Would you switch to Linux?

[markwolfe Veteran]

Doesn't it annoy any of you that 50% of your pc's resources are aimed at your virus scanner, popup blockers, adware scanners and all that jazz?

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I think I smell an exaggeration... :whistle:

Plus popups are a browser target, not an OS target. ;)

[Tech Star]

No I would never go to linux or Mac. I will always stick with Windows! :laugh:

[Scraggles]

I think I smell an exaggeration... :whistle:

Plus popups are a browser target, not an OS target. ;)

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True, but spyware does for the most part, bring on more popups, and open up security holes in windows.

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

_Never_

[Farstrider]

:o cmove with a complet sentence.....

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Sorry, I came back to look at the thread and when I saw this I had a huge laugh, man this is funny! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I forgot to add, "nice one!"

[g-n-t]

:o cmove with a complet sentence.....

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no period, it doesnt count. :laugh:

just by reading hte posts on this thread, i can tell that a lot of people are really misinformed about linux.

some people think that linux has no GUI and that you do everything from the commandline :laugh:

[Tech085]

would never use linux unless it beats microsoft

[calidude]

Right now no, due to the application compatibility issues between Linux and Windows. But maybe later down the road.

[orestes]

if...

1. more games were supported without using Wine/Cedega

2. theyd get off thier lazy ass3s and make a linux client for Ventrilo

....I'd switch

[Bwizzel-B]

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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[amr_01]

already use linux (gentoo).

[skinnyJM]

I would, if it were made as brain-dead friendly as Windows is. (I'm a bit on the lazy side).

:D

[Scraggles]

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Did you get that link from my profile?

[krmathis]

Probably not.

But if it get better hardware support I would at least consider it... :yes:

[PureLogic]

Definitely not!

I'm not very into the whole open source software, mainly because commercial application support is almost non-existant. I don't like being forced into open source just because it's the only thing available.

And Mac OS X is UNIX based, stable, looks stunning, user friendly and has both open source and commercial application support.

I found myself the perfect OS! :D

[insanekiwi]

already tried debian, mandrake, suse, knoppix/gnoppix. i just don't know much enough to make it my main OS. and i'm a windows gamer :p

so i guess dualboot would be the best option.

[lsdn]

I would if there weren't such issues with devices (such as Parallel Scanners, USB Printers or Wireless Devices)

[+virtorio MVC]

If I needed to run a web server then sure, I am not opposed to having a Linux system running in console mode (which I find easier to use than the repulsive UI's like KDE and Gnome).

But I would never use it as a desktop system; Windows XP does everything and runs everything I want, hassle free. Not sure what other people's problems are, but I never have security or stability problems.

[rezza Veteran]

would never use linux unless it beats microsoft

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What, in a fist fight? At poker?

Please clarify what you mean by "unless it beats microsoft".

[speddy187]

Never switch if softwares dev port apps to linux i will switch. The most i can do this mac since most of windows app are on mac.

[Hardi]

I discovered Linux few months ago ,and since then i'm about 70% of the time using linux and 30% windows ( only for playing SOF 2 :p )

[ichi]

I discovered Linux few months ago  ,and since then i'm about 70% of the time using linux and 30% windows ( only for playing SOF 2  :p  )

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SOF 2 runs fine on Linux through WINE (plain free WINE, not WineX or Cedega required).

[kirk26]

Heck NO! WFE (Windows Forever).

[lnmnky]

I tried Mandrake 10 on Virtual PC (trial copy).

It was easier to install than XP, and better looking.

It's quite noob friendly, and I was impressed that I didn't have much trouble with it.

If I was to go to linux it would have to be as user friendly as Mandrake if not more. I'm not going to learn all the command prompt stuff, I have enough code to learn for web development, so something like redhat is a bit scary to me.

However, games support would have to be higher to get my 100% vote. And I have lots of legitmate games that I would have to dual boot to use. (A possibility). My windows Licence I could easily find an old pc to use on, or sell it.

At the moment, I would have no problem using it as a dev box, or movie player box, or email box or whatever, as long as it was hard to break (by user error). In fact, I might strip down my current movie box, and try Linux on it. Its a low spec machine, so it may get some extra kick outta a light weight distro.

At the moment, I am comfortable with the Windows enviroment, and setting up users, access, programs etc, I would have to re-learn all of that for Linux. I'm not too fussed about programs, I'm a freeware / opensource user mainly anyway.

For a new user, is Mandrake the recommended choice?

[Gaurav Patel]

I would if there was native WiFi support.