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J Corp
Oct 16, 2006

I risked hypothermia and broken limbs and all I got was this shitty avatar and a severe case of shrinkage
I recently went to college orientation, and one of the big recommendations people in my major had was "learn linux". The girl giving me the tour of my future classrooms was talking about how linux was used quite a bit and it was really difficult for her trying to pick it up while the class was using it.

I've been wanting to learn to use linux for awhile, but I don't have the disk space to install linux on my computer. I have an old Dreamcast kicking around in my closet, and I've read some stuff saying it's possible to install linux on it. I don't really understand the articles too well, but I think I'd be able to figure it out if I put some effort into it.

My question is:
1. Is it worth the hassle?
2. Will I learn how to use linux well?

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J Corp
Oct 16, 2006

I risked hypothermia and broken limbs and all I got was this shitty avatar and a severe case of shrinkage

bigperm posted:

You can run k/ubuntu off of the live cd, although it's slow. Really you only need about 3 or 4 gigs to install it and have some space to mess around.

I have approx 1.6 gigs of space after running defrag.

J Corp
Oct 16, 2006

I risked hypothermia and broken limbs and all I got was this shitty avatar and a severe case of shrinkage

Watson posted:

Do you know which distro they are using at the University you visited? Just curious.

Fedora.

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