Quote:As a computer geek how do you not understand why people want to game on PC?

 

I don't view a PC as a gaming device.  To me video games are mildly amusing, but I can't see spending large dollars just to do so.  I'm the type of person that would rather create the game rather than play it.

 

To those that seem to think that Linux is so bad, I would suggest trying out Linux Mint.  It "just works" right out of the box after installation.  Contrary to what people think, you don't need to open a terminal to do anything as far as updates or configuration, there are plenty of GUI applications to do that.  It's been "dumbed down" enough so that users used to using Windows can simply "point and click" to do what they want to do.

 

I did a clean installation on my desktop computer a while back.  I installed Mint Debian Edition (a bit more advanced version), and it recognized and configured my hardware.  When I needed to print something, I told it (using a GUI interface) to look for my printer on the network.  It found and installed the proper drivers for my printer with no problem.  I have a PDF editor installed, an office suite of applications, web browser (Google Chrome) and other software that I need and use for both work and my hobby stuff.  Total time from slicking a hard drive to having a working desktop that is up-to-date was probably about an hour.  Can I play the latest game on my machine?  No, I don't care to anyway.  Can I edit video or audio files?  Absolutely.  Can I create/edit CAD files?  Yup.  Can I compile programs?  Very much so.

 

My installation uses around 8.8 GB of hard drive space on my hard drive.  Install Windows alone without the capability that I have and see how much hard drive it takes.

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