iibbssee
Jan 18 2008, 04:13 AM
| | I first tried Linux a few years ago, not because I was completely against Windows or anything like that, but just because I had some free time on my hands. I started off with Mandrake 9.0 which was very user friendly and Windows-like. After reading through a bunch of message boards and learning which distros are good for what, I soon realized my current distro was great for Linux noobs. So then I decided to try something a little more advanced like Slackware which I knew had a steep learning curve.
Since then I've been using Slackware as my main OS and couldn't be happier. Of course somethings are a pain in the *bottom* to configure, but that;s Slack for you. If it ain't hard, then you won't learn anything from it.
That's my story, I basically started to learn Linux because I was bored. |
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rvalkass
Jan 18 2008, 07:58 AM
Two of the four computers in my house run Linux. The first was my laptop, which I put Kubuntu on. I switched mainly because I wanted to see what Linux was all about, and I liked the idea of everything being free, in both senses of the word. I pretty much stuck with Kubuntu until 7.10 came out, which failed miserably to upgrade, so I replaced it with the KDE version of Linux Mint. It's based on Ubuntu, but has some different packages available and a few bugfixes. The second computer is an ancient desktop (around 8 years old now) that recently had the hard disc die. As I didn't have a Windows CD to hand, and didn't feel like buying one, I put Kubuntu on there. That computer is used mainly by my parents, and they say that it is much easier to use than XP, runs much faster, looks much better, and the software is a lot more stable. They are not computer-literate at all. Things they wouldn't have had a hope of doing in XP (ripping audio CDs, downloading updates, even installing new software) they can now do with ease.
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babyboomer
Jan 18 2008, 08:33 AM
QUOTE it is much easier to use than XP, runs much faster, looks much better, and the software is a lot more stable Do we really need any other reason to switch to linux 
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dre
Jan 19 2008, 05:04 AM
QUOTE Do we really need any other reason to switch to linux Games would be nice. Well, more of them, at least.
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iGuest
Mar 28 2008, 03:33 PM
Replying to dreI agree that games would be nice in Linux. Games like Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell would be nice on Linux. -reply by Devon Day a.K.A. Madkid
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Galahad
Apr 3 2008, 08:05 AM
I too kind of started playing with linux out of boredom and sheer curiosity... I started years back, with Red Hat 6.0, then 7.2, then made a little pause in linuxes  I then tried Ubuntu 5.04, then another pause, then 6.06, and now I'm a happy user of Ubuntu 7.10... Since most of what I do is programming, linux is a great OS for me, stable, and has everything you need on your hands... If you know how to find it In reply to games... There are a ton of games for linux, mostly FPS, based on Unreal engine, and some others... Linux was more of a pro user OS, and as such, doesn't have a great variety of games to choose from, but the list is rather big... I just finished downloading Americas Army game for linux, and will try it on... There are also RPG's, Strategies, and other games... What I noticed lacking are driving simulation games, but hey, nothing is perfect.... And there's always wine  I hear that the lates version can run pretty much anything windows you put into it...
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QUOTE And there's always wine biggrin.gif I hear that the lates version can run pretty much anything windows you put into it... BF2 still crashes for me, but I wouldn't mind playing some recent games. I realize there's loads of games that are free for linux out there, but they just don't really fit my style. I tried out Truecombat: Elite the other day, not very noob friendly, got pwnd with a 1-21 or so k/d, but it's one of the few games that I can stand playing more than 15 mins. that's free.
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osknockout
Apr 5 2008, 03:01 PM
I started to play around with Linux because I was bored one day. So the genius osknockout decided to install Slackware as his n00b distribution. Wasn't the greatest idea in the world and I stopped using Linux again for like two years. Then came across a copy of Knoppix, decided linux was cool again, installed mepis (debian/ubuntu derivative) and gentoo then sabayon (gentoo derivative). Now I have a very modified ubuntu system. Games in linux. I see one of three possibilities: 1. Linux gets native Direct X support 2. Some avenging Microsoft ex-programmer puts Direct X support in wine. 3. Everyone finally realizes that Direct X's API is inferior to OpenGL's and starts coding in it. I don't see any of that happening soon, so I'm going to have to say that the majority of the cool games that use direct x won't be coming too well for linux soon. 
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dave2win
Apr 8 2008, 07:17 AM
Switching to linux has many reasons. I first tried Ubuntu Breezy Badger ( that's Ver 5 if I'm not wrong). It was some 3 years back. Now I've both Linux & Win XP on my box. It really suits me. When I need to Network related stuff I switch to Linux & whiler playing games I'm in win. I also hope that Direct X Api s get incorporated soon within wine. Linux gives it's users a great level of Customizability. Also it can run directly from CD in case of Some Live Versions. I think Gaming in Linux will grow in very near future cause many noobs are getting extremely interested in Linux. As a result I hope someo0ne will code the API for Linux as well and we have our vwery old wine which will do Win emulation for us in Linux. Currently I'm using Fedora Core 8. It's great & also runs faster than any other Linux Versions. It also installs very fast on my PC. While Redhat 9 took sopmething around 2 hrs to install the Core 8 installed and was up and running with all settings modified to my needs and with my day to day neeeded softs in just a few over 30 mins.
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Galahad
Apr 10 2008, 08:58 AM
Well, the stuff I hear about wine were not quite true, possibly because of DirectX... I attempted to play 3 games, a logical ones, that probably use DX, and wound up with nothing... So, until I try to install DX on wine, and then try those games, I guess it's a bust... The lates version of wine, the one I installed, supposedly has support for native windows api, meaning you can put a dll in wine's virtual directory, and the software should work... We'll see As for games, I see that FPS's are most dominant for linux... And so, I wound up playing Americas Army, that runs pretty smoothly and nicely with OpenGL... Too bad they halted development for linux... Hopefully, we won't have wine one day, as windtendo won't exist anymore
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iGuest
Jul 21 2008, 05:56 PM
What made me switch
What Made You Switch To Linux?
Probably like many of you I started using Linux out of curiosity and desire to learn. I know a lot of stuff about Windows, and I was never learning anything new. I had a few problems with the wireless (on windows) when the connection would drop out of the blue but Windows still said I was connected. I started with Ubuntu about a year ago and slowly learned how to get most out of it. I learned to appreciate the Synaptic Package Manager, so easy to re-move stuff. Also, the Add/Remove feature is God bless! There is alot of free software readily available for Linux, while the Windows one is bloated with junk! I simply couldn't return to Windows because it would be hard to find/install: a dictionary, a star simulator (so I can find the stars when I look at night), CD/DVD rip/write, codecs, Photo viwer (gThumb RULZ!), music player (Amarok is unbelievable!), and so on. I code in C/C++... In Windows I used Visual Studio or something, took a few Gigs on the HDD, on Linux I use Geany and it does the job very well, plus it's much easier to talk to the Geany developers and ask for help! Then there's the ease to work: multiple workspaces, you can scroll on inactive windows, all these things makes Windows at work a pain! Wine is great for SOME applications (uTorrent runs flawlessly!). In conclusion, I have more software easily available in Linux and much less hassle! True sometimes I stumble upon some problems, but posting a message on the ubuntu forums and they help right away. Also, there's virtually no limit to what you can learn, I like learning new stuff, if I stop learning I die! :D -Alex -reply by Alex
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klusk
Jul 19 2008, 02:49 PM
i started using Linux just to learn something new....as i had heard from many guys about it.... I just wanted to know what's such a big deal about Linux....my friends always thought it was some great hacker thing to have Linux I also thought it was a good way to stay away from my gaming ...as i played a lot of CS and fifa. but when i learned installing it and started using it , i realized how different it was from windows,and in some way,whether it be its free softwares(open source) or how it runs most of the hardware without drivers ,and a lot of other features like openGL and all that has come recently..i feel it is better than windows.... unfortunately i could not keep it as i started running a internet proxy server which worked better in XP (at least i thought so)... but i recommend people to try linux at least once and not at least rule it out just because you think running it is some great tech stuff or hacker thing...because once you know how to do it ,its easy and really interesting...
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Galahad
Jul 19 2008, 04:01 AM
Did anyone mention the ability to completely customize your system? And did I mention I just LOVE Linux? I just started learning Perl, and already I'm writing insane scripts, that actually work fast, and get the job done... That's right... I wrote a simple email filter for Evolution mail, in Perl, and it works... No learning ability, just simple straightforward filtering, based on rules, black- and white-lists... Also, an email checker... Sometimes I just want to see if I have emails, and who from... Piece of cake, I check all of my accounts, and get a number of new emails, and if I want, sender and subject... Yeah, you could do that on Wintendo too, but it would cost you much more, and would take much more time... One just has to love the command line QUOTE 1. Why can't you just use Windows? It is universal and most companies use it. A lot of companies couldn't give a s&%$ if you know linux or not. Windows is really easy to code, and, if you're a gamer like me, you can play a HUGE variety of games. Khm... What?  What's a lot? Any company that wants to increase their profit, switch from Wintendo to one of Linux distros... When you know Linux, you're a guru, when you know Wintendo, you're a user... See the difference? And I wouldn't call Wintendo universal - I'd call it... Hmm... No, I wouldn't call it at all... And that gaming thing? Well, believe it or not, the world doesn't revolve around games... QUOTE 2. Linux is very hard to understand for noobies. I know Windows Xp very well and I can code very easily. With linux, I tried to do some commands after learning, and it was a very difficult concept to conceive. Wintendo is hard for newbies too... Because you are used to Wintendo, you claim Linux is hard... Yeah, right... I thought that too... Until I tried... And guess what, Linux actually makes a lot of things EASIER than in Wintendo... QUOTE 3. Windows is very straightforward. Windows is fully explained and the user-interface is REALLY easy for someone who is new to a computer to get. Linux is really tough to setup things and programs are hard to execute sometimes. Gnome or KDE or other WMs are also straightforward... And explained... Perhaps even better than Wintendo... Synaptic (for example) enables one to install/uninstall EVERY piece of software there is... And no registry to be broken... QUOTE 4. DRIVERS! Most things that you buy for your computer today are for Windows Xp or Vista. On the package it says under system requirements that you must have a Windows Xp or Vista OS. Linux drivers are very hard to come by for things such as a capture card or wireless USB to connect to a network. I'll agree with rvalkass on this one... I didn't have the need for drivers for any of my hardware - not my TV/FM card, my SBLive, network card,USB external hard drives, card readers, monitor, graphics cards, and the rest... All worked after installation... Only drivers I had to download were generic drivers for USB webcams... And it took me like 3 minutes... QUOTE 5. Looks. Most people say it looks better than Windows, but I highly disagree with that. Windows is EASY to customize it's looks. You can create your own look and release it for others to use. I love Windows and how my desktop looks. I don't care about making windows wobble, because to me, I think it's just dumb. Yeah, wobbly windows are dumb... But what about a rotating desktop? Isn't it coooool...  Ok, let's get serious... Wintendo doesn't give you 100% liberty to cusomize... Gnome and KDE do... And if you install Beryl or some other effects engine... It get's even better... Wintendo will NEVER be able to have rotating desktop cube, running on 1GB RAM machine, with 64MB GFX card... I can bet on it... QUOTE 6. LASTLY, people say that it runs faster than Windows, however, this is not true all the time. Windows is very speedy on a lot of computers. Okay maybe not old ones, but with just a little clean up with a simple program every week, you have a fast computer. Yeah, Wintendo doesn't load bunch of fonts into RAM memory, it doesn't have registry to fill up a little more of RAM, and also doesn't have unneccessary services running in the backround, and doesn't allocate 20% of resources to spy on you... Oh, wait, that's not right, that's Linux  QUOTE 7. Viruses. I realize that Windows is the easiest OS to receive viruses, but if you aren't dumb and keep an anti-virus running and scanning, then you'll be fine. If you get a virus, they can be really easy to get rid of, unless you were stupid and downloaded a really hard virus. I'm still trying to get my head around this one - and I can't... Wow... Windows is so cool... Yeah you have to pay for it, and have to pay for much of its software, but you get cool freebies - viruses... Jeez... You like viruses? I'll send you a few, to play around for a while ... Seriousely, dude, this is not an argument, this is... I don't know what this is... As someone above said, prevention is better than a cure... It's like you said "There's a cool fancy restaurant, that charges $15 for a glass of water, but I just have to watch for the germs on the glasses, They've got a bunch of them, some of them nasty. But even if I catch a germ, I get to pay another $15, and they cure me. Sure there is some chance I'll lose an arm, but hey, it's a fancy restaurant. I just have to be smart, and avoid really nasty bugs, like AIDS and stuff. I could buy a microscope and check for those bugs - that would be top smart"... Again, I'm not on a mission to convert anyone, but when I see a list like this, that is not based on real experience, but more on heresay, it ticks me off... Dude, if you're happy with Wintendo, keep using it, and good luck with it...
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samlockart
Jul 17 2008, 07:38 AM
Sorry for the double, but: QUOTE(rvalkass @ Jul 10 2008, 08:27 PM)  The £400 cost for a Windows licence is the main point that puts me off. Linux is... oh, free. Thats £400 I can spend on my PC to make it better. Then theres the software. MS Office - £300. OpenOffice - oh, free again. So, thats £700 of savings so far... Linux isn't difficult. Even my mum finds Linux easier to use than Windows  People are just reluctant to learn, and assume that because something is different, it is wrong. When people use Linux from the off, they find it much easier than Windows. A graphical installer that does everything for you, and one central location for installing all your software. Much easier than Windows. I have never needed to download a driver for any of my hardware on Linux, including USB and PCI wireless cards, three different portable music players, three printers, a graphics tablet and video capture cards. On Windows, each of those would have required a driver CD. Suddenly Linux makes a lot more sense with drivers than Windows. Looks are entirely personal preference, but KDE, Gnome and Xfce are much easier to customise than Windows, and have a lot more options. Then there are central sites like KDE-Look which have loads of stuff to customise the look and feel with. Linux is fast without a "simple program every week", and runs much faster on both my new PCs and my old ones than Windows does. Linux is much less likely to get the virus in the first place, and prevention is better than cure. Amen brother. I could not agree with you more! Sam.
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samlockart
Jul 17 2008, 07:35 AM
Well, I REALLY love Linux, I used Ubuntu alot, and have learned to love, it (I even order the DVDs!) What made me switch temporally was it just worked great, so customizable, AMAZING community behind it all. And it's free (even though I don't worry about those things!) I switched back because my vital apps did not work in linux (not linux's fault!) I needed CS3, 3dsMAX, Maya, itunes and all of this crap. (but wine finally reached 1.0!) I'm thinking of switching back, I would defiantly parallels had a fusion function for linux. Yours, Sam.
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This is my system Centrino LCD SXGA (1400x1050) Pentium M Banias 1.6 FSB 400 Mainboard i855PM ATI
RADEON 9000 AUDIO SIGMATEL 9750 Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3A MINI PCI Broadcom 570X Gigabit
Thank's for your help!!....
How Do I Switch From Gnome To Kde?
Ubuntu Linux (6) Hey. I use Windows mainly, as I use games and graphical programs the most. However, I use Linux a
bit, just for programming and other things like that. I'm not that good at programming and
linux though ;_;... Well, I decided that the main reason I don't like to use it is that it
looks so alien, and I hate how GNOME looks. I hear that if I move to KDE I'll be sacrificing
some performance or whatnot. I have this really crazy linux zealot friend who preaches the linux
gospel to me, and will attempt to beat down any reason why I like Windows. I would ask ....
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