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- | We are two dudes who have been fascinated with computers and technology since the beginning of the 1990s. | + | I have been fascinated with computers and technology since the beginning of the 1990s. |
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+ | Sporadically, I would try out certain distros (Debian, Ubuntu or Mint), but nothing serious nor for a really long time. Until late August 2019. It all started almost as a joke, it was initiated mostly because of my dissatisfaction with data mining, increasing surveillance and lack of privacy in Windows 10.\\ | ||
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+ | So I am trying, once again, a total switch from Windows to Linux. First, I chose Linux Mint, as it is a quite newbie friendly, and it is pretty stable. Later, I moved to Ubuntu MATE, and Debian (both MATE and Cinnamon). | ||
+ | Also, I am not a programmer, and do not wish to compile files nor do I want to use hours and days tweaking codes and lines in a terminal or vim. I just want to use my machines for whatever I want to use them for (mostly writing, gaming, browsing, video editing). I felt that Linux Mint fitted perfectly my requirements. | ||
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+ | //(Feb 2023)//: Shifted back to Debian. It just works. Yes, it uses systemd, but it works. \\ | ||
+ | //(16 Sep 2022)//: I have switched from Debian Testing to [[http:// | ||
+ | //(29 Jan 2022)//: I have switched from Ubuntu MATE to Debian 11 Stable on January 19, 2022 on my main machine, and thus is also most tips in this handbook. | ||
+ | //(12 Apr 2020)//: I got a ThinkPad T450, so I installed Debian Sid on it. A wonderful distro. Use it primarily for browsing, writing and such. \\ | ||
+ | //(27 Aug 2019)//: Installed Linux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon. Bye bye, Windows 7. \\ | ||
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+ | Enjoy!\\ | ||
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+ | [[Avdibeg' |
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