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  1. Freepoorman

    I finally did it. Windows in the trash!

    Worked out great. Thank you!
  2. Freepoorman

    I finally did it. Windows in the trash!

    I installed on Xubuntu (Ubuntu), so thank you very much! I have to run to the airport but I will check it out if it works when I get back. This looks promising
  3. Freepoorman

    I finally did it. Windows in the trash!

    I love learning new things, right now I'm just struggling a bit to get TLP working. I keep my laptop plugged in all the time and would like to limit charging to 80%... I installed it, created a config file, added the parameters, ran TLP... When I run "sudo tlp-stat -b" It shows me...
  4. Freepoorman

    I finally did it. Windows in the trash!

    Thank you for this! I have it ready in a txt file now, will take your advice on waiting a while.. Right now everything is working perfectly on 23.10, so I will wait as long as possible before upgrading
  5. Freepoorman

    I finally did it. Windows in the trash!

    Where do you get 24.01? I got my copy from the official site and ran sudo apt dist-upgrade..
  6. Freepoorman

    HOW DO I TRY LINUX

    I felt braver running Linux in VMs first, but on a low spec laptop there are serious performance issues that came along with that.
  7. Freepoorman

    How to change Xubuntu to boot straight to desktop

    I guess there is always a fancier way of doing something
  8. Freepoorman

    How to change Xubuntu to boot straight to desktop

    I wouldn't either but if there aren't any files worth being private, example on a shared computer, then I can see why someone would want to bypass the hassle
  9. Freepoorman

    I finally did it. Windows in the trash!

    I installed the latest version. 23.10
  10. Freepoorman

    I finally did it. Windows in the trash!

    Thanks to a helpful community here.. On some other forums people can be really condescending, you guys have been nothing but helpful
  11. Freepoorman

    I finally did it. Windows in the trash!

    Thanks I am stoked. I was nervous doing a hard install but everything just worked out great, and my computer performance is so much better
  12. Freepoorman

    I finally did it. Windows in the trash!

    I came on this forum a few months ago not knowing anything about Linux and wanting to switch over from Windows because of frustration with low performance on my Ryzen 3, 8Gb RAM laptop... Sometimes my computer would crash while compiling programs and lag while watching movies... Thanks to the...
  13. Freepoorman

    What Linux distro should I use as a beginner?

    I am new Linux user, and I have been messing around on VMs with different distros. I liked Parrot Home Edition a lot, but I am not a professional cybersecurity guy and my computer is low spec... So I was looking for a distro that would be user friendly, lightweight and customizable.. I just...
  14. Freepoorman

    How to change Xubuntu to boot straight to desktop

    To change Xubuntu from booting to the login manager to booting directly to the desktop, you need to disable the "Automatic Login" feature. Here's how you can do it: Open the "Settings Manager" from the application menu. In the "Settings Manager", click on "User Accounts". In the "User...
  15. Freepoorman

    Linux Parrot 101 - A short guide for new users

    Hi everyone, I feel really bad that I haven´t been able to contribute to the forum in a while. So this is a 6 page document I put together as a beginner's guide, a cheat sheet, and revision sheet for Parrot OS users. Disclaimer: I am a relatively new Linux user, the information in this post was...
  16. Freepoorman

    (Solved) Parrot Home VM is losing Python pip packages every time I reboot it

    Nevermind. I rechecked and somehow my version of python is now 3.11.2... wtf? I tried for days to update it to no avail and then it does it by itself somehow while I was installing pip packages? Strange.
  17. Freepoorman

    (Solved) Parrot Home VM is losing Python pip packages every time I reboot it

    sudo apt install python3.9-venv Is this the simple solution to all my problems?
  18. Freepoorman

    (Solved) Parrot Home VM is losing Python pip packages every time I reboot it

    When I boot into Parrot Home Edition 5.3 on virtual machine via VirtualBox on Windows 11 host all my pip packages in python are gone.. I am running python3.9. I recently installed kivy and buildozer pip packages and verified they were installed, but after rebooting my VM they're gone. My...
  19. Freepoorman

    [SOLVED] Python 3.12.2 on Parrot Home Edition?

    When I try create a virtual environment in python I get an error saying I need to install the python3-venv package and gives me the following command: apt install python3.11-venv If I run this code won't I get compatibility issues?
  20. Freepoorman

    [SOLVED] Python 3.12.2 on Parrot Home Edition?

    I'm sorry, I downloaded and installed parrot home edition yesterday from the official site so I took for granted it was the latest version.. I downloaded the .ova file and installed that on a VM, turns out that it is: Thanks for clearing that up.
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