Linux Usage for 2015

Calendar year 2015 is coming to an end, and I know I haven't been posting much here lately. But here's my Linux usage for 2015.

Desktop Computer

For year 2015, I noticed that I've used Red Hat family distributions starting Feb 2015.

Distribution	Used from	Used until
CentOS 7 (Gnome)	2015-06-15	2015-12-31
Fedora 22 Workstation (Gnome)	2015-06-04	2015-06-14
Fedora 22 Workstation (KDE)	2015-05-30	2015-06-04
Fedora 21 Workstation (Gnome)	2015-02-06	2015-05-30
Antergos (Gnome)	2014-08-23	2015-02-05

Laptop Computer

My laptop, an aging IBM ThinkPad T60, is what I normally use to try different distributions. So there is a lot of variations in usage in this computer.

Distribution	Used from	Used until
Q4OS 1.2 Orion	2015-08-08	2015-12-31
Manjaro i3 0.8.13.1	2015-08-06	2015-08-07
Debian 8.1	2015-08-03	2015-08-06
Peppermint 6	2015-07-10	2015-08-02
Bodhi Linux 3.0	2015-07-06	2015-07-09
CentOS 7	2015-05-14	2015-07-05
elementary OS 0.3 Freya	2015-05-10	2015-05-13
CentOS 7	2015-03-22	2015-05-10
Fedora 21 Workstation	2015-02-02	2015-03-22
Ubuntu MATE 14.04.1	2015-01-29	2015-02-02
PC-BSD 10.1	2015-01-28	2015-01-29
Ubuntu MATE 14.04	2014-11-11	2015-01-28

For year 2016, I'm planning to try out Linux distributions that make it easy for me to (1) install proprietary video drivers and (2) the Steam client because I've decided I want to try and play some video games again.

My current pick as of this posting is the Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa MATE edition. As a matter of fact, it's currently an ongoing installation to my desktop PC right now.

Here's to the new year for computing, especially Linux. Happy Linuxing!

Linux Distribution Usage History

A little over a year ago, I assembled my first desktop computer all by myself. I've been using computers for a very long time but it was only until that point in my life where I felt the inspiration to try and build one myself. After much reading and YouTube watching, especially the part about inserting the CPU into the motherboard, I bought all the parts and started assembling.

PC Build Components (May 8, 2013)

But this post isn't about that. When I successfully completed that build, I already decided to boot only Linux on the machine. And so I made a running file in Google Drive to log all the Linux distributions I've used since May 8, 2013. (I felt really stupid for not thinking of doing this earlier, when I started using Linux in 2008...but oh, well.)

Making Arch Linux Simple With Antergos

Antergos caught my attention because it claims to be the easiest and fastest way to get an Arch Linux machine up and running. So I gave it a try and right now, it's my main OS (because I did something stupid and my Fedora install b0rked...and just as I was beginning to like Fedora...). I don't consider this a review per se, but here's my experience with Antergos since I installed it last Feb 20, 2014.