Do you like Linux? (If so. Why?)

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07 Apr 2011, 3:25 pm

It's fast. stable, secure, scales from cellphones to supercomputers and is free for the download, what's not to like about it?

Currently running it because I knew when MS came out with Vista they erased any respect I had for them when they came out with Win2K/ WinXP, and I would eventually have to switch from running Linux part time to running it full time. --Current computer came loaded with Vista, and didn't feel that spending $$$ for a Win7 upgrade would be a true upgrade at all, considering the fact that it's even more of a resource hog than Vista, with the same underlying philosophies of Vista remaining unchanged .

FWIW, I've been using it since 1999 and the 2.2 Kernel.

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08 Apr 2011, 12:08 am

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I'm really tempted to give Kubuntu another try; especially since the switch between Ubuntu and Kubuntu is so easy/painless.

Switch is harder than you might think if you aren't careful. Here's what you do:

Open a terminal, "aptitude install kubuntu-desktop"
BEFORE accepting all the changes that aptitude will offer you, copy-paste them into a text file so you know what to remove later if you have to. You'll have to search-delete all the unneeded instances of '{a}' in package names.
Then you can accept installation of Kubuntu. Any other KDE-related packages you install later, be sure to add them in the text file as well. Otherwise when you try to remove KDE later you will spend half an hour or more resolving dependencies.

I've done it before, you don't need to do it from the terminal. You can do it from the synaptic package manager...that's how I did it last time I did the switch.

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08 Apr 2011, 10:29 am

skafather84 wrote:

I've done it before, you don't need to do it from the terminal. You can do it from the synaptic package manager...that's how I did it last time I did the switch.

Right, I just find it harder to keep track of everything that was changed when it's done through the GUI, which makes removing the extra packages a pain if you want to later.

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11 Apr 2011, 10:41 pm

I've only made the switch to Linux within the past few years (since Hardy Heron). We have been using Ubuntu and Kubuntu (or more accurately my kids and wife prefer GNOME, but I like KDE for some reason). I've also had Xubuntu previously - but since I could get all of my X-applications to run in GNOME and KDE I didn't see the point. I'm not a big fan of Unity or the latest versions of GNOME and KDE coming down the pike so I may see what other distros may offer.

We basically use almost all Native apps and don't really use WINE at all. The kids (11 and 13) like the native games and we also play a lot of Flash games on the Web. I do have DOSBox for all of the older DOS games for free (and Stella for the old Atari game ROMS) that I remember from my childhood. My kids are used to GIMP (they took a digital photography class), OpenOffice, and TuxPaint now. At one point I had to fix the machine and temporarily set up a Windows machine and there was rebellion in the ranks.

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14 Apr 2011, 5:29 am

I use Ubuntu on all my home computers, and have convinced my wifey to convert to it as well. I used to be a computer retailer, and sold Microsoft product and licenses, including MOLP packs, so I am very familiar with the "Microsoft way". But I was tired of being dictated to about what I could and couldn't do with my computer, so I started exploring Linux.

I took it very cautiously, by first installing VirtualBox under Windows 7 and running Ubuntu Hardy in the VM. I enjoyed that, and particularly the "seamless" mode that allowed me to have both Microsoft and Linux applications running in the same screen space. Eventually, my hunger for freedom grew, and I swapped the OS'es over, installing Ubuntu as my primary OS, with Windows 7 installed in a VM under VirtualBox. I still have that Win7 VM on my hard drive, but I haven't used it for ages, and it is just taking up room these days. I haven't touched anything Microsoft for over a year now. I am running Ubuntu Lucid right now on an Acer Aspire One D250 netbook.

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14 Apr 2011, 9:56 am

rfredks wrote:

Were you much of a user of open licence software prior to that?

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15 Apr 2011, 8:52 am

Fuzzy wrote:

Were you much of a user of open licence software prior to that?

No. Not at all. I was basically an evangelist for BillG. I was a Microsoft OEM system builder, I had a huge personal collection of fully licensed MS products, I was a beta tester for some MS products (anyone ever see MSPhone, an early TAPI and voice recognition implementation?) and I sold a lot of MS box product and MOLP licenses.

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16 Apr 2011, 7:12 pm

I've actually never used Linux. One day I might try it just for fun.

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16 Apr 2011, 11:36 pm

Just installed it today, so far i am liking it

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16 Apr 2011, 11:48 pm

The only reasons linux is behind windows are gaming and the computer skills needed to get it going. I'm fairly handy with WINE as well as being good at computers, so linux is definitely my first choice.

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17 Apr 2011, 11:29 am

Did anyone else buy into the the latest Humble Indie Bundle?

I did. The shadowgrounds games are great fun.

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19 Apr 2011, 8:09 pm

I love it because its fun, it comes with all these goodies that you don't get on Windows or Mac OS X, you can customise everything on it and its UNIX.
My favourite distros are Gentoo, Fedora, Slackware and Archlinux. I love FreeBSD and Solaris too.

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19 Apr 2011, 8:58 pm

lxuser wrote:

I know. its the secret goodies, the little hidden things, that are like icing on the cake.

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19 Apr 2011, 9:03 pm

Fuzzy wrote:

lxuser wrote:

I know. its the secret goodies, the little hidden things, that are like icing on the cake.

You hit the nail on the head!

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19 Apr 2011, 11:43 pm

It's flexible. I run Ubuntu on my PC laptop alongside Windows (for light gaming) and I use Linux for most applications. It's great for programming, since it comes with Emacs and I can remap my caps lock key to work as a control key.

I like OS X too since it has all the Unix underpinnings, but I like the ability I have in Linux to theme and customize my UI...or run without it if I so choose.

I have a particular way I like to run my machines (much to others' annoyance) and Linux lets me do things my way.

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20 Apr 2011, 7:53 am

I've used Linux as part of a course. However, it's not something I would use full time.

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