I am a Windows desktop support technician for a defense contractor. After a 33 year career with Windows, only dabbling occasionally with Linux, I’m making a concerted effort to learn Linux. Part of this is that we don’t have anyone who can support the handful of Linux workstations we have at work and part that I’ve started learning Red/Blue Team testing.
I’m an old guy with experience (since 1981!) USING computers, but not UNDERSTANDING what makes them run. I fear using my recently acquired Windows11 laptop and wish to dual boot Linux.
As a Linux newbie, you have your hands full with that!
Don’t let anyone force you to do things before you fully understand the ramifications of what you are doing! Being “Blue Team”, that should be non-destructive, but could potentially approach disruptive, especially the IP firewall and Application firewall, if not done correctly.
Hi,
I’ve been happily using Windows10 since it came out. I use AutoCAD for drafting, and to the best of my knowledge, AutoCAD doesn’t work well with Linux. As you certainly know, there is too much chatter about the horrors of 11–what to believe. There seem to be numerous versions of Linux–how to decide which is the right one? The dual boot setup is also a concern.
That is supposed to be the Linux-native “direct swap-out” equivalent for AutoCAD, able to use AutoLISP, *.dwg, and command line inputs.
Another non-free option, also intended to be an AutoCAD swap-out, but coming from a leader in industrial 3D CAD/CAM, Dassault Systèmes, creators of Catia, is
I can understand the concern & fear regarding dual boot. I have been running dual boot on two systems, one of them for seven years (both Windows 11 & Linux Mint 22.3). I’ve had zero issues with either. But, in the interest of transparency, there’s a post here of someone having an issue that appeared recently. So, maybe things have become worse with later versions of Windows 11.
I do know that the tried-and-true method was to begin with an existing Windows install and then install the Linux distro. Linux plays much nicer with this situation and, once in place, selecting Windows from the grub (boot) menu is a simple thing and Windows doesn’t realize it was booted from grub rather than the BIOS/MBR.
Given this report of an issue, I want to try and setup a new system with dual boot to see. But I just haven’t gotten to that yet.
I was googling for a generic Linux diagnostic recipe and a click sent me to this site that I wasn’t aware it existed.
Looks really interesting. The truth is that the recipe I was googling was for project that I will eventually share here (when I have enough trust points).
I’m in the search of a community that can help me build and improve what I’m building and maybe this is the place. Looking for Linux enthusiasts that have informed feedback to share.
I’m a developer and Linux system administrator for many years now; working in the cyber-security world by day and on my personal projects by night.
Welcome to our community @linuxjedi. Sounds like you landed in the right spot. We’ve got a solid mix of sysadmins, hobbyists, and developers here so you should find plenty of people to bounce ideas off.
I’ve sent a message to sos-vault; if you can respond to that, we can bump up your trust level. The levels are mainly in place to help prevent spam posts, etc.
I think you ended up here for the same reason I did: I “landed” here – well, not sure how long ago – but I’ve stayed because this has become “the” community for me. There are others – smaller, bigger, more focused-- but the feel of this one is “Goldilocks”; it’s just right. Hope you decide to hang around. And thanks for the contribution; always interested in new tools.
hello, i am recent b.tect graduate in ece i was searching for road map which skills are required for industry and it showed linux as one of them so, i started with ubuntu and heard about this community and got more intersted in this community so i joined in.
