Today's Status: Ubuntu Crashes, Frustration, Acceptance, and Success! by makerhacks

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making · @makerhacks · Feb 23 '18

$51.17

Today's Status: Ubuntu Crashes, Frustration, Acceptance, and Success!

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Today I learned that trying to configure Linux to your preferences can make it not work. At all.

Plus I haven't really learned how to do backups in a modern Linux (last time I did backups on a Unix style operating system other than Macos was in the early 1990s using tape ...)

### On the plus side I now have Ubuntu 7.10 running on my DIY computer build!

![ubuntu.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNUX4aUwZEkxTGqHZKx3BLmhjhDTk8fA9t96sh4FkDKRx/ubuntu.png)

It boots off a 500gb SSD, with a 1TB spinny HD as data drive (I have half a tb of Dropbox files alone).

### Moving from Mac to Ubuntu: Software 

Only things missing from my mac are screenflow, Apple apps such as Keynote (browser apps are not as good), and iMessage.

Not bad!

![software.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQma7zbVMjhcBhjxfVv8LpbrCWxMsQPCrjunU3E7ukUN2Fi/software.png)

### Programming Python on Ubuntu

It is very nice using the same OS as my development server.

For IDE I am using PyCharm Professional. It has built-in Github and SFTP, as well as the usual auto-complete and color formatting, and such.

### Next Steps

This machine was originally intended as a Hackintosh, and might still go that way, but I am going to attempt to run VirtualBox first .... wish me luck!

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@altruismandcake · Feb 27 '18

Nice PC build!  I cheaped out on my build, spent $400 for all the parts new. Quad core AMD processor, 8gb ddr3 ram, 1tb HDD, and a GTX 750. My second build was done even cheaper and runs just a well, a used Dell Optiplex and shoved a GTX 1030, for a total of $200.

I imagine your PC wasn't cheap. Do you do heavy programming or gaming on it? Just curious :)

I love using Wine, it seems to run anything Windows related. Best of luck to you and Ubuntu!

👍 makerhacks

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@makerhacks · Feb 27 '18

$0.06

My work machine has to do video editing, Adobe suite, and I 3d stuff, otherwise I could get away with just a browser and Slack ;)

Biggest expense though was the graphics card (though I could have saved by being patient and shopping around).

My other machine has to run Windows for Oculus, not because I am a gamer but again for the 3D stuff. Of course I did get drawn into the games now :P

I've got macos running under VirtualBox so I need to write that all up :)

👍 nicholas83, jokossita, altruismandcake

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@appreciator · Feb 23 '18

<p>This post has received gratitude of 6.45 % from @appreciator thanks to: @makerhacks.</p>

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@gdsteem · Feb 23 '18

$0.04

For backup you could use Webmin, a web application that runs on LAMP.
I have not tested it extensively, but it manages to save the configurations and data of the most common applications.

👍 makerhacks

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@makerhacks · Feb 23 '18

Will check it out - thanks!

👍 gdsteem

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@merryslamb · Feb 23 '18

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ohhh I happened the same thing a while ago

👍 makerhacks

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