Hello, everybody!
I am sorry for my English as it is not my native language. I have recently switched to Linux from Windows which I used for almost 20 years and I am rather an advanced user in Windows, but in Linux I am still a beginner as I have been using it for only about a year or so. I had tried some lightweight distributions until I found Linux Lite 3.8 as XFCE is my favourite desktop environment, and it really revived my old netbook. This distribution is faster compared to Windows, secure and easy to use, although I have some questions on Linux and LL that have led me to this forum.
Many thanks to the developers of LL for your work and such an excellent distribution! All the best to you!
(05-13-2018, 10:01 AM)bitsnpcs link Wrote: [ -> ]Hello NN,
Welcome to the forum 
Hello,
bitsnpcs, and thank you for your warm welcome.
Welcome aboard NN.
Been following your posts...Good Stuff.
Welcome NN - I'm sure you will be very happy here with LL and its friendly and knowledgeable community forum.Enjoy the journey 8)
I heard through the media, maybe a year ago that Russia, as a whole country, were officially changing from Microsoft Windows to Linux operating systems.Is that true?
(05-15-2018, 01:00 AM)GregO link Wrote: [ -> ]Welcome aboard NN.
Hello,
GregO!
Quote:Been following your posts...Good Stuff.
Glad to hear it. Thanks.
(05-15-2018, 01:37 AM)m654321 link Wrote: [ -> ]Welcome NN
Hi,
m654321!
Quote:- I'm sure you will be very happy here with LL and its friendly and knowledgeable community forum.Enjoy the journey 8)
Frankly speaking, I'm using a very similar alternative distro to LL now, due to its good Russian locale. Shame on me! Though I know English quite enough, Russian makes me feel at home and very comfortable with 'Russian-speaking' Linux.
Quote:I heard through the media, maybe a year ago that Russia, as a whole country, were officially changing from Microsoft Windows to Linux operating systems.Is that true?
You know, Russia is a democratic state, not an authoritarian one, so PC users think for themselves what operating system to use, it is fully up to their own decision. By the way, don't believe everything that is spoken on the radio or on TV, or what is written in 'yellow' press. I always do that. There are computers with preinstalled Windows, with preinstalled Linux and fully 'clean' computers in the shops in Russia - anything to a consumer's taste. When my old netboot breaks for ever, I will buy a notebook with preinstalled Linux. It's my choice.
Most likely, you have mixed up something. Read
this article about how Munich switched to Linux. It is in Russian but you can use an online translator or your browser means, if any, to translate the news from Russian into English. Although, the city has recently turned to Windows again, as far as I know. Find out about this strange story about
Linux vs Windows on the Internet.
(05-15-2018, 02:52 AM)NN link Wrote: [ -> ]I'm using a very similar alternative distro to LL now, due to its good Russian locale. Shame on me! Though I know English quite enough, Russian makes me feel at home and very comfortable with 'Russian-speaking' Linux.
Therefore, I'd guess that you're using the distro named 'Rosa' ...
Yes, I heard about Munich's administrators officially changing from Windows to Linux. But, I also heard it for Russian administration (not consumers) too - maybe it was 'fake news', as you inferred ...
However, don't you think it would be a wise thing for Russia (or any country for that matter) to use Linux more, as Windows OS has become a bit of a 'big brother' with all it's security flaws ..?
(05-15-2018, 07:34 AM)TMG1961 link Wrote: [ -> ]Welcome
Hi! Thank you.
(05-15-2018, 08:08 AM)m654321 link Wrote: [ -> ]Therefore, I'd guess that you're using the distro named 'Rosa' ...
No, wrong guess.
Good Russian in a Linux distro doesn't always mean 'Rosa' only, or other Russian distros. Take another try. Here is a small hint for you - the clue word is '
...buntu-like'. As far as I understand, LL is a fork of it.
What an interesting guessing game we are playing now, by the way!
Quote:Yes, I heard about Munich's administrators officially changing from Windows to Linux. But, I also heard it for Russian administration (not consumers) too - maybe it was 'fake news', as you inferred ...
Maybe only in some very secret organizations, as using Linux is safe - it is not a spyware OS like Windows 10. By the way, MS servers use Linux but not their native offspring - Windows. It's an irony of fate.
Quote:However, don't you think it would be a wise thing for Russia (or any country for that matter) to use Linux more, as Windows OS has become a bit of a 'big brother' with all it's security flaws ..?
Great idea! But
Windows vs Linux is not simply a question of choice of an ordinary person. A lot of things depend on lobbying on the consumer market, the policy of manufacturers in IT-technologies, trade policy, government policy, mass media and so on. Money rule the world, if you understand what I mean. Alas, Linux is an innocent child in front of MS giant.
(05-15-2018, 08:08 AM)m654321 link Wrote: [ -> ]However, don't you think it would be a wise thing for Russia (or any country for that matter) to use Linux more, as Windows OS has become a bit of a 'big brother' with all it's security flaws ..?
I would have put security flaws in quotes
"security flaws".
I use this on W10 -
https://www.winprivacy.de/english-home/
Almost scary how many options there are to make it stop (or try to stop) "calling home". :-S
Cheers!