[Squantos]

BTTT !!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

#3. Virus, Spyware, Adware?

For me,...this is why I made the switch.....and the fun of trying a lot of this...

[Vaquero]

I hear they have the internet on computers now? Homer Simpson

[CodeToad]

“COMPLETE”

ROTFLMAO!!! Drivers, were are all the drivers???

[JoeProBono]

[RussP]

The faster we rid ourselves of the Microsoft tax, the better.

To give you an idea of how easy Linux is to use these days, I put it on my MacBook Pro, and I find it easier to use than Mac OS.

The only impediments to widespread adoption of Linux at this point are 1) familiarity with Windows and 2) the fact that most computers still ship with Windows by default. As soon as Dell and others start offering Linux pre-installed on a large scale, that should change.

[devere]

What matters to a business is the fully-supported cost, and the quality of all the associated software ( email, word processing, spreadsheet, etc ). Purchase cost may be the least important consideration.

[JamesP81]

I'll tell you what. I'll consider switching when they release a distro of linux that doesn't randomly decide to quit recognizing my video drivers of its own volition.

I've been there done that with respect to Linux. I am not impressed.

[Trod Upon]

I tried Ubuntu a couple of distros ago, used Slackware for a while before that, even tried Mandrake, Puppy and Suse. Having said that, I use and prefer 64-bit Vista. It’s been absolutely flawless for the year or so I’ve had my laptop—flawless. Everything just works. I really think all the Vista hate was from early adopters loading it on machines not up to spec. It has literally been problem free for me. Better than XP or 98 were by a mile. But if you’re broke or bored it’s pretty hard to beat linux. Ubuntu was the most user friendly linux distro I’ve tried, Puppy was the best for an older machine. I’d go Linux before Mac, given how much Apple charges for what you get.

[MarkL]

I have to say, I’m quite impressed by Linux Mint. It seems to be based on Ubuntu, but it has all the drivers and libraries built in, so you don’t have to manually hunt down and install the damn things, like DVD libraries, and Flash.

I’m playing with it at the moment, using it in a VM on my work laptop. I think that I will be building a system using it at home.

Mark

[ShadowAce]

[calex59]

# 1 reason to switch to Linux: Because you want to and like using it. # 1 reason to stay with Windows: Because you want to and like using it.

All these arguments about Windows Vs Linux are silly. They are a matter of choice, people who want Linux will have it, Linux will eventually get a bigger market share than it does now, presuming that Bozo doesn't totally destroy our free market system. Windows will continue to be the dominant system unless they totally go off the deep end with renting their software instead of selling it.

The preceding was my opinion. I like both systems for different reasons I choose not to go into here.

[Paradox]

I've dabbled with Linux ever since I built up a Gentoo Linux system about 7 or 8 years ago. Real nerd stuff for sure. It was very difficult to install. I didn't reap any real benefits from it, so I went back to Windows. A couple of years ago, I tried Ubuntu. That install was STUPID EASY! Very impressed. I keep an installation around somewhere on my network of 5 machines, in case I need it, but to be honest, I stick with XP for now. It just works, and for me, it is as fast as any decent Linux install. I also use MS Office, which is faster than Open Office in my experience.

The cost thing for me is not that big of a deal. A few hundred dollars for software might sound like alot, but overall, its a small fraction of the money I make using said software. If you are really hard up, there is alot of Open Source software available on Windows anyways.

[JamesP81]

I would like to point something out.

Linux is free and it runs on the same hardware as its competitors, so conversion doesn't involve hardware costs.

And yet it continues to not be adopted as a desktop OS.

Makes a great server OS, to be sure, but something is very wrong with your product when people won't adopt it when it's free. The free market is a cold, unforgiving bitch at times.

[snowsislander]

BTTT.