cool. Which quadro? I think with gpu it can still play games very well 

[Gameborn]

Just now, Fooshi said:

Linux on laptops, Windows on desktop.

why do so much people use Linux on laptop? Battery life is smaller, often some drivers not available and some work not like they should (NVidia optimus for example)

[Misanthrope]

Don't use it on my main right now but I do have a 128gb spare ssd with Mint on it, whenever I want to use my work PC for more than a few minutes of personal use I swap the hdd for that SSD and use Mint with it.

 

I think I might get a new work laptop soon (this is like a 4 year old machine and they decomission any machine that's out of warranty) I'm hoping the new model will have a spare 2.5 bay to run a dual booth on it.

 

I am also waiting a bit more before I pull the trigger on a new rig that's likely going to be a 1600 or 1700 but I'd like it to have more compatibility to do GPU pass-through so I can just leave 2 cores (or 4 depending on which CPU I end up getting) behind on Linux and the rest for Windows. The plan on that would be to run Arch Linux with OpenBox as the Window Manager to keep it very minimalist. 

[Gameborn]

2 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

Don't use it on my main right now but I do have a 128gb spare ssd with Mint on it, whenever I want to use my work PC for more than a few minutes of personal use I swap the hdd for that SSD and use Mint with it.

 

I think I might get a new work laptop soon (this is like a 4 year old machine and they decomission any machine that's out of warranty) I'm hoping the new model will have a spare 2.5 bay to run a dual booth on it.

 

I am also waiting a bit more before I pull the trigger on a new rig that's likely going to be a 1600 or 1700 but I'd like it to have more compatibility to do GPU pass-through so I can just leave 2 cores (or 4 depending on which CPU I end up getting) behind on Linux and the rest for Windows.

you want to run two os'es at the same time? Is it even possible without virtualization?

[ARikozuM]

I triple boot Win8.1/10/Mint "Serena" with Cinnamon. I only use Linux for old games with Wine when it works.

[themctipers]

windows only

 

@alextherose pls I forgot your 'new' username

[Misanthrope]

Just now, Gameborn said:

you want to run two os'es at the same time?

Yes Linux for everyday use and perhaps some occasional coding and Windows gets launched to game on.

 

You can run several OSes simultaneously with virtualization check out Linus video on 7 gamers 1 PC it's basically the same principle as long as you have the hardware to spare ( 8 cores on the CPU a 950 for Linux use and a 1070 for Windows gaming use should be more than enough)

[Gameborn]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

I triple boot Win8.1/10/Mint "Serena" with Cinnamon. I only use Linux for old games with Wine when it works.

why don't move completely to win10 and remove win8.1?

[themctipers]

Just now, themctipers said:

windows only

 

@alextherose pls I forgot your 'new' username

@Nicholatian

[ARikozuM]

Just now, Gameborn said:

why don't move completely to win10 and remove win8.1?

I love 8.1, but I'll move when the majority of my time is on Windows 10. Don't see any point in losing my Windows 8.1 OS.

[minibois]

Well I do use Android.. but otherwise I'm a Windows boi.

Thinking of going to Linux, but really the only thing holding me back is games..

[Gameborn]

1 minute ago, Misanthrope said:

Yes Linux for everyday use and perhaps some occasional coding and Windows gets launched to game on.

 

You can run several OSes simultaneously with virtualization check out Linus video on 7 gamers 1 PC it's basically the same principle as long as you have the hardware to spare ( 8 cores on the CPU a 950 for Linux use and a 1070 for Windows gaming use should be more than enough)

and still, aren't you need at least one core dedicated to host os that runs virtual machines and i'm not sure that desktop ryzen's support technology to dedicate pci-e slot to vm

[Gameborn]

Just now, Minibois said:

Well I do use Android.. but otherwise I'm a Windows boi.

Thinking of going to Linux, but really the only thing holding me back is games..

dual boot is always an option