Timeline for Making the move from Win to Linux
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| Jun 11, 2020 at 12:04 | history | edited | CommunityBot | Commonmark migration | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:13 | history | edited | CommunityBot | replaced http://serverfault.com/ with https://serverfault.com/ | |
| Jan 29, 2013 at 21:21 | comment | added | njsg | Windows NT is the current, active Windows family. Windows 2000 is Windows NT 5.0; Windows XP is Windows NT 5.1, Windows Vista is Windows NT 6.0; Windows 7 is Windows NT 6.1, and so on. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 20:49 | comment | added | user31261 | Is Windows NT still available anywhere and supported??? I heard that even XP will be discontinued or something like that. Why would NT still exist? | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 20:48 | comment | added | user31261 | Hey nsjg. Could you please be more specific by running explorer.exe? You mean by typing it in start>run or just opening the IE browser? Also if it's the run command I have to type what exactly I should see/see not and what to do with what I see? What is this tip for in the first place? | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 20:37 | comment | added | njsg | Now to answer your new question, one thing is what I want and what other people here want. Another thing is what you want. And it seems I'm not alone in thinking the closest system out there for what you want is Microsoft Windows NT. | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 20:36 | comment | added | njsg | Please try to run EXPLORER.EXE and see what opens. Even if it shares some code with IEXPLORE.EXE (hence the whole antitrust case), it's not the same. In fact, at least in Windows 4.10.1998, EXPLORER.EXE was the default Windows shell, if it wasn't already running, it would start the desktop background, the desktop icons, the taskbar... We can say it is the Windows window manager. | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 13:32 | comment | added | user31261 | Ok, it's clear about the FUD thing. But I don't think you were being serious when you recommended Windows NT and even less serious when you recommended IE. I really don't like IE and as little as I use it, it crashes even more than firefox lol... Let me ask in another way then, maybe I will get where I want to if I put it like this: which of the dozens of distros you people have used required the least tweaks to bring them where you wanted? As I said I already have Mint and I learned to customize it the same day. So, which other distro is easy like Mint but more stable and secure than Mint? | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 13:17 | comment | added | njsg | A) Fear, uncertainty and doubt ; B) Microsoft Windows NT running EXPLORER.EXE | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 13:16 | comment | added | njsg | Many systems are stable. The biggest threat to computer security and stability has always lied between the keyboard and the chair. No matter how many different OSes one uses, the user is still the same. | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 13:12 | comment | added | user31261 | well that's the worst news I've heard today :( If there is not even one stable OS... Anyway, 2 things I need to ask: a) what does FUD mean?? b) can you at least recommend a Linux distro and DE/Wm that has the least issues (remember that I am not into installing many apps and/or games so this shouldn't really be a problem) and which is easy to learn (aka no terminal or commands usage when I need to fix or install something) and which has bugs easily fixable (aka by running updates through Update manager)? Which of the hundreds of distros and DEs is the closest to fulfill these 2 requirements? | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 13:00 | comment | added | njsg | @user31261, you want to move to linux because of the widely held misconception that it is "virus free": most of this is due to the user behavior and to the saner defaults. The only issues with windows are the less than sane defaults and the component between keyboard and chair who may think it's nice to run every Flash applet out there as Administrator. If GNU/Linux was commonplace the day VBS.Loveletter was conceived, and many people used, say, Seamonkey Mail&News with some feature to run shell scripts by double clicking an attachment sent with the email, the result wouldn't be different... | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 12:57 | comment | added | njsg | @user31261 this is the internet, FUD is what you get the most. There's no such thing like a virus free system, or a completely secure system (unless it's in a secured, closed cabinet with no connection to the outer world. turned off). unix.stackexchange.com/a/30836/14831 | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 12:17 | history | edited | Chris Down | CC BY-SA 3.0 | except fx. |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 12:16 | comment | added | Chris Down | @user31261 Linux viruses and security exploits are real. The fundamental reason that they are uncommon is because a.) usually Linux users are more careful with their operating environment, and b.) Unix has a much more overt permissions system. | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 11:53 | comment | added | user31261 | Well, if what you're saying is true njsg than I really see no reason why I should start using Linux. The OS is even harder to understand than Windows. I really don't understand why you're saying such things. Obviously that I am aware that a few bugs here and there will happen to Linux but I didn't take these into account. I only needed to know which of the Linux distros and variations has the least (ye, let me say "the least") of them? As for viruses, do they really exist on Linux??? Cause if they do, it means that all these Linux forums and websites that 'promote" it are full of liars | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 11:47 | comment | added | njsg | Not a linux or otherwise UNIX-like distro, except maybe Mac OS X. If you think other OSes will have "no crashes, viruses, or errors", then you've got something terribly messed up there. Didn't worms start on UNIX? Do you think there are no linux rootkits? Do you think BSD systems are crashproof? Please... not even windows has any kind of special issue other than having been heavily targeted due to its market share. | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 11:33 | comment | added | user31261 | Hi and thanks for the fast reply. I can see why you think that my ideas are conflicting and I will try to make some compromises in the following way: I will agree to making updates, not a big deal but only as long as they have nothing to do with terminal or typing lines of codes into something. I just have repulsion for coding, don't know why but I just have it :) So, assuming that upgrades won't be a problem (and also the installation speed) which distro and/or DE satisfies my other requirements: stability (no crashes, viruses, or errors of any kind) and user friendliness? | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 11:31 | comment | added | njsg | Seriously. If all that happened with Windows, something must be wrong between the keyboard and the chair. It would be interesting to fix that first, because if the same strategy is applied to other systems, it may still lead to a similar outcome... | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 11:27 | history | answered | Chris Down | CC BY-SA 3.0 |