Little Linux note
Sunday, 6 August 2017 18:26![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zimenaSo, I have decided to install Ubuntu again. Yes, mainly for learning purposes, and for playing around... and maybe also because I admit to being fascinated with how things can look over there. For now my idea is to use it as my main OS for some time after installing it, though, so that I can get a proper feeling for it.
I have started making some preparations already, such as having already installed rEFInd (had that from before, including a config file with my adjustments... only, macOS doesn't like it much, so it tends to make rEFInd stop working after a time - I'm guessing probably after major system updates). Also, Apple's so-called System Integrity Protection is supposed to make installing things like rEFInd more difficult, but disabling that requires just one boot to recovery mode, and one terminal command, and voilà, rEFInd works again.
I will have a lot of online time on Tuesday and Wednesday, as mom will be travelling to Sweden with her friend, so I suppose setting up Ubuntu properly could be a fun thing to do on Tuesday morning (or rather, afternoon, as I will definitely sleep in!). After that, I will have a lot of time to play around and get used to things.
I have started making some preparations already, such as having already installed rEFInd (had that from before, including a config file with my adjustments... only, macOS doesn't like it much, so it tends to make rEFInd stop working after a time - I'm guessing probably after major system updates). Also, Apple's so-called System Integrity Protection is supposed to make installing things like rEFInd more difficult, but disabling that requires just one boot to recovery mode, and one terminal command, and voilà, rEFInd works again.
I will have a lot of online time on Tuesday and Wednesday, as mom will be travelling to Sweden with her friend, so I suppose setting up Ubuntu properly could be a fun thing to do on Tuesday morning (or rather, afternoon, as I will definitely sleep in!). After that, I will have a lot of time to play around and get used to things.
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Date: Monday, 7 August 2017 06:08 (UTC)Aw, good old times of installing other OSes just for playing around... I always tell myself that I'll get back to it sooner or later, but it's just not happening anymore. Hope you enjoy Ubuntu :) It's nice and user-friendly; my favourite Ubuntu feature is compatibility - it's the first (and usually the only) distro choice for porting Windows apps to Linux (such as Steam). But I guess that now, as I've got a spare, dedicated Windows machine at home, I could easily switch to something else for my main OS? Hmmm...