QOTD: Do You Use Linux/BSD With a GUI?

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a torrent slave with REALLY old system with VIA C3 800MHz (slower than Pentium III 550MHz actually). No GUI. Webmin and Terminal only.

Crashes when you add GNOME + torrent client for too long.

Using Transmission torrent client (web client version).
http://www.transmissionbt.com/

 
Yes KDE. On some lower powered machines I will use something like blackbox or ice though. When I first started using Linux I was all gun ho command line. Then again I also use to do web pages in Notepad, or some other text editor, because I was all about proper coding, hated the way front page did anything, and couldn't afford Dreamweaver.
 
I use Linux on 4 servers and use GUI for log in. I also SSH into them and force everyone to remotely access the box that way. I think that the biggest issue holding Linux back as a desktop system is device support.
 
I use both: with a GUI for desktop use (as in right now), or without for server use, which I access through ssh.

Note that the use of graphical applications isn't that big of a concern if your X server runs fully in user space (through the use of non-DRI-enabled drivers), as, contrary to Windows, the GUI can run in user space only, if specified as such. Even better, you can serve a GUI on a machine while the app runs remotely.

As such, I sometimes run applications on my GUI-less server that display their GUI on my desktop machine, through ssh (I set it up to use sha1 encryption, just to be sure...). I however try to avoid running such apps when they require root access though.
 
i use Ubuntu/Gnome on a old P3 laptop to mostly run bittorent and fileserve some USB2 external drives, though I do use the screen/GUI as extra screen space for 'Net/EMail when needed by running a synergy client on it so I can share my Vista keyboard/mouse
 
I only use Linux here at work on our supercomputing cluster. Its an uber slimmed down version of Gentoo loaded directly into memory when the server PXE boots. No GUI.
 
I still thinking to move to linux, howewer i still don't know which ver more suitable for me ,and my friend tell me linux is only for very tech savy person, and since i never use other os than windows i think i'll stick with my vista ultimate crash edition for a while.

But when i find linux ver more suitable for casual user like me, i'll jump the fence(still gonna keep vista for gaming thought)

Sorry for my bad grammar ^^,anyway answer to the question is A.S.A.P.
 
I dualboot Vista 32 and Ubuntu 8.10... I prefer using Ubuntu, but I haven't installed my printer yet (5-10 minute job) and I am extremely lazy, so I don't use Ubuntu very much.

The biggest reason that I like Ubuntu right now is because of the force-quit button and rhythmbox... Rhythmbox >>>>>> WMP11 and the force-quit button is >>>>>> windows task manager.

...I will always need windows though for my games.... I almost switched to linux for gaming, but I couldn't get C&C Renegade to patch up to 1.037.
 
I'm surprised that the OS of choice of most linuxers is the n00by Ubuntu. Come on guys, you've gotta move up the ladder!

My OS of choice - Arch with Gnome DE. My live CD of choice is a re-mastered Puppy running on XFCE.
 
joefriday - Windows doesnt playback DVD w/o adding components.

I use debian,ubuntu,rhel,etc. Guis on everything, but I would never do any type of administrative or repetetive task in a gui.
 
[citation][nom]Silluete[/nom]I still thinking to move to linux, howewer i still don't know which ver more suitable for me ,and my friend tell me linux is only for very tech savy person, and since i never use other os than windows ...[/citation]
Hi Silluete,
Before you switch try different versions and see which one you like. As you gain experience your taste for distribution will change and you are going to change you distribution most likely. Personally I would recommend Linux Mint http://www.linuxmint.com/ for user switching from Windows, but your can try several others like openSuSE. It is easy most desktop oriented distributions are having LiveCD version. You burn the CD boot your PC from that CD and see how the particular version will recognize your hardware. You can use it and got the feeling about it. Just remember LiveCD runs much slower compared when you run from installed version. Don't worry your Vista will not be changed.
There is one more way to try Ubuntu for example. You can install Ubuntu inside Windows partition using wubi http://wubi-installer.org/. It installs just like any other windows program. When you done reboot you PC and you are going to see option to boot Windows or Ubuntu. When you done. Just boot back in Windows and remove Linux by using 'Add and Remove Programs' option of Windows.
Good luck
 
[citation][nom]tuxer[/nom]I'm surprised that the OS of choice of most linuxers is the n00by Ubuntu. Come on guys, you've gotta move up the ladder!My OS of choice - Arch with Gnome DE. My live CD of choice is a re-mastered Puppy running on XFCE.[/citation]
No surprise at all. Ubuntu is helping to move from Windows to Linux. But if one is really serious about learning Linux, give a try of LFS (Linux From Scratch) http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
WARNING: IT IS NOT FOR USERS, ONLY FOR DEVELOPERS.
 

True, but Windows also does not make me go to command console to bring up the options to enable DVD playback. It's all about how user friendly Linux is not. I enjoy working with my OS, not working on my OS. And although I did get DVDs to playback on Ubuntu just fine, for some reason I could not install VLC media player. Then I tried to add on the MythTV package, and was not able to communicate the MySQL, despite repeating the steps several times over. I decided to try Mythbuntu then to circumvent that issue, and was greeted by a nondescript problem of never being able to get a TV signal. That was odd, because TV time was working excellent. I decided to put that problem on hold and instead focused on developing the desktop environment of Mythbuntu, as it lacks the gnome desktop it was not as user friendly as I needed it to be if I intended to use it daily. The process of putting a nome desktop on mythbuntu was like pulling teeth. I finally tried to just switch back to Ubuntu, and after clearing out mythbuntu and installing ubuntu, the computer bricked itself due to some sort of GRUB boot loader conflict. Nice. After fixing the MBR, I decided to try Linux Mint, and the rest is history. Something that finally offered the basic things a person will likely need, right out of the box, in a fairly easy to use environment. I dare say that I could give someone that computer, and they could probably use that Linux distro for daily tasks without encountering nary a problem. That's saying a lot for Linux.
 
OpenSuse, Fedora, DSL, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Mint, Feather Linux, and a few others I have tried with KDE, Gnome, XFCE, and Fluxbox as the GUI. This is the most difficult thing for the transition in my opinion - too many options. First time setup can be a nightmare if you have an unpopular piece of hardware. Nothing I have encountered in Linux that I haven't with Windows and am happy to say that after several years of using it, is still my preferred OS of choice. After my fourth BSOD (two of which were unrecoverable), I looked for an alternative years ago. Linux needs to be given a chance by anyone in the computer world (it's free for God's sake). I have found that it is much easier to get someone hooked on Linux that has never really ventured into computers. Trying to get a 5+ year user of Windows to switch is much harder to do, it's all they know and is what they are used to/feel comfortable with. What I don't miss the most are the resource-hog anti-virus/firewall programs, having to defragment monthly, having registry errors constantly plague the overall speed/stability of the system, daily restarts, a rip-off price for an office suite, and some other things not coming to my mind at the moment. The world needs to know that they have a choice, and Linux is a fine alternative at that.
 
Was using Fedora 10 + KDE 4.2 until the experimental EXT4 crashed under heavy load and corrupted some of my data
Now I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 with Gnome, but I replaced the clunky nautilus with Dolphin as main file manager

This is my main desktop -- I only use windows for games that I can't get to run in Wine
 
Yes, any distribution I think it's good for the system (usually Arch, Gentoo or Ubuntu) plus a UI depending on the needs (fluxbox, KDE3; KDE4 still does not appeal me too much).
Obviously on servers the UI is entirely optional, just useful when fb doesn't work and can't logon remotely.
 
I used to run Ubuntu Studio 7.10-8.10 x32-64 on my comp when I used to do alot of media creation. Really a fantastic operating system. Great desktop manager, pretty, fantastic audio creation, good 3D creation... runs faster..
I've also used PenDriveLinux, Damn Small Linux (ran it on a K6-2 300Mhz with 128MB RAM and 8MB Graphics.... amazingly fast.).

Right now my Linux partition is inhabited by Windows 7 Beta 7000. Not a bad replacement actually.

Windows (why do you people spell it Windoze? I can never take you guys seriously...) XP is actually still a great operating system in my opinion. Far faster and better organized the Vista, and still fantastic hardware compatibility. If there was DirectX 10+ and a well supported x64 version, I would have no problems continuing to use it for the next few years also. It does have a desktop manager, although it's not nearly as good as Compiz or the regular GNOME desktop manager, it gets the job done for me. It really helps me organize the Windows. Also, you can edit config files and boot faster in Windows also.

zedx appears to be just another hater who doesn't know jack about what he's talking about. How long have you had Windows XP as your primary operating system zed?
 
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