do you consider switching to linux?

The way we have been brought up about using computers, I do not feel comfortable when it comes to using any other operating system other than Windows. Linux might be fast, but if you are a geek and keep on using other stuff such as softwares, various codec media you will have to depend on Windows. Actually any developments being brough forward are basically made keeping windows in mind and here you have to be loyal to windows.
For the ease of operation, windows again have edge over any other xyz OS. Maintaing and keeping your files and making most of the use of your computer is what other OS might not come up to your expectations, but Windows will surely help you.
I also kept on using various beta and working OS while testing them, but ultimately returned to windows for ease of operation.
I have faith in XP and that too perticularly SP2. Vista I consider to be a fool OS which irritates you for almost everything.

I've heard lots of good things about linux but never had the guts to try it out because I hear it's a bit difficult to start out with?
I guess I'm just too comfortable with Windows and it's what I've been used to for so long it's difficult to consider using another operating system and effectively starting from scratch.
Maybe one day when I'm feeling especially brave...

This post has been edited by y4nzi: Dec 25 2008, 11:48 AM

I've used Linux a little, but I find it much harder to understand than Windows. Along with that, most of the games(I'm a gamer) that I play would not run on Linux, even using one of the many emulators.

I do need to learn how to use it, as I want to run a web server, but I honestly do not even know where to start.

Really, when I think about it, I don't think that Linux is that much "harder" to learn than Windows, the only difference is that we've all been using Windows for so long that we are used to it.

I guess you can relate it to language. Although people say that "Spanish is hard" or "German is hard" to learn, English is by far the hardest language out of all, due to how many inconsistencies there are in our spellings and/or pronounciations. The only difference is that we were brought up(most of us) in English households, therefore we are much more comfortable with it.

I feel that Windows is the same way.

Look at this , already there are more percentage of people who are using linux as an operating system. And only 16% of these people are saying that they will not switch to linux. About 50% of thye respondents are willing to shift to linux or may try one of its flavours.
Now comes the next question, which version of linux is being mostly used by these people
give your openion on
1. Red hat
2. mandrake
3 ubuntu
4suse
5. debian
6 others

I use both linux (slackware) and windows(xp)... they both serve their own purpose for me... when Im into programming, coding stuff, feeling 1337 lol I go with my slackware and when Im playing games,entertainment,etc. I go with windows

I use both linux (slackware) and windows(xp)... they both serve their own purpose for me... when Im into programming, coding stuff, feeling 1337 lol I go with my slackware and when Im playing games,entertainment,etc. I go with windows smile.gif

-Same here. I use Win vista and BT4 beta. Both serve a purpose...but dam windows...

I love micro Linux distros like ddwrt, that fits on 16MB router. It has kickass featues like clustering, i had a teacher who preferred making a cluster out of playstation consoles because PS2 has RISC processors and it was cheaper than buying a supercomputer, also they had some restriction on the import process.
I stick with M$ for gaming and drivers, and I don´t want to be a geek when I´m at home. when I need Linux I run a live CD like backtrack.
Linux is the OS of choice for brazilian government. when they switched to it back in 2003 they were paying about 32 million to microsoft for licenses.

so no i dont want to switch to linux i want to play lineage, pkr and whatnot



This post has been edited by rvalkass: Mar 25 2009, 08:14 AM

I use Fedora, which I think is derived from Red Hat.

The great thing about Linux is its stability and security. I am already a Linux user, though I still have to use Windows in order to design games with Game Maker.

I also really like KDE's workstation-switching feature. It's very helpful to be able to have two different things on two different workstations instead of crowding everything on one desktop.

I LYK LINUX ONLY BECAUSE ITS SPEED FOR SURFING WHICH I THINK IS more than that provided by win xp
so i prefer linux for surfing but i find only 1 defect in linux that is i dont get that much softwares for linux as much for xp so i prefer xp for testing a software and i have linux and xp both running together....................

I do not understand you,what can you relate to language.You are not right,your language,english is one of the most simple languages.Try to learn macedonian and then say about your English.Just go to Google Translate and you will see something when you will learn,that you can't translate english to macedonian with machine,there is completely another grammar and we can't compare this languages.Back to the topic,no sense to talk about that...As i said in another thread,i would not switch to linux,if i see that windows is going good on my computer,but if i destroy my OS,i will install linux.Linux is not interesting for gamers and i think it is more for programmers and for school.Here in macedonia we have Edubuntu-Linux on macedonian language.We are not allowed to turn them on One time one girl turned on the computer server,and all monitors were ON,and we saw how Edubuntu is looking like.Very interesting was,that my monitor/mouse/keyboard were connected to the computer server and i was allowed to turn off the server,and i needed,so that was so fun.When i clicked on turn off,on every monitor which was on my computer server,got screen with one bar,and after completing the bar,computer was shuted down and few commands and blue screen were appearing on the screen last few seconds...Adventure,ahhh.The edubuntu was looking pretty good for school,it had enough options and everything was nice translated i saw.