Everyone on this hijacked thread... On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 1:39 PM Charles Dixon-Paver <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would suggest in the future if you're asking a new question to start a > new thread rather than replying to a post created for an unrelated topic. > Absolutely in agreement here Charles, > > Seeing as I'm already responding though I'll recommend using ubuntu based > environments which are largely reskinned for ease of use (maybe zorin for > windows users or elementary OS for mac). Linux Mint has always seemed to > have a good response with new users as well. If you're totally against > ubuntu based distributions you could try Manjaro, but considering the > significant differences under the hood you're likely to encounter problems > somewhere so you'll need to enjoy tinkering.\ > I've been using Ubuntu since 2005 (the main distro) as my daily driver, and I have never had any significant problems with it. I don't have / need a Windows machine nor a Mac. I hear people saying "I couldn't get it to work for me" and I don't know what they might have done. It's always seemed super durable. I forget when I started using QGIS on Ubuntu but it might have been 2009-ish or shortly thereafter. Said that, laptop hardware especially can be a bit freakish, especially things like wired and wireless network controllers. The best thing to do is try a LiveCD (usually a LiveUSB these days). The desktop idiom might put happy Windows users off though; it's a bit Mac-ish, with a doc (vertical on left hand side in this case though movable) and under the covers a set of modifications to GNOME3. I hear that Windows users tend to like Mint more, due to the way it appears more like Windows. You can run Windows in a virtual machine if you need to get access to stuff like MS Office or Adobe products. There is also a Windows compatibility layer called Wine but it struggles to keep up with latest versions of things. Again, I don't need any of that stuff; I manage with LibreOffice instead of MS Office and with GIMP and Inkscape instead of Adobe tools. > > distrowatch.com should have plenty information available for making an > informed decision. > > On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 22:02, Nicolas Cadieux <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Why I will probably go Linux on my Windows 7 laptop. The desktop will >> probably need to stay on Windows because of the other stuff. I don’t want >> a dual boot. >> >> What disto would you consider that makes it easy for inexperienced Linux >> users. Seems like every time I installed Ubuntu, I ended up breaking it >> beyond repair... >> >> Any GIS friendly distros to recommend? >> >> Nicolas Cadieux >> Ça va bien aller! >> >> Le 2 sept. 2020 à 10:47, chris hermansen <[email protected]> a >> écrit : >> >> >> Nicolas Maria and list, >> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 07:31 Nicolas Cadieux <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Not a big MAC user here. >>> >>> I expect the first machines will mostly focus on low power and long >>> battery life and not on performance. I would hesitate before going that >>> route, at least in the first year. I think boot camp will be no longer be >>> an option as this is just a drive partition with windows and that cannot >>> work with ARM. The option would be running Windows in a virtual machine >>> and that I always a bad idea, imho. I also wonder if QGIS will be >>> available for those computers. I expect it will take some time. >>> >> >> >> I'm neither a Mac nor a Windows user. Perhaps an upgrade to Linux is >> worth considering, especially with Lenovo joining the list of companies >> supplying Linux laptops. Those Dell XPS running Linux are every bit as >> pretty and solid as an Air. For my part I will likely stick to System76. >> >> But I believe Microsoft released a Slate last fall running Windows 10 for >> ARM. I gather the main interest at this point is double the battery life. >> Apparently the machine has been well reviewed. >> >>> >> >>> Nicolas Cadieux >>> Ça va bien aller! >>> >>> Le 2 sept. 2020 à 10:22, Maria Niermann (23153112) < >>> [email protected]> a écrit : >>> >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> Pondering a Mac upgrade - apparently they are working on pushing ARM >>> processors. Instead of Intel. >>> >>> Would QGIS run on those? >>> Apparently this development sends developers scrambling unless they >>> already have apps running on iOS. >>> >>> Alternatively - any experience running QGIS via Mac's bootcamp - Window >>> partition system? >>> >>> Ta >>> Maria >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com C'est ma façon de parler.
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