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Usual question: do you need to keep running windows?
If not, grab a copy of Mint, and see how it runs. It'll run from a USB stick and let you decide whether you want to install it. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Windows itself has that option provided you're running windows 8+
What operating system is it running? at 9 years ago ish I'm guessing windows 7 or possibly (eugh) vista?
If windows 7 you're a bit out of luck unless the manufacturer has included a hidden partition with the default setup on. Worth a google depending on who built it.
The other way is if you have the windows install cd itself. you can just chuck it in, turn the laptop on and choose to boot from cd when it asks you. Then reinstall a fresh copy over the top.
The best way is to go through the motions, delete the default partition when you get to that step then tell it to install onto that empty partition. it'll recreate it and wipe out any old settings/programs that were there before.
Plenty of guides/youtube vids online to guide you through it depending on what laptop/version of windows you're using.
good luck
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When I want to decrap without doing a reformat and reinstalling the OS, I use Ccleaner (free) to uninstall the unwanted progs.
Then I use Ccs registry cleaner a few times to weed out remaining registry crap.
Works for me and I don't even bother to backup the registry and it aint shit the bed on me yet
I also use it to look at the at programs that want to run at startup
and disable any I don't need/want to run at startup
Ccleaner is on my must have software list
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Is Linux to computers what Mash are to motorcycles? ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Im-a-Ridah wrote: | linuxyeti wrote: |
You really haven't used linux properly at all have you? |
This comment basically sums up why Linux isn't n00b friendly. Users are suggested to be lazy if they want a GUI solution, and it's an e-peen competition to be the most proper user. By contrast nobody would suggest that a Windows user hadn't used Windows properly because they only went on Google, or were lazy because they never used command line.
Linux also risks becoming quite niche, mostly used by middle aged men nearing retirement hence the growing shortage of developers. Due to the fairly high salaries we can expect these devs to be retiring much earlier too.
https://thenewstack.io/growing-new-linux-kernel-developers/
But to answer your point. I used Linux for what I needed to do, it did what I needed to, therefore I used it properly |
You can use the gui to do pretty much anything in Linux, and have been able to for years, many years ... In fact for certain things, it's far more difficult to use the command line instead of the gui !!, Which is a shame it's almost gone too far on the gui front.
Now, running a server is different, you don't really want to enable the gui, and this is something even Microsoft are now emulating, as you can see with Windows server 2019...
Or..., could it be, you're just jealous that us Linux skilled workers generally get paid better than our equivalent Microsoft skilled workers?
But back to the point, virtually all the popular mainstream linux versions are noob friendly, especially Mint. My dad has been using Linux for at least 10 years, and he's no IT expert, he was a postie, now long retired. My daughter, only uses Linux, and has no problem using it for school work. There are no problems watching Netflix etc, so, yes it is very noob friendly. ____________________ Beware what photos you upload, or link to on here, especially if you have family members on them |
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linuxyeti wrote: |
You can use the gui to do pretty much anything in Linux, and have been able to for years, many years ... In fact for certain things, it's far more difficult to use the command line instead of the gui !!, Which is a shame it's almost gone too far on the gui front.
Now, running a server is different, you don't really want to enable the gui, and this is something even Microsoft are now emulating, as you can see with Windows server 2019...
Or..., could it be, you're just jealous that us Linux skilled workers generally get paid better than our equivalent Microsoft skilled workers?
But back to the point, virtually all the popular mainstream linux versions are noob friendly, especially Mint. My dad has been using Linux for at least 10 years, and he's no IT expert, he was a postie, now long retired. My daughter, only uses Linux, and has no problem using it for school work. There are no problems watching Netflix etc, so, yes it is very noob friendly. |
No, not jealous at all, since I'm not a Microsoft OS developer. I'm just pointing out some of the problems with Linux, and how the attitude of many Linux users has actually contributed to the lack of devs. As for your family using it, you forget to mention that they have Mr Linux-Is-Best-So-There aiding them in its use, which most people do not. The 10 year ago distros didn't even have audio codecs included, so how is that user friendly?
Rogerborg wrote: | linuxyeti wrote: | You can use the gui to do pretty much anything in Linux |
You really haven't used FooDM/X/GNU/lunix properly at all have you?
But yes, throw Mint on a USB stick and give it a go. You may be surprised. |
I think I did actually. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 293 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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