Would you switch to Linux?

By Scraggles
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Would you switch to Linux? (Why?)  

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  1. 1. Would you switch to Linux? (Why?)

    • Definitely not!
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    • Definitely, if a few changes were made.
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    • Maybe if a few changes were made.
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    • I'm already a linux user.
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Scraggles

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I already started this poll in the linux section, I should have put it here.

Why did you answer the way you did?

Seriously, to the hundreds of people that look at the post, is it that hard to vote? On the other poll, 1,014 people looked at it, only 61 votes. It's not that hard!

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Joey992

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Yeah...better hardware support and if it didnt take 10 years to install things

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I agree with that. For me it almost feels like something I can tinker around with on one of my older computers, not an OS that I could use on my primary machine. I don't think that Linux has found it's niche yet. OSX is beautiful and works great with media applications. WinXP has all the software, gaming and driver support. Linux is very customizable, but only if you actually know what you're doing. I just think that a few of the companies need to get together and make one distro that solves some of the problems that keep the average Win user away.

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Scraggles

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what about adding a "yes, planning to do so" option as well? cause that's where i am, and will be installing probably ubuntu when i get a free moment.

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Maybe a mod could do that. Or I'd say just catogorize yourself in the "I'm already a linux user" group.

Yeah...better hardware support and if it didnt take 10 years to install things

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Once you know what your doing, installs usually take much less time on linux. At first it took me forever to install crap, but after learning more about it, I installed Photoshop CS un under 2 minutes, Maya 6.0 in probably 2-3. Windows speed is a joke compared to linux.

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ZZOOzzoo

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Well, my computer dual boots with WinXP and Ubuntu, and I don't think I'll switch 100% to Ubuntu anytime soon.

I'm just so used to Windows, and I'll just stick with my familiar OS.

But I still think Ubuntu is good enough to be many people's primary OS.

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Like I said in the other thread. I will use Linix when I can continue to make as much money as I do developing Microsoft .NET Desktop and ASP.NET solutions. Right now there is no real way to be a .NET developer and use Linux (and don't even suggest wine or mono, they just aren't nearly robust enough).

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I use Linux base distro about 95% of the time, I only keep windows for playing some game when I want too. If better video card support can come to Linux and I'm more talking about ATI here, I'll be Linux only in a sec. I can say that I'm as comfortable under Linux then I'm under Windows by now, but I'm still in the learning curve and always will be if I want to keep up with the technologies.

In the last 2 years they have made a progress (Linux) that I never see in any other OS that I've use so far and I have to say, I've been a college teacher in network administrator and I was certified MCT (to be able to teaches along with A+, MCSE and CNA) teaching most of the time Microsoft product, and no I'm not a Linux fan boy nor a Windows or Mac one, I'll use what I think it's better for me at the present time and so far I'm better please under Linux.

My 0.02$ and a half :D

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Mathiasdm

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I did not want to switch to Linux because is a inmature and incompatible OS, lacks of games, lack of most drivers for hardware, I will switch to Linux when they have the compatibility and mature like Microsoft and Apple

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Immature? Then why do millions of websites run on Linux webservers?

Immature? Then why do so many people have a hardware firewall with Linux (or BSD)?

Wait a minute... You say it lacks games. So why (in your next line) do you say Apple is better, when many games are not available for Mac OS X either?

Linux lacks most drivers? Oh, but so does Windows! It's the manufacturers who should provide drivers for hardware!

They don't provide drivers for Linux, yet Linux works on lots of hardware. Why? Because driver support is included in the kernel!

Yeah...better hardware support and if it didnt take 10 years to install things

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Installing things is very easy in Linux.

You open your graphical package manager (yes, graphical... you don't need the terminal in most distributions), type the name of the program, and click 'install'.

The program is installed, together with the dependencies.

I did, twice, but both times I switched back to XP because linux plays windows games badly, and it's too much trouble to set up. If you could play windows games more easily, then I'd switch.

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I have to agree to that. It's too bad, but running games can (sometimes) be a bit of a pain :(

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