What should i choose ubuntu or windows xp

[smooch101]

What do you think is better:
Ubuntu 8.10/ 9.04
or
Windows xp/ vista /windows 7

[albandy]

What do you think we will answer in ubuntuforums?

[smooch101]

What do you think we will answer in ubuntuforums?

oh ok, but im still very curious

[Shawn K]

Given that you're on an Ubuntu forum, I'm gonna bet that most of the answers will be "Ubuntu". :)

I guess the preliminary question would be: Why are you considering switching?

Personally, I made the wholesale jump from Microsoft to Ubuntu and haven't looked back. I've had to make a few minor adjustments along the way, but it's nothing that's any harder than, say, making registry changes in Windows.

The main reasons I decided to switch were:
* Security (Ubuntu and other Linux distros have the upper hand)
* Stability (Ubuntu is FAR more stable in my experience than Windows could ever DREAM of being)
* Ubuntu is easier on system resources than Vista is
* I'm tired of everything Microsoft costing so dang much
* I like the "road less travelled"
* I want my computer to work the way I want it to work, not the way Bill Gates thinks it should work (In other words, I don't want a bunch of crap in my OS that I don't want)

In my opinion, it comes down to what you want to do with your computing, what your personal philosophy of computing is, and how hands-on you want to be.

[LatreyaSena]

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[bowens44]

If you're a gamer go with Windows otherwise go with Ubuntu.

[Hr_Birnbaum]

Recently, I completely uninstalled Windows XP from my computer and switched to Ubuntu. I have to say that the Ubuntu desktop is very nicely organized (much nicer than Xubuntu, Kubuntu or Freespire, for example), especially for a mere "user" like me.
So far, I can't say that I miss anything on Ubuntu besides the AMG CD recognition that is included with Real Player 11 for Windows.
Also, I would be the happiest person alive if only the flash plug-in would work properly (as it's supposed to) on Ubuntu. This is so far the biggest disappointment I have experienced with Ubuntu.


oh ok, but im still very curious

[Kevbert]

Why not choose XP and Ubuntu ? and dual/multi boot ?

[smooch101]

Why not choose XP and Ubuntu ? and dual/multi boot ?

Ok how do i dual boot with windows xp is there a video tutorial?

[crokett]

Ok how do i dual boot with windows xp is there a video tutorial?

1. Install XP
2. Install Ubuntu. It will set things up so you can dual boot


Persnally I'd go with Ubuntu and not XP unless you are a gamer. There is less randomness/weird stuff that happens with Ubuntu. Also, I haven't tied myself into knots that I couldn't untie with Linux yet. In Windows your troubleshooting options are much more limited.

[Kevbert]

As crokett suggests install XP. This will probably grab the whole hard disk and try to use it.
Next install Ubuntu. When you get to the partitioning, select manual. Shrink/resize the partition with XP on it to what ever size you want and then create a new partition for swap which is twice your RAM size (for paging or hibernation). Next create a second new partition in the remaining space which is formatted ext3 and has a mount point of / (this will be where your system files and data will be kept).
You can put another version of Ubuntu/linux on your PC hard disk if you want by just selecting a smaller system file space (and not using the whole amount of space left when you resize XP).
Ubuntu will set up a boot menu which you see when you start your PC. It will give you the option of booting any operating system that you have as well as memtest (an extensive RAM testing program) which is well worth running.

[abhilashm86]

ubuntu is full of help, humanity, friendly, brotherhood and lots............
so as the forums, just use it and you wont look back at MS, try it, we are back of you to support:)

[albandy]

As said before, if you're a gamer maybe it's better to use (by the moment) Windows Xp, but if not, and you only need some windows applications, like flash or photoshop, you can run windows virtualized in Linux with Virtualbox.

[smooch101]

ok,

im not a gammer im more into web design so i will consider thinking about it

thanks

[Xiong Chiamiov]

What do you think is better:
Ubuntu 8.10/ 9.04
or
Windows xp/ vista /windows 7
This is a terrible question, since there is no "better" operating system.

For me, Linux (specifically, Arch Linux) is the best choice by far, because it allows me to do what I want to do without getting in my way. However, I am most certainly *not* the "average" person (although, of course, there is no "average" person), so I won't go around recommending that to everyone, because a great many of them will hate it.

ok,

im not a gammer im more into web design so i will consider thinking about it

thanks
Linux is built by coders, so there are to be a lot more tools for coding available for it. Take heed, though: editors and such tend more towards being lightweight and powerful, rather than pretty GUI-clicky stuff. If you do your webdesign in Dreamweaver, you'll find Linux rather uncomfortable.

[martrn]

im not a gammer im more into web design so i will consider thinking about it

You have a choice.

1. Install ubuntu and check a few boxes in synaptic and just go.

2. Install windows / antivirus checker / malware remover / spyware detector / disk de-fragment-er / improved disk de-fragment-er / registry remover / firewall / Advanced Spyware Remover / Windoze optimising program. Then run your / antivirus checker / malware remover / spyware detector / disk de-fragment-er / improved disk de-fragment-er / registry remover / firewall / Advanced Spyware Remover / Windoze optimising program. Just enough left to run notepad.

[Klaz168]

Dual boot untill you make a decision.

[smooch101]

i currently on my laptop have erased ubuntu all together
and is purfect using a webserver

[linux_tech]

If you install xp first then ubuntu it is easy to setup but heres a reference anyway
http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_windows_xp_and_linux_xp_installed _first.htm

[Dan_Dranath999]

I am a web designer.

And we' are using Linux a lot at work lately. -some thru VMWare-
(Of course we need Flash and Photoshop at hand, plus Internet Explorer, to test the sites, but a little virtualization can handle those)

There are excellent Php/xhtml/css code editors in Ubuntu, (we don't use Dreamweaver anyway, it just messes the code when doing anything in the graphical mode)

So i'm thinking to remove the 9-month old XP install, and convert my VMWare Xubuntu install into a real boot partition.

(Not one web-designer. graphic-designer, animation artists, etc... would use Vista -of course there were a lot of MACs in use, but fewer than PC's)

[Piraja]

In regard of web design, from an unexperienced amateur perspective:

Yesterday I re-designed a small website I had built long ago with NVU in Windows. I had tried a few WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) applications for that. KompoZer (based on NVU) crashed every time I tried, could not make it work. SeaMonkey Composer was pretty OK, but I did not want the whole SM suite. Briefly tried Amaya too, but none of these was really satisfying.

Then I decided to try the apparently "harder" way and installed Screem on both my desktop (Crunchbang Linux) and laptop (Ubuntu). Cleaning up the old site made with NVU and learning some basic HTML was actually pretty much fun, and I discovered that I had put all kinds of unnecessary garbage on the site with the WYSIWYG application. Now that I cleaned up the code and learned a few things — which took one working day — I am pretty satisfied with the new look of the website. So I would say that if you are willing to explore some things it can be a rewarding experience to use such rather basic, yet powerful and handy tools as Screem for web designing. Yet, I'm not sure, from what I have read, if there is a good WYSIWYG application that would correspond to Dreamweaver in Ubuntu at the moment.

It's all up to you. I would try dual booting first; if you are willing to learn some things on the Linux side, you will probably get rid of the Windows partition sooner or later (but there is no good reason to do that if you still think you have reasons to use both systems, and have enough hard disk space for them both).

If you have installed neither one nor the other yet and if I were you, I would not pay for XP but just install Ubuntu.

[smooch101]

how do i configure and install perl on ubuntu 8.10 with apache2

[smooch101]

In regard of web design, from an unexperienced amateur perspective:

Yesterday I re-designed a small website I had built long ago with NVU in Windows. I had tried a few WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) applications for that. KompoZer (based on NVU) crashed every time I tried, could not make it work. SeaMonkey Composer was pretty OK, but I did not want the whole SM suite. Briefly tried Amaya too, but none of these was really satisfying.

Then I decided to try the apparently "harder" way and installed Screem on both my desktop (Crunchbang Linux) and laptop (Ubuntu). Cleaning up the old site made with NVU and learning some basic HTML was actually pretty much fun, and I discovered that I had put all kinds of unnecessary garbage on the site with the WYSIWYG application. Now that I cleaned up the code and learned a few things — which took one working day — I am pretty satisfied with the new look of the website. So I would say that if you are willing to explore some things it can be a rewarding experience to use such rather basic, yet powerful and handy tools as Screem for web designing. Yet, I'm not sure, from what I have read, if there is a good WYSIWYG application that would correspond to Dreamweaver in Ubuntu at the moment.

It's all up to you. I would try dual booting first; if you are willing to learn some things on the Linux side, you will probably get rid of the Windows partition sooner or later (but there is no good reason to do that if you still think you have reasons to use both systems, and have enough hard disk space for them both).

If you have installed neither one nor the other yet and if I were you, I would not pay for XP but just install Ubuntu.



i removed windows xp completly and installed ubuntu 8.10 which is great but what do i do if i ever want windows back

[joey-elijah]

can i just add that dreamweaver runs fine under wine.. as do certain versions of Photoshop. That coupled with a few previously mentioned Linux editors above keeps me going. Though i am not a professional, i have done several sites for local businesses this way.

[joey-elijah]

i removed windows xp completly and installed ubuntu 8.10 which is great but what do i do if i ever want windows back

errr... install Windows, obviously.

[Hr_Birnbaum]

RANDOMNESS / WEIRD STUFF WITH UBUNTU AFTER APPROX.TWO WEEKS OF USE:

1/ I try to shut-down and Ubuntu only logs-out.
2/ After hibernating, I restart, and Ubuntu doesn't recognise my network connection anymore, therefore, I have to shut-down and restart again.
3/ Firefox crashes regularly, especially when streaming audio or video media contents.
4/ After successfully burning my frst two data CDs with Brasero, Brasero doesn't let me burn any more data CDs.



There is less randomness/weird stuff that happens with Ubuntu.

[Primefalcon]

Well first off I'd say Ubuntu, but then again you couldn't choose a place that was more Ubuntu oriented, lol it'd be like going up to Steve Ballmer and asking him if he thinks Windows is the best os that has ever existed....

[monomanislive]

Ok how do i dual boot with windows xp is there a video tutorial?

just search youtube for vista and ubuntu dual boot

[quinnten83]

Well first off I'd say Ubuntu, but then again you couldn't choose a place that was more Ubuntu oriented, lol it'd be like going up to Steve Ballmer and asking him if he thinks Windows is the best os that has ever existed....

wouldn't it be amazing if he answered truthfully?
amazing and shocking.

[Darkoan]

Hi Im a new dual booter - Im sure people have poiting you in the right direction, but there is plenty of advice on this Ubuntu forum and the web to help you with dual booting.

I dual boot because I need Windows for
- modern games
- other programs such as adobe cs4
- cos Im familiar with it

I wanted Ubuntu because
- Im sick of Microsoft
- I wanted a virus-free ans stable environment
- I wanted the challenge and to learn about computers

Before you dual boot, make sure you read up on partitioning your hard disk - its not hard, but you want to be on top of it all.

And most importantly, you can always come back to Ubuntu forums for help cos its a damn good community of helpful people.

[kaldor]

i removed windows xp completly and installed ubuntu 8.10 which is great but what do i do if i ever want windows back

If you want Windows back, you are going to need to get the discs which could be a hassle. At least now you have a reason to actually learn Linux without Windows to "fall back" on :)