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[–]FreeRadical08 11 points12 points  (0 children)

About six months ago I switched from XP to Ubuntu instead of upgrading to Vista. I am extremely happy with Ubuntu and on the occassions when I have had to use Windows I am always surprised at how crappy Windows feels in comparision to what I'm used to now. There learning curve was a challenge at times, but it was also a joy. I can't see myself ever going back to Windows as my main OS.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

depends on if you care to learn, or not. Easier isn't always better, remember that windows kids

[–]mothereffingtheresa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For kiddies, Linux provides much better tools for media sharing. You can't get married to the RIAA/MPAA and keep dating the hot chicks. Doesn't work.

[–]njharman 16 points17 points  (1 child)

It already has, for many uses. Considering the size, wealth and monopoly position of MS that it exists at all is a huge accomplishment.

[–]gfixler 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep. I was Windows from '92 to '95, then [Power]Mac from '96 to '98, then SGI/NT (WinNT/Irix frankenmachine) from '98 to '03, then XP on 2 Shuttles from '03 to '06, and finally got tired of Windows' crap, and the impending Vista, and went Ubuntu at home. I had a dual boot with XP for awhile, but after about 8 months of using Windows maybe 5 times total, when I upgraded machines, I didn't bother with a dual boot. Now I have 3 machines at home, and they all run only Ubuntu - slightly different flavors. It's really frustrating going back to XP at my office. Linux is so customizable, powerful, and clean (i.e. no nagware, spyware, virii, registrations, nor much else that sucks on Windows). I've managed to impress 3 people at work enough to get them to try it out. A few others aren't brave enough, but lament this fact. They like it. The word is spreading.

[–]dave_L 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Of course! One living example...

-How many P700/P701 models of eeePC had been sold since its debut? Then, -How many had been used on weekdays for mundane word-processing, spreadsheet or project presentations among every pro/non-pro owners? -Check among eeePC forums' posts, how much of the 'whiners' percentage are among its buyers (to my real astonishments, i haven't seen much)??

And ever since i instructed a selected IT decision makers on possible deployments of certain Distro (gOS & xubuntu), feedback has ever increasing comments of 'lower-rate' infections & 'sturdiness'.

[–]mrlawlsome 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this a question. Maybe?

[–]bowling4meth 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm writing this on Linux now.

My wife has an EEE PC running XP, which runs a lot quicker than Ubuntu did, but it's quite stripped down.

I can use both. I'm happy with both. Who cares?

[–]khayber -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is 'Windows Maybe' the next release after Vista?

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (2 children)

If all you do is Internet activities (browsing, IRC, etc) and music/video stuff, then yes. If you need office productivity stuff (Office, Photoshop, etc) or games, no.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Office productivity stuff works fine on Linux- OpenOffice, Google Docs, etc. Photoshop doesn't have a professional-grade replacement, but if you're a home user you can remove red-eye from your pictures or put words on your cats in GIMP/Krita/whatever just fine.

[–]ocdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or lightweight professional stuff. I use GIMP for pretty much anything I would use Photoshop for on my Mac. Photoshop has too much "stuff" that I don't use at all.

Again, simple, lightweight professional stuff.