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Goodbye Windows, Hello Linux [advice needed for a Linux workstation at home]
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rdl:
I'm amazed that anyone can say Windows 10 is good with a straight face. My experience has been the exact opposite. It is easily the worst Microsoft product I have ever tried to use.
soldar:

--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on January 20, 2019, 12:56:56 am --- What is interesting to note about Windows users, observing them justify their choice, is that they always say that the current version of Windows is a vast improvement of the previous version, and that the current version is perfect. I've been reading this kind of comment in forums for the last 20 years or so.

Well, if the current is perfect and is a vast improvement over the previous, then the previous version sucks.
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Does not follow. At all.
rdelpellegrino:
Most Linux distros are the same OS wrapped up differently and most are very easy and quick to install these days.

Try them all. It is purely a matter of personal preference - at least at home.

As a Windows user, perhaps some may initially be easier to get along with, but the wonderful thing is - you can change your mind any time you like! Quite easily.

I think its reasonable to suspect that you know how to protect your data through such transitions. It isn't all that hard, considering the tools most Linus distros have to offer.

So far I have luckily not been seriously bitten like you have by Window 10. But I will say that the single totally good thing about Windows 10 is Bash Shell.

Now that's irony for you...

Karel:

--- Quote from: nctnico on January 20, 2019, 03:10:42 am ---Wine doesn't work. A virtual machine is the way to go. The only software I run in a Windows VM are: MS Office, Hyperterminal, Flashmagic, Orcad Capture and a few random pieces I use once or twice per year (usually vendor specific software).

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I use Wine for LTspice, works like a charm. Hyperterminal can be replaced with it's Linux counterpart Cutecom:

https://gitlab.com/cutecom/cutecom/



nctnico:

--- Quote from: Karel on January 20, 2019, 11:24:23 am ---
--- Quote from: nctnico on January 20, 2019, 03:10:42 am ---Wine doesn't work. A virtual machine is the way to go. The only software I run in a Windows VM are: MS Office, Hyperterminal, Flashmagic, Orcad Capture and a few random pieces I use once or twice per year (usually vendor specific software).

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I use Wine for LTspice, works like a charm. Hyperterminal can be replaced with it's Linux counterpart Cutecom:

https://gitlab.com/cutecom/cutecom/

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Most software I tried doesn't work in Wine. Wine basically needs to be fixed for every piece of software.

And no, there is no replacement for Hyperterminal. Hyperterminal has a unique combination of features: it can open/close the port with a click on a button, it has file transfer protocols and you can adjust the timing for lines and characters. I have not found a replacement which can do all these things.
edit: tried Cutecom. Doesn't look like a real terminal emulator and it doesn't adhere to the system settings for disabling font aliasing (so I can't use it).
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