What do u miss in Linux

[gjoellee]

Are you sure ? I can install flash player (which is a plugin) with just a simple command. sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfreeAnd the updates are simple like a pie. Just sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade.

Flash 10 had a .deb file finally! However I have had .deb files of flash on my website for soon a year, but nearly no-one noticed that :(

[Cope57]

I guess this is a novell way of askng the old.. but.. here is the
question.. what are the applications that you miss from Windows??
And Why..
Me::

1) MusicMatch Jukebox..Great Player.. Lets you queue files, convert them, play mp3pro,etc(of course these can be done in Linux but with some modding)

2)Nero::The best DVD/CD writing app I've seen , but sadly
is not OSS or freeware..

3) Norton Partition Magic..One great feature is that it allows you
to convert existing drives to another file system..

EDIT
4) Photoshop:: The BEST photoediting software..

Edit again::
5) Yahoo Messenger:
This one esp. for my mother who chats with
some of her frens and rel. overseas on Webcam, and Gyachi
is quite quite good, but still not as good as the Yahoo counterpart,
and I feel like spitting on Y! for not bringin out a good one for Linux
yet..

The only way I think we'd get all the above on Linux.. is
when there are too many users on Linux.. and there are
very few takers on Windows.. I am eagerly waiting for that day..
May God bless Linux

MusicMatch replacement, I use Amarok (http://amarok.kde.org/). But if you are going to continue to use Windows, get a better player like Quintessential Player (http://www.quinnware.com/) (a.k.a. QCD)

Nero replacement, I use K3b (http://k3b.org/)

Norton Partition Magic replacement, it does not get easier than Parted Magic (http://partedmagic.com)

Photoshop the best? That is YOUR opinion. I use Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) just fine.
I have won a few graphics competitions using only the Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) while others used Photoshop, PaintShop Pro, and other programs.. It is not the program that creates the graphics, it is the individual that knows how to use the program.

Yahoo Messenger replacement, I use Ekiga (http://www.ekiga.org/) for video chat. But just for regular chatting I use Pidgin (http://www.pidgin.im/) which handles all the instant messenger protocols that my friends use.

As for missing these Windows programs, I do not miss them at all.

I am sure you can find a replacement for your Windows software in Linux (http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html). If not, just stick to using Windows.

[ranch hand]

I'll second that.

You can't get help on MS, just endless "patches" that generally screw something up and always lead to bigger holes.

[Arabiest]

Thanks for asking such vital and important question.

1- I miss an OS that is fully (99.9%) GUI based without the need to enter commands that are too any to remember and to many key strokes.

2- I miss an OS that has all necessary applications (security, lan, wan, mobile synch....) that is all-in-one, and its a matter of Plug-n-Play OS...rather than go here and there and seek help from this and that that is based on their personal experience that might or might not work...depending on how much you follow the instructions and how much he is able to logically write it in step manner. WIndows to a great extent achieved this...even though I am now a LINUX user and will be for ever.

In view of all the above, my only request from this good forum is to sort all those proven personal experience into a dedicated page for easy access and avoid having to search the forum where there and good and bad experiences.

once again thank you.

Arabiest

[cardinals_fan]

2- I miss an OS that has all necessary applications (security, lan, wan, mobile synch....) that is all-in-one, and its a matter of Plug-n-Play OS...rather than go here and there and seek help from this and that that is based on their personal experience that might or might not work...depending on how much you follow the instructions and how much he is able to logically write it in step manner. WIndows to a great extent achieved this...even though I am now a LINUX user and will be for ever.

Bear in mind that your computer probably has a "Designed for Windows *" sticker on it. If you buy a computer with Linux preinstalled, you probably wouldn't have these issues.

[ranch hand]

rather than go here and there and seek help from this and that that is based on their personal experience that might or might not work...depending on how much you follow the instructions and how much he is able to logically write it in step manner

YES! And in windows you can call tech support and talk to a nicely scripted person that you can't understand, and get bad advice.

[Mr_JMM]

Dreamweaver (I ONLY handcode so Quanta-plus is ok but I miss being able to work on the remote files directly).
Fireworks (Trying Gimp but is going to take a long time to get used to it. So far I find it "ugly").
MyPhoneExplorer - Sony Ericsson Application

Can't get WINE to work properly which is why I'm not using DW / FW.
Just setting up VMware to see if that will help but I don't hold out much hope for MPE as I'm guessing I still won't be able to get my SE phone to fully connect.

Not looking forward to getting my forthcoming HTC Touch HD to connect properly although this may not be an issue if the new Android G1 will and it proves to be less ugly in real life (doubtful).

[stinger30au]

i miss out on nothing


i have installed the closed source version of virtual box and have a copy of xp sp3 kicking round for some stuff i just cant live with out

i also use it for testing out other o/s as well

if anything, i have gained so much by swapping to ubuntu

[Putu Wiramaswara Widya]

What I miss in Linux are Virus and the Games. I sad....... :-((

[ranch hand]

Well, I had to fire up Vista so that I could recover some data about 2.5 weeks ago. Forgot how wonderful it really is. Had to reboot twice to get it to run right, I REALLY MISS THAT.

Needed to burn 5 CDs. Took 11. The other 6 were "unusable".

Unplugged that HDD and switched back to Ubuntu (all the same hardware except the HDD) and transfered the data. Decided to burn some CDs. Used the "unusable" ones. Vista had somehow "written" 23% of the disks with no findable data. Brasero and Sound Juicer had no trouble erasing that crap and doing flawless burns. I miss that type of functionality and "user friendliness.

As a matter of fact I miss it so much that I doubt that some of the other data is going to be retrieved this year. I'll save it up until next year and do it some time when I get pissed at this OS. That ought to cure that.

See, Vista is great therapy. Everyone should miss that.

[mikjp]

Blue screen of death. :lolflag:

[Beth1957]

Snood :(
Wasted many a happy hour....

[eternalnewbee]

Games & blue screen):P

[zenithdave]

Was missing fruity loops a lot but now i have discovered LMMS :guitar: :)

http://lmms.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

[TorqueyPete]

Why would I miss all of Bill Gates nosy virus and spyware writing buddies looking right at me through the Windows? :mad:
:lolflag:

But I miss nothing from MS. The tinnitus that goes on in my head makes all software impossible to learn. And the problems I have with Ubuntu are no less frustrating than the problems I had with XP or 98se, but at least they're cheaper and the help is free.

[Jordanwb]

1) Microsoft Streets & Trips (There is no program that has Canadian Maps)
2) Windows Media Player (my MP3 player uses MTP and libmtp does not support my player)
3) Adobe Photoshop (I want to learn GIMP though)

[_Azrael_]

Don't miss a damn thing...

[BobLand]

"Partition Magic," as the OP says he misses.

Partition Magic is what got me to Linux in the first place. It made my W2K disk unrecoverable. I still have an 83G partition that no program can recover, created by none other then that wonderful POS Norton's Partition Magic!

Sad to say, back in the DOS 1.0 days, Peter Norton was regarded as a god. His software was easy to use, did multiple things and source was always available.

I hope he made a bundle on his now discredited name.

BTW, I forgot what Windows does or what it did.

bobland

[Mr_JMM]

BTW, I forgot what Windows does or what it did.

I was about to say "Don't they let in the light" but somehow I don't think that's accurate...

[handy]

I miss the easy control of colour in the desktop environment.

GTK theme-ing is a total pain in the neck for everyone except theme programmers.

Linux really needs to get its act together with regard to a GUI interface that works with not only GTK, but all of the major ways of controlling the basics of how a desktop looks.

[burneverything]

foobar
and nothing else
might have to resurrect my xp machine just for that
unless someone decides to make a program that works as well, is not bloated with features I don't want (like amarok is), supports multiple concurrent playlists, and something like the mass tagger and mass file rename functions of it

I cry at night because of this

[burneverything]

D'oh double post

[Johnsie]

-Multimedia...
-Video editing
-Games
-Nice gui's
-Publisher
-Being able to preview my web design work in both Firefox and IE7
-Technical support for many devices
-Active sync for my phone
-The latest version of flash
-Some websites that dont support Linux
-Proper Voice/Video over the major IM networks (amsn looks awful with video)
-Outlook - Evolution is a nice try but it's ugly
-Being able to compile visual studio projects
-Easy installation of printers/all-in one scanners adn the software that comes with them
-Shockwave
-Winamp
- Print to PDF
-Microsoft Office - OOO is getting there but still lacks alot of things. The little extras that make it easy
-Programs that can update themselves automatically
-When I buy hardware it's pretty much guaranteed to work with Windows.


Things i miss about linux
-being able to ssh from terminal
-quick boot time
-downloadable install cd when things go wrong
-centralised support on these forums and #ubuntu
-knowing what the status of a bug is
-Wobbly windows & the cube. Apparently you can do it in Windows though
-apt/aptitude
-The panels
-The well organised applications menu in the panel

[lakersforce]

1) Microsoft Streets & Trips (There is no program that has Canadian Maps)

Have you ever heard of a little program called "Google Earth"? (It's available under GNU/Linux too!)

[Sunnz]

foobar
and nothing else
might have to resurrect my xp machine just for that
unless someone decides to make a program that works as well, is not bloated with features I don't want (like amarok is), supports multiple concurrent playlists, and something like the mass tagger and mass file rename functions of it

I cry at night because of this

Have you tried SongBird? It looks pretty neat.

[Rodney9]

Buying songs from iTunes
Auto starting computer
Desktop widgets
Everything just works

[George Stephenson]

What do I miss in Linux?

Answers to questions in Queen's English!

Xsane scanner and Gimp programmes are PANTS!

Unless I can scan an A4 multipage documents and read the results (xsane and gimp think typed text is blotches) I'm going back to windows before I lose my job!

[Chame_Wizard]

-Multimedia...
-Video editing
-Games
-Nice gui's
-Publisher
-Being able to preview my web design work in both Firefox and IE7
-Technical support for many devices
-Active sync for my phone
-The latest version of flash
-Some websites that dont support Linux
-Proper Voice/Video over the major IM networks (amsn looks awful with video)
-Outlook - Evolution is a nice try but it's ugly
-Being able to compile visual studio projects
-Easy installation of printers/all-in one scanners adn the software that comes with them
-Shockwave
-Winamp
- Print to PDF
-Microsoft Office - OOO is getting there but still lacks alot of things. The little extras that make it easy
-Programs that can update themselves automatically
-When I buy hardware it's pretty much guaranteed to work with Windows.


Things i miss about linux
-being able to ssh from terminal
-quick boot time
-downloadable install cd when things go wrong
-centralised support on these forums and #ubuntu
-knowing what the status of a bug is
-Wobbly windows & the cube. Apparently you can do it in Windows though
-apt/aptitude
-The panels
-The well organised applications menu in the panel

you know they are alternative and choices:guitar:.

[Sunnz]

Auto starting computer


What's that?

[benny bronx]

This may sound strange, but I miss the security programs I had on my xp. It was kind of a hobby to download the various freebies and trials, and give them a spin. This also helped me to get to know my system better. Some of those HIPS programs ask some tough questions. I have now replaced the security habit with the infamous tweak habit. Windows people just do not understand the joy of reinstalling.

[Swagman]

I soooo miss all the

Virii
malware
trojans
overpriced software
Windows Genuine Disadvantage

etc

etc

I'm going back to Windows

Wah!
Wah!

[BigSilly]

This may sound strange, but I miss the security programs I had on my xp.

Erk! I don't miss that!

I'm quite lucky I suppose. There's absolutely nothing I miss from my time with Windows. Even games. Don't miss Nero either, since K3b is absolutely fantastic, and I prefer the Linux media players too. I never really used Photoshop, so I'm quite happy with GIMP. I could go on, but I won't! Simply put, I honestly cannot think of one piece of Windows software I would put on this PC to replace a Linux equivalent.

Windows people just do not understand the joy of reinstalling.

Agree with this though! :biggrin: I think you learn so much just installing fresh every six months, and not only that, but you take away the demon of installing too. You're no longer afraid of things like partitioning and the like when you do it fairly regularly.

[Rodney9]

Auto starting computer - What's that?

My old Mac would start automatically at whatever time I set, but I just found in my new motherboard's BIOS a setting called "power on by rtc alarm" which I hope will do the same .

[Frak]

My old Mac would start automatically at whatever time I set, but I just found in my new motherboard's BIOS a setting called "power on by rtc alarm" which I hope will do the same .
I do love my Mac for that reason.

[jyaan]

New games. Everything else is better.

[9170]

SonicStage CP. It's the worst piece of software I've ever used, but my mp3 player is useless without it.

I agree and miss it too!

[ellalan]

I have 8.10 running wubi in my laptop, what I miss in Ubuntu is the quality of the Fonts display.
Using the same browser(FF3) I get a better quality display with vista than Ubuntu. I have set all the settings similar but still its not very pleasing to eyes in Ubuntu than Vista. I am a bit disappointed but its not a major disaster.

[EdThaSlayer]

The great feeling of knowing that you have successfully done a virus scan. It really gets the endorphines running, especially if your scanner says you don't have any viruses.

Since well, I have no viruses, I don't get that endorphin boost!

Other than that-games. They would be the big big problem along with the graphic card drivers that made your pc feel fully functional.

[Sunnz]

My old Mac would start automatically at whatever time I set, but I just found in my new motherboard's BIOS a setting called "power on by rtc alarm" which I hope will do the same .

Ahh I never knew about that function on my Mac, but then again I never turn off my computers, Mac or Linux...

I wonder what does it work without being power on? Must be a hardware thing?

[Arabiest]

I miss my tablet PC functions on Ubuntu 8.10

[favadi]

1. Winamp
2. Max Payne 2
3. Photoshop
4. PHP designer

[Rodney9]

My old Mac would start automatically at whatever time I set, but I just found in my new motherboard's BIOS a setting called "power on by rtc alarm" which I hope will do the same .

Waking up the computer from sleep/suspend automatically and easily

It seems nothing is easy in Linux, to do the above you have to Recompile kernel with APM and /dev/rtc support

[Grant A.]

Duke Nukem Forever :(


...iTunes... :(

[linuxology]

Quicken and that's it.

[jedimasterk]

Adobe Creative Suite CS4.

[pepemosca]

I miss Office (Outlook, Excel and Access) and Lightroom 2.1

[pepemosca]

I have 8.10 running wubi in my laptop, what I miss in Ubuntu is the quality of the Fonts display.
Using the same browser(FF3) I get a better quality display with vista than Ubuntu. I have set all the settings similar but still its not very pleasing to eyes in Ubuntu than Vista. I am a bit disappointed but its not a major disaster.
I'm also looking for a solution to that problem: the fonts are way better on Vista.

Isn't any solution? How about if I change the default font!?

[ellalan]

I'm also looking for a solution to that problem: the fonts are way better on Vista.

Isn't any solution? How about if I change the default font!?
I have found this old thread and I have tried the Update part of it and I could see a slight improvement, if you want you can give it a go.
www.ubuntusite.com/fix-get-best-firefox-font-linux/
HTH.

[Jerfo]

Even though I keep my XP boot, it's certainly not nice having to change to get those little things I miss/need... but anyway, I only miss these:

-Everybody has mentioned it but games, it's just not cool needing to reboot to get into them.
-Checking sites without issues (namely, flash problems)
-The one I miss the most: Winamp. Sure, I've learnt to love Amarok but Winamp was just so nice, I liked it's Library management better.

[Potters Son]

I miss paint... seriously!

Well, you can do what I did:

I pulled the mspaint.exe file from an installation of Windows XP and ran it under WINE. No problems! :)

[pepemosca]

I've tried your recomendation. Is better... still, I think Vista has better fonts.

I've just left this link http://howtoforge.com/sharp_fonts_gnome that i find interesting.

[doas777]

well, I keep a few xp boxen arround for one reason or other, but the things I miss the most are:

Process explorer (seriously, we need a kick-*** proc monitor)

Visual Studio

Easy complete Dual monitor support with full-featured nvidia drivers

and suprisingly enough, Kaspersky IS. I love the IDS approval features.
I actually feel like I know exactly what my computer is doing, and it
helped me learn a lot about how windows functions!

[Sunnz]

and suprisingly enough, Kaspersky IS. I love the IDS approval features.
I actually feel like I know exactly what my computer is doing, and it
helped me learn a lot about how windows functions!


So basically you are looking for a outgoing packets application level firewall for Linux?

[doas777]

So basically you are looking for a outgoing packets application level firewall for Linux?

no it's quite a bit more than that, but the IDS features are what i like the most. when an app runs (either for the first time, or if it has no rules yet), it analyzes the app, and asks me what security level to give it. and prompts me to customize exactly what that app can do, through interactive dialogs, including but not limited to network activity. for instance I can deny it access to files in my home, allow it to inject itself into other processes, deny it system calls APIs, etc. I set it to ask me about almost everything, so I feel like i know what my system is doing.

I know you can configure this all (non-interactively) in apparmor or selinux but the interactivity is essential to what I'm looking for.

if you know of a system that can do that, please let me know. that would be most kewl.

I will say, the lack of support for layer-7 filtering in gufw is not quite what I would like either. at least it's stateful.

best regards,
franklin

[Cyberponcho]

The only thing I miss is not being able to run Starsiege on wine, i have succesfully run starsiege tribes under wine but starsiege just doesn't want :(
Other than that, i'm a very happy Linux user :)

[anonymous_user]

I miss having an easy-to-use and feature-rich dock (RocketDock).

I also miss being able to easily install my Steam games.

[bartimaeus]

- an program like photoshop :D , like a real alternative

(tried GIMP for so long , i really cant work with it , sorry guys)

- an ipod program that updates my ipod automaticly


- guildwars :D

[satish_j]

Multi-column view in Nautilus file manager..(or for that matter,any file manager)
really...miss it a lot..

[k2t0f12d]

Three little letters...

G N U

Put them back and its perfect =D

[kiwi-pete]

SIW - System Information for Windows
http://www.gtopala.com/

I haven't found anything that comes close to this wee beastie on Linux.

[adamlau]

AutoCAD. MicroStation. Ashlar Graphite.

[Johnsie]

-TVU
-audio/video over msn
-Internet Explorer
-tcp spy
-Vanbasco Karaoke player
-winamp
-window media player
-games from the high street
-being able to access certain websites
-being able to use my mobile phone properly and update firmware
-filezilla
-Microsoft Access
-AutoIT
-Outlook
-GPS tracking software for tracking vehicles
-Programs that auto-update themselves to the latest version rather than waiting on the repositories
-System Restore
-Playing from an up-to-date media player to a shoutcast stream
-Being first in line for major software releases
-Shockwave
-TS-404
-Visual Studio
-Movie Maker
-Adobe Premier
-Pro Tools
-Flash
-Yahoo messenger

[Naz_Farooq]

Then there is gnupaint.
Honestly I dont sere why people want to use a 3 year old programmed paint app like MS paint.
As for folks who miss photoshop it is possible to get it on linux via crossover or Wine...
Then there is Krita who cant stand the gimp's multi windowed look, Krita is a KDE app but I use it and think its pretty decent.

Games Only,,,,,, Oh My "Resident Evil Series" I miss you soooooooo mcuh

[xpod]

SIW - System Information for Windows
http://www.gtopala.com/

I haven't found anything that comes close to this wee beastie on Linux.

I dont personally miss anything from Windows seeing as i never actually used it long enough to become attached to anything but there are a few handy programs i keep around to help out others with on occasion.SIW and Everest being just a couple i have on a USB key somewhere.

There is a sysinfo app in the repos mind you.The Sysinfo it gives might not be as extensive as what SIW gives you but i think much of the rest is still easily obtainable.

[Chame_Wizard]

-TVU
-audio/video over msn
-Internet Explorer
-tcp spy
-Vanbasco Karaoke player
-winamp
-window media player
-games from the high street
-being able to access certain websites
-being able to use my mobile phone properly and update firmware
-filezilla
-Microsoft Access
-AutoIT
-Outlook
-GPS tracking software for tracking vehicles
-Programs that auto-update themselves to the latest version rather than waiting on the repositories
-System Restore
-Playing from an up-to-date media player to a shoutcast stream
-Being first in line for major software releases
-Shockwave
-TS-404
-Visual Studio
-Movie Maker
-Adobe Premier
-Pro Tools
-Flash
-Yahoo messenger

you can search for alternatives :lolflag:

[zakany]

I'd miss animated desktops (dreamscapes). And, of course, games and hardware drivers. Plus little things, such as the Garmin Communicator plugin.

While there are drawbacks, there are also myriad advantages to running the default OS.

[littleb2005]

For me it the integration coming from a mac of course

kde or gnome cant' seem to do the following

autofill stuff in forms from address book am talking about konquer and epiphancy here

when it come to pidgin gnome wise i cant grab there name and change to what in the address book is

i know kde can do this

[Therion]

TESIV: Oblivion

[mjs1512]

Idiots guide to /////

We are 3 people 51 years to 75 years old. no more MS and 3 new ubuntu OS,

But. All is new and no idiots guide, many new terms and no click here to install.

"For those who understand Linux, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not, no explanation is sufficient. "

This does not help! Is this saying one can never learn this linux system?

[djmaxmalta]

Idiots guide to /////

We are 3 people 51 years to 75 years old. no more MS and 3 new ubuntu OS,

But. All is new and no idiots guide, many new terms and no click here to install.

"For those who understand Linux, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not, no explanation is sufficient. "

This does not help! Is this saying one can never learn this linux system?

actually there is a ubuntu for dummies... and i am writing a online book i have to teach most of my family on how to use ubuntu and why its better so contact me if you need some assistance

[Whorehay]

I miss not having to use Google or ubuntuforums.org (http://ubuntuforums.org/search.php) to make something work.

[djallalnamri]

*what i miss in linux...:well the capability of downgrading from 8.10 to 8.04 for instance...something like a "restauration point " on windows:well after an upgrade,i give the system the instruction of going back to the state it was before upgrade so it would remove and/or uninstall everything that came with upgrade...i would like something like in linux:D

[ghindo]

I miss foobar2000 and games. That's about it.

[Jeffery Mewtamer]

I honestly cannot think of anything I miss from Windows, but I miss many things from Linux when I set down to a Windows machine.

[dragos240]

Honestly i miss sony vegas...

[BGFG]

i got nothing.

[will1911a1]

Nothing.

Push comes to shove I can just install Windows on a second drive and reinstall anything I missed anyway.

[otetiani]

Mostly I miss Image Analyzer (easy image editor - FREE)

I used to miss games, but use Crossover now which took time to understand but has become a great way for me to run games (WOW) and some limited Windows programs for business. I am setting up 2 systems for my business and will purchase Crossover for both, which will be the first software besides WOW I have purchased for the last 5 years.

I do miss Nero also, Brasero is ok, but not nearly as good as Nero.

[JackieChan]

Doesn't Linux have a native version of Nero? It's not Nero 8, but hey at least it's something.

Anyway, here's what I miss
- Pretty much all the Adobe programs (especially Adobe Premiere, Kino is just plain crap when it comes to video editing)
- iTunes (Yeah, yeah, songbird is good and all, but it doesn't compare to iTunes)
- uTorrent (kTorrent just is not as good as utorrent)
- Micromedia Flash Pro (sigh...)
- MSN Messenger (Pidgin lacks the features that made MSN Messenger awesome, plus it's just not as eyecandy)
- Yahoo Messenger (I wish I could see some of my friend's webcams...)
- The Windows version of Skype (MUCH better than the Linux version)
- Filezilla
- mIRC (I have not found one IRC app on Ubuntu that is as good as this)

[milio1401]

i miss playing games and watching tv on my computer,i got a pc tv tuner i haven't been able to configure,playing games the most ,though
:rolleyes:

[Roasted]

People miss iTunes?

....Really??

[civillian]

yes, because no ipod management software quite tops it...

banshee comes close, but it doesn't file podcasts as podcasts, apps like floola can't sync whole music libraries (if you have more than a few gigs) and the itunes store isn't bad (now you can get drm free downloads).

And if anyone rants about ipods, there are no mp3 players with hard drives (as opposed to flash memory) that don't cost in excess of £150 with about 20GB of storage. If there were, I'd own one. But I don't want a pmp, I want an mp3/ogg player with more than 30GB (ie about the 80GB mark) that I can put in my pocket.

[sandy8925]

I miss searching the entire internet looking for updates to programs. I miss using 5 different programs for antispyware,antivirus,disk cleaning,disk defragmenting etc.

[kaldor]

Nothing really. Everything I needed on Windows works fine on Linux for me.

[Gryphon-ni]

A basic video editing tool, simple slice/dice throw on an audio track . I know there are some out there but there is nothing particularly hot or polished. I have tried pretty much all of them.

Lets hope Lumiera fills the gap. The linux desktop really needs this.

Other than that, not much really, would really like to see a linux version of chrome.

[fritsmartfu]

What I realy miss?

A possibility to print pdf files with 64 bit Ubuntu 8.10 and, within a couple of months 9.04.
32 bit Ubuntu (for Acrobat reader) is not a solution, because of I need 64 bit for video editing. I know, there are some solutions on the forums, but no one worked for me.

[extruct]

Popularity. The moment linux will become more popular all other problems will be solved.

[MasterNetra]

What I miss on linux is some of my windows games (which don't run in wine or Cedega such as Space Empires V).
Also I would like to be able to run CS3 as good as native, but I'm guessing that's not going tp happen. And CS4 is even more resource hungry, too much for my system to handle atm.
And although there is Maya for Linux (wish the tards would supply a learning version for linux) my college uses 3Ds Max. (Yes there is Blender but lets face it, as nice as it is, it still can't beat either. At least not yet anyway.)

[sheshdd]

1-Fruity Loops:Well there's LMMS and a bunch of other audio producing tools for beats and sequencing but none are as easy to use and full featured as fruity loops(or FL studio 8).For what i've seen,i'd have to install 3 different aplications on ubuntu to do what fl studio can do in no time.
2-Sony Vegas Audio/Video:i know there probably are some apps similar to this one,like Audacity for example,but i'm just too used to editing my recordings on Vegas Audio.

and the gaming thing,more stable emulation tools for GBA,NDS and several other consoles,though i don't play anything,my kid does and he's kinda pissed that we don't have XP anymore.
I'm actually reading a manual for installing xp without losing ubuntu,so i'll probably do the install next week.

As for the rest of Linux apps are all so cool i wouldn't even consider switching back fully to XP,i'll only use it for recording.

[UbuntuNerd]

Photoshop !!!!

[kamitsukai]

I miss anydvd (and yes I know linux has dvd decryption...)

[Depressed Man]

Evernote.. but it runs in Wine. I wish it had native functonality though..

[PurposeOfReason]

Games. But I'll let my 360 tackle that. It just isn't the same.

[Ceratog]

I dual boot so I still get exposure to new games, virii, trojans, crashes and general head aches that come with any Micro$oft product.
Booting into Winblows is a lot like getting a drunken phone call from your ex in the middle of the night.

[SR_ELPIRATA]

I only miss the games part. Wish somebody made a great racing game with multiplayer that was easy to setup in linux. Dont get me wrong, I still dab with both wine and cedega, but is not as easy and many times something is really off.

I'm not moving to windows anyways...

[ssdt]

Watching live tv. I used to see them in Sopcast.

[pewterbot9]

I miss Paint as in Linux we dont have basic image editing software.

Xpaint is an excellent image editor, just like ms-paint, but with more features. There is also gnu paint (gpaint), which is much simpler, may be too simple.

[jacoblyles]

USB drives, external harddrives, wireless networking, flash, and other media.

[yabbadabbadont]

USB drives, external harddrives, wireless networking, flash, and other media.

All of the these things do work in linux. At least some brands for some people. Do you have hardware that isn't well supported?

[Junkieman]

I don't miss a thing ;)

[ZarathustraDK]

I would LIKE to see some more commercial games, but it's not that bad.

If you mean miss as in "the throes of nicotine-withdrawal" then no, absolutely no.

[praveesh]

I missed photoshop(could run under wine) , imageready ,games,winamp ,windows explorer (there is a button called play all to play all music files in a folder), ability to restore and back up , tuneup utilities (I could create my own bootsplash), windows movie maker , missed all kind of malwares . I didnt miss crashes (often used to press ctrl-alt-backspace)

[Jesus_Valdez]

I miss the videocall option of Messenger Live.

My family lives n other town and their computer skills limits to the use of videoconference on messenger live.

Its the only reason to keep a vista partition.

[mamamia88]

i just miss certain sites being mac or pc only even if built on flash like abc.com.

[Czarli]

I miss buzzing my friends. In Pidgin there is no buzz. :(

[Tipped OuT]

I miss buzzing my friends. In Pidgin there is no buzz. :(

Yes there is. ;)

[Viva]

/buzz

It is even better because you won't receive those extremely annoying buzzes.

[Greenwidth]

i just miss certain sites being mac or pc only even if built on flash like abc.com.

Whats the problem you have with that site?
Works fine for me..

[dinutu]

i miss the simplicity, i am not noob but in windows i just start youtube and it works, here in 3 years since i started to use linux i never had flash working correctly in different browsers, this is just an example :), the rest is ok.

[vastus]

Games definitely.

[Stan_1936]

I miss the plug-n-play-ability of Windows. You're not me, you haven't had the problems I've had so you can't tell me that Linux is plug-n-play.....for me, it's plug-n-pray.

[mamamia88]

Whats the problem you have with that site?
Works fine for me..

full episode player

[racerraul]

I miss being able to play wascraft 3 with my kids over LAN... we got the game working on Linux, but can't connect to eachothers LAN games... bleh...

[timsdeepsky]

Nothing....The universe now revolves around me!!!!
Thank you Ubuntu....

[xuCGC002]

Nothing really. I missed Halo for a short while, but I eventually decided to try and sell it, as it was pretty much the only game I owned for PC other than Sonic Heroes that didn't run natively on Linux.

Although I do kinda miss the way it used to slow down and crash for functions that were otherwise not too resource intensive. :)

[vlke]

The ONLY reason I keep dual boot is MS ONE NOTE, this is probably one of very few windows products that is better than Linux equivalents.

[Unanimated]

iTunes. Oh my god. Orgasmically amazing music player.

[Tipped OuT]

iTunes. Oh my god. Orgasmically amazing music player.

...

[anroy]

I'm a developer and sometimes get Flash jobs, which I can only do on Windows. (I don't mean Flash player but the development environment).

[MikeTheC]

What do u miss in Linux
Stuff.

[tacantara]

iTunes. Oh my god. Orgasmically amazing music player.

+1, although I wouldn't say it's orgasmic. But it is the only thing that'll sync an iPod Touch.

IE is another thing I miss. There are still a few websites that won't play well with Firefox, and I haven't found a decent version of IE that works in Wine.

And, finally....in order for me to use the Army's main information site, I have to run a card reader that will read the Smart Card chip on my ID. The software/firmware for that mess is only available in Windows (so far as I can tell). I'd love to see Wine become capable of running that, or a suitable Linux version become available.

[RichardCL]

I miss Office compatibility. Open Office just can't import Word or Power Point files. It doesn't have the nice rendering that is possible within Office. It is the only thing that is stopping me ditching Windows.

I also miss Garmin Mapsource. GPSBabel is very good at its job but doesn't really allow you to work with maps. Wine would solve the problem if it could call USB. I can work with Mapsource but that isn't much use if I can't read the device.

Perhaps I just haven't found the right alternatives yet.

[bacil]

Hardware compatibility :-) ... but again it is understandable that new development is predominantly for major platform.

[RichardCL]

Hardware compatibility :-) ... but again it is understandable that new development is predominantly for major platform.

Support in the Kernel for the DWA 140 WLAN Stick would be good. I had to carry the machine to an internet connection just to download and compile the drivers when I installed 8.10.

For most other Hardware, I find there is always a work-around.

[halovivek]

Yahoo Messenger:
This one esp. for my mother who chats with
some of her frens and rel. overseas on Webcam, and Gyachi
is quite quite good, but still not as good as the Yahoo counterpart,
and I feel like spitting on Y! for not bringin out a good one for Linux
yet..


I really Miss yahoo messenger and Google Gtalk. Since most of friends are use to chat in voice in that. :(

[mmix]

consistent/integrated GUI. like directshow and mfc in ms windows.

xorg seems like right way to go, but, too infant.

[koleoptero]

I also miss the lack of customization options. Peace of mind. :P

[andru183]

only the big games, unreal 3, crysis/warhead, dawn of war II, and all my days were spend on unreal editor, i love and miss those, but thanx to sual booting there just a restart away..... cept i never restart

[Arthur_D]

I miss having DirectPlay support in Wine, and a really simple but nice music notation software like Guitar Pro. Yeah I know, there are lots of those, but without the keyboard, or automatic playback those are of no use to me.

[Mornedhel]

consistent/integrated GUI. like directshow and mfc in ms windows.

xorg seems like right way to go, but, too infant.

Mwahahaha.

Take at look at the image mid-way down here : http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2008/05/microsoft-learn-from-apple-II.ars/4 Unfortunately I couldn't find the full-size image, the article is from last year, the image has probably been pulled since.

Ubuntu does have a consistent/integrated GUI, just stop using Gnome and KDE applications at the same time.

(And xorg is absolutely not the same thing as MFC : rather you should compare GTK+ or Qt to MFC. xorg is another, lower layer altogether. Few applications call X directly.)

[gnomeuser]

I haven't used Windows in over a decade so I don't really miss anything. However since I have gotten myself a fiancée who unfortunately is separated from me by half a world currently I have grow to miss fully functional MSN webcam support and good Skype support. These are both problems relating to respective corporations not being open source or specification friendly but she is used to them and I am not going to ask to her to change a workflow that works perfectly for her and has done for years.

Aside that having played a bit with the new Windows 7 I can say that I would like that taskbar in it's full glory in Linux it is very elegant and I would like some Aero features relating to resizing windows automatically when dragging them to the sides of the screen which was very helpful.

Finally I miss a few games back from the DOS days as well as the Windows days. I am not a big gamer though. Mostly things like Baldurs gate, the Monkey Island games, Ground Control and Crusader No Remorse

[Shpongle]

full screen non choppy video streaming, games , reason, fruity loops, and sound forge. i got reason and fl runnin under wine but they dont run as smoothly,


i dont miss the eulas and registration tho!!!:P

[mmix]

GTK+ or Qt to MFC

That's why i didn't call integrated GUI. option? maybe but gtk+, qt both simply xorg's makeup, i would call it widget, gtk+ and qt is not real gui, imho.

xorg or framebuffer(directfb, sdl, fbui) could be the real options.

--
PS: in linux, i haven't used gtk or qt as my WM since 5 years ago, i am using plan9port. links2 is my cross-lfs default browser.

[davbren]

I don't miss much at all really. I have most things I need. I use office 07 in linux. I know its thru an emulator, but hey it works. Thats all I need. I have a music player, a movie player, my email, internet, a dvd creator, a photo organiser, IM client. The only thing missing are games. I don't really play those much anymore.

Overall, very happy with Linux.

Although I would say, I've actually had more problems with Linux, specifically Ubuntu than I have had with Windows 7. Microsoft really stepped their game up for this release. Kudos to them...

[dk06]

Internet


Web Browser: Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, Epiphany, Links, Dillo
E-Mail Messaging: Thunderbird, Evolution, Kmail, Sylpheed, Claws Mail, Balsa, Arrow, Aethera
Instant Messaging: gAIM, Pidgin, Kopete, Kmess, Skype, aMSN, Yahoo Messenger for Unix
Players new (newsgroups) : Knode, Pan, NewsReader, Thunderbird, Sylpheed, Claws Mail
RSS aggregator: Liferea, Akregator, Thunderbird, RSSOwl, KNewsTicker
Downloading Files: Wget, Downloader for X (D4X), Aria, Getleft, K Get, Urlgfe
Aspiring websites: HTTrack, Kmago, XsiteCopy, Wget, D4X
Downloading FTP : GFTP, Kbear, Konqueror, Kasablanca
Download P2P apart from BitTorrent : aMule, LimeWare, Lopster, MLDonkey, GTK Gnutella, GNUnet, The Circle,
Freenet


Downloading BitTorrent: BitTorrent, Azureus, BitTornado, ABC, KTorrent
Audio / Video conference : GnomeMeeting
Remote assistance: VNC, ssh / openssh, TightVNC
Firewall: Shorewall, Kmyfirewall, Easy Firewall Generator, Firewall Builder, Guarddog, FireStarter, Iptables
Antivirus (mainly for windows partitions) : Clamav / Klamav, Avast, F-Prot
Anti-RootKit, anti-backdoor : chkrootkit, rkhunter
Update : prior distribution (see the documentation of distribution)
Encryption: GnuPG, KGPG, Gpg
Creating images / partition disk cloning: G4U (Ghost for Unix), Kbackup, PartImage
Files Management


File Manager: Konqueror, Nautilus, Thunar, Krusader, Kcommander, Midnight Commander
Archiving : Gnozip, Karchiver, FileRoller, Ark
Burning : K3B, GnomeBaker, GCombust, Brasero (ex Bonfire), X-CDRoast, Nero Linux
Multimedia


Audio player: VLC, XMMS, Beep Media Player, Juk, Noatun, MPlayer
Audioplayer with Audiotec: Amarok, Rhythmbox
Audio Rip: Sound Juicer, Grip
Audio encoding: SoundJuicer, Grip, KaudioCreator, Kaffeine, Audacity
Player video /DVD: Xine, Mplayer, VLC, Kaffeine, Totem, Ogle
Video Editor: Cinelerra, Kino, Avidemux, CinePaint
Audio/ video encoder: OGMRip, K9copy, k3b, Winki The Ripper, Thoggen
Copy of DVD content: K9copy, xDVDShrink, Drip, DVD::Rip
Flash player: Adobe Flash Player
Graphics


Image Viewer: GwenView, GQView, Kview, ShowImg, gThumb, kuickshow
Bitmap paint : Gimp, Krita, Pixel32
Vector Design: Inkscape, Sodipodi, Karbon14, Xara LX
3D paint: Blender, KPovModeler
Diagrams: Dia
Screen shots : KSnapShot (KDE), gnome-screenshot, ImageMagick
Office


Office suites : OpenOffice.org, Koffice
Word Processing: OpenOffice.org Writer, KWord
Spreadsheets: OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet, GNUmeric
Presentation: OpenOffice.org Impress, Kpresenter, Latex
Database : OpenOffice.org Base, Kexi
Publisher (PAO) : OpenOffice.org Draw, Scribus
PDF viewer: Adobe Reader, Evince, KPDF, Xpdf
PDF Creator: OpenOffice.org, Ghostscript, ps2pdf, PDFLatex, Tex2PDF
Text file Editor: Kate, Kwrite, Gedit, Nedit
Software for bank management : Grisbi, GNUCash, KmyMoney
Agenda : Evolution, Kontact
Optical character recognition (OCR): ClarOCR, Kooka, Gocr, Xsane
General Development


Edition source code: Geany, Gedit, Kwrite
Compiler C: gcc
Compiler C++: g++
Database: MySql, PostGreSql
Assembler/Disassembler: nasm, as
Webmaster development


Creating Web video: NVU, Kompozer
Creating Web sites by source: Bluefish, Quanta+, Screem
Server: Apache + PHP + MySQL, XAMPP, Tomcat (For Java Servlet and JSP)
Driver utilities


Calculator: Gcalctool, Kcalc, Qalculate
Partition manager: GNUParted, QTParted, GParted, DiskDrake (Mandriva), cfdisk, fdisk
Editor hexadecimal: GHex
Virtual machine: VirtualBox, VMware, Qemu

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-851-alternative-software-for-gnu-linux

[Chame_Wizard]

Internet


Web Browser: Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, Epiphany, Links, Dillo
E-Mail Messaging: Thunderbird, Evolution, Kmail, Sylpheed, Claws Mail, Balsa, Arrow, Aethera
Instant Messaging: gAIM, Pidgin, Kopete, Kmess, Skype, aMSN, Yahoo Messenger for Unix
Players new (newsgroups) : Knode, Pan, NewsReader, Thunderbird, Sylpheed, Claws Mail
RSS aggregator: Liferea, Akregator, Thunderbird, RSSOwl, KNewsTicker
Downloading Files: Wget, Downloader for X (D4X), Aria, Getleft, K Get, Urlgfe
Aspiring websites: HTTrack, Kmago, XsiteCopy, Wget, D4X
Downloading FTP : GFTP, Kbear, Konqueror, Kasablanca
Download P2P apart from BitTorrent : aMule, LimeWare, Lopster, MLDonkey, GTK Gnutella, GNUnet, The Circle,
Freenet


Downloading BitTorrent: BitTorrent, Azureus, BitTornado, ABC, KTorrent
Audio / Video conference : GnomeMeeting
Remote assistance: VNC, ssh / openssh, TightVNC
Firewall: Shorewall, Kmyfirewall, Easy Firewall Generator, Firewall Builder, Guarddog, FireStarter, Iptables
Antivirus (mainly for windows partitions) : Clamav / Klamav, Avast, F-Prot
Anti-RootKit, anti-backdoor : chkrootkit, rkhunter
Update : prior distribution (see the documentation of distribution)
Encryption: GnuPG, KGPG, Gpg
Creating images / partition disk cloning: G4U (Ghost for Unix), Kbackup, PartImage
Files Management


File Manager: Konqueror, Nautilus, Thunar, Krusader, Kcommander, Midnight Commander
Archiving : Gnozip, Karchiver, FileRoller, Ark
Burning : K3B, GnomeBaker, GCombust, Brasero (ex Bonfire), X-CDRoast, Nero Linux
Multimedia


Audio player: VLC, XMMS, Beep Media Player, Juk, Noatun, MPlayer
Audioplayer with Audiotec: Amarok, Rhythmbox
Audio Rip: Sound Juicer, Grip
Audio encoding: SoundJuicer, Grip, KaudioCreator, Kaffeine, Audacity
Player video /DVD: Xine, Mplayer, VLC, Kaffeine, Totem, Ogle
Video Editor: Cinelerra, Kino, Avidemux, CinePaint
Audio/ video encoder: OGMRip, K9copy, k3b, Winki The Ripper, Thoggen
Copy of DVD content: K9copy, xDVDShrink, Drip, DVD::Rip
Flash player: Adobe Flash Player
Graphics


Image Viewer: GwenView, GQView, Kview, ShowImg, gThumb, kuickshow
Bitmap paint : Gimp, Krita, Pixel32
Vector Design: Inkscape, Sodipodi, Karbon14, Xara LX
3D paint: Blender, KPovModeler
Diagrams: Dia
Screen shots : KSnapShot (KDE), gnome-screenshot, ImageMagick
Office


Office suites : OpenOffice.org, Koffice
Word Processing: OpenOffice.org Writer, KWord
Spreadsheets: OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet, GNUmeric
Presentation: OpenOffice.org Impress, Kpresenter, Latex
Database : OpenOffice.org Base, Kexi
Publisher (PAO) : OpenOffice.org Draw, Scribus
PDF viewer: Adobe Reader, Evince, KPDF, Xpdf
PDF Creator: OpenOffice.org, Ghostscript, ps2pdf, PDFLatex, Tex2PDF
Text file Editor: Kate, Kwrite, Gedit, Nedit
Software for bank management : Grisbi, GNUCash, KmyMoney
Agenda : Evolution, Kontact
Optical character recognition (OCR): ClarOCR, Kooka, Gocr, Xsane
General Development


Edition source code: Geany, Gedit, Kwrite
Compiler C: gcc
Compiler C++: g++
Database: MySql, PostGreSql
Assembler/Disassembler: nasm, as
Webmaster development


Creating Web video: NVU, Kompozer
Creating Web sites by source: Bluefish, Quanta+, Screem
Server: Apache + PHP + MySQL, XAMPP, Tomcat (For Java Servlet and JSP)
Driver utilities


Calculator: Gcalctool, Kcalc, Qalculate
Partition manager: GNUParted, QTParted, GParted, DiskDrake (Mandriva), cfdisk, fdisk
Editor hexadecimal: GHex
Virtual machine: VirtualBox, VMware, Qemu

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-851-alternative-software-for-gnu-linux

I love this.http://i.fokzine.net/s/biggrin.gif

[brallan]

Media Monkey.

I've tried amarok, exaile, songbird, quodlibet, rhythymbox, mplayer, vlc, minirok, juk, beep, xmms2 and a few others that don't come to mind. unfortunately, they all seem to be designed with winamp or itunes in mind.

They all pale in comparison to my memories with MediaMonkey, which in minutes from the install i was already able to do more things than i could imagine without having to jump back and forth from a file explorer to the player or use a slow and clumsy tag editor.

I am hoping one day to find a good music player and organizer for 10,000+ songs that doesn't take long to load - Amarok takes 7 Seconds to get the song playing! - though, to be fair I am also not using KDE. I want something that allows me to easily edit tags, drag and drop to move & rename & delete files/albums/artists/entire genres, organize by tags and tag by filename and directory structure, and deal quickly with a big database.

well, at least it's motivating me to learn wine....

[brookie]

I haven't used Windows in over a decade so I don't really miss anything. However since I have gotten myself a fiancée who unfortunately is separated from me by half a world currently I have grow to miss fully functional MSN webcam support and good Skype support...

While I was working in Oregon and my family was in Colorado I could not get Skype 2.* video reception to work worth a damn so I ran a dual boot with XP and used Skype 4.* for windows. It worked great. One note though, I was on Charter, 5Mbs service upgraded to 10Mbps and still couldn't receive video. Now back on Comcast my video reception works great! On Charter I couldn't even make a test call. So...back to the OP's question, I miss some of the higher quality versions of sw for Win that I don't get on Ubuntu. Otherwise I blasted my dual boot partition and don't use Win at all. Cheers, :)

[driven1]

I switched from OS X to Ubuntu, partly for fun, partly for the ideals of FOSS, and partly because I like more hardware choices. I miss graphics drivers that work without effort, the ability to sync my iPod Touch and wireless printing. I also miss my Apple bluetooth keyboard which will not remain connected, and chews through batteries at an alarming rate.

Once I find a suitable replacement for the iPod and iron out a few nagging issues, I'll not look back. Freedom is too important to choose anything else.

[Tipped OuT]

^^^^ Cool avatar. :P

[Dobbie03]

I miss..........................J River Media Center.............and that is all.

I am completely in love with Ubuntu and I dont think even the offer of a free copy of Windows 7 could entice me back.

[skyfer]

I have been running Ubuntu Lucid for a year's time now and I am switching to Windows 7 (thought about going back to XP for a short while but decided on Windows 7).

I am fairly savvy user but with no interest in compiling kernels and the likes. Here are my "Ubuntu - pros and cons" lists:

Pros:



Superior shell (bash) and commandline tools
apt-get (Synaptic package manager)
Fewer viruses written for Linux


Cons:



ALT+TAB changes the content of the window WHILE you browse, not when I release the keys
Task bar is ugly, e.g. icons are "floating", i.e. it is possible for them to be non-evenly spaced
Missing Windows Explorer (Nautilus: ugly, slow, no left-side tree view and more)
Missing Winamp (Rhythmbox just doesn't cut it, e.g. compare R's queue and W's playlist)
Missing Mp3Tag (EasyTag is slow, ugly, non-intuitive UI)
Missing IE (unfortunately some sites still require it)
Missing Miranda IM (Pidgin is ok but not very customizable, e.g. not possible to assign a hotkey to "Read incoming message")
TrueCrypt hotkeys are not working (maybe an Ubuntu hotkey issue)
Skype client is outdated, has very few options.
Can't get the microphone to work anymore in Skype (when it WAS working I experienced the speakers being muted at random).
Windows sometimes open on secondary monitor (my TV which is usually turned off). I have a GeForce 7900 GS and nVidia's controlpanel and drivers installed.
Missing μTorrent (Transmission is ugly and not very customizable)


A lot of issues could probably be resolved by tweaking config files, etc. but I am too deply involved in the real world (you know, that thing that is not your shell) by now to spend my time editing config files to make ALT+TAB behave properly.

I love the idea of a free and open source OS and I am using *nix commandline at work with great pleasure!

I will check back later...in a couple of years probably. In the meantime, happy hacking! :)

[Gaygerbil]

Nautilus can be themed and changed with Nautilus Elementary, also there's other File Managers out there.

There's other alternatives to music other than just Rhythymbox, I don't like Rhythymbox either.

What sites REQUIRE IE? I've never heard of anything like this, I'm interested.

The Skype Client does what it's suppose to honestly and I think while I do miss an update (it's been over a year) I'd rather not have one with how other Skype clients are looking, Mac just got an update and a lot of people using Macs hate it. They turn it into horrible bloatware, with stuff about Facebook that most of us don't care for.

The thing about your microphone is fixable, if you ask on these forums people will help.

uTorrent is actually available to Linux through a server I believe, but there's other alternatives such as Deluge and rTorrent.

Linux is not hacking...ugh.

I don't really miss anything from Windows maybe just the fact that I can play better games on it. It's slower, less customization, more bloated, more spyware, more viruses. Even all those great 'free' apps come with tons of crap involved, we all forget how it's look I assume but I just used Windows again recently and just to get an Mp3 to .Wav converter for Windows Movie Maker to take my Mp3 I had to download some dumb program with tons of spyware and adware it seemed.

Windows 7 is an improvement over that awful version called Vista, but Linux and it's distros have made huge leaps since the release of Win 7.

[johntaylor1887]

Cons:



ALT+TAB changes the content of the window WHILE you browse, not when I release the keys
I actually prefer it that way.
Task bar is ugly, e.g. icons are "floating", i.e. it is possible for them to be non-evenly spaced
Mine don't float and stay evenly spaced. Learn.
Missing Windows Explorer (Nautilus: ugly, slow, no left-side tree view and more)
I have a tree view and think it looks fine. Do you actually do things on your computer, or spend time analyzing its looks?

Missing Winamp (Rhythmbox just doesn't cut it, e.g. compare R's queue and W's playlist)
There are TONS of media players for linux. Clementine will blow the doors off Winamp.
Missing Mp3Tag (EasyTag is slow, ugly, non-intuitive UI)
Never used it.
Missing IE (unfortunately some sites still require it)
Firefox has IE compatibility plugins.
Missing Miranda IM (Pidgin is ok but not very customizable, e.g. not possible to assign a hotkey to "Read incoming message")
There's a way to do everything with open source, you just need to research the issue.
TrueCrypt hotkeys are not working (maybe an Ubuntu hotkey issue)
Never used it.
Skype client is outdated, has very few options.
Does it work?
Can't get the microphone to work anymore in Skype (when it WAS working I experienced the speakers being muted at random).
This can be solved.
Windows sometimes open on secondary monitor (my TV which is usually turned off). I have a GeForce 7900 GS and nVidia's controlpanel and drivers installed.
Did you ask for help?
Missing μTorrent (Transmission is ugly and not very customizable)
I find Transmission to be very configurable. Btw, Utorrent works perfectly via wine.


A lot of issues could probably be resolved by tweaking config files, etc. but I am too deeply involved in the real world (you know, that thing that is not your shell) by now to spend my time editing config files to make ALT+TAB behave properly.
I bet I spend less time tweaking and fixing linux (which is never) than you will in windows. I hope you take time out from the real world to keep windows running well, and all the hand-holding you'll have to do.

[Roasted]

Missing μTorrent (Transmission is ugly and not very customizable)

Deluge. :popcorn:

[Lucradia]

I smell necromancy. The post at the top of this page is from 2009. Plus, we have a more active "What is your killer windows application you cannot live without" thread already.

[fuduntu]

What do u miss in Linux

The command line. :(



















Just kidding http://ompldr.org/vN3lhYg/TrollFace.png

[slackthumbz]

I have been running Ubuntu Lucid for a year's time now and I am switching to Windows 7 (thought about going back to XP for a short while but decided on Windows 7).

I am fairly savvy user but with no interest in compiling kernels and the likes. Here are my "Ubuntu - pros and cons" lists:

Pros:



Superior shell (bash) and commandline tools
apt-get (Synaptic package manager)
Fewer viruses written for Linux


Cons:



ALT+TAB changes the content of the window WHILE you browse, not when I release the keys



I use compiz's ring switcher, it's purty :)



Task bar is ugly, e.g. icons are "floating", i.e. it is possible for them to be non-evenly spaced



Have you tried using any of the various alternative panels/docks? I use AWN and it's awesome.



Missing Windows Explorer (Nautilus: ugly, slow, no left-side tree view and more)


Have you actually done ANY research whatsoever? Click on the label above the leftside panel (it'll say 'Places' on yours) and select tree. See the attached image, problem?


Missing Winamp (Rhythmbox just doesn't cut it, e.g. compare R's queue and W's playlist)
Missing Mp3Tag (EasyTag is slow, ugly, non-intuitive UI)
Missing IE (unfortunately some sites still require it)
Missing Miranda IM (Pidgin is ok but not very customizable, e.g. not possible to assign a hotkey to "Read incoming message")
TrueCrypt hotkeys are not working (maybe an Ubuntu hotkey issue)
Skype client is outdated, has very few options.
Can't get the microphone to work anymore in Skype (when it WAS working I experienced the speakers being muted at random).
Windows sometimes open on secondary monitor (my TV which is usually turned off). I have a GeForce 7900 GS and nVidia's controlpanel and drivers installed.
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OK, I read through this and came to the conclusion that you're either a)trolling or b)trolling or possibly c)a whinger that can't be bothered to do any work to make a great system work the way they want.

Enjoy your viruses, bad security, stupid patch policy and overpriced software.

[Roasted]

slackthumbz - gorgeous screen shot. What are the deets on that? Theme, icon set, etc.

[RiceMonster]

OK, I read through this and came to the conclusion that you're either a)trolling or b)trolling or possibly c)a whinger that can't be bothered to do any work to make a great system work the way they want.

Enjoy your viruses, bad security, stupid patch policy and overpriced software.

And this attitude right here is exactly what's wrong with the Linux community.

[sydbat]

And this attitude right here is exactly what's wrong with the Linux community.++

Y'know, I use Ubuntu as my main OS. I like it. It does what I want. But RM is absolutely correct. It is this "I am superior to you because I use <insert Linux derivative> and you suck because you use <insert non-Linux OS>.

Stop it. You make yourself look bad.

[slackthumbz]

slackthumbz - gorgeous screen shot. What are the deets on that? Theme, icon set, etc.

GTK/metacity: Orta 1.4.1 (there's a ppa for this ppa:nikount/orta-desktop)
Icons: Faenza dark
Dock: AWN

Enjoy :)

[murderslastcrow]

I only used open source and Wine-compatible applications in Windows. I feel bad for everyone else, although I'd rather not use Wine in the first place.

If Wine didn't work, I'd miss Cinema 4D and 3ds MAX, mainly because I need them for work. But, even in that area, I might not need anything more than Blender soon enough.

I'm sure that, soon enough, Windows' backwards-compatibility will be less important and people will be asking about what they miss from Windows XP even on Windows forums.

[Lucradia]

And this attitude right here is exactly what's wrong with the Linux community.

And this is exactly what's wrong with the windows communities. I know that trolling accusations are flung around a lot nowadays; and I agree that the linux community does it a little more than the others; but that's only because I've been here a long time to find out, it's true, the windows and mac users often come here trolling. They often just come here, post a random impossible question that the linux people can't seem to figure out; then give you the runaround saying stuff like "it didn't work." This is also why it's somewhat harder now to get support.

What's worse is the worksforme trend is also getting worse. I know that I've used it a couple times myself, but really, we could do more to help people.

[tgm4883]

++

Y'know, I use Ubuntu as my main OS. I like it. It does what I want. But RM is absolutely correct. It is this "I am superior to you because I use <insert Linux derivative> and you suck because you use <insert non-Linux OS>.

Stop it. You make yourself look bad.

I disagree. I went back and read the post and response and it does feel like the user is trolling. I say use whatever works for you (for me it's Ubuntu), but it looks as if most of the user's issues were things weren't configured the way he wanted out of the box, even though later in his response the same things he complained about wouldn't be configured out of the box in Windows 7 (which is what he was switching to).

Making claims like that sound a lot like trolling.

[fuduntu]

And this is exactly what's wrong with the windows communities. I know that trolling accusations are flung around a lot nowadays; and I agree that the linux community does it a little more than the others; but that's only because I've been here a long time to find out, it's true, the windows and mac users often come here trolling. They often just come here, post a random impossible question that the linux people can't seem to figure out; then give you the runaround saying stuff like "it didn't work." This is also why it's somewhat harder now to get support.

What's worse is the worksforme trend is also getting worse. I know that I've used it a couple times myself, but really, we could do more to help people.

This post smells of BS. Windows and MacOS users have better things to do than troll Ubuntu Forum. Odds are, these are real questions posted by people that just don't know the right way to ask a question in a way that those of us with a higher level of knowledge can regurgitate.

Lets stop blaming everyone else for a problem that exists solely within the Linux community. :D

[Lucradia]

This post smells of BS. Windows and MacOS users have better things to do than troll Ubuntu Forum. Odds are, these are real questions posted by people that just don't know the right way to ask a question in a way that those of us with a higher level of knowledge can regurgitate.

Lets stop blaming everyone else for a problem that exists solely within the Linux community. :D

It doesn't happen in just the linux community though. Back when I still used MacOS 9, I had to go to the apple forums a few times to get things resolved. However, sometimes it took weeks to do that, just like here. You never know when you would and wouldn't get help. The windows forums that are provided by users and not the windows team itself are easier to get help from than the official windows help places (MSDN, Windows Live Help, etc.)

The problem is, these places also get trolls from opposite communities too.

[RiceMonster]

And this is exactly what's wrong with the windows communities. I know that trolling accusations are flung around a lot nowadays; and I agree that the linux community does it a little more than the others; but that's only because I've been here a long time to find out, it's true, the windows and mac users often come here trolling. They often just come here, post a random impossible question that the linux people can't seem to figure out; then give you the runaround saying stuff like "it didn't work." This is also why it's somewhat harder now to get support.

What's worse is the worksforme trend is also getting worse. I know that I've used it a couple times myself, but really, we could do more to help people.

Here's what I got out of this: If the Linux community cannot solve a user's problem, they've just made it up and are trolling. Give me a break.

[Lucradia]

Here's what I got out of this: If the Linux community cannot solve a user's problem, they've just made it up and are trolling. Give me a break.

Not really, no. I've seen some issues stay around for months, only to have the user come back to bump, since they still didn't get it resolved; and yet, it still stays unresolved. It doesn't make it trolling, I agree, but sometimes it's just the feeling, I guess.

[uRock]

Lets get this thread back on topic, "What do u miss in Linux".

Since this thread was recently brought back from the dead, lets put it out of its misery.

Thread Closed for Necromancy