Holy hell, the Ubuntu ISO is 6.3GB now. Soon it may not even fit onto a DL DVD.
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Yesterday I installed cachyos and I was shocked to see that the 3gb install image was actually a net install and I couldn't install it offline. I used my phone as hotspot thinking "how much data would download it anyway, maybe it just needs internet to do geo2ip for suggesting locale" (it actually does that) but instead it downloaded another 3gb
Good thing there's BD-Rs
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Yeh, Linux doesn't have to be scary these days.
Made the switch myself about a year ago. Installed 24.04 LTS and it has done very well.
My main issues have been dealing with a few things I run not playing the nicest with ubuntu or when trying to flash ESP8266 or ESP32 boards through the web browser.
Gaming wise everything I have installed via Steam works fine though sometimes needs a reboot.
Overall been happy with it and glad to get off the forced upgrade with bloatware train.
Welcome and enjoy!
I personally live linix, and I am trying switching over in the house in such a way that the rest of the household can use it with as little issues as possible. That being said, I need to ask for some help with a couple of programs that are vital for us but that I am having a hard time to replace. If anybody has any suggestion for the following I would really be grateful. -fusion 360 -lychee slicer (i can install it but unable to make holes in hollowed out forms) -copy to usb for big files without the system crashing (copy stops)
- printer keeps disappearing after some time.
- label printer setup
I would recommend making your own post to get more help. On the cad side of things the alternatives are free cad, on shape, or blender; I don't have that much experience with them, but just based on my fusion experience, I would assume they can all do the same things, just in completely different ways since fusion had it's own special way for literally everything.
FreeCAD certainly looks like it does most of the CAD stuff I need but I have yet to get it to run well enough to be usable on any of the 3 systems I've tried it on (hardware that runs fusion fine). I don't know what people are doing to make it work but I can't figure it out.
How are you getting FreeCAD to run poorly? I've run it fine on a Raspberry Pi.
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Any issues with brand new releases or has all that been figured out?
Valve takes care for brand new stuff on steam usually, except for kernel anticheat stuff where they can’t fix it.
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