Windoze to Linux

bmrzmr2 · 11-07-2015, 02:31 PM

Glad I found this forum and already learn somethings as a guest.

My 5 year old Dell Inspirion is starting to die. Have had Dell laptops for the last 12+ years. Not interested in Windows 10 "lack of privacy". So it's either Apple or Linux.

My use is a "office suite" need to share documents and spreadsheets with Windows Office users, programming using Eclipse Java and PHP, and web browsing while at home and on the road with my motorcycle and horse. Still looking for a "highway routing" application to download routes to Garmin or seeing if BaseCamp will run in a Windows Emulator in Linux.

Don't know enough about the different distros which would fit best.

Hardware wise considering Dell but concerned about the reviews about there XPS developer edition and the Linux support as getting started with XPX seems to be problematic. Reading about ZaReason and System76. Read good reviews on ZaReason but it seems their behind in display technology. Looks like it is close to my current Inspirion but not like the current XPS or MacBooks.

Look forward to read your thoughts and exploring the forum

Roy

ardvark71 · 11-07-2015, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by bmrzmr2

Reading about ZaReason and System76. Read good reviews on ZaReason but it seems their behind in display technology.

Hi Roy...

Welcome to the forum

There are other outfits you can check out here, although I'm not sure if they'll have what you're looking for.

Regards...

rokytnji · 11-07-2015, 08:50 PM

I install and run Linux on most everything except my ChromeBook.

Posting now from this cutie

Code:

harry@biker:~
$ inxi -M
Machine:   System: Dell product: Latitude E4310 v: 0001
           Mobo: Dell model: 0T6M8G v: A01 Bios: Dell v: A03 date: 07/08/2010
harry@biker:~
$ linuxinfo
Linux biker 4.2.1-antix.2-686-pae #7 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 2 00:01:14 EEST 2015
Four Intel Unknown 2266MHz processors, 19158.16 total bogomips, 8027M RAM
System library 2.19.0

If I get lucky and things pan out. I'll be picking up a broke IBM Thinkpad T520 or broke IBM Thinkpad Edge for under 50 bucks. But I am handy at fixing other peoples problems.

Look at my profile to see what I am about. Most of my gear comes to me for free.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...mpster-divers/

You may like this thread.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-a-4175548206/

bmrzmr2 · 11-08-2015, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ardvark71

Hi Roy...

Welcome to the forum

There are other outfits you can check out here, although I'm not sure if they'll have what you're looking for.

Regards...

Thanks for the pointer. Good info.

ardvark71 · 11-08-2015, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmrzmr2

Thanks for the pointer. Good info.

You're welcome, glad it helped.

Regards...