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SameOldStory · 07-06-2010, 05:20 PM

Thanks to FizzyWater's post I tried Linux again. The last time was in the mid-late '90s.

I swapped my normal drive and installed it on an old 40gig drive. Clean install.

One thing that I liked was the way that it went out to the internet and downloaded the needed drivers.

And that was the only thing that I liked. From there on it went downhill.

I have a new system that I put together before Christmas. Lots of horsepower, more ram than is needed, fast hard drive, and a very fast Nvidia graphics card.

The biggest complaint was how slow it was. I use large dual monitors and with both "turned on" it was like I was running a 486 cpu. "Turn off" one monitor (with the video card software) and it ran better. Not good, just better.

And before anyone suggests replacing the graphics card the answer is No. I spent several hundred dollars for it and don't want to get rid of it so that I can run Ubuntu a bit faster. And if you haven't used dual monitors let me tell you it is worth every cent.

The next complaint is one that would be taken care of in time. It seemed that whatever I wanted to do, I had to download one thing or another. There were more requests for permission to run some program or another than I have on Windows 7!

I'm sure that there are a million Linux programs out there. But reading thru all of the c#$& to find them just wasn't worth it to me.

In short, I just didn't want to devote my time to Linux. The 1 and a half days working with Ubuntu were enough.

07-06-2010, 05:20 PM	#28
SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	Thanks to FizzyWater's post I tried Linux again. The last time was in the mid-late '90s. I swapped my normal drive and installed it on an old 40gig drive. Clean install. One thing that I liked was the way that it went out to the internet and downloaded the needed drivers. And that was the only thing that I liked. From there on it went downhill. I have a new system that I put together before Christmas. Lots of horsepower, more ram than is needed, fast hard drive, and a very fast Nvidia graphics card. The biggest complaint was how slow it was. I use large dual monitors and with both "turned on" it was like I was running a 486 cpu. "Turn off" one monitor (with the video card software) and it ran better. Not good, just better. And before anyone suggests replacing the graphics card the answer is No. I spent several hundred dollars for it and don't want to get rid of it so that I can run Ubuntu a bit faster. And if you haven't used dual monitors let me tell you it is worth every cent. The next complaint is one that would be taken care of in time. It seemed that whatever I wanted to do, I had to download one thing or another. There were more requests for permission to run some program or another than I have on Windows 7! I'm sure that there are a million Linux programs out there. But reading thru all of the c#$& to find them just wasn't worth it to me. In short, I just didn't want to devote my time to Linux. The 1 and a half days working with Ubuntu were enough.