talk to me about linux
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talk to me about linux
so i turned on my old pile of sh*t pc in order to turn it into a media center for the spare bedroom and low and behold! instant virus.
well, it is an xp after all
any who, since putting a new windows operating system would be more expensive than the pc its attached to Ive been looking for alternatives
Im thinkin of going to linux on this one, at this point it the pc needs to play movies and watch netflix/surf web.
either that or i have access to windows 7 embedded.
thoughts?
well, it is an xp after all
any who, since putting a new windows operating system would be more expensive than the pc its attached to Ive been looking for alternatives
Im thinkin of going to linux on this one, at this point it the pc needs to play movies and watch netflix/surf web.
either that or i have access to windows 7 embedded.
thoughts?
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No realexperience with Linux here except using Ubuntu in High School to get around the internet security and blocks.
If its new enough I'd download windows 7 or borrow a friends disk, then activate it with "Windows Loader"
If its new enough I'd download windows 7 or borrow a friends disk, then activate it with "Windows Loader"
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I'm a 3x certified Linux system admin. You would be better off installing a light weight desktop manager distribution. Some of the distros you might be interested in are:
LUbuntu- Lightweight Ubuntu
Debian - where Ubuntu comes from
XBMC - a media center which runs a customized, minimal version of Debian which has media codecs installed
Once you make your decision, ping me on hangouts if you'd like Adamoutler a gmail.com. I can help you install chrome and Netflix. Its not difficult, you just have to surf the web and copy-pasta. You will be stuck with Firefox as the default browser on most Linux distributions.
LUbuntu- Lightweight Ubuntu
Debian - where Ubuntu comes from
XBMC - a media center which runs a customized, minimal version of Debian which has media codecs installed
Once you make your decision, ping me on hangouts if you'd like Adamoutler a gmail.com. I can help you install chrome and Netflix. Its not difficult, you just have to surf the web and copy-pasta. You will be stuck with Firefox as the default browser on most Linux distributions.