>In College.
>Majoring in Computer Science.
>Have Windows 7 laptop.
>Roommate says to get Linux
"Where do I get it?"
>"Internet."
"How much for it?"
>"It's free."
"What can I do with it?"
>"Everything and more."
>Hyped.jpg
>Searching for Linux.
>Find Ubuntu.
>Download 14.04.
>Read installation guide.
>Use Universal USB to burn ISO to USB.
>Boot Ubuntu to my computer.
>Click "Install" on start-up screen.
>Select installation options.
>Click "Install" and wait 25-30 minutes.
>ThatWasEasy.png
>Click "Reboot" and remove USB.
>My laptop is now a Linux laptop.
>Feeling good.
>Browse Software Center.
>Thing pops up in taskbar.
>Says I need to install updates.
>"Eh, what the hell."
>Click "Install Updates"
>Only 10 minutes this time!
>I'm in Heaven.
>Needs to reboot to finish installing updates.
>Click "Reboot Now"
>Laptop turns off.
>Doesn't turn on.
>Hit power button.
>Doesn't turn on.
>Check hardware.
>Nothing wrong with the hard drive.
>Motherboard looks fine.
>Laptop is still plugged in.
>Try to turn on again.
>Nothing.
>Now in possession of a $2,000 bludgeoning weapon.
>By Surface Pro.
>Never touch Linux again.
>Now praying every night for Linus Torvalds to be put on death row for his crimes against computers everywhere.
>>45611028
>"What can I do with it?"
>>"Everything and more."
>people consider troubleshooting and googling how to get x hardware to work as productivity
>>45611028
you sound like a fucking idiot, why didn't you just install a VM you fucking idiot
nice blog
>>45611060
Not OP, but what is a good (free) VM for Windows? I want to try out a Linux distro but I need Windows (Visual Studio) for school/work.
Remove battery, push power button for approx 20 seconds, put battery back in, push power button to start up. Voila. Leave Linus alone.
>>45611082
Hyper-V. It competes with VMWare Workstation.
It comes with Windows 8 Pro.
>>45611084
That sounds convoluted. That shouldn't work at all, seeing how computers work.
>>45611028
If you're laptop's broken, how are you posting?
if it is not even turning on then it is clearly not linux fault
bad bait m8
>>45611060
Because, in my experience, open source software is a piece of shit and I can't be bothered to pay for non-physical stuff.
>>45611131
>Ignoring the part where I said "Buy Surface Pro"
And you people are calling me stupid.
>>45611143
Then what is it the fault of? All of my internal hardware was just as good as the day I bought it, if not better.
>In College.
>Majoring in Computer Science.
"Don't act without studying first, shithead." is the moral of OPs courageously self-revealing post.
BTW how the fuck does anyone make it to college and study computer science without learning such basic tasks as OS installation as an early teen?
>Because, in my experience, open source software is a piece of shit and I can't be bothered to pay for non-physical stuff.
That statement has nothing to do with VMs. Oracle Virtualbox is free and has been so for many years. Also don't forget to cap and post this thread in your future job interviews.
>>45611213
Don't ignore the part where I said "It is a bait"
>Majoring in Computer Science
You should drop out.
>>45611216
>BTW how the fuck does anyone make it to college and study computer science without learning such basic tasks as OS installation as an early teen?
I know how to install an OS. The OS I was happening to install was a piece of shit.
>That statement has nothing to do with VMs.
Every VM is either open or closed source. Because open source software is shitty at best and machine-ruining at worst, and non-physical objects shouldn't be paid for, I don't use VMs.
>>45611082
virtualbox is neat as fuck
Linux is piss easy to use, yet there are so many retards who can't even into it. Fuck this race.
>>45611291
I ignored it because I know my post isn't bait.
>>45611307
Why? Because I shitty operating system ruined my top-of-the-line computer?
>Majoring in Computer Science
>Can't figure out how to linux
OP. You're stupid without a doubt.
>>45611329
>Why?
Because you clearly aren't good at it and never will be.
Might as well drop out now and save time.
Linux is used everywhere, from education to science and engineering. It basically runs the internet, and millions of people get along just fine on a daily basis.
It's not Linux, it's you OP.
Serves you right for installing Noobuntu.
Should have gone with FreeBSD instead.
>>45611028
>>In College.
>>Majoring in Computer Science.
>Unaware of Linux
>Never even tried Linux
>Majoring in Computer Science
>Manages to fuck up this much
10/10.
>>45611319
Yes, because doing everything right and getting nothing but a 2-grand doorstop in return is exactly what's supposed to happen.
>Majoring in Computer Science
>doesn't know about Linux
Is this a joke?
>>45611345
>Linux is used everywhere, from education to science and engineering. It basically runs the internet, and millions of people get along just fine on a daily basis.
Ever heard of propaganda?
Why isn't this bannable?
I'm pretty fucking confused about OP doing CompSci and can't figure out linux.
>>45611400
He's a retard and a liar.
>>45611376
I've heard of Linux, I just never looked into it because it didn't interest me. I think I should have stayed that way.
>Majoring in Computer Science
I hope you don't intend on becoming a software developer.
>>45611400
I did everything I should have done. Are you telling me Linux has more requirements than what was said on the website?
>>45611364
>>45611409
I think you're just a troll and made an error along the way that you can't realize or investigate because it was that bad of an error.
OP, stop blaming other things because of your own mistakes. Blaming inanimate things on your mistakes is a way to drop out of college because you haven't even learned to be accountable for your own actions yet.
>>45611428
You didn't even try to install Ubuntu. You're a liar. Fuck you.
>>45611415
I don't, thank you. And how is having a shitty OS ruin my computer a sign of un-qualification?
>>45611444
Haven't posted on 4chan in a while and I get trips BBBBB)
>Windows 8
>Ubuntu
>Good
Pick only one.
>>45611129
It works, I've use it before. It discharges the capacitors or something.
>>45611458
>OP is not name calling and shit flinging
Confirmed troll, move along everyone
>>45611376
God no. On occasion I do CS homework for money and some of these kids are retarded. Morons like >>45611409 abound in CS. I gave one multiple C source files and he complained that he couldn't get it to compile. I asked him how he was compiling it and he was trying to compile the source files one at a time. I guess the industry needs web devs but still.
>>45611168
U-u wot m8
>>45611451
Did you even read the original post? I did everything it said on the website, everything that logic would dictate, and all I got was a middle finger in the shape of a five-pound brick of varying parts plastic and metal.
>>45611504
Fuck you, liar.
>>45611168
>can't be bothered to pay for non-physical stuff
>supports Windows
>>45611476
When did I ever call anyone a single name?
>>45611028
>CompSci
>I might work with someone this retarded in my future internship
kill me
Why do we let paid Microsoft trolls get away with this shit?
Why do you keep replying like DUMBFUCKS and not report this garbage?
Fuck this. Moot, get the fuck out and let me take over. You suck at the internet. My first action is to ban EVERY Microsoft-owned IP address on the internet to keep this garbage from happening.
Fucking moot is too stupid to make it happen.
>>45611520
The way I see it, I'm paying for the computer, not Windows itself.
LOL. You bought a laptop made by MS and designed to run MS Windows and then complain when it won't run a competing OS correctly?
>>45611551
>lying in pictures
>>45611547
Then the way you see it is wrong.
>>45611544
I'm not being paid by Microsoft. I hate MS as a company, but I don't mind using Windows.
>Every VM is either open or closed source. Because open source software is shitty at best and machine-ruining at worst, and non-physical objects shouldn't be paid for, I don't use VMs.
>>45611308
>just repeating your own bullshit all over again.
Cannot compute this mich stupidity
Is this relevant?
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2027819/not-just-linux-windows-can-brick-samsung-laptops-too.html
>>45611569
>paid MS shill dodging accusations as usual
>>45611550
It said it would run on all hardware. My roommate owns a laptop from 2005 that used to run Vista, and he says it runs BSD like a dream come true.
Today I installed ubuntu and deleted it in a 3-hours span.
You are dumb.
>>45611608
>>45611588
>>45611551
You. Fuck off.
test
Typical Linuxfag counter-arguments:
>you can't complain because it's free
>it's alpha/beta/unstable/nightly software, of course it crashes and destroys your work, deal with it!
>if you have a device it doesn't support, just write your own driver, you have the source!
>lol ur dumb
>nobody has problems with linux, this is b8
>>45611551
See >>45611564
Also: biiiiig issue
>>45611624
I think you either got the wrong image, or you 'shopped it to fit your own personal biases.
>>45611581
Oracle is a commercial company and quite successful at that. You may install its delicious commercial component, or not:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions
>>45611650
>beging unbiased
>2014
>>45611620
Stable distros are stable, so use stable distros.
Check components. If yours are not supported, don't use Linux.
All OS are imperfect, choose according to your use case. Windows is a free torrent so money is irrelevant. Run what serves you. I run both with zero fucks given.
>>45611671
That sounds like something ready to crash and burn from the get-go. It's like soaking a straight-edge blade in liquid nitrogen.
>>45611701
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_vhQg5wDSY
>>45611028
>Majoring in Computer Science.
>Can't even figure out baby's first GNU/Linux
>>45611726
According to anything that moron has posted or what you moron has said, this would not be possible.
Speaking of Gentoo, the Gentoomen of /g/ should consider a /g/-approved guide to a base install. Spreading the word as it were.
/fit/ has its legendary sticky, why not a /g/entoo sticky?
>>45611731
wtf am i watching?
>>45611732
I. Did. Everything the website said. Hell, Ubuntu is supposed to be the "easy one"! Are you guys telling me the installation guide left out some important details?
>>45611794
Though I don't agree with her at all, she is correct in saying that Windows is a superior OS.
>>45611795
No, they're calling you out on the fact that you are a retard and a liar.
>>45611193
You said "By Surface Pro", not "Buy Surface Pro".
It didn't make any sense, but we went over it because you had proven to be an idiot way before that.
>>45611807
How am I a retard and/or liar?
>>45611822
The fact that >>45611749 is even possible explicitly disproves anything that you said.
Did you even try to fix it? This was one of the easiest things to troubleshoot ever. If you solve your problems simply by forgetting about them (and 'bying' a surface pro) then you should not be in computer science.
>>45611817
1. Typos exist. Not everyone is as God-like as you people see yourselves.
2. How? By showing that I can follow simple directions and still get shat upon?
You probably chose to use another displayer drive rin the option. did you not mention that part? if so. don't do it and try again.
>>45611773
you know how i know you've never installed gentoo?
>>45611458
The reason you shouldn't become a software developer is because you can't solve problems.
But that's OK, you're obviously a child and have plenty of time to figure out what you want to do with your life. Good luck.
>>45611850
What was there to fix? All of my internal shit looked exactly the same as it did the day I bought my laptop.
>>45611696
there are no stable linux distros.
exactly, microsoft provides more choices.
then why did you even post, if zero fucks were given?
>>45611853
1. You seem to think the opposite of yourself tho, if a part of your message wasn't understood by the other party, it's likely you didn't express yourself correctly.
2. The same behavior as above applies, if you fucked up, you didn't follow instructions correctly or checked for issues that may happen with your hardware.
3. Install Gentoo.
>>45611887
>looked exactly the same
You just looked at what they looked like?
Are you fucking serious?
What the fuck did you expect them to look like?
>>45611887
Ubuntu cannot physically break your laptop, it is an operating system, of course your laptop's internals still look the same. Fix as in 'fix your boot'.
>>45611924
Whenever I buy new tech, I always take it apart to put it back together again. It gives me a better understanding of hardware. My dad showed me how to take apart my Gameboy as a kid, and now it's sort of a habit.
>>45611959
Also I have a raspberry pie if anyone was wondering, so you know I am really well versed in the world of tech and not an idiot.
>>45611329
Because you didn't know about linux, installed ubuntu, didn't check compatibility with hardware and mostly didn't troubleshoot your problem
>>45611970
No, you are an idiot. A liar and an idiot.
>>45611959
How is this relevant to my post?
>>45611933
How can I do that when my laptop literally cannot power on? I don't mean, the BIOS was deleted or some shit, I mean absolutely nothing happens when I hit the power button.
>>45611959
Unless your father is Dr Manhattan all disassembling/assembling hardware is doing is teaching you to be a suicidal Chinese slave.
>>45611970
>I have a raspberry pie
>not an idiot
>>45611028
>try to install ubuntu on laptop
>end up inspecting the fucking motherboard
just, wow
>>45611971
It said it could run on any hardware. It worked like silk before it had to reboot.
>>45611986
>Ubuntu deleting BIOS
Yeah, no.
>>45611997
I'm a fucking genius, don't fuck with me buddy.
>>45611213
>just as good as the day I bought it, if not better.
>better
k
>>45612026
I said fuck off, you retarded liar idiot.
>>45612014
Show me where it says that.
>>45612007
What would you do if your device was fully-charged and wouldn't power on?
>>45611213
>if not better
How does that work?
>>45612041
Remove battery, let it discharge, turn it on, magic.
>>45611329
>Why? Because I shitty operating system ruined my top-of-the-line computer?
you should drop out because you think an OS damaged your hardware
>>45612039
I didn't see any part of the website that listed system requirements, so I assumed it worked on anything. If there is a part of the site that does, please show it to me.
>>45611364
>getting nothing but a 2-grand doorstop in return is exactly what's supposed to happen.
your stupidity is amazing.
>>45612041
look for the low level reset switch, which is usually a paperclip sized hole.
>>45611887
How would I know what is wrong with your computer? You haven't explained shit. "Didn't turn on" and you "looked at the hardware". You mean it didn't POST? Is your laptop battery still good? Does it hold a charge? Was it plugged in? Did you check/replace your CMOS battery? There could be several things causing your computer not to POST, and you can figure it out with a simple Google search because odds are, someone has had your problem before and already solved it.
>>45612054
What other explanation is there? It. Won't. Power. On.
>>45612041
DId OP read article above? What make and model hardware took a dump? Was it on the known "brick list"?
BTW I've had even delicious Thinkpads not power up, then done the "power button trick" after which they ran fine.
That's not an OS thing and can be done on other notebooks, see below:
http://superuser.com/questions/190494/what-does-the-thinkpad-power-button-trick-do
>>45612082
You. Are. A. Moron.
>>45612065
http://askubuntu.com/questions/279618/hardware-compatibility
>making stupid assumptions
What the fuck did you expect to find by inspecting the hardware?
Did you think the OS was capable of physically altering your computer?
>>45611384
>Ever heard of propaganda?
yes. see:
>>45611028
>>45611213
>>45611308
>>45611329
>>45611364
>>45612073
How do you think I made it to my second year of CS without knowing any of that?
>>45611028
good job OP
>>45611400
not as confused as OP is by computers.
OP has a long and confusing road ahead of him
>>45612108
You didn't. You are a liar.
>>45612108
I don't think you did.
so many rustled jimmies
good job op
you sure showed some random strangers on the internet who's the boss
>>45612099
How else can a fully-charged laptop refuse to power on?
>>45612108
>second year CS
>never heard of linux
>installs an OS without any research
either complete retard or bait
Just out of curiosity
is OP actually as stupid as he sounds?
or is OP just making this all up to troll us
because if hes actually this stupid... and in college, and throwing away $2000 computers cuz computer no worko... well its depressing
I've never understood this. I'm not tech savvy at all but I run ubuntu as my main OS all I did was mount an iso and run the automatic installer and everything has worked ever since.
Are people really this fucking stupid? The reason's to use linux are obvious if you're a programmer, it's a programmer/industry OS. Nobody needs to justify you to use it, it's for people who have jobs.
>>45612133
Are you serious?
>>45611028
Epic blog!
Subscribed :^)
>>45612120
>>45612130
Prove it. Hack my computer, find my location, and prove that I'm really twelve years old and never touched a computer until today.
>>45612108
Second year CS means nothing. Proof: you.
You say "it won't turn on" but that doesn't explain anything. Later you explained you can't even reach BIOS, so it doesn't POST. Try removing the laptop battery, unplugging from wall, and holding down the power button several times, then try to power it on again. If that still doesn't work, try turning it on while it is plugged into the wall but without laptop battery.
How old is the machine? If more than 3 years replace the CMOS battery just in case and try again
>>45612144
Humanity is doomed. We can at least hope that Kim Jong-Un wasn't bluffing about declaring nuclear war with the US if they let The Interview release.
>>45611129
holy fuck do you have any idea how electronics work you dumb fuck?
>>45612151
Since I have no sense of humor, I'm completely serious 24/7.
meanwhile in another thread
>>45611975
>>45611308
>I know how to install an OS
its obvious you do not
>>45612144
OP is a rich actual child who is trying to impress sum gurl, a drunk liberal arts major who is depressed and running out of money, or a retarded man child who is spoiled by the parents he still lives with and who still buy him everything if he cries loud enough
>>45612167
Given how computers, y'know, fucking work, that sounds like the activities of a chimp.
>>45612223
So, is reading the website-given instructions on enough?
>>45611608
>Linux
>takes up 1GB disk space
>runs with 50MB RAM
>complex
>Windows
>takes up like 60GB disk space
>uses like 3GB RAM
>not complex
k
>>45612236
No, maybe in a year, and definitely not.
>>45611671
I already hated that cunt.
>>45612241
All of those suggestions except replacing the CMOS battery take less than a minute to check and should be done, literally, any time your power button does nothing.
So you aren't going to fix your malfunctioning $2k computer? Why not? Did you already throw it away? Or you don't have a bricked computer because you are a lying sack of shit.
>>45612284
The issue wasn't that it was complex, the issue is that it doesn't work and refuses to let anything else work.
>>45611795
operating systems do not damage hardware idiot
you probably drooled on your shitty laptop being the retard that you are, and the drool all over the electronics damaged it
stop being a slobbering retard. seriously stop
>>45612324
Actually, I tried all of that shit just before you posted that. Still doesn't work.
I think I'll keep it just to prove to my roommate that free shit ain't as good as shit you pay for.
>>45612334
All electronic malfunctions have causes. Correlation is not causation, therefore troubleshoot. If not understand that line of reasoning a career in technology may not be for u.
>>45612369
You even replaced your motherboard battery?
>>45611887
>All of my internal shit looked exactly the same as it did the day I bought my laptop.
lmfao
please tell me youre joking; you cant actually be this much of a moron; it just is not possible
>>45611028
>Majoring in computer science
I doubt it.
Do this >>45611084
>>45612359
Ha. Ha. And, if I may, ha. Really funny to mock the guy who got his expensive-ass laptop bricked. Why not shit all over the mentally disabled while we're at it!
>>45611750
Then you miss the point of Gentoo entirely.
The Gentoo Handbook already holds your fucking hand for you.
>>45611970
I think this post confirms that OP is a troll
>>45612397
>>45612389
Tried both of those recently. Still bricked.
>>45611970
>I have a raspberry pie if anyone was wondering
yes OP, several of us were wondering if you had a raspberry pie but we didnt want to just come out and say it
you. stupid. fuck
>>45612425
Prove it's not a hardware problem; format a harddrive to windows then boot of it. if you're right it'll work
>>45612023
it's possible, especially with buggy implementations of UEFI
bet OP has a samsung laptop
>>45612421
That's not me. It's some guy with the same screen name mocking me, and because I'm denying that it's me, everyone's going to think that I'm trying to reflect blame onto someone else.
>>45612414
Clearly there is need for a fork. With modern package management, and Unity, and adverts and tracking.
Behold Ugentu!
>buying into open-source hype
>>45612425
Then post a picture of your brick and your surface pro.
Take out the hard drive, RAM, and battery from the laptop and plug it in to the wall. The laptop needs none of these to boot.
>>45612041
>>45612051
the fuck?
>>45612450
Toshiba Satellite from 2011.
>>45612460
If your laptop has a coin battery in it somewhere, take that out too.
>>45612460
Is it weird that I'm actually taking troll science as real advice?
Anyway, tried that. Still bricked.
>>45612474
My Toshiba Satellite is running Debian just fine, and that's much harder to into than Ubuntu. Are you sure you actually installed Ubuntu and not some super virus pretending to be Ubuntu?
>>45611898
More choices?
>Windows 8.1
>and Windows 8.1 Pro
2 choices. Overwhelming.
>pirating older versions
Windows is not giving you that option, and would stop you if they could.
>>45611051
this
linux is entirely the domain of crusty neckbeards with extensive it experience
no offense intended but it is a very esoteric niche that keeps our internet running
>>45612425
Your motherboard might have failed then. At this point, 4chan is to difficult of a medium to try to help you. You're acting like a child and it isn't worth the effort. There are hundreds of websites all with comprehensive guides to troubleshooting cases where computer doesn't POST. Use Google, seriously. (It is very likely to be some sort of power issue though)
Good luck.
>>45612460
this or OP is a liar
since when can os level shit brick your computer
the only shit ive heard of is stupid shit like interrupting a bios flash
>>45612521
>Windows is not giving you that option, and would stop you if they could.
Not so sure, they're not trying very hard to do so. I think they prefer having Windows users that don't pay for the OS as opposed to using something else entirely.
>>45612505
>limiting the number of variables in an experiment is now troll science
I knew OP was a child. They'll teach you these things once you get to high school.
>>45612505
That was fucking fast.
It would take me at least five minutes to prepare the tools and take all of that shit out of my ThinkPad much less a consumer brand laptop.
>>45612558
They are the ones hosting working isos on pirate sites, creating the illusion that their product is actually good.
This kind of guerrilla "marketing" does nothing other than make the company doing it seem desperate, when you try and slander another product instead of promoting your own it leaves people to believe you have nothing good to say about your product. People hated when Apple did it including Apple customers, I'm sure Windows users feel the same way when you people do nothing but shit talk other products all day.
As an aside it's obviously not pulling in any long term customers either if they're that easily swayed.
>>45612576
>microsoft seeding windows isos
They have a better solution and have been doing it for over five years: DigitalRiver.
>>45612460
Needs RAM to POST, needs no hd or battery to POST. You know better...
>>45612625
But pirating makes it look like you're doing something bad, adding to the h4x0r factor that makes people want to do it.
>>45612649
It doesn't need RAM to POST.
I've built plenty of desktops with no RAM that beep like shit
>>45612649
You can POST just fine, the BIOS should tell you that there's no memory after it does so but even prior to that you could get into the settings and maybe even the boot menu.
>>45611898
>there are no stable linux distros.
i've got a few linux servers serving over 20 websites each that have 1000 days+ of uptime... not stable?
>>45611028
loonix a shit
>>45611028
>an operating system magically bricked my machine
>>45611361
you would be surprised.
>>45611028
epic
>>45611608
>>45611608
http://elementaryos.org/
>>45611608
That looks like a genius door lock to make sure she can't get out in time for you to recover and tie her back up to the bed.
>Linux, solutions already before you even had a problem.
>>45611028
>burn ISO to USB.
>>45611671
Have to admit, I like to find, catalog, and fix bugs. Windows gets pissy if you tell the world where the bugs are.
It was probably an incompatible kernel update. Just reinstall and blacklist "kernel*".
>>45612456
>there is a need for a fork
You could give Sabayon a whirl. Or if you want to really go off the deep end, Gobolinux.
>>45611731
Okay so this is kinda great.
>>45611731
Are there any good new/recent tutorials for installing arch?
Will I have to worry about it breaking all the damn time?
>>45611028
>>45611129
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>>45612505
Some exquisite trolling & coubtertrolling you got yourself going buddy!
Now everybody calm your tits and get back to business?
>>45612457
>calling it open-source
>not calling it free or libre
>calling it a hype without realizing people have been working on and advocating free software for decades
Check out the free software foundation. Have a little video:
http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/short--undated--rms--free-software-four-freedoms.ogv
>>45611028
>majoring in computer science
>being this dumb
you tried, maybe actually bait next time
Jesus Christ /g/ is dumb.
>>45611028
>>45611060
>hurr blurr why didn't you just do x
this is why no-one likes linux fags
>>45615108
pinkhippopokemon.png
you're the typical cunt who does the cs major, you are ignorant and don't actually know that much about computers.
the fact that a bunch of degraded neckbeards know more than you should be a wakeup call that should get you to realize you should just work in construction
>>45611028
why don't you put windows 7 back on it?
>>45611028
Linux is highly unlikely to break your hardware like that. In fact, in many cases it can't (just like any other OS on the planet)
>>45611504
>>45611428
>>45611409
>"studies" CompSci
>installs Linux
>it works
>he updates
>now his laptop won't even power on
>despite what he should have learned in CompSci, he thinks Linux broke it
>spends hundreds of dollars on a fucking Surface Pro instead of looking into what's wrong for 30 mins
You are the shill.
Microsoft pls go
>all these retarded neckbeards ITT
Sorry permavirgins, not everyone has millions of hours to waste troubleshooting your ratchet freetard OS
>>45611620
>it's alpha/beta/unstable/nightly software, of course it crashes and destroys your work, deal with it!
This is more like dumb windowsfags who spent 60 dollars on an unfulfilling early access game.
>>45611028
I first installed Linux when I was 12 before most distros even had these fancy GUI installers, and I got it to work just fine. What's your excuse for being stupider than a 12-year-old, OP?
>>45611731
reminds me of mac's dad
>>45615673
you problem has nothing to do with the OS you fucking retard, It's Hardware failure. I'm not surprised considering you buy absolute trash like surface pro.
I've been reading this meme story in other places, and the OP it's always an obvious microsoft shill who never ask for help in the first place.
I'm just a shill haha
>>45615826
you don't say
>>45612402
You're making this too easy
>>45615826
FUD pays your bills.
>>45615680
Maybe you were just an extremely gifted 12 year old?
>>45611028
Why are you majoring in Computer Science if you never even heard of Linux before.
>>45613561
The sad reality is that you can do this to phones. Thank goodness its not like that for computers.
>>45611028
Plug your laptop from AC and try to turn it on with battery power. This has always worked for me with similar problems
>>45611082
Virtualbox is free
VMWare is free if you pirate it
>>45616778
I'm dual booting linux with very rarely used windows partition. Sometimes (usually after installing another distro) grub refuses to start and all that appears on the screen is a blinking cursor and maybe an error message saying that boot device is missing. At first i thought too that my laptop is bricked but after googling i found the solution to be to start the laptop on battery power. Too bad OP came here to shitpost before asking google first.
What i've learned from an entire year of using only linux and five years of occasional use is:
If you like windows dont switch to linux because someone told you its better.
I use linux a lot to save infected computers and revive old machines, but if the computer is already working fine with windows, DON'T eventi think about linux, it will do everything to prevent your computer from working correctly, linux is not user friendly, he hates you and whenever robots with arms and legs will mount open source software they will kill us all...
>>45611084
The battery is non remove able also ok I'd a faggot
>>45617065
Try without AC power as in these:
>>45616787
>>45616885
>>45616817
VMWare Player is free for personal use. No need to pirate anything.
>>45611028
>Now praying every night for Linus Torvalds to be put on death row for his crimes against computers everywhere.
my sides are in orbit
>>45611028
>majoring in CS
are you really this retarded? you are saying that you are majoring in CS and you never touched Linux?
also:
>blaming someone else because you are a retarded fucktard
>>45611131
>you're
anyone do you just have one device that can connect to the internet and has a browser?
>>45611588
lel, true. linux cannot into fucking 3D even...
>>45617981
>what is opengl
>>45611364
I will pay you 50 dollar for your doorstop.
>>45611608
>>45612530
you sound mad and dumb
>>45611364
>not just reformatting and re-installing win7
1/10
>>45620122
Linux is less complex
>>45611028
>burn ISO to USB
>burn
>usb
never get a job in IT
>>45620258
How is it
>>45620317
Because it's Unix based and developed by all our favourite geniuses
>>45611986
plug it in.
that was the punchline right?
>>45611308
second best post i've read today
>>45611028
https://getfedora.org/
It works fine and it is free.
Customers don't have a choice! they buy a computer with windows. and that is not a choice. in fact most business /GOV in Europe are installing linux. (stability, maintenance, security, and FREE.
>>45616995
Why would anyone "like windows?"
