Today's Status: Ubuntu Crashes, Frustration, Acceptance, and Success!
Today I learned that trying to configure Linux to your preferences can make it not work. At all.
Plus I haven't really learned how to do backups in a modern Linux (last time I did backups on a Unix style operating system other than Macos was in the early 1990s using tape ...)
On the plus side I now have Ubuntu 7.10 running on my DIY computer build!
It boots off a 500gb SSD, with a 1TB spinny HD as data drive (I have half a tb of Dropbox files alone).
Moving from Mac to Ubuntu: Software
Only things missing from my mac are screenflow, Apple apps such as Keynote (browser apps are not as good), and iMessage.
Not bad!
Programming Python on Ubuntu
It is very nice using the same OS as my development server.
For IDE I am using PyCharm Professional. It has built-in Github and SFTP, as well as the usual auto-complete and color formatting, and such.
Next Steps
This machine was originally intended as a Hackintosh, and might still go that way, but I am going to attempt to run VirtualBox first .... wish me luck!
For backup you could use Webmin, a web application that runs on LAMP.
I have not tested it extensively, but it manages to save the configurations and data of the most common applications.
Will check it out - thanks!
ohhh I happened the same thing a while ago
Nice PC build! I cheaped out on my build, spent $400 for all the parts new. Quad core AMD processor, 8gb ddr3 ram, 1tb HDD, and a GTX 750. My second build was done even cheaper and runs just a well, a used Dell Optiplex and shoved a GTX 1030, for a total of $200.
I imagine your PC wasn't cheap. Do you do heavy programming or gaming on it? Just curious :)
I love using Wine, it seems to run anything Windows related. Best of luck to you and Ubuntu!
My work machine has to do video editing, Adobe suite, and I 3d stuff, otherwise I could get away with just a browser and Slack ;)
Biggest expense though was the graphics card (though I could have saved by being patient and shopping around).
My other machine has to run Windows for Oculus, not because I am a gamer but again for the 3D stuff. Of course I did get drawn into the games now :P
I've got macos running under VirtualBox so I need to write that all up :)
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