I am officially a Linux convert.

[Phosphor Glow]

Just installed Ubuntu 10.10. This is my first time using any Linux OS...and I love this quite a bit. It runs a lot more smoothly than Vista (of course), and I think it's every bit as good as I think Windows 7 is.

...dunno what else to say about that, but yeah. Ubuntu is awesome.

[TripleMerc]

It's not BAD, but I've used better.

[Efren]

Its fantastic as an OS on itselve but I still miss a lot of software from windows on my Linux computer, im sure you can run it somehow say with WINE but I dodnt installed Ubuntu the Linux version for retards* only to have to learn tu use stuff like WINE and im sure using it like that makes all sorts of bugs and errors pop up.

*A lot of smart and advanced people use Ubuntu, what I mean its so simple to use witought having to know nothing about nothing of computers.

[Phosphor Glow]

The fact that it's Linux for idiots is why I decided to go with Ubuntu.

I can build computers, but I know pretty much no programming, so running a command line system or a more complicated OS is just not for me.

[Efren]

I dont think the other Linux Distros are for idiots at all, some seem really complex to handle, its just Ubuntu its so freaking easy to install, use and keep updated, but I detoured from my biggest problem making that joke, which was its just really bad to miss so much of windows compatible software not avalible for linux.

I think the open source - free nature of linux scares the developers away from porting and selling a version of their software for linux themselves,s wich I think its dumb, there are many other reasons beyond price difference to use linux, more stability, ease of use, virus free protection and such, yet you dont see adobe making their suit of programs available for designers, nor that much game developers their games, and thats just plain dumb on their behalf.

[Deleted]

Ubuntu is a great OS. I run it on my computer at home. I do have some issues with some programs not working and installing my wireless USB adapter was kind of a pain but I got it done.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

How to fix any computer

theoatmeal.com/blog/fix_computer

[Deleted]

I used Ubuntu for a while on my desktop.

It was great because it runs very smooth and my desktop had like 1g of ram using Ubuntu made it seem very powerful in comparison to having it run Windows.

I'd recommend it, but if you need a great graphic or video editor - you're kind of screwed outside of GIMP.

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Apr 21, 2011 9:34:27 GMT -5 @jeffx said:

Ubuntu is a great OS. I run it on my computer at home. I do have some issues with some programs not working and installing my wireless USB adapter was kind of a pain but I got it done.

I had a few bugs to work out too, but after that it was surprisingly easy to work with.

Outside of software designers not creating Linux friendly versions, Ubuntu is probably one of the cleanest, smoothest OS's I've worked with.

[The Booty Disciple]

I use Ubuntu 8.04 on my home PC, due to it being 9 years old and requiring far less power than Windows XP, which was so dicked after 9 years that it wouldn't even update.

Runs fine, and since I was brought up in the days before Windows 3.1, running through DOS most of the time, learning a command line OS wasn't entirely too difficult. Keep in mind, even many advanced users of Linux platforms wills imply copy and paste command lines from their user manual or from an online source to their terminal.

Whenever I invest in a new machine, I'll likely dual boot between whatever Windows platform comes with it, and a Linux platform. I do miss some of the compatibility of Windows for some of my various hobbies, but it's a minor complaint since my computer is used mostly for internet, email, and communication, and the occasional music interlude.

[Allie Kitsune]

I mostly refuse to use any UNIX sort because it's not REAL Unix if it has a GUI. And none of the non-GUI types come with documentation on what the command line commands are. If you're not going all the way with it, there's no point.

Yeah, yeah, you can say there are MAN pages, but even those are worthless if you don't know any of the commands, because you have to type the name of the command after MAN to begin with, and if you don't know what any of those are, you're screwed.

I was able to use DOS back when I was younger, but at least that was easier to "do the pure way" than UNIX was.

[Phosphor Glow]

Apr 21, 2011 10:32:44 GMT -5 The Booty Disciple said:

I use Ubuntu 8.04 on my home PC, due to it being 9 years old and requiring far less power than Windows XP, which was so dicked after 9 years that it wouldn't even update.

Runs fine, and since I was brought up in the days before Windows 3.1, running through DOS most of the time, learning a command line OS wasn't entirely too difficult. Keep in mind, even many advanced users of Linux platforms wills imply copy and paste command lines from their user manual or from an online source to their terminal.

Whenever I invest in a new machine, I'll likely dual boot between whatever Windows platform comes with it, and a Linux platform. I do miss some of the compatibility of Windows for some of my various hobbies, but it's a minor complaint since my computer is used mostly for internet, email, and communication, and the occasional music interlude.

I feel your pain. An old computer I had at one point was on its last legs with XP too. Vista, despite being the pack-in with this computer, runs like crap. Then again, Vista really is just a terrible OS that has no idea how to utilize system resources. 7 fixes a lot of those problems.

That said, I don't really do much with this particular laptop beyond surfing the internet and listening to music, so Ubuntu works great for that.

I left Vista on the computer on a separate partition in case I ever do need to use something Windows-based, however.

[Hugh Mungus]

As I mentioned in one of my posts, I have Ubuntu 10.04 (64-bit) installed on my primary laptop.

I'm planning to reinstall WinXP on my current PC, and dual-boot it with Ubuntu.

[rapidfire187]

When laptop suffered it's first hard drive crash a few years ago, a friend of mine gave me his old hard drive. It had kubuntu installed on it.

I was very mixed on it. On one hand, it was nice to feel secure knowing my computer was much less likely to catch a virus or something...but it had a lot of problems IMO. Compatibility was a major problem for me. It seemed like even when I found linux versions of certain programs, they wouldn't function properly all the time. I also had a hell of a time with the wi-fi connection. Staying connected for more than an hour was considered a major achievement, and once it disconnected it would sometimes be hours before it would reconnect. All those problems were solved when I switched to vista, but vista actually strained my computer so much that it would overheat.

I just stick to XP and try to be careful. It seems to have worked pretty good for me.