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    Idk where else to post this but I've finally kicked Windows for good and I'm SO EXCITED (lemmy.world)
    submitted 1 week ago by A_Union_of_Kobolds to c/linuxmemes
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    I've also got the Linux Basics for Hackers book but it's at home while I'm on vacation.

    I'm just really happy rn yall :) this install took some work, SecureBoot kept getting in the way and I'm not the most savvy person so there was a lot of Googling and trial and error in the way of getting here.

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    [–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Nice. I'm currently waiting on a "new" laptop, get off this old Core2 duo I'm typing on. Under $300 from a trusted ebay seller and I'll be in the right decade. Linux is awesome for using old hardware but my favorite part is the "free as in freedom" aspect.

    If you do run into windows mandatory stuff it's not all that hard to run virtual machines now. I've been using VMWare player but on my incoming machine I'm going to give QEMU-KVM a shot. Move away from proprietary VMWare and onto free as in freedom software.

    [–] Valmond 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

    Oh my god. I had a E8400 when like WOW came out, fond memories.

    So what kind of laptop are you getting?

    Edit: I upgraded to the E8400 during the WoW aera, as WoW came out 2004 and the E8400 came out 2008. Still some time ago :-) !

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Lenovo t480s 16GB/512GB

    And I was just joking about this being a Core2, it's a i5-4xxx 4GB

    [–] Valmond 2 points 1 week ago

    Ah lol!

    I got about that laptop (t490 256GB), it's really great.