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In 2001 I became tired of computer problems and found a Linux book with an install CD inside. I was unaware of any operating systems other than Windows and Mac so curiosity got the better of me. After reading the book, I inserted the install CD into my computer and installed Debian GNU/Linux. After a few minutes of using the system I was hooked.. I ended throwing away everything that was connected to Microsoft Windows and used Linux as my sole desktop OS. I learned about other Linux distros and also learned how to create my own apps and .deb packages. In June of this year I bought a Mac mini, late 2012 model, and have been using it ever since. My Linux experiences were invaluable in that they leveled out the learning curve when I switched to a Mac. Computers have always fascinated me.
Hmm... Let's try it this way. You know what Windows is, right? How you can run programs, get online, etc. through Windows? Windows is like a framework that your programs run in. (A slightly innaccurate analogy, but it'll work for this.)
Well Linux does the same thing Windows does. Except where you have to pay for Windows, Linux is free. And where you have to worry about viruses and spyware in Windows, Linux is a lot more secure. (Well, except for Lindows, which was a Linux that tried to be more like Windows...) And where there are only a couple or three versions of Windows, there is a whole universe of Linux variants, all made for different kinds of people - some for people who want a minimal desktop and more power for programs, some for people who want something that works without having to know a lot about computers, more than one that is made primarily for watching tv online, lots of Linux that are made for music makers... mmmm, a whole computer system just for us music makers.
Also, since Linux is free, the makers are free to do a lot of things that Microsoft might do with Windows, but if they did it Microsoft would lose money. For example, you know how you buy a copy of Windows that comes on a DVD and you use the DVD to install Windows on your computer? Many kinds of Linux (mostly the more user-friendly ones) can run from the DVD without install. As in, you don't have to wipe out what is on your computer in order to try Linux, you just run the whole system from the DVD. In fact you could download lots of different kinds of Linux, burn them onto DVDs and try them all, without messing up the Windows that is installed on your computer.
Well Linux does the same thing Windows does. Except where you have to pay for Windows, Linux is free. And where you have to worry about viruses and spyware in Windows, Linux is a lot more secure. (Well, except for Lindows, which was a Linux that tried to be more like Windows...) And where there are only a couple or three versions of Windows, there is a whole universe of Linux variants, all made for different kinds of people - some for people who want a minimal desktop and more power for programs, some for people who want something that works without having to know a lot about computers, more than one that is made primarily for watching tv online, lots of Linux that are made for music makers... mmmm, a whole computer system just for us music makers.
Also, since Linux is free, the makers are free to do a lot of things that Microsoft might do with Windows, but if they did it Microsoft would lose money. For example, you know how you buy a copy of Windows that comes on a DVD and you use the DVD to install Windows on your computer? Many kinds of Linux (mostly the more user-friendly ones) can run from the DVD without install. As in, you don't have to wipe out what is on your computer in order to try Linux, you just run the whole system from the DVD. In fact you could download lots of different kinds of Linux, burn them onto DVDs and try them all, without messing up the Windows that is installed on your computer.
My technology conversion story... Well, one day I found out I could store music files in lossless format, FLAC to be specific, and that some programs would convert a copy as .ogg (or .mp3 for people who don't know about .ogg) of the WHOLE COLLECTION, preserving file/folder order in the copy. dBpowerAMP is good for Windows, sound konverter is good for Linux.
So now when I want to update my phone's music library I set up a batch conversion of my FLAC collection to .ogg, which my phone can play, and let it run until it has an .ogg copy of the whole 8,000+ tracks. Takes a good 12 hours or so.
And that is my technology conversion story.
So now when I want to update my phone's music library I set up a batch conversion of my FLAC collection to .ogg, which my phone can play, and let it run until it has an .ogg copy of the whole 8,000+ tracks. Takes a good 12 hours or so.
And that is my technology conversion story.
My very first computer was an Amstrad PC1512 (with double disc drives + colour monitor...wow!); you loaded the program/software you wanted to use after loading MS DOS from a 5.25" IBM compatable floppy disc, it also came with a very basic Windows OS, which (at that time) I did not like, I bought this to do a thesis on in my final year of university/college in 1989.
After finishing studying, it simply gathered dust in my study, and was eventually given away to a charity to get rid of it, my next run in with computers was in 2002 with XP and I have stuck with Windows in its various forms since then, currently on W7 which I like a lot and has been very stable. Did try a spell with Linux, but just never could get on with it.
Have built all my own (Windows) desktops/servers since 2004, currently use XP on a music file server for a Logitech Touch to stream MP3/FLAC files, also have a WHS (to be updated to WHS 2011) for backup (etc.) purposes.
Have tried Apple products over the years, but never found reason to change over to them, and they always have a high price premium alongside other similiar products.
Use Android on an LG G2...
After finishing studying, it simply gathered dust in my study, and was eventually given away to a charity to get rid of it, my next run in with computers was in 2002 with XP and I have stuck with Windows in its various forms since then, currently on W7 which I like a lot and has been very stable. Did try a spell with Linux, but just never could get on with it.
Have built all my own (Windows) desktops/servers since 2004, currently use XP on a music file server for a Logitech Touch to stream MP3/FLAC files, also have a WHS (to be updated to WHS 2011) for backup (etc.) purposes.
Have tried Apple products over the years, but never found reason to change over to them, and they always have a high price premium alongside other similiar products.
Use Android on an LG G2...
I know the feeling Bobba. My uncle's computer (an EEE desktop with Win XP) kept freezing for lack of memory because XP was leaking ram like pouring water in a sock. I gave him a linux-on-a-flash-drive and set his computer to boot from the stick first. He loved it, but his daughter's husband changed BIOS to boot from hard drive first. Guess who he called to fix it...