Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 22nd Oct 2007 09:08 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
APCMag has a lenghty article on switching from Windows to Ubuntu. "When I was first given this task I had to sit and blink a few times, if for nothing else than dramatic pause. I'm a self-confessed Linux nut, as some of you may know, but even I'm cautious to do away with Windows completely. There's a reason I have a dual-boot Windows and Linux machine. Several of them, in fact. But have I just been conditioned into using Windows because of past experience, or applications, or file formats, or the myriad other reasons that make Windows a comfort zone because it's all so familiar?"
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2007-05-16
Well, I'm a Linux-nut and I have Vista on sda1. I paid for it (laptop tax), and I don't want to wipe it off just yet. I'm getting the Orange box in a few days and my hardware won't be able to take the extra hit that Wine will ask of it.
I also boot into it every now and then to remind myself why I use Linux
But seriously, say I need to do something quickly, and it requires Windows. Then I can boot in, get it done, get out. Sometimes I don't want to have to fight with Wine.
Just because you dual boot doesn't mean you're less of a fan!
*EDIT* Let me just say that if Dell offered Ubuntu laptops in South Africa, however, I wouldn't have chosen to get one with Windows on it. It would be Ubuntu only.
Edited 2007-10-22 11:59