Hi Matthew, I have a start on my blog : https://www.phpcoderusa.com/ And my YouTube channel needs some love : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpUBLSACaQu7rWeepTv36Qg/featured I go by "PHP Coder USA". Thanks for your inquiry!! Keith On 2022-10-26 08:29, Matthew Gibson via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Wait. No shameless youtube channel plug? > all joking aside. What is your channel name? > > Matthew > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 7:36 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> So to put this to rest, I broke out my old cheep dell laptop that is >> >> about 6 or 7 years old. It already had Kubuntu 20.4 installed. I do >> not >> recall installing Kubuntu on that laptop. I've been playing with it >> for >> a day or so. I am very much impressed. >> >> I pulled out my old Linux desktop and will be putting an SSD drive >> into >> it and installing Kubuntu on it. It is an i5 with 4 cores and 4 >> threads. I upgraded it years ago to 16Gb of RAM. >> >> I expect Kubuntu will serve my needs. >> >> I fall into the camp of I just want my computer to work. And I would >> >> like to know more. I'm an old guy and do not have the energy I used >> to. >> I have a lot of goals and things I would like to accomplish. >> >> I prefer Linux over Microsoft. I like making browser based business >> web >> apps using PHP/MySQL. >> >> My ultimate goal is to get my YouTube channel and blog going. >> >> Thank you to everyone for all of your input. This was a good >> thread. I >> sill have a ton of questions. I use Linux to create LAMP servers. I >> >> plan on developing a working knowledge of NGINX (LEMP). I'm not a >> sys >> admin, I'm a programmer. Given all that I would like to learn what >> I do >> not know and strengthen what I do know. >> >> Thanks!! >> >> Keith >> >> On 2022-10-26 00:05, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: >>> Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss said on Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:30:34 >> -0700 >>> >>>> I don't really have the time to reply to all of this, >>> >>> And yet here you are. >>> >>>> but I did want >>>> to reply to a couple of things. >>>> >>>>> Let them go back to windows. Not everybody belongs in the Linux >>>>> world. >>>> >>>> This. This right here is why you shouldn't be giving advice to >>>> newbies. This is the wrong attitude to have if you want to new >> people >>>> involved with Linux. >>> >>> Not all newbies. The ones who should go back to windows are the >> ones >>> not willing to learn Linux. Linux was never intended for the dweeb >>> whose computer interactions are email, web, and porn. Linux has >> always >>> been, and continues to be, for those who want to boss their >> computers, >>> not for those who want their computers to boss them. >>> >>> Did you just emerge from 1999, when we thought everyone would be >> using >>> Linux on the desktop and laptop in a couple years? It's 2022, and >> Linux >>> slaughtered Microsoft and Apple (and proprietary Unix) on the >> server, >>> but still has only a dedicated core of desktop users. The KDE, >> Gnome >>> and systemd you tout erect barriers to those desktop users who >> want to >>> boss their computers, and who want at least some POSIX. >>> >>> And don't forget that the lead developer on the systemd project >> now >>> works for Microsoft. What could *possibly* go wrong? >>> >>> >>>> New people are a good thing, they have new ideas >>>> and new directions that they want to go, and will take things to >>>> places never thought before. To push them out will create a dying >>>> community. >>> >>> Like I said, I recommend working with users willing to use Linux. >>> >>>> For new people, easier is better, hence GNOME or KDE being a good >>>> recommendation. >>> >>> There's absolutely nothing easy or intuitive about Gnome3. If you >> want >>> easy and intuitive, LXDE and LXQt are what you want. >>> Have you ever used them? XFCE is also in that category, although >> on >>> Linux (as opposed to OpenBSD) I've found XFCE glitchy, and XFCE >> isn't >>> light enough for an anemic computer, which is the computer a lot >> of >>> Windows users have available to dabble with Linux. >>> >>>> Once they get their footing then they can go and try >>>> more esoteric things as they get comfortable. Having them try to >> use >>>> straight openbox with a custom configuration is NOT the right >> advice >>>> for a new person. >>> >>> Please remember, I recommended LXDE and LXQt. My point of Openbox >> was >>> to say that if you want an interface that completely stays out of >> your >>> way the way you say Gnome3 does, my interface does that. >>>> >>>> Lastly, yes I did mean "integrated" and not "dependent" or >>>> "entangled". >>> >>> No matter what you *meant*, "integrated" implies entangled. >>> >>>> GNOME 3/4 in no way, shape, or form, REQUIRES systemd. >>>> You don't have to look far to prove this as it runs on FreeBSD, >> which >>>> is systemd-free. And no you don't have to jump through hoops to >> get it >>>> working, you install it and enable a couple services and poof it >> works >>>> just as well as on any other Linux system. GNOME also a >> first-class >>>> desktop environment on Void. >>> >>> Well, the Gentoo/Funtoo people sure had to jump through hoops to >> get >>> Gnome working with OpenRC, but yeah, you're right, as shown at >>> >> > https://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=All&category=All&origin=All&basedon=All¬basedon=None&desktop=GNOME&architecture=All&package=All&rolling=All&isosize=All&netinstall=All&language=All&defaultinit=Not+systemd&status=Active#simple >>> >>> Therefore, I can recommend Void to somebody who wants Gnome. >>> >>> SteveT >>> >>> Steve Litt >>> Summer 2022 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times >>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss