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No more Microsoft Windows; it's GNU/Linux for me
I'm just sick of the crappy software that Microsoft has been putting out for years and years. No, I won't be going with their Windows 8. I've been using Ubuntu Linux to make my videos (using Kdenlive) and I gotta say, it's been pretty damn good. No operating system will ever be perfect (nope, not even Apple's Mac OS--sorry, Jobsians), but Ubuntu Linux comes closer than others have. Runs on any cheap commodity computer, totally easy to use, way more secure, less buggy, and tons of really good software out there for it (e. g. Kdenlive).
No more Microsoft for me. My Dad's running CentOS Linux and is doing great. Some of my neighbors are now running Ubuntu Linux and are loving it. It's nice to have a computer that actually works...without being "pwn3d". :-) Any other GNU/Linux users 'round dese here CalGuns parts? (BSD counts, too, BTW)
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Welcome!
I've been a unix/Linux guru since 1984, dumped my iMac and went totally Linux on my home machine back in 2005, have never looked back. Though Canonical has occasionally made me scratch my head with some of the things they have done to the OS lately, I'm sticking with it. -Mark
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just depends on your needs, really. Linux works fine for a lot of people.
let me know when you have Skyrim, EVE, and DCS A10-C working and I'll meet you over in Linux land.
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I've dabbled with linux off and on for years but finally completely gave up on Windows a few months ago. My work is Mac and I now use Ubuntu at home so I am now WindozeFree!
I like this newer incarnation of Linux well enough I hope to never mess with MS again.
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Welcome to Open Source!!! I'm dual booting Windows 7 and Mint (based off Ubuntu). If I didn't game, I'd probably be exclusively Linux right now.
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"If I didn't game, I'd probably be exclusively Linux right now."
+1 Especially on my home machine, I want stuff to just work, especially my games. Linux just isn't there yet.
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Welcome to the world of Linux! I've been using Linux for several years now and can't believe how far along it's come. I remember in it's early days, it was a pain to use, but today's flavors are so well put together everything just clicks into place and is easy to install and use. I'm not 100% Windows-less, still have a box for gaming, but that's pretty much it though.
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I've tried going full Linux a few times. There is just some things that work better on windows. I'm sticking with it on my netbook though.
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I used linux for ~10 years and finally made the switch: back to Windoze! Why?
- Everything "just works." Ok, there is the initial tweaking period with a new computer and new install, but after that there's virtually nothing to do. - Peripherals are supported. Even with my Vista64 I got my old printer and scanner to work. Not a prayer of doing so under Linux. Printing in particular was always a PITA under Linux and I was never able to scan anything. - Most of the free SW available on linux is also available on Windoze. - All my legacy SW works on Windoze. - I got a free copy of MS Office 2010 from work. - Software install/uninstalls are easy - Etc. At work I live within Linux. Only my word processor and email run on Windoze, so it's not as if I've left it behind entirely. But at home I have decided to stop burning time debugging my computer, so Windoze it is. Android is about the only example of a linux/unix based system that is really plug and play. My phone "just works" and it's easy to install/uninstall SW. Then again, it's a closed HW platform much like a Mac (I've heard Macs also "just work" but I won't touch them with a 10-ft pole after I found out the little open/close widgets on each window are permanently positioned on the LEFT side, LOL.) |
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I'm reliant on an Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop workflow, so I stick with OS X.
Back when I was still in college, I was heavy Linux, simply because the development environment was cleaner (gcc, gpp), but I've always hated the Linux windowing environment / window managers. I toyed with all of them back in the day, and KDE ended up being the most tolerable to me, which is why I used KDE when I switched from Linux to FreeBSD. But after 10+ years, gnome, KDE and the like have gotten better. Though OS X gives me a far cleaner/smoother window environment, commercial application support (Adobe), and the *nix development and sysadmin environment I need, which is why I use OS X. Note: Amazingly enough, Cygwin is fairly decent for Windows and ActivePerl works well, too.
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I guess I just got tired of system "pwnage", the forced upgrades, hardware not working on Microsoft Windows (you'd be surprised), and all the other problems with Microsoft. And then there's vendor lock-in. That's also, BTW, what keeps me away from Apple's Mac line.
GNU/Linux, for me, is the system that "just works", doesn't get in my way, and doesn't try to dictate to me what I can and cannot do with my computer. I really like that.
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Hardware made within the past few years that's supported on linux but not windows? Like what? Even older hardware that might not be supported on a recent version of windows still had support in an older version. I'm also not sure what these "forced upgrades" from Microsoft are either, as I have never at any point in time had Microsoft force me to upgrade a single computer with the exception of switching to a 64bit OS, and canning support for older products like windows NT(what, you run 14 year old linux distros or something?).
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hell i wasn't even "forced" to move to x64, i did because there is an innate 32 bit restriction to memory. i don't think that has anything to do with MS, does it? i guess windows server 2008 R2 has forced us to x64 architecture. you've got me there.
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2008 R2 did indeed force the transition to 64bit, but the CPU compatibility has been there since 2005. Unless someone is desperate to install 2008 r2 on some old pentium pro 133 machine... I don't think MS cares(and even then, they could still use an older windows server version that's still supported anyway). I'm still curious what this hardware is that's incompatible with windows but has fully functional linux/unix driver support. With the exception of possibly some extremely specialized equipment, I'm not aware of anything that someone is going to order off of cdw that will turn out to be incompatible with windows(maybe some apple stuff? but the older mac only hardware is probably going to have compatibility issues anyway due to the old ppc architecture they used for so long). |
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Mint for me, I got everyone at work to convert to it.
Only use Windows for games...that's it.
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I have yet to make thew switch, although I do have a dedicated Slackware box (Ubuntu is an African work meaning: Slackware is too hard for me). Win 7 is still so buggy, and [DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DEFEAT THE WORD FILTER] that I might make the switch. If Win8 ignores the user like Win7 does: when I have the OS/GUI to do something and it stares at me, or is inherently inconsistent, I wish to move on. I actually chose Android (also Linux based) as it is not OSuX based, and do many different task at the same time that need to continue to run after I start them, unlike iPhone most users. Glad you made a change for the better! Last edited by chiefcrash; 07-03-2012 at 8:48 AM.. |
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http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/IBM...C/2643392.aspx You can run REL (Redhat Enterprise Linux), AIX, and maybe Gentoo (for PPC Versions)? |
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Ubuntu 12.04 added a very useful in-menu search feature that MacOS has had for a long time, but nobody else copied. If Solidworks hadn't become a big part of my job that would be my main environment for sure.
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And if it doesn't work under Windows 7 it still works under XP Mode, which is a free add-on.
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...#memory_limits
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Eve? You play eve? What is your primary source of in-game income?
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I've been running some flavor of Unix at home since 1993 - at work I'm still using Windows XP because there are a couple of apps that are Windows-only. I started with Slackware on floppies, moved to FreeBSD and OpenBSD in the late 90's thru the mid 2000's, but lately have been sucked into the ease of use of Ubuntu LTS. I don't like the whole window-manager-flavor-of-the-week thing, so I've mostly stuck to the text-only server installs, still have a couple of machines on 10.04 but have started experimenting with 12.04.
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Unity sucks. I like Mint. However really win7 is good stuff for most desktop purposes.
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I do have my Mom's computer running Linux but she hates it and now consequently the rest of my family does too. So much for my little experiment Hmmm... I may have to try this so called Mint that you use. Last edited by NissanPreRunner; 06-07-2012 at 1:18 AM.. |
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I just think that they are afraid of leaving something that in their mind works perfectly well. Like a do not fix what is not broken kind of mentality. I have tried to explain but I don't think that they get it. Maybe a different GUI other than Ubuntu and one that mimics Windows will help get rid of their fears.
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I used Linux a lot in college for the ease of network drives and shells along with development tools.
Now I've switched back to Windows (7) because it just works better. I was always fiddling with crap in Linux, and most of the GUIs left something to be desired. The major applications are just better. Photoshop is far better than The Gimp, yes I've used both quite a bit. Office is better than Open Office, again, I really wanted to like Open Office, but it's just too slow. Not to mention games. Even the few that have a Linux version are hell to make work. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus that ate your iPhone. |
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