I am a win xp user, and have been using windows ever since my first pc. I program as a living, primarily in PHP and CGI/PERL, and i am a heavy internet user.
I have been aware of the apparant advantages of Linux over the past 5 years, and have made numerous attempts to give it a go. However, I have always found it painstaking to get everything working. As a newbie, you have to:
* Set up sound to get working
* Set up the internet
* Set up the ability to play mp3/divx & xvid
* become familiar with all the aspects of the operating system and applications
* and have to make numerous other changes, just to get it working just the way you want it.
* my latest attempt to install Ubunutu has failed, due to my ATI x800GT graphics card not being recognised
And all these require extensive googling which can sometimes be painstaking. However, I have managed to fine tune my windows box to work exactly the way i want to, making use of autostart-up applications, installation of PHP/MySQL etc, wireless internet and so on. So basically i can load it up and begin working right away, exactly how I want it, and produce the results that i need. So, for me personally, I see no overwhelming need to jump to Linux, which would require so much more effort to even get to the same stage that i am in WinXP.
Having said that however, I have vowed not to move to Vista in the near future either. WinXP does everything i want to do now; i would be very upset to see my 1gb of high performance memory be gobbled up by Vista just to have a fancy interface. And besides, from the screenshots it seems to be a mere Mac OS clone:p
To summarise:
* I can see why for some organisations, with the expertise could find it justifiable to use GNU/Linux, due to the relativly lower cost and customisability, however for me personally, my current needs are met aduaquatly
* Windows Vista is excessivly bloated, laden with DRM and comes with ridiculus hardware requirements...i mean to use Notepad on vista would require 1gb of Ram and a 2Ghz processor at the very least, why?!!!!!
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I am a win xp user, and have been using windows ever since my first pc. I program as a living, primarily in PHP and CGI/PERL, and i am a heavy internet user. I have been aware of the apparant advantages of Linux over the past 5 years, and have made numerous attempts to give it a go. However, I have always found it painstaking to get everything working. As a newbie, you have to: * Set up sound to get working * Set up the internet * Set up the ability to play mp3/divx & xvid * become familiar with all the aspects of the operating system and applications * and have to make numerous other changes, just to get it working just the way you want it. * my latest attempt to install Ubunutu has failed, due to my ATI x800GT graphics card not being recognised And all these require extensive googling which can sometimes be painstaking. However, I have managed to fine tune my windows box to work exactly the way i want to, making use of autostart-up applications, installation of PHP/MySQL etc, wireless internet and so on. So basically i can load it up and begin working right away, exactly how I want it, and produce the results that i need. So, for me personally, I see no overwhelming need to jump to Linux, which would require so much more effort to even get to the same stage that i am in WinXP. Having said that however, I have vowed not to move to Vista in the near future either. WinXP does everything i want to do now; i would be very upset to see my 1gb of high performance memory be gobbled up by Vista just to have a fancy interface. And besides, from the screenshots it seems to be a mere Mac OS clone :p
To summarise:
* I can see why for some organisations, with the expertise could find it justifiable to use GNU/Linux, due to the relativly lower cost and customisability, however for me personally, my current needs are met aduaquatly
* Windows Vista is excessivly bloated, laden with DRM and comes with ridiculus hardware requirements...i mean to use Notepad on vista would require 1gb of Ram and a 2Ghz processor at the very least, why?!!!!!
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