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tutorial to download: ubuntu
| dont
| what's that
| yes
| wget "http://releases.ubuntu.com/bionic/ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso"
>tutorial end
| Mac should install brew, and windows you can use scoop for wget I think
| >>364178
Mac and Windos users can call the official support, instead expecting help from a community for free.
| >>364636
And then the Linux user spends days reading user-unfriendly manuals, wikis and forums to solve a dumb issue and in the end runs a bash command that borks the whole system and loses all of his data.
>Such is life in the zone.
| >>364718
Because windows, Mac and other proprietary manuals are always user friendly and users never bork the whole system by doing stupid things.
Then they end up reinstalling a cracked windows with 100 additional Trojans and viruses or have to go to some store getting fucked by businessman who pretend beeing technicians.
>such a live in a zone
| >>365210 sometimes I imagine how much damage those people could do to themselves by misusing Linux, like just wake up one day to a call with your mother on the line saying "I think I deleted my computer"
| Oh, installing ubuntu is easy. Like, installing a video game from physical dvd easy. You need to download iso from canonical's website. Get the long-term support version for confidence, or get short-term support for better updates.
Burn the iso with Rufus on a flash usb - I think that was the program for Win. Then, when booting your PC, use bios to boot from usb, not the usual drive.
The problematic part is you will probably need a whole separate partition for your ubuntu.
| Tutorials, FAQs and guides are all over the web. The only thing you can screw up is if you overwrite your Windows' partition with Ubuntu's - this is why it's better if you have a spare drive to experiment with, and install Ubuntu on it. Don't play with partitions and filesystems unless you know what you're doing.
Linux usually works with ext3 or (better) ext4 filesystem, though it can access pretty much any other. Windows runs on ntfs, and fails to read anything else. srs shit.
| >>365217
Well, my mother uses a linux distro for over 5 years now. Of course there are problems, but it's the same kind of problem like on windows: the one in front of the screen. The only difference: I don't need to deal with software I don't want to deal with to help her.
For me it's much easier to login to peoples computer via SSH and change some lines in textfiles instead discussing about GUI elements or messing with their messed up desktop via remote-desktop.
| >>365322
Also I don't get paid from microsoft or Apple. So why should I support them? I prefer earning my money with free or at least open source software, independent from stupid company-monopoly policies.
Of course, community or commercial linux companies also can do shitty stuff. But then there are always alternatives.
| No u
| >>366308
Or in other words:
- it provides a high level of privacy.
- it is for people who know what they're doing
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