How many of you completely switched to Linux?

[overmannr]

I am one of those guys that needs somone to fix my computer every week. I made a switch about two weeks ago because the guy who fixes the computer every week got a little tired of telling me over and over again that "it would all be better if you just got rid of windows." Plus a bad virus hit the comp and he had to clean slate it anyways.

So now things are working well but I can't find any online radio stations, In fact, I can't find any way to get any music off of the internet. That is like half the reason I use a computer. I am thinking about going back just to get real player back.

[Snomad]

We could go completely Linux if my sons could play Shockwave based games.

So FWIW, I've added my name here:

http://www.petitiononline.com/linuxswp/petition.html

Cheers, Dave.

[Chokableu]

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There is a Real Player for Linux that's works well. It's in binary proprietary format.
http://www.real.com/linux/

It's easy to install . It will ask you in which directory you want it to be installed (I said /usr/local/RealPlayer ).

Furthermore, you have an open-source alternative, which is Helix. Quoted from their site:
"The Helix Player is the Helix Community's open source media player for consumers. It is being developed to have a rich and usable graphical interface and support a variety of open media formats like Ogg Vorbis, Theora etc.
The RealPlayer for Linux is built on top of the Helix Player for Linux and includes support for several non-open source components including RealAudio/RealVideo, MP3 etc."
https://player.helixcommunity.org/

[Chokableu]

[QUOTE=Chokableu]I zero-blanked the HDD i had Windows on and I'm now with Ubuntu Linux completely.
I'm happy to have been able to get rid of Windows.
Among the things I miss the most :

- pdfcreator ( http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm ) or a solution to easily print any documents to pdf, apart from printing first to ps then doing ps2pdf

.../...

Well, i'm correcting myself . I just discovered that there is an easy way to do this : using cups-pdf .
It's well explained at
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/FrFaqTechnique#cups-pdf (it's in French, I don't know where the english link is).
It's working well for me. Thanks to the Ubuntu people here.

[rider343]

I don't have more windows partitions on my hd

[Magneto]

We could go completely Linux if my sons could play Shockwave based games.

So FWIW, I've added my name here:

http://www.petitiononline.com/linuxswp/petition.html

Cheers, Dave.

couldnt switch my girl's laptop over for that reason too - java and shockwave and they wont make it able to play on linux smh

[node]

In about 6 weeks I'm moving from the Netherlands to Ireland, and I'm bringing my sony vaio PCG-FX505 with me, which is ubuntu-based
It'll be the only piece of hardware I'll have to use
Only need to buy a new battery because this one doesnt hold out more than 5 minutes under X (30 without X)

[Randabis]

I am one of those guys that needs somone to fix my computer every week. I made a switch about two weeks ago because the guy who fixes the computer every week got a little tired of telling me over and over again that "it would all be better if you just got rid of windows." Plus a bad virus hit the comp and he had to clean slate it anyways.

So now things are working well but I can't find any online radio stations, In fact, I can't find any way to get any music off of the internet. That is like half the reason I use a computer. I am thinking about going back just to get real player back.

For streaming radio, check out a program called streamtuner. It's available in the universe repositories I believe. I displays shoutcast and other networks.


I am completely ubuntu based now on both my laptop and main box. I got pissed of at windows for the last time last week so I completely formatted it and started over (I have a ubuntu/windows dual setup before) with a fresh install. I'm now running hoary on both systems 24/7.

[nicholaspaul]

Once i get married and no longer need a webcam ( about 3 weeks ) I will stick with OSX (mainly for work - graphic design - and recording music) and Ubuntu for personal stuff - surfing , email , chatting., and bookeeping.
I cant wait to say I dont use Windows

[steffen]

I use my laptop for connecting to wireless networks, graphics, web design, some PHP, server management, college work, media playback (music and videos), and general web and email.

I installed Linux half a year ago, just to see what it was like. I came across a screenshot tour on osdir, and it looked so good, I gave Suse 9.1 a try, since I could dual boot with Win XP. I wasn't completely pleased, switched to Xandros and then Fedora core 2, which I dual booted with Win XP.

When I came across Ubuntu, I switched my Fedora, still dual booting. About a week ago, I got a new computer, and since I hadn't booted into Windows for a couple of months, I decided to do without.

Now, I'll never go back to anything else. Ubuntu works like a charm on my IBM Thinkpad. A lot better than Win XP, with hardware detection, and especially software.

Thanks Ubuntu!

...now my friends are downloading Ubuntu as well