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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Member since:2007-06-20
I'm required to use Windows at my place of employment, so for the benefit of anyone in the same position let me tell you what I do:
windows console replacement:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/
Has tabs and you can resize the window (OMG!)
Bash for Win32. You can find this in a number of places. Get it with a full set of Unix tools.
The combination of these two pretty well simulates the minimal Linux terminal. Works great, I've been using it for at least a year with no significant problems. I found cygwin to be problematic, I didn't need a Linux layer, I just needed a non-crappy console and shell.
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2005-07-06
To me, the advantage of Linux is that there is a good GUI and an equally good CLI, so you can choose CLI or GUI depending on the situation. In windows the CLI sucks major, just compare things like command line completion in cmd.exe and bash or zsh.
Then, if you use KDE there are KIO-slaves they make you feel like you sit in front of the internet, instead of in front of your computer. Having all programs internet enabled makes life a lot easier especially if you manage things like web contents on remote web servers.