# Any of you run Linux as a primary OS? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 13, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166 "2013-06-13T07:15:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/21 "2013-06-13T09:20:15Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > yeah that’s not too bad of a wait…any pricing rumors? idk rumor is it won’t be that bad > [@Digital\_jedi](#): > > My guess would be a lot lol:-P > > I’m not big in to apple, I was trying to get the misses let me build her a Hackintosh (shes a photographer), but she decided to grab a new iMac instead. It is a great machine, but I’m still just hesitant on apple. I use a lot of Unix at work, so its fun to be able to play with that on something thats not solaris haha. > > I do give them a lot of credit for their fusion drive though, that’s a pretty awesome idea. I have a 250G SSD in my machine, but she goes through that much space in no time with all her shoots (especially weddings). I use a Mac Book Pro for work i7/16gb ram/SSD its nice…Just like having a desktop for home. After trying to get Linux working nicely I now understand why hackers/devs/everyone runs OSX you get a BSD backend with a GUI that doesn’t suck. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_jedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@Digital\_jedi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Digital_jedi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/22 "2013-06-13T09:25:16Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > idk rumor is it won’t be that bad > > I use a Mac Book Pro for work i7/16gb ram/SSD its nice…Just like having a desktop for home. > > After trying to get Linux working nicely I now understand why hackers/devs/everyone runs OSX you get a BSD backend with a GUI that doesn’t suck. Those are some nice specs! Very similar to what I have in my work PC. She went with the i5, I tried talking her into the i7, but I believe that the i7 is only in the 27 inch iMac. Which was a bit too large for her. We maxed her out at 16 Gigs ram, since the 21.5 inch iMac isn’t upgradable post purchase (well atleast without voiding the warranty). On the 27, the ram can be accessed on a back panel for easy upgrade…but that’s about it I believe. She grabbed the apple care, which for the price, is actually a pretty great idea. I used my old UB id from 09 and still got the student discount =) EDIT: Saved about $200 bucks for the iMac/apple care with the UB discount. Put the order online, and they didn’t ask for a copy of my ID AT ALL! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jabbu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jabbu/32/7446_2.png) [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/23 "2013-06-13T09:33:53Z")
When I upgraded from XP to 7 with a, now 5 year old, laptop I was pretty surprised by how fast 7 ran. I installed 8 on a partition one day for fun, and never went back to 7. 8 is extremely fast and reliable, takes time to get over metro, but typically once I boot, I just have thunderbird and chrome open. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/24 "2013-06-13T09:40:52Z")
> [@jabbu](#): > > When I upgraded from XP to 7 with a, now 5 year old, laptop I was pretty surprised by how fast 7 ran. I installed 8 on a partition one day for fun, and never went back to 7. 8 is extremely fast and reliable, takes time to get over metro, but typically once I boot, I just have thunderbird and chrome open. I grabbed one of those get your windows 7 menu back apps and its all good ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/25 "2013-06-13T13:36:51Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > red hat is a phenomenal server distro…not so much a great desktop distro. Amen. CentOS is pretty awesome too for non critical applications you don’t need RH support on > [@TradersBASE](#): > > New Mac Pro looks slick. And it’s made in 'Murica!!! I love it but can’t put the money up for one with out any reason to > [@boardjnky4](#): > > yeah that’s not too bad of a wait…any pricing rumors? Upper 2k for one model and upper 3k to low 4k for the higher end models I saw on the Apple site on launch but cant seem to find it anymore. Way more than any normal person needs to spend IMO to update their facebook status. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/26 "2013-06-13T13:41:26Z")
boxxa you will appreciate this… [http://instantserver.io/](http://instantserver.io/) ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/27 "2013-06-13T15:42:49Z")
I had ubuntu once on my laptop but ditched it when I couldn’t find sound drivers. a faptop without sound is no good. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/28 "2013-06-14T06:20:09Z")
How old was the laptop? Sound, Network, and Video seem to be pretty supported out of the box from what I have seen. ---------- Post added at 09:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:19 AM ---------- > [@LZ](#): > > boxxa you will appreciate this… > > [http://instantserver.io/](http://instantserver.io/) Doesn’t seem to load for me ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/29 "2013-06-14T06:22:22Z")
weird [http://instantserver.io/](http://instantserver.io/) works for me Click button Get free VPS for 35min no questions asked If you want to keep it pay money ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/30 "2013-06-14T06:25:00Z")
Thats pretty sweet. Cool business idea. I wonder how they fight spam/bots/stuff on that. Here is another cool use of linux [http://www.docker.io/](http://www.docker.io/) ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/31 "2013-06-14T06:51:31Z")
[instantserver.io](http://instantserver.io) won’t load for me either. DNS lookup is fine, but the connection just churns and churns. Tried to hit it on 443 and got a bad ssl cert, so the web server is listening and doing something… ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/32 "2013-06-14T06:54:55Z")
Someone wrote a script to keep spawning instances and using them to nmap :lol: ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/33 "2013-06-14T06:57:43Z")
should have seen the abuse coming… connect to the site through TOR, hack away on free machines then leave ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/34 "2013-06-14T07:14:51Z")
I wonder if there would be a way to redo this business model. I am pretty good with the VM setups and wonder if you could restrict it to prevent abuse like that. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/35 "2013-06-14T07:25:51Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > I wonder if there would be a way to redo this business model. I am pretty good with the VM setups and wonder if you could restrict it to prevent abuse like that. the answer would be authentication, then limiting the number of VPS’ they can run in parallel. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/36 "2013-06-14T07:27:07Z")
Well there wasn’t even any session control you could keep hitting the VPS button :lol: I would make them generate some certificate based on their IP address/real name and confirm with an email the limit them to connect from that IP during the “free” time Annoying enough that it would cut down on a lot of abuse. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/37 "2013-06-14T07:28:23Z")
a half-decent captcha would cut down pretty good too ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/38 "2013-06-14T07:32:44Z")
Well I guess I got my weekend project. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/39 "2013-06-14T07:47:32Z")
The other issue is clicking would instantly create a VM… You didn’t have to agree to any terms of service. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166/40 "2013-06-14T07:58:52Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > How old was the laptop? Sound, Network, and Video seem to be pretty supported out of the box from what I have seen. 4-5 year old dell 1525 [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-of-you-run-linux-as-a-primary-os/231166.md?page=3)