Foub Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Is Ubuntu able to completely replace a Windows platform? Not quite yet because of games, but that is changing. Though, some game companies are starting to make Linux versions of their newer games as well. i.e. Quake Wars. Have a look here for some examples. http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted December 5, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 5, 2007 I mean other than games, like browsing, multimedia, work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foub Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 I mean other than games, like browsing, multimedia, work. Than I would say yes. I dual boot a nLited copy of XP that has only enough left to play games with. Both on and offline. I spend the majority of my time under Ubuntu and that includes using Firefox to surf the net, play/burn movies (SVCD/VCD/DVD) and listen to music (MP3, etc). OpenOffice meets most requirements and it is cross platform as well. Ubuntu now includes several sync programs for PDAs and the like. I can even use my iPod under it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robgig1088 Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 I mean other than games, like browsing, multimedia, work. After last spring's update to feisty fawn, I completely wiped XP from my harddrive. So, for me, yes. Linux does everything I need it to do and more. It really has matured in the last 2 years more than I thought it ever could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foub Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 BTW, you can also make Ubuntu look and act EXACTLY like Vista, except for the BSODS and all of the other problems with Vista as well that is. :) Compiz does far more than Aero ever could with a fraction of the resources. Go to YouTube and search for compiz and vista to get a comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted December 5, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 5, 2007 Is Ubuntu able to completely replace a Windows platform?For some people, yes. For others, no.It really depends on your needs and wants. For me, Linux completely replaced Windows almost 5 years now. I have not even had Windows installed for that long (5 years seems like a long time ago, looking back. Funny, that.). I only use Windows at work, and that is because they install the OS, and I just use the tools I am given. Yes, it is possible for people to live without Windows. And, in my case, I actually enjoy using my computer more now with Linux than I have ever enjoyed using Windows (though I must admit 95 was a big improvement over 3.11, and I really liked XP when it first came out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantasmorph Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 I use Ubuntu when...well...when I don't feel much like having to do anything to get it set up. When I want to have fun and tinker around, I use Slackware. Slackware will always have a place near and dear in my heart. Ubuntu sorta seems like...Linux-Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicLim Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Well...my WinXP has nothing left to be tweaked, and i spend lotz of time in defrag, registry clean, virus scan, adware clean, driver & software update, upgrade ...etc. Not to mention those resources hoax by antivirus, firewall, antispyware and so on... And of course...most of those tools i use are proprietary...this means i have my time, effort, $$$ on it to protect it and make it work smoothly. Don't I look like I'm working for my pc? If Linux is the heaven of freedom, then ms is definitely the hell of slavery. If Linux is the heaven of freedom, then Ubuntu is the heaven of freedom for human. I have been using Ubuntu for a few months, found nothing missing there except of wine-free miranda and foobar :( Firework, Flash and Dreamweaver is the set of tools I still needed...Too bad =.= Anyone can suggest me for an alternative for Flash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
and1direct Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 BTW, you can also make Ubuntu look and act EXACTLY like Vista, except for the BSODS and all of the other problems with Vista as well that is. :) You do know that Linux has problems too and BSODs which are called "kernal panics"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimReeper Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 First time it was because of the hype, now I don't use as my main os but love the live cd/dvd's. If windows is being lame and i cbf fix it just put in live cd and i'm set to go pretty much. I would use it 24/7 but I like my games and wine doesn't cut it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knorcedger Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Because i tried the live cd, and everything worked without any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrawn Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Let's see, I have a: Desktop Celeron 2.66 GHz 1GB ram Desktop Q6600, 2GB ram Laptop Celeron 1.7 GHz, 2GB ram All are running Windows Vista very smoothly, and I enjoy the productivity of Office and Visual Studio 2005/8. No way I'll find that on Ubuntu. BUT, I get those nice free live CDs from canoical, just got 7.10 a few weeks ago... to run Seti@home on desktop computers where I really shouldn't! It was a MAJOR pain figuring out how to install Seti. Anways, lots of crunching for me over teh holidays. These boxes are always on anyways! I really shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntbnnt Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I use ubuntu while configuring a real OS like Debian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foub Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 You do know that Linux has problems too and BSODs which are called "kernal panics"? Of course, but I've yet to run into any REAL problems under Ubuntu so far and I've been using it for nearly 6 months already. Under Vista I had switched to Ubuntu because of all of the BSODs and other problems I was getting right off the bat and I don't have a crap system either. Let's see, I have a:Desktop Celeron 2.66 GHz 1GB ram Desktop Q6600, 2GB ram Laptop Celeron 1.7 GHz, 2GB ram All are running Windows Vista very smoothly, and I enjoy the productivity of Office and Visual Studio 2005/8. No way I'll find that on Ubuntu. BUT, I get those nice free live CDs from canoical, just got 7.10 a few weeks ago... to run Seti@home on desktop computers where I really shouldn't! It was a MAJOR pain figuring out how to install Seti. Anways, lots of crunching for me over teh holidays. These boxes are always on anyways! I really shouldn't. You may find this article interesting. Myths Stymie Linux Growth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortyg31 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 In the spirit of the "Why don't you use Ubuntu?" thread, let's have one for all the Ubuntu users to state their reasons for using the distro, what led them to try, maybe what didn't work for them about other distros, etc.Perhaps we can compare reasons between the two threads and maybe even learn something. Personally, I've been tinkering with Linux for about 5 years now, and have tried just about every distro under the sun. Historically I'd had the most luck with Slackware, as its slow-and-steady mentality (development-wise, I mean) led it to be a very stable and no-nonsense OS that cooperated better with my hardware than any others. For various reasons, though, I always wound up going back to Windows. I discovered Ubuntu when Warty Warthog was the distro-du-jour and gave it a try. I was impressed by the emphasis on simplicity and (dare I say it?) Mac-like interface philosophy. However, like so many other distros, it didn't like my laptop very much. AMD64 + ATI graphics + Broadcom WLAN card + WXGA resolution + a number of other things tripped it up the way they tripped up every distro. Of course I'm sure part of that was me being a noob, but hey, c'est la vie. I followed Ubuntu through its various incarnations and finally installed it full-time on another PC, my test PC, when Edgy came out. Xubuntu Feisty went onto my laptop in a dual-boot configuration with XP, which made it much less stressful to play with it because there was no longer the "all-or-nothing" stakes of "learn this or reformat." Finally, I threw Gutsy on my laptop just the other day and was absolutely floored with how well it worked. Which brings me to my main point, and the point of the thread: the reason I use Ubuntu. It's a Linux distro that actually works with my hardware with minimal effort, and has the pointless, stupid, but highly attractive eye-candy features that I've been fighting with for so long (stupid ATI mobility card). Compiz Fusion works like a dream, my sound works, my screen resolution is correct (without even needing to configure it - it recognized 1280x800 right out of the box), it sees my USB mouse and just plain starts working with it, and it has a very nice way of acquiring and installing/uninstalling software. I want to learn Linux. I want to be a guru. I want to know the difference between /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin, /usr/opt, /opt, /opt/bin, /etc/local, /usr/local/sbin/opt/etc/var/oh/my/god/this/is/a/lot/of/slashes, and what they're all for. I want to know the tricks to installing hardware and making stuff work. But I get frustrated very, very easily. The reason I love my Mac is that I can experiment with UNIX, but if anything goes sour there I still have an easy and functional interface to fall back on with the Finder. Ubuntu Gutsy now gives me something similar with Linux. I feel safe knowing that everything works out of the box, and I can experiment more freely knowing that the functionality of my system is no longer at stake (as in, I better make this work or else I'll never have $FEATURE). The only thing I still have to iron out is wireless functionality. It seems to see my card, but I can't join any networks. If that's the only thing I have to make work, though, that's okay by me. So...there you have it. Why do you Ubuntu? I like the idea of Linux but why not just use windows ? you said ( It's a Linux distro that actually works with my hardware ) well windows works with hardware so why fight with 100's of distros just to get your designed for windows hardware to work ? all the time you spend trying to get linux to do what windows can seems pointless to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted December 12, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 12, 2007 I like the idea of Linux but why not just use windows ?you said ( It's a Linux distro that actually works with my hardware ) well windows works with hardware so why fight with 100's of distros just to get your designed for windows hardware to work ? all the time you spend trying to get linux to do what windows can seems pointless to me Linux "just works" for me. Why would I ever want to go to that application install/update mess of Windows? Why would I want to be given the apps that Thou Shalt have installed over the choice of having installed only what I want installed?You can go and have fun with your Windows, but don't push me (or others like me who happen to enjoy Linux) into using Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foub Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I like the idea of Linux but why not just use windows ?you said ( It's a Linux distro that actually works with my hardware ) well windows works with hardware so why fight with 100's of distros just to get your designed for windows hardware to work ? all the time you spend trying to get linux to do what windows can seems pointless to me Please read the article I posted a link above to about myths on Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witalit Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 One fundemental thing that really puts the icing on the cake for me and Ubuntu is its totally Free! I think its worth some of my time to configure properly to my needs because I didn't pay one penny for the OS all I have to do is spend some time using my brain. I do not wish to use Ubuntu for my main machine just yet as I know im gonna miss Windows to soon. I have Ubuntu installed on my media machine and Laptop so far im loving it. I need to setup my wireless to work which is tricky but really and truely im up for the challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yizuman Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I just installed Ubuntu over the weekend. Installing was a snap, although I had trouble configuring my sound card, but after reading from the support people from both the Ubuntu forum and the newsgroup. It's playing like a dream, even better when I had Windoz XP ! It's just simply amazing. Ubuntu runs even much more quieter on my system and uses wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy less system resources as well. Ubuntu in my opinion just rocks my world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volatile Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I use ubuntu because quick popularity pointed me in its direction. I would typically install linux because of my interest and curiousity and then end up going back to windows because of frustration and lack of software usability. With alot of the distro's ive tried recently, they all seem to work the same. Sometimes wireless and sound work out of the box.. sometimes it doesnt. Just like others have said... it just worked. It's probably been the first distro that I have used that I have had the least problems with and the first one that I discovered aptitude on. It made that irriatating "dependency" **** alot less a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorV Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I use it, because it's the first Distro to give me almost everything out-of-the-box, and it's good, I have switched to Linux since a year ago.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarStorm Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I really want to use it, however my I cant get my wireless card to work and I cant change the resolution to suit my laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorV Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 What are your hardware specs? You can change resolution in the monitor control panel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarStorm Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Im on a laptop- I have a X1600 Pro 256mb. Wireless Ralink internal one and a spare Siemens 108 usb wireless stick. Whenever i try to change the resolution i m stuck at 1024x768 - I want to be at 1280x800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 14, 2008 Veteran Share Posted February 14, 2008 Why do I use *buntu? Well, just got a new Core 2 Duo system, and tried to install Fedora (I'm kind of a Red Hat guy) x86_64 onto it, but for some reason, the install was going painfully slow (30 minutes to get to first 'welcome' screen of install off of DVD). Since I had Xubuntu (for i386, so 32-bits), I installed that. Went quickly - whole install done in under 30 minutes. I'll try a 64-bit *buntu tonight, as well as a 32-bit Fedora. Need to find out if this is a Fedora issue or a 64-bit issue. :unsure: Until then, I guess I am switching from a Red Hat foundation to a Debian one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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