I believed choosing 8.1 was solid, but now I'm uncertain.
I believed choosing 8.1 was solid, but now I'm uncertain.
I’m trying to recall a Linux setup for a Windows VM where I could see what Microsoft was tracking and how it contacted me. Do you remember any distributions that fit this scenario? My understanding of Linux is quite limited, and my command-line skills were always weak. The term “man” is familiar to me, but it’s hard to pinpoint its exact use now. I know the difference between Vim and Emacs, though I’m not very confident about it. I remember Emacs as a two-character program, possibly Vim being newer than it seems. I struggled with Emacs, and I suspect it’s outdated enough that even if it came back, it would be useless. There might still be an old Ubuntu partition on my storage drive, though—it was small, probably in FAT32 for compatibility reasons.
Unfortunately my router is owned by the phone company. They probably wouldn’t like me trying to inspect it. I don’t want to invest money in something that might be difficult to handle. I’m planning to switch to a different setup around mid-2020 or later. It’ll require several months of extra spending. The 5700xt should fit into the new machine. I have spare parts for an old quadro Q series that could work as a firewall, though it would take about a week to build. Looking up information, the 4770k includes an HD 4600, but it offers limited GPU power. I’m unsure if it could run smoothly with a dedicated GPU. I do have a few older GPUs lying around, and I’ve been wanting to give them away to freegeek for years. There’s a 470 unit that consumes a lot of power and a Radeon 7950 that came before the 970. My ASUS Z97 Extreme4 has a PCI slot, and with a 600-watt PSU I might be able to support everything. The existing PSU is outdated compared to the motherboard, which makes me concerned about its longevity. I’m hoping it will still function until the new system is ready.
For a distribution, Fedora is a solid choice since it's built on Red Hat and covers most needs. If you're just looking for a basic text editor while working in bash, nano is a good option. Regarding the 4770K, I wouldn't suggest using it in this configuration and would advise setting up a network-based firewall instead. Switching to KVM would require more adjustments, so consider it carefully. If you need something fast, go with KVM; for top performance, opt for a network firewall. On another note, you can configure Linux to utilize your integrated GPU to free up the dedicated one. In terms of effort, setting either option should take roughly similar time.
Red hat comes to mind, but those memories aren’t great. Red hat felt strange. Ugh. Text editors aren’t my strong point. I’m pretty bad at programming unless it’s super tiny. Anything that feels too big makes me frustrated. I often get stuck in loops. In high school, I had to write a BASIC program for science class. I spent days trying. (It was a basic puzzle. A normal person would finish in 20 minutes.) I thought I’d be smart, but people kept stopping by just to see me struggle. There’s no point in IT. Did KVM or KDE get better? That software is much older than me—or maybe I’m thinking wrong. It was what the gnome was trying to fix. Updated: got confused with KDE. I’ll check the wiki soon.