What's your Linux desktop look like?

I am running Ubuntu 22.04LTS. The only change was to replace the background with a photo of islands...

I first switched to Ubuntu 12, 2012. Seems like a long time ago, from Windows 7. Why? We had power outages for several months. And each time I had to do repairs. Two times, I had to replace the O S Drive. Ouch...

So, I switched to Ubuntu. Power outages continued, but NO more damage to the O S drive. And No re-install, either.

The Windows re-install required I call Microsoft HQ in Seattle. I retired from California in 2007, and moved to Philippines. This meant a long distance call, each time. Annoying.

Me? A programmer since 1970. Mainframes. Retired as Project Manager. Mostly in California. Univac and IBM type mainframes.

In that time I had used at least 37 different languages and versions.

I no longer code... I am returning to bible studies. and found your solution. Problems? errors in the install script your website has. Does not seem to have affected your software I have installed.
 

I have a lot of questions related to the Bible software. consider me 'old fashioned'. I have The Companion Bible "Enlarged Type Edition" and the Strong's Concordance books. Which I have seldom opened.

I have downloaded a lot of videos and mp3s related to the Bible. I really love Chuck Missler's lectures. Too bad he died a few years ago [2016?]

Thank you for developing a Ubuntu Linux version. Very helpful. and I do NOT trust the Microsoft software... including 'Wine'

Usb boot and dvrw dvdrw drive on the fritz. Finally shoe horned something on this Acer Aspire T180 Desktop. Works fast on this distro.

Lot of hardware problems like bios won't boot usb anymore. PLOP cd sees it .B ut would not boot from all usb ports. Usb drives were OK. Checked on other computer. Some of my DVDs on the shelf would not complete boot either. Get you to wallpaper running live and freeze.

I had this installed this iso for a bit also.

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=6218

Ran good also. Just went with what I am comfy with as usual. Makes a good spare box. Wife bought it new with Vista on it. Ran like molasses then. Works better now. I bumped the ram to 3 gigs to give some steroids to this box. When Vista was on it. It only had the 1 gig stick to be kinda fair.

Gotta be careful when buying a windows preinstalled computer when new anymore. They will shoe horn windows on minimal spec gear.

I am glad Linux does not suffer this limitation. If you know how.

@ Roky :-

The USB boot problem sounds familiar. The old Compaq rig had very similar specs, maybe a couple of years older than yours.

Flash-drive manufacturers changed the firmware specs in the mid-2010s. Where they used to be seen AS flashdrives, older BIOS versions subsequently began to see them as a USB-HDD.....meaning they were expecting to find the "bridge card" all external HDDs use to convert the drive's SATA output to a USB interface. Of course, flash drives don't have it, do they?

And they call this "progress". Just another way to persuade ya to chuck a perfectly good box in the trash, and shell out for summat new that like as not won't work any better.....

What's the saying business people keep spouting? "Expand or die?" Ha. Yeah, ri-i-ight..... A wee bit of knowledge goes a long way; folks like me and thee can keep old, still fully-functional hardware going for years. Businesses don't like folk like us. The "trade-up" model is designed for two types of people; those who haven't got a clue.....and those who haven't got the time. (And usually got more money than sense..!)

There's always somebody out there that's more than willing to help you part company with your hard-earnt cash, ain't there? 

Jeez.

Mike. 

Edited by Mike_Walsh, 11 October 2022 - 05:14 PM.

50 dollar chromebook

Everything works.

https://blog.nanax.fr/post/2018-05-01-chromebook-linux/

50 dollar chromebook

 

 

Everything works.

 

https://blog.nanax.fr/post/2018-05-01-chromebook-linux/

Dave Mann art work I like it.

Why I can't post pictures? Mint has ascuzi aquarium in the software center as well as hypnotic the free iptv app.

Im using Zorin Os dualbooted with Windows 11 Pro

Edited by buddy215, 18 January 2023 - 04:50 AM.
Copied images that were linked to and posted them

A very simple and underrated desktop experience. I like my Linux work stations to be bare and efficient.

Got me a 3rd monitor now, so I thought I would get a new screenshot.

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  My desktop image is waaayyy out there....click on to enlarge

Edited by buddy215, 28 March 2023 - 04:05 PM.

Motorcycle shop box

Edited by rokytnji, 30 March 2023 - 11:40 AM.

Motorcycle shop box

 

Bit out of your usual style, Roky..... I like it, though!

Mike. 

Been rearranging shop with some 1950's  steel cabinets from the dump. So not working on bikes lately.  Wind blew down my back fence also and rebuilding that.

Hence not my usual style

I have a collection of sakasa's antiX os wallpapers made with gimp over the years.  They are hard to find now since he took em down.

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