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| 763923 | 2009-04-11 05:02:00 | I have been looking at linux lately and was wondering how many of you on here use it and what your thoughts are. | convair (13650) | ||
| 763924 | 2009-04-11 05:08:00 | I've tried Ubuntu a few times (not using it at the mo tho). It was OK, but a few things were a bit hard to configure (getting to printer to print / scan). But it was easy once I went into the Ubuntu forums, to see what I had to do to make it work. I suppose I could install the 64 bit version. Might wait till 9.04 comes out (its due out in about 2 weeks). And see what thats like It takes a while, to get used to it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 763925 | 2009-04-11 05:48:00 | Have used Linux for about 10 years and only recently put XP back on one of my machines so my partner can play her games (linux is not strong on games but is improving) Very secure and regularly up dated.No virus worries and will manage almost any site.All apps are available free and Open Office beats MS office products hands down.Also most Linux OS's are available as live disks so you can boot one up and try it with nothing going on yr box.Very small footprint on a disk compared to XP and lives with MS OS's no problem.But that does not quite work the other way as XP etc will generally see a blank disk if it has Linux on it.Most things happen faster with linux.A lot of XP people use,Gimp,graphic and photo system,Open Office,and Firefox browser along with Thunderbird mail.which are all linux and used because of security and ease of use. Forums for getting help are all very good also.I am at present running Ubuntu 9.04 which has not been released but is due in a week or so as one can also get involved in testing and trying new apps in the linux community. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 763926 | 2009-04-11 06:15:00 | I used FreeNAS originally on my server and it was great. Currently run Puppy Linux as a VM just for ssh my server occasionally, my primary OS is windows but I sometimes use Ubuntu. Linux can be hard at first, but the rewards you reap afterwards are great:D Linux is great for the geek....so...tweakable:p Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 763927 | 2009-04-11 06:19:00 | I use Linux; have done so for many years now. I've tended to stay with Red Hat/Fedora, but have tried other distros with varying degrees of "ease of use". My desktop currently runs Fedora 9 and the laptop dual boots Vista and Ubuntu. There are now quite a few Linux distros suitable for newbies that don't freak out the Window users as much. Some of the hard core Linux users don't like the way some distros try to copy the look and feel of Windows, but I think whatever helps the newbies feel better, then that is OK. Helps break them in gently. Still plenty of "hard core" distros out there for those that want the challenge. Being a Linux user definitely means you have to be capable of sorting out the odd glitch and then being able to follow instructions. Lots of how-to's guides and distro specific forums to help. Accepting change is a good thing too. :thumbs: |
Jen (38) | ||
| 763928 | 2009-04-11 06:24:00 | Two important things with linux. (1)A strong resolve to solve small problems (2)An almost complete block on things done the windows way and most of all resist returning to windows when things stray a bit off course. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 763929 | 2009-04-11 06:36:00 | I use Linux; have done so for many years now. I've tended to stay with Red Hat/Fedora, but have tried other distros with varying degrees of "ease of use". My desktop currently runs Fedora 9 and the laptop dual boots Vista and Ubuntu. There are now quite a few Linux distros suitable for newbies that don't freak out the Window users as much. Some of the hard core Linux users don't like the way some distros try to copy the look and feel of Windows, but I think whatever helps the newbies feel better, then that is OK. Helps break them in gently. Still plenty of "hard core" distros out there for those that want the challenge. Being a Linux user definitely means you have to be capable of sorting out the odd glitch and then being able to follow instructions. Lots of how-to's guides and distro specific forums to help. Accepting change is a good thing too. The one problem I do see with Linux is I wouldn't be able to run Flight Simulator, however I hear that X-Plane works with Linux. |
convair (13650) | ||
| 763930 | 2009-04-11 06:39:00 | Or Flight Gear: http://www.flightgear.org/ |
Blam (54) | ||
| 763931 | 2009-04-11 08:46:00 | To be accurate, a ''small footprint on disk", is not accurate. Depends on what you install, same as Windows. And the mentioned apps are not "linux", they are independant projects. And importantly, OpenOffice, while very good, is no match for MS Office, which is, simply, the best. Personally, read ''my opinion", I think you should have a very good reason to use linux. There's no reason why Windows can't be pretty damn secure; just use good security products, leave auto update on, a modern browser, and some common sense, it has unrivalled hardware support, all the free software you're ever likely to use is available for it, a mammoth library of games, and everyone know's it. | jackM (14814) | ||
| 763932 | 2009-04-11 08:59:00 | I use Gentoo 64bit. Have used Linux about 3-4 years Laptop and media server both running Debian. Won't ever have Windows as a fulltime OS again. Do have a spare machine with XP on it though, just for games |
Myth (110) | ||
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