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Hello - Zxc - 05-07-2013
I'm a Canadian high school student that finally moved away from Win7 to Ubuntu 13.04 this year. I've always wanted to learn more about *nix systems and found this forum through /r/unixporn on Reddit. You guys have such an awesome community who are willing to help out noobs so I'm probably going to lurk and learn your wizardly magic.
I spend most of my time lately practising Calligraphy and tinkering in Ubuntu with a little side gaming. I'm hoping to move over to a much more customizable system and get out of the kiddie pool into more advanced stuff this summer.
RE: Hello - dionysus - 05-07-2013
For your next distro definitely try out crunchbang. IMO it is a perfect distro to get used to linux with. It isn't as simple as Ubuntu but not horribly advanced. And Open-box is the shit.
RE: Hello - Zxc - 05-07-2013
Thanks! I was considering installing Crunchbang this weekend, time to settle in and do some research!
RE: Hello - venam - 05-07-2013
Crunchbang is good for a start exactly because of Openbox. You can get to know how to customize everything on your machine step by steps without worries.
RE: Hello - berk - 05-07-2013
Try FreeBSD. Seriously.
RE: Hello - Zxc - 05-07-2013
(05-07-2013, 03:10 PM)NeoTerra Wrote: Which province? :p ON here.
Greater Edmonton, Alberta.
(05-07-2013, 07:29 AM)theconjuring Wrote: Try FreeBSD. Seriously.I've heard of FreeBSD but I'm not really sure what it is, will add that to the big list of things to learn
RE: Hello - BigE - 05-07-2013
Let me guess, your past-times include coming to BC and driving terribly?
Jokes. Sort of.
RE: Hello - Zxc - 05-07-2013
(05-07-2013, 04:50 PM)BigE Wrote: Let me guess, your past-times include coming to BC and driving terribly?You're right on the money there, but the 12 hour drive to Vancouver sucks.
Jokes. Sort of.
RE: Hello - BigE - 05-07-2013
I think that is generally why the Okanagan is such a popular place, it is way hotter than Vancouver, has no where near the overwhelming population, and cuts the drive in half.
RE: Hello - BigE - 05-07-2013
(05-07-2013, 05:28 PM)NeoTerra Wrote: This post is so fucking Canadian.It wouldn't be nearly half as funny if it wasn't 100% true.
RE: Hello - Zxc - 05-07-2013
(05-07-2013, 05:07 PM)BigE Wrote: I think that is generally why the Okanagan is such a popular place, it is way hotter than Vancouver, has no where near the overwhelming population, and cuts the drive in half.The Lazy Man's BC experience.
Nice weather, by a body of water, wine
RE: Hello - BigE - 05-07-2013
Lazy, the best kind of experience. I like it better than Vancouver. I don't care about shops and stores, it is cheaper to buy everything off of Amazon anyways.
RE: Hello - Zxc - 05-07-2013
(05-07-2013, 05:34 PM)NeoTerra Wrote: As someone from Ontario, I am laughing my ass off because I know it's 110% true. It's the same thing when people from Alberta come here and drive like complete asshats. It's also hilariously funny when some farm folks come with their country lifted Ferd F-150 and try to park it in a Toronto sized parking lot.That's because Canada is really weird and has the best/worst stereotypes
RE: Hello - D9u - 05-08-2013
Welcome to the Hub!