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Marc Saric at 15:50, 2 November 2025

2025-11-02T15:50:33Z

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	= Ubuntu Linux =		= Ubuntu Linux =

			And because CentOS was too conservative, I gave a Debian-based variant a try and stayed with it ever since. Mostly, because of the quite OK Support for nVidia 3D accelerators and gaming.

	== Installing Ubuntu 7.10 ==		== Installing Ubuntu 7.10 ==

Marc Saric at 15:47, 2 November 2025

2025-11-02T15:47:59Z

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	= Pictures =		= Pictures =

	Because people always want to see screenshots here are some of my home-desktop. They are slightly recursive, the first one shows an editing-session of this HTML-page, running SuSE 7.3/KDE 2.2 with an IceWM-theme, the second one shows the upload of the homepage, running SuSE 8.1/KDE 3.0 with the Quartz theme and some nice tools. The third one is SuSE 9.1 KDE 3.2.1 and Gimp 2.0 the next is from the [[Fedora Core 3 Linux\|Fedora Core 3]] installation on my AMD Athlon64 running [http://www.gnome.org Gnome 2.8] followed by a few shots from the [[Fedora Core 6 Linux\|FC6]] install with 3D effects enabled. Next [[Fedora 10 Linux]] and [[Fedora 13 Linux]] ~~and~~ [[CentOS 6.2\|CentOS 6]] and currently [[Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Desktop]]. Apparently I like blue backgrounds...		Because people always want to see screenshots here are some of my home-desktop. They are slightly recursive, the first one shows an editing-session of this HTML-page, running SuSE 7.3/KDE 2.2 with an IceWM-theme, the second one shows the upload of the homepage, running SuSE 8.1/KDE 3.0 with the Quartz theme and some nice tools. The third one is SuSE 9.1 KDE 3.2.1 and Gimp 2.0 the next is from the [[Fedora Core 3 Linux\|Fedora Core 3]] installation on my AMD Athlon64 running [http://www.gnome.org Gnome 2.8] followed by a few shots from the [[Fedora Core 6 Linux\|FC6]] install with 3D effects enabled. Next [[Fedora 10 Linux]] and [[Fedora 13 Linux]]. I briefly switched to [[CentOS 6.2\|CentOS 6]]. My current preferred distribution is Ubuntu, showing [[Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Desktop]], [[Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop]] and currently [[Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Desktop]]. Apparently I like blue backgrounds...
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Marc Saric at 19:22, 4 May 2025

2025-05-04T19:22:39Z

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	\|[[Image:desktop_20241219.jpg\|thumb\|none\|~~348px~~]]		\|[[Image:desktop_20241219.jpg\|thumb\|none\|347px]]
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Marc Saric at 19:22, 4 May 2025

2025-05-04T19:22:25Z

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	\|[[Image:desktop_20241219.jpg\|thumb\|none\|~~345px~~]]		\|[[Image:desktop_20241219.jpg\|thumb\|none\|348px]]
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Marc Saric at 19:22, 4 May 2025

2025-05-04T19:22:08Z

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	\|[[Image:desktop_20241219.jpg\|thumb\|none\|~~350px~~]]		\|[[Image:desktop_20241219.jpg\|thumb\|none\|345px]]
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Marc Saric at 07:27, 2 May 2025

2025-05-02T07:27:41Z

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	= Android =		= Android =

	And of course, there is that [[~~Sony Xperia Z5~~\|other Linux computer]], I carry around.		And of course, there is that [[Android phones\|other Linux computer]], I carry around.

Marc Saric at 10:35, 1 May 2025

2025-05-01T10:35:40Z

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	= My Linux-experience =		= My Linux-experience =

	I have been using Linux (mostly in a dual-boot environment) since around 1996 or 1997 (Cheapbytes CD from Lehmanns bookstore with Debian 1.24 on a Pentium 133 MHz).		I have been using Linux (mostly in a dual-boot environment) since around 1996 or 1997 ([https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1997/07/msg02391.html Cheapbytes CD from Lehmanns bookstore with Debian 1.24] on a Pentium 133 MHz).

	The most recent version of this page has been created with Linux tools alone and is hosted on a Linux box. Some images and older sediments of my site may incorporate Windows-generated images, but nowadays I have switched to Open Source tools to create everything I want to show here.		The most recent version of this page has been created with Linux tools alone and is hosted on a Linux box. Some images and older sediments of my site may incorporate Windows-generated images, but nowadays I have switched to Open Source tools to create everything I want to show here.

Unknown user: /* Upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64 bit */

2024-12-22T16:02:33Z

Upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64 bit

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	== Upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64 bit ==		== Upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64 bit ==

	I did an upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. ~~There is nothing to~~ read ~~there~~ [[Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop]].		I did an upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. A bunch of things did not work out of the box while doing so, read the details here [[Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Desktop]].

	= Gaming =		= Gaming =

Unknown user: /* Upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64 bit */

2024-12-22T16:01:45Z

Upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64 bit

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	I did an upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. There is nothing to read there [[Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop]].		I did an upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. There is nothing to read there [[Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop]].

			== Upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64 bit ==

			I did an upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. There is nothing to read there [[Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop]].

	= Gaming =		= Gaming =

Unknown user: /* Pictures */

2024-12-20T18:55:57Z

Pictures

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	\|[[Image:desktop_20241219.jpg\|thumb\|none\|~~340px~~]]		\|[[Image:desktop_20241219.jpg\|thumb\|none\|350px]]
	\|}		\|}