How many of you completely switched to Linux?

[mamamia88]

after almost a full week of using xp on my desktop when my laptop is getting repaired i realize now that there is no going back. ill probably delete the windows partition on my laptop when i get it back. hell i'm running ubuntu off a live usb flash drive just so i don't have to deal with endless "program not responding" messages in xp. if you get an error message in linux and you click ok it goes away

[bakedbeans4life]

Does tinkering with the latest build version of Windows 7 count as sleeping with the enemy?

All my main machines run Linux, Windows 7 was just there for the download. I could not help myself, honest. Why do I feel violated?

[amadorjp]

Allmost converted to Linux. My Laptop runs Ubuntu most of the time. Only the PES2009 make me enter in VIsta. 3/4 games and I restart to enter Ubuntu.

I can't stand all the waiting, all the errors and all the aplications running only to mantain the sistem without virus.

On my desktop I miss my Ubuntu... for that... even in my house i use the laptp

[visionaire]

Linux user since 1999, i quit using windows at home in 2003 or so

it feels awkward when i have to use a machine with windows nowdays

[Adler]

it feels awkward when i have to use a machine with windows nowdays

visionaire,

Hey, I had the same thing happen to me today. Somebody needed help in printing something out, Microsoft want to save it to a file, and I could not help them.

Been using only Linux for about 5-6 years ago. I'm glad I converted - running Ubuntu 9.04 now.

JJMacey

[Maverick7687]

I have Ubuntu 9.04 running on two older hardware laptops and one desktop I just got today which is a fairly new custom system. My main, workhorse dual-monitor, dual-core, 1.5TB desktop is still running Vista Ultimate. I am slowly trying to migrate to Linux but I would like to get a little more acquainted with the Terminal and different ways to work out bugs before I ditch M$ Completely.

[Adler]

Maverick7687,

Just download the Live CD of Ubuntu 9.04, slap it in the cd / dvd tray and re-boot.

See what happens. It won't hurt your system.

JJMacey

[Nick Rhodes]

Our house has been Windows free for the past 12 months.
Amazingly my wife beat me to swapping over to Linux permanently as she got an Asus EEE and we found WinXP to run dog slow on that machine.

[chriswyatt]

Thinking of converting my dad's laptop as all he uses it for is going on the net, emailing and watching porn . Also he tends to pick up quite a few viruses from all the dodgy sites he goes on and codec packs he downloads. I think I'll set it up for dual-booting and try to wane my dad onto Linux, but he doesn't like change.

[Maverick7687]

Thinking of converting my dad's laptop as all he uses it for is going on the net, emailing and watching porn . Also he tends to pick up quite a few viruses from all the dodgy sites he goes on and codec packs he downloads. I think I'll set it up for dual-booting and try to wane my dad onto Linux, but he doesn't like change.

If you're like me and double as son/IT professional for the family then just tell him the next time it crashed due to viruses obtained through porn it will be bye bye windows and hello Linux.. Just make sure that if you don't live in the same house you set it up so that you can remote connect to it when he gets stuck on something and he can watch what you're doing.. That's why I use VNC on Windows machines, it doesn't take it to the Welcome screen for the remote connection.


As far as using the LiveCD on my desktop machine. I have done that when it crashed once. I think I was using 8.10 though and had it installed and everything and one day it did something weird (and I can't remember what it was) so I just threw Vi$ta back on there.. I may setup 9.04 to dual boot tonight to see how it gets along with all my hardware and dual-monitor setup. I wish they had UltraMon for Ubuntu..