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Stick with Windows |
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22 | 22.45% |
Ubuntu |
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46 | 46.94% |
Go scrounge up lots of money and buy a mac! |
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18 | 18.37% |
What the hell -- Free BSD! |
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1 | 1.02% |
Use another Linux distribution. |
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6 | 6.12% |
Something else entirely. |
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5 | 5.10% |
Voters: 98. You may not vote on this poll |
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#61 |
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Q: Do you play computer games?
If the answer is no, then switch to Ubuntu. Better security, free as in free beer, less crashes, smoother running system. I use windows XP, Debian linux and Mac OS X (macbook pro). I think my favourite is OS X. |
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WindowsXP Pro is quite stable to be honest. Vista is crap. And Windows 7 the jury is still out.
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I'd have to say as a Hater of Vista, a tolerator of XP and a lover of Ubuntu and ex-lover of the Mac, that Windows 7 is doing everything right at the moment. Rock solid, fast on even mediocre systems, well-thought out system defaults, good new 'dock-like' bar at the bottom. I haven't found anything yet that irked me like it did with Vista.
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Wow, thanks to everyone who participated in the poll and gave so many well-thought out responses. I thrive on discussion, and even debate, when it's friendly and based on reasons.
Thanks for the reminder about the live CD trial for Ubuntu. I had actually already tried that before I posted, and knew my hardware was compatible, which was nice. My main reason for leaning towards Ubuntu over other linux distros is that the University I work for actually offers limited tech support for it through the IT dept--though I have never actually used their tech support and doubt its very good, so I'm not sure why I'm letting that guide me too much. The other consideration is that it seems to have the most active online community, which is where I likely would go for help when faced with a real problem -- aren't online communities great? ![]() I know lots of people swear by macs, but I'm at a complete loss to explain why. They're more expensive, and offer less of what I like. I frequently end up using macs on campus such as in the library. I find that they are consistently slower than the Windows machines of the same age. They seem to appeal to the least common denominator in user. And the only viruses I've ever gotten have been while using the macs on campus. Yes, I realize my experience may be atypical, but I've never actually heard what their alleged advantages are. I have to admit I do think people get swayed by their aesthetics. But in any case, even if I wanted a mac, right now, budget considerations rule it out. Budget also is one of my reasons for wanting to move away from Windows.... the constant upgrades are soooo tiresome. And while more software is available for windows than anything else, I believe more free/open source software is available for linux, which suits me philosophically. I would actually be kinda serious about trying Free BSD. My brother (an award winning programmer) swears by it. Unfortunately, he lives across the country. Anyway, yesterday I partitioned the harddrive on my work computer and set up to dual boot Ubuntu. It was extremely easy to install... much easier than any experience I've ever had setting up an operating system. Installing software through Synaptic seems pretty easy too. I use LaTeX for word-processor, and I installed LiveTeX and Kile... and wow, I love Kile. I think it might be possible to get that working on a Windows machine, but I bet it would be trickier. Beyond that I didn't have much time to "play", since well, I was at work and had work to do. But I'll keep experimenting. At the moment I'm not hurting for disc space so I'll probably keep dual-booting until I have a good reason not to. |
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Try PC-BSD
If you are interested I can explain how to setup a system that would enable you to boot several various system on one PC. From time to tile I have as many as 10 separate operating systems installed on my PC. And I am not talking about Virtual machines, I am talking about multiboot. |
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hiya
try linux mint. i have dual booted this on my xp netbook and it comes ready to play media files and what not.and i can still use xp when i need it for file conversion or what have you. best of both worlds ![]() |
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I don't know what to say beyond it. If you are a computer geek, if you don't mind buying new hardware then go hunting for drivers, tweaking settings here and there. Things you never think about when using Windows XP, some settings that are only text files and you must understand how to change them, etc., then go ahead. |
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Look, if editing text files is no mystery - go ahead. I am not saying Linux is bad. All I am saying, it is not user friendly. Average Joe would find his way in Windows, but not in Linux. If you are above average Joe level and like to tweak things and understand codding etc. I see no reason why not. I am not good at it at all. I know that using windows GUI I very often can solve a problem by intuition because it is intuitive. You don't have to know it. You need to use common sense. With Linux it doesn't work this way.
So if you are smart guy, use Linux. I don't know you, so I answered what I know/believe is the situation. |
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