Thread Lap Dances for next school year

How about your moms lap?

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I thought we were over this...
 
Buy a ~$300, AMD-based asus, lenovo, or whatever laptop isn't too shitty and is on sale at best buy/staples/wherever. Don't let them scam you on the warranty. Also buy a half decent SSD - crucial M4, etc.

Pull the HDD from the laptop right away, and keep it in the laptop box. Shove in the SSD, and install a mexican version of windows 7.
 
Buy a ~$300, AMD-based asus, lenovo, or whatever laptop isn't too shitty and is on sale at best buy/staples/wherever. Don't let them scam you on the warranty. Also buy a half decent SSD - crucial M4, etc.

Pull the HDD from the laptop right away, and keep it in the laptop box. Shove in the SSD, and install a mexican version of windows 7.

This seems like a lot of work for....some reason.
 
I can't remember the last time I used optical media to install an OS on a non-government machine

install from a thumbdrive
 
because loonix.

also, never leave your moms basement.

because you're 14 if you think thats a good idea.
 
tsrh

Linux desktop is awesome for people who force the words out of their mouths.
Or people who want to run shit that works well under linux, but not windows. I use a Fedora desktop for embedded system development, because running gcc/eclipse/gdb/etc under windows is an exercise in frustration.
 
Access to a proper *nix shell for those who work in it professionally. We have tons. But yeah, they're all generally pasty and awkward.
 
Seriously speaking though, ubuntu/fedora are usable for a desktop. Maybe not for your grandma, but they're not that bad.

The problems you'll run into are:

- certain specialized software packages are only available for windows, and won't work under Wine correctly (eg, Pro Tools), and there's really no open source alternative for many of those tools.
- less-than-intuitive installation process for installing some specialized software that is available (bring up console, figure out where the OS mounted the CD you stuffed in, sudo bash install-this-shit.sh, add shortcuts manually) since not every software vendor wants to package their product into .deb, .rpm, etc
- drivers for printers/scanners/whatnot (ironically, I boot my home PC into fedora so I can use my scanner, which doesn't have win7 x64 drivers)
- lack of "ask your relatives" help with the OS, unlike windows - you need to browse forums for help with things sometimes, and invariably the forum posts with the info you need have 5 different things get suggested followed by a huge argument.
- Free shit being different than paid shit. Sometimes the subtle differences between MS Office and Open/LibreOffice, or Photoshop/Gimp, can piss you off.