[ShadowAce]

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Windows 8.1 is good.

Just saying.

I’m using Ubuntu as a knock-around, but just saying.

[Da Coyote]

Whaaa?

You tellin’ me that Gates, that genius who developed nothing save the art of sleazy business practices, while foisting upon us the Yugo of operating systems with more security flaws than the White House, gave us a pile of excreme...er..Obamastuff?

May the flies of a thousand camels come to rest upon Gates and the clueless minions that gave us Windows.

And - in our company - we do have choices on our computer OS now...and you can guess which company is rapidly losing representation.

[BerryDingle]

bfl

[zeugma]

You’ll have to replace all the applications you use, and you’ll have to hunt down software and drivers for your printer, wireless network adapter, and other peripheral devices—or replace them with Linux-compatible equivalents.

I can't remember the last time I had to "hunt down ... drivers for your printer". Maybe that's because I buy Linux-friendly gear.

Wireless is still somewhat of an issue, but is not nearly as bad as it used to be. I run my desktop on ethernet, because it's my primary box, and I don't really care for wireless connections for that..

Yeah, you'll have to replace your applications, but unless you're using really specialized software, that's not such a big deal. There are several Linux 'office' type suites to choose from, all of which are probably easier to use for folks than the latest versions of the Microsoft equivalents.

I've yet to find something I want to do with my Linux desktop that I can't do. In fact, Things like media conversion are really simple with a little googling.

The peace of mind you get from not having to worry about viruses and trojans is nice too.

[taxcontrol]

For those looking to keep something that FEELs like Windows, check out Linux Mint http://www.linuxmint.com/