I’m pretty sure that’s Zorin. I’ve never used it myself, but from what I’ve heard it might be a good choice for OP’s person.
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ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Linux@lemmy.ml•[SOLVED] Installing Linux distro without breaking Windows installEnglish1·1 month agoI was doing some quick research and saw someone suggest installing each OS with the other drive disconnected. That way you can first get each one working individually and there’s no chance of one messing with the other’s bootloader.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Linux@lemmy.ml•[SOLVED] Installing Linux distro without breaking Windows installEnglish8·1 month agoDo you have the os-prober package installed? I haven’t used Fedora in over a decade, so I don’t know if it’s a default or not.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Pokémon@lemmy.ml•Underappreciated Pokemon spin-offs?English5·1 month agoAt least Pokémon Picross let you have unlimited currency after you spent $35 or so.
Also, in case you’re unaware, there was another Pokémon Picross for Game Boy Color, but it was scrapped very late into development. The good thing is that the ROM was part of the Nintendo Gigaleak a few years ago. The game is in Japanese, but there’s a translation patch available. I also recommend adding this patch as well because the game’s time limits are incredibly unforgiving.
I have a Thinkpad T480 that I’m very happy with. I believe it’s around 7 or 8 years old, but it works great. Unlike most laptops, it doesn’t have soldered RAM, so it’s easily upgraded. One downside is that most units don’t come with a lot of storage, so you’ll probably want to get a larger drive. I spent around $200 on mine plus another $100 for the SSD. It’s a great inexpensive laptop that’ll last for years.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Linux@lemmy.ml•Hardware considerations for a new dual boot PCEnglish6·3 months agoMy understanding of what happens when using separate drives is that one drive is given priority in the BIOS/UEFI menu and then people just use the device menu when using the secondary drive. Windows really only cares about its own drive with this setup, so the bootloader on the other drive is safe. I’ve never actually done this myself since the only system I dual boot on is my laptop and it only has one drive installed. To answer your second question, I just use my bootloader (GRUB in my case) to select which OS I boot into.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Linux@lemmy.ml•Hardware considerations for a new dual boot PCEnglish4·3 months agoSome people recommend having Linux and Windows on entirely separate drives since Windows doesn’t always like to play nicely with Linux. The only issue I’ve ever had with them on the same drive was the time Windows ate my bootloader when upgrading from Vista to 7. Another thing is that you should install Windows first because it will eat the bootloader (as previously mentioned) if Linux is installed first. I also recommend keeping a flash drive with System Rescue CD installed handy in case you have to repair the bootloader.
Edit: Typo
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Open Source@lemmy.ml•Media Software replacements for Windows?English2·3 months agoThank you for letting me know. I wasn’t aware since I’ve only every used it on Linux.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Open Source@lemmy.ml•Media Software replacements for Windows?English5·3 months agoI wouldn’t recommend Clementine since it’s unmaintained. You might want to consider Strawberry instead, which is an updated fork of Clementine.
That having been said, I actually use Audacious because I like using old WinAmp skins.
This is what I do with my mom and her boyfriend. I’ve had them on Linux for a few years now and neither have managed to break anything.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Is there a "Guitar Hero" for MIDI on PCEnglish1·4 months agoI don’t know. There’s this post on their forums which talks about why development of version 11 is taking so long, but the post is also four years old. Unfortunately, since it’s not open source we can’t tell exactly what’s going on.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Is there a "Guitar Hero" for MIDI on PCEnglish14·4 months agoSynthesia sounds like what you want.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's the dumbest argument you've ever had?English31·4 months agoMy mom was playing Jeopardy on her Alexa and one of the questions was about a state in Mexico. Her boyfriend, who was very drunk, adamantly insists that it’s a trick question because “Mexico doesn’t have states.” It’s literally called the United Mexican States. Two of my aunts are from Mexico. It took like two hours to get him off the subject.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Linux@lemmy.ml•Distro suggestions for a dumb-dumb who only knows linux through meme osmosisEnglish4·5 months agoCinnamon or Xfce are more similar to Windows’ user interface. Between those two, Xfce is more lightweight than Cinnamon. MATE is more for people who liked GNOME 2 and want that interface over what the current GNOME is.
Cinnamon would probably be the most friendly as a new user, but I personally haven’t used it in years and I’m not familiar with its current state.
A lot of them work in IT.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What second hand laptop should I buy?English2·9 months agoThank you for the correction. I try to be as accurate as possible when providing information, but I misremembered the specs.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What second hand laptop should I buy?English12·9 months agoI have a Thinkpad T480 and I’m very happy with it. I paid about $250 (~£190) for mine. It came with 16 GB RAM, but is upgradable to 32 GB. The one I bought came with a 128 GB SSD, but I swapped it out for a 1 TB drive which added another $100 (~£76) to my initial investment. This model originally came with Windows 10 and most on the market will come with it, but can be updated to 11 if desired.
I personally have not used Win11 since they made some changes I don’t like, so I can’t really give you advice on that aspect.
ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldto Linux@lemmy.ml•Want to manage music on an old school iPodEnglish3·9 months agoI use Strawberry for mine.
I wasn’t aware that there’s a paid version. Based on their website it does look like they have a lot of standard stuff locked behind Pro. Is it just like an additional repo or something? I’m also not too keen on the fact that the upgrade doesn’t carry over to the next major version.