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Re: Elementary OS

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Post by abrowne »

lukeschlather wrote: post #30
mavelikara wrote: post #9

My mini Ask HN: After over a decade of using Mac OS X, I am considering switching to Linux for my dev laptop. The tools I worry about are those that interact with audio and webcam - Go To Meeting, Google Hangout etc. My work involves me having to teleconf with others often. Does anyone here have experience using Linux well in such scenarios. If so, what hardware are you using? Also, does sleep-on-closing-lid work wel…

Google Hangouts works fine. Sleep-on-closing-lid works fine. I use Xubuntu. I'm using a Lenovo Tablet, an ASUS laptop, and a custom-built desktop. Bluetooth is kind of a mess, on Xubuntu at least.

> Bluetooth is kind of a mess, on Xubuntu at least.

(Speaking as someone who likes Xfce, and is currently switching from MacOS to Linux and is mostly settled on Xubuntu), I think that's mostly an Xfce thing. GNOME (and therefore Unity, Budgie, possibly Cinnamon and maybe MATE) handle it better.

Re: Elementary OS

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t0mislav wrote: post #13

For me, only showstopper to migrate from Mac to Linux is alternative for iMovie and Lightroom. Any progress on this alternatives for Linux in last year or two? What programs do I need to check? Elementary is nice, it is also my backup OS, and I also donated some money to them 1 year ago.

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Re: Elementary OS

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Post by gravypod »

izacus wrote: post #5

I really like elementaryOS - not for myself (need to use macOS for dev), but pretty much all of my family was migrated to it. It has proven to be significantly more stable and simple to use than Windows and the default applications really nicely hit the simplicity and usability for a user that primarily needs web, email, photos and minor document editing. I'd even argue it's better than macOS for that user profile (e…

I would move to an Elementary OS if it's UI/UX was moved over an Arch based distribution. I mean Elementary OS simply looks beautiful and is stable(-ish). On top of Manjaro or something that holds back updates I wouldn't be able to figure out a more perfect development/daily driver system.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by rpeden »

jroseattle wrote: post #22

I've been looking for a replacement OS to try over macOS for a while, so I just tried this on for size. 2-year old MBP. Created a boot disk with the Elementary ISO and started up. Fairly snappy, connected over a USB 3 connection to a 500GB SSD. First thing I tried to install was Google Chrome. DEBian package. Fail. Google search for others who have tried. Found recent article, followed step-by-step. Failed. :-(

Just a quick question to make sure I understand properly: do you mean you tried to install an application while running the ElementaryOS live USB? If so, perhaps that's why it failed?

Depending on how the live boot OS is set up, installing new applications may not work at all. Some live USB creator apps I've used give the option of setting aside some space for a writable filesystem that will with with Ubuntu live images (and possibly others).

In either case, the best way to get a real sense of how much you like the OS is to do a proper install of it in a VM. The live ISO will mostly just show you if the OS supports your hardware and everything (WiFi, etc.) works.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by rcarmo »

gravypod wrote: post #53
izacus wrote: post #5

I really like elementaryOS - not for myself (need to use macOS for dev), but pretty much all of my family was migrated to it. It has proven to be significantly more stable and simple to use than Windows and the default applications really nicely hit the simplicity and usability for a user that primarily needs web, email, photos and minor document editing. I'd even argue it's better than macOS for that user profile (e…

I would move to an Elementary OS if it's UI/UX was moved over an Arch based distribution. I mean Elementary OS simply looks beautiful and is stable(-ish). On top of Manjaro or something that holds back updates I wouldn't be able to figure out a more perfect development/daily driver system.

There were people trying to get Pantheon onto AUR. No idea how that's going.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by zanny »

lukeschlather wrote: post #30
mavelikara wrote: post #9

My mini Ask HN: After over a decade of using Mac OS X, I am considering switching to Linux for my dev laptop. The tools I worry about are those that interact with audio and webcam - Go To Meeting, Google Hangout etc. My work involves me having to teleconf with others often. Does anyone here have experience using Linux well in such scenarios. If so, what hardware are you using? Also, does sleep-on-closing-lid work wel…

Google Hangouts works fine. Sleep-on-closing-lid works fine. I use Xubuntu. I'm using a Lenovo Tablet, an ASUS laptop, and a custom-built desktop. Bluetooth is kind of a mess, on Xubuntu at least.

Bluetooth depends on your controller. I've had fine bluetooth experiences with the onboard controller on AR9462 wifi cards.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by mercurysmessage »

rcarmo wrote: post #49
lingben wrote: post #40

there is a linux OS built specifically for chromebooks called gallium OS https://galliumos.org/

OP here. It does not add anything that I wanted, and I had already ditched XFCE in favor of LXDE in the past. The point of the post was not to get Elementary running on a Chromebook, it was to see if I, coming from a Mac, could use it on a future desktop without issues and the usual ugly UIs Linux DEs have.

Go to Reddit.com/r/unixporn, with some minor tweaking it's very easy to make Linux look nice.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by altern8 »

I've actually done the same thing.

Your life is not as easy as when using macOS, but it's well worth it to refuse to be ripped off by Apple.

The keynote really sucked.

I bet there are a lot of people who are switching.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by [deleted] »

ant6n wrote: post #27

This may sound silly, but I'm mostly concerned about losing the three-finger side-swipe to the other desktops. Is this possible with elementary OS?

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Re: Elementary OS

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Post by zanny »

throwaway13337 wrote: post #17

A desktop linux could really grab an audience right now with the current state of windows and the agnosticism that is common in today's applications. The problem with desktop linux has always been that polish isn't quite there. Things like handling gracefully video card/dual monitor, audio switching, and sleep mode recovery end up being headaches that use up a lot of time googling around and generally learning about…

KDE just started shipping their own distro with Neon that always pushes the latest desktop rather than freezing it between releases on Ubuntu. It would be really neat to see notebooks shipping with it preinstalled.
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