How many of you completely switched to Linux?

[WinterMadness]

im not much of a gamer, so 99.9% of usage is ubuntu.

the ONLY time i use windows is to put mp3's on my zune, but my windows machine hasnt worked in over a month.

[joeray]

With new jaunty release it was easy. Vista win explorer had slowed down to such a crawl that there was nothing but frustration. I'm a computer user with very little demands on a system. The fact that ubuntu caches all the ram for speed and puts it out on demand to running apps makes it all run at warp speed. Comparing it to my vista install is like the tortoise and the hare.

Compaq Presario RZ537AA-ABA SR5010NX
Intel Integrated 945 Chipset, 1.5GB Ram
Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 3.46GHz
Jaunty 9.04 2.6.28-11 Generic Kernel
Gnome 2.26.1
Firefox 3.0

[ranch hand]

chriswyatt,
I would switch him to firefox under Wx first to let him get used to it. It will also be more secure.

Then when it croaks you can install linux and FF and he will never know the difference.

[prem1er]

Done

[milio1401]

i've been using ubuntu 8.10 for like 12 months so far and i don't regret it,although i miss some games,i don't miss them that much,i recently found some really nice games such as savage2 and regnum online and also crest,and i saw on youtube this little app that i'm waiting for the guy to translate it to english ,because it's in portuguese it's called IUG (installer ubuntu games)
this is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvpvkINVvcc

there are other really nice games for ubuntu,really stable the only bad thing is that when i tried to installed some of the games,there are some requirements or libraries you have to download and that has messed up my other games,and some times i'm no longer to play them,but if they are in a bin file it's all good,i hope that helps you make up your mind.

[Eupho]

I exclusively use Ubuntu on two laptops. The only issue i have is playing itunes m4p files.

[Clopin]

I use Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) on my desktop PC, but Windows on my laptop. The reason for my laptop being Windows, is because of the ThinkVantage software (it's a Lenovo) and because I'm using it for school stuff.

Switching over to Linux was though because of the loss of gaming, but I've kinda forgotten about gaming, as Linux can do so much more.

[physwizz]

I found digital TV program and now I'm investigating "wine".
It seems to have worked for DVDshrink3.2
I like Ubuntu 8.10 better than Windows XP.
Now I only need to access the Tom Tom Navigator.
Ubuntu finds it as a usb device and can see the files (windows can't) but it doesn't load the Tom Tom Home program.
I'll keep trying.

[clairefun]

I've been a windows user for far too long, and have used linux for just the past two weeks. I've been wanting to before then but was put off by suddenly not knowing how to do things again (that, and a few bits of software). I've rgadually replaced the software (learned how to use gimp instead of PS, for example) and I've got a console for new games. TODAY! I went Windows free (after a dual boot for 2 qweeks where I didn't go back to windows ONCE in those two weeks!). In fact, I'm still moving files about & getting it all set up as I want it, but SO FAR (touches nearby knitting needle) it's gone *really* smoothly - more so than a windows restore, of course!

I'm really excited - and just a little bit proud, too!

[RoboNuggie]

No windows OS at all in this household.

Main PC - Ubuntu 8.04 / Fluxbox
HTPC - Mythbuntu 8.04 / XFCE
Laptop - Ubunti 9.04 / Gnome
Secondary PC - Ubuntu 9.04 / Gnome
Proxy Cache - Debian 4.0r4 Server


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