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:2005-06-29
Member since:2006-09-15
Joe I'm with you. I'll take Windows and Linux (Gnome) anyday over OS-X.
I had to help a client prepair a property valuation report where he was using a digital camera with audio snipits to log the various buildings are different sites. He was using OS-X and it was horrible for drag and drop of the images into a WP and listening to corresponding audio snipits to help ID the images.
Windows was much easier and led him to hiring a windows laptop to get the basics done.
I also use OS-X in a I.T. support/Digital Print role and find myself annoyed at how limiting the UI is.
STill, use what you're happy with but for me, it ain't OS-X and After testing Gutsy I have to say Gnome is great..
Member since:2005-08-31
Funny how the initial post got scored up by saying exactly what scored you down ...
I don't see why Linux desktop should make you never look back at any other OS.
I switch from OS X this summer to linux, _completely like in the title, initially to 7.04 and update to 7.10. One major reason it's speed. I needed to run virtualized Windows for my development and business needs (accounting) and OS X was simply unresponsive on heavy load. At the same load on exactly the same computer (mac mini) Linux handle the job far more efficiently.
But what annoyed me with this -completely- exageration, is that the author use limited users needs, normally HIS.
Synchronisation in Linux, Ubuntu for me, doesn't provide something close as what you can find in windows or OSX. Palm work OK, better in Gusty, but it's still doesn't support multiple group, notes sync, crash on sync exception. Grouping is mandatory. Even if opensync is a really promissing, open source, multiplugins etc., it does not offer a viable alternative right now.
Bluetooth headset are not plug'n'play, but they are under windows and OSX. Just look the Ubuntu forum for "bluetooth headset". It's a mess to make it working.
Since this weekend I'm back in OSX, I don't need to use vmware that much. I prefer OSX for a lot of other reason. But I think Linux in general is ready for the desktop, but not "completely and never look back".
Member since:2006-03-15
I can't believe the blatant bias of Linux zealots. Someone says: "And frankly, after 2,5 years of KDE, I find the Windows GUI just inefficient and limiting" and gets a plus 7. Someone else says something very similar but replaces Linux and Windows with OSX and Linux and gets marked down to 0. Both arguments are not backed up with anything but we get two opposite reactions. Please explain.
Member since:2006-05-30
They're called "Linux weenies". When people discover that there's an alternative to Windows after all, for some reason, a good percentage of them have to go through this stage as part of their maturing process. In my experience one of 4 things occurs:
1. They go back to Windows.
2. They get stuck in this phase (like some people do after graduating high school) and annoy the community forever.
3. They realize that while there are differences in OSes, they all have their place, and even if some are better overall, your choice of OS isn't a direct indication of phallus size.
4. They discover *BSD.
Member since:2005-07-02
How about the fact that the pro-Linux poster talked about functionality (which is true: the KDE desktop has more functionalities than the Windows one, if only with kio-slaves), while the pro-OSX poster talked about looks (which is highly debatable: you can have a Linux desktop that is just as nice-looking *and* consistent as an OSX one).
Also, the first post wasn't limited to that only argument. For all you know, it could have been modded up for its first portion, and not the second one. The other post, meanwhile, was *only* about provocation, and a blatant attempt to ignite a flame war.
There, glad I could be of help for you - and guess what, I managed to do it without insulting anyone! You should try it sometime.
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2006-02-11
And frankly, after 2,5 years of KDE, I find the Windows GUI just inefficient and limiting.
And frankly, after 1,5 year of OSX, I find Linux GUI just ugly and inconsistent.