Ubuntu: your 1st Linux experience.

[Bruce M.]

I'm curious about your first impressions of Linux being an Ubuntu experience.
This is basically addressed to new Ubuntu/Linux users (me included), but feel free to respond if your first Linux experience was with Ubuntu and it got you curious enough to try other distros (I haven't).

1. What do you use your home computer for?
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
4. Are you duel booting? Why?
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
13. General comments not covered above.

[Bruce M.]

1. What do you use your home computer for?

Mostly email and online banking. And lately reading the Ubuntu Forums and Questions.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?

I'm retired, but I used AutoCAD (v9) ( Windows 98 ) in my last 4 years of work and then I started writing webpages ending up as a webmaster for a non-profit organization.

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?

Windows 2000 Professional

4. Are you duel booting? Why?

Yes, but W2K is not being used at all, it has NO other programs installed other then a firewall (freeware), and anti-virus program (freeware) and ZonedOut for MSIE. It exists because my ISP does not support linux and my wife said it should be there.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?

Yes.

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?

Yes, with TextPad. For the BLOCK cut and paste feature. Although I have not used it is at least a month now and I'll probably take it out and delete WINE with it.

7. What do you think of the Treminal?

For me it was like my old DOS days, so it has never bothered . I'm getting better at using it and have a text file of useful commands handy for when I need it. It's nothing to be afraid of.

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?

Without a doubt. Much more so then Windows.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?

Life is a learning curve. I came to Ubuntu because W2k crashed one time too many. I knew it wasn't windows, that it was a cousin of Unix and command line driven. Finally my anger and frustration of windows got the better of me and I switched.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?

So far, yes. As I said I'm retired, have no professional dealings with computers anymore so it's easy for me. I'm not a computer gamer, I don't have an iPod, nor do I listen to music on the computer. 90% of the time my speakers are not even turned on. I don't watch DVD's on my computer, although I can. It was an exercise I undertood just to see if I could do it. Success was mine.

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?

So many things. But the best is: Peace of mind. No viruses, no mal-ware, no security errors. There is truth in the words: It just runs!

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?

Absolutely nothing falls into this catagory. Even though I had a heck of a time getting my Palm to hotsync, mounting my second hard drive with read/write access and a few other things, but look at question #9

13. General comments not covered above.

I would love to be a programmer, to write or improve linux programs. I would like to be able to use Gimp to it's fullest to help the Ubuntu community. But, I'm just a home "user", one of many, I'm sure, that rely on and grateful to the community of programmers and graphic artists out there keeping things going.

[Bruce M.]

AutoCAD (v9) (Windows 98)

Cute, that should be ( Windows 98 ) not (Windows 98)

:popcorn:

[Gordy]

Plain and simple, Linux makes more sense to use instead of Windows.

I do not have to explain why I say this because in time any new linux user will realize this.

As for Ubuntu, It just works the way it was meant to and to take this a little further, everyone should understand that there are thousands of computer configurations and not all of them will work perfectly with any Linux distribution. This is also the case with Windows as well or for that matter, any operating system.

[-grubby]

Cute, that should be ( Windows 98 ) not (Windows 98)

:popcorn:

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[-grubby]

1: mostly internet/office related things and a little bit of gaming
2:I go to school
3:windows xp
4:nope
5:no, I use Linux mint on my other computer
6:yep. for Linerider and google sketchup
7:I love it
8:yes
9:it was hard, but eventually(about 1 month) I got pretty good at it
10:everything except play the Sims 2. I am going to dual boot just to play that game. (stupid, I know)
11:no malware. No worrying about the registry.
12:some of the default apps
13:I love the apt-get package manager

[n3tfury]

I'm curious about your first impressions of Linux being an Ubuntu experience.
This is basically addressed to new Ubuntu/Linux users (me included), but feel free to respond if your first Linux experience was with Ubuntu and it got you curious enough to try other distros (I haven't).

1. What do you use your home computer for? just about everything, but i have to dual boot for a few things.
2. Do you use a computer at work? yep, multiple. What OS? xp
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu? XP, still do.
4. Are you duel booting? yes Why? games and my sony ericsson phone doesn't play well with Ubuntu.
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively? no (see above)
6. Are you using WINE? N/A What programs?
7. What do you think of the Terminal? i love it. use it as often as i can.
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use? very. i'm trying other distros right now to kick it up a notch.
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu? not a big deal at all.
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS? repetitive question.
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience? the community and the freedom.
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience? it used to be the blurry fonts, but Gutsy saved the day.
13. General comments not covered above.

loving it and my laptop is no longer a dual boot machine, although the desktop is. what i like the most is that there's so much stuff to learn, so i've been setting up one of my boxes with ubuntu server that's for media, vpn, ssh, and several other things.

^inserted^

[Bruce M.]

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Done.

[alwiap]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
1. I use it for basic stuff like internet, pics, movies, music, and then a few must have applications, namely Sibelius 4 (music composition)

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
2. no, i'm a musician.

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
3. highly highly highly tweaked windows XP

4. Are you duel booting? Why?
4. Yes, dualbooting XP, because even though I have heard of people using Sibelius 4 under wine, i tried it myself but I could never get the sound working (the MIDI playback, the kontakt player). I prefer using Sibelius under Windows. Also, once in a blue moon I feel like playing counter-strike and haven't bothered to get it to work in linux as I have all my settings the way I want them in windows.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
5. I would say 95% of the time yes, the 5% other time when I absolutely HAVE to work in windows.

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
6. I have it, but I don't use it regularly at all.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?
7. It's great!

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
8. Yes, there is plenty of online documentation if I do have a problem.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
9. Very little, and again there is a lot of help.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
10. Yes, I just choose to run some things in Windows.

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
11. customization, and the philosophy.

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
12. I can't think of too much.

13. General comments not covered above.
13. lol

[jackmc]

1. What do you use your home computer for?

Uni work, graphic manipulation, some web design, various other things

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?

XP at work :(

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?

XP

4. Are you duel booting? Why?

Nope, no need :D

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?

Yup

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?

Yep. I've got some obscure uni software running perfectly, plus Magic ISO for all their crazy file formats, and the Sony Ericsson theme designer for when i want to waste some time.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?

It's easy once you're used to it. I use it infrequently

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?

Yup, especially after the improvements in Gutsy

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?

Took me a few days, then i was completely at home

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?

If I couldn't, I'd still be dual booting. I have lost no functionality.

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?

The support I can get to have changes made, the frequency of updates, compiz, and having a change

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?

When other people see it and think i'm crazy. Who uses linux? You must be a massive nerd...

[n3tfury]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
1. I use it for basic stuff like internet, pics, movies, music, and then a few must have applications, namely Sibelius 4 (music composition)

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
2. no, i'm a musician.

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
3. highly highly highly tweaked windows XP

4. Are you duel booting? Why?
4. Yes, dualbooting XP, because even though I have heard of people using Sibelius 4 under wine, i tried it myself but I could never get the sound working (the MIDI playback, the kontakt player). I prefer using Sibelius under Windows. Also, once in a blue moon I feel like playing counter-strike and haven't bothered to get it to work in linux as I have all my settings the way I want them in windows.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
5. I would say 95% of the time yes, the 5% other time when I absolutely HAVE to work in windows.

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
6. I have it, but I don't use it regularly at all.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?
7. It's great!

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
8. Yes, there is plenty of online documentation if I do have a problem.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
9. Very little, and again there is a lot of help.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
10. Yes, I just choose to run some things in Windows.

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
11. customization, and the philosophy.

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
12. I can't think of too much.

13. General comments not covered above.
13. lol

LOL best avatar yet and #13, rofl

[georges023]

1. Everything from amusement to web surfing
2. I don't work. But at school i use Windows XP
3. I used Windows ME/2000/XP and tried lots of other linux distrib
4. Yes. Photoshop
5. No.
6. Yes, Photoshop but it works real bad with WINE and also IE for testing web sites.
7. I'm in love with it lol ;)
8. Yes but i love computers and stuffs so...
9. Very easy, didn't even see a curve it was pretty straightforward as i wasn't expecting to get a windows like envirronement.
10. Yes and even more. (Except for Photoshop that's missing me)
11. The community :D
12. I like the way i could set up everything to work fine for me
13. I used Ubuntu 6.10, 7.04 and now 7.10.

[bobbybobington]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
I use it mainly for typing up papers, webbrowsing, listening to music, and gaming
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
Well, I'm a student so I use the same computer.
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Windows XP
4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Nope, Ubuntu all the way
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
Yup.
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
I would like to use it, but the UI is absolutely horrible. The amount of fiddling necessary is just ridiculous.
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
I don't really mind it. I don't really know any commands by heart or anything, but copying and pasting commands is easy and painless.
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Dead simple, I love it!
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
I think the learning curve for everyday stuff is pretty small. After a month or two it feels like home.
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
Not, really. I can't buy any game at a store and install it easily, but it does 90% of what XP did, and so much more than XP or vista for that matter.
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
Compiz hands down (I was ecstatic the first week) . The amount of free apps would be a second
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
There are a lot of gaps as far as details go (just compare leopard to gutsy), a lack of a solid video editor for linux is a killer
13. General comments not covered above.
People ask me all the time if I'm running vista despite the giant Ubuntu sticker on my laptop(dell E1505) so I made a wallpaper that says "No, this isn't Windows Vista" I attached it to this post in case any of you have the sam e problem lol

[jclemmons]

1. What do you use your home computer for? Internet, media, and games
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS? Yes, Windows XP
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu? OS X
4. Are you duel booting? Why? Nope, no need
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively? Yes
6. Are you using WINE? What programs? No
7. What do you think of the Terminal? Great once you get comfortable with it
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use? Very
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu? There wasn't much of a curve, I've dabbled in Linux for a number of years
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS? Pretty much
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience? Gutsy, mainly Compiz
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience? Still not quite there on some hardware support, but it's getting there.

[SunnyRabbiera]

I'm curious about your first impressions of Linux being an Ubuntu experience.
This is basically addressed to new Ubuntu/Linux users (me included), but feel free to respond if your first Linux experience was with Ubuntu and it got you curious enough to try other distros (I haven't).
Well firstly Ubuntu was not my first linux distro, actually yoper linux was and... it sucked.
then I used suse... it sucked.
so those were definitely not good first impressions, it was Mepis linux that got me hooked in.
But I will reply to this as its a decent questionnaire.

1. What do you use your home computer for?
I am mainly a writer, of course I photo edit, browse the net and listen and view media too.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
Yes, and its still windows 2000/XP where I work but they are considering linux right now
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Windows 95, 98, XP, 2000, Yoper linux, Suse linux, Mepis linux
4. Are you duel booting?
no
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
currently yes
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
I use both crossover and wine, my main apps are Microsoft Office, Internet explorer and adobe photoshop
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
I barely touch it
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
yup pretty much
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
getting media to work was a hassle, but once I learned how it became quite simple
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
pretty much, I wasnt much of a gamer so that is a non issue.
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
General feel, ease of use overall, decent community
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Ubuntu's upgrade cycle and lack of backports.
13. General comments not covered above.
I like chocolate milk....

[spamzilla]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Leisure

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
Sadly XP and server 2k3

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
XP

4. Are you duel booting? Why?
I need to use dreamweaver for website editing and I can't seem to get it to work under wine.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
Err same question as above???

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
Nope unless DW decides to work with it.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?
Awesome

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Yep

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
It's a big step to take but well worth it.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
Yep minus DW

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
No viruses/compiz etc

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Lack of hardware support

13. General comments not covered above.
How do I get dreamweaver (DW) to work under wine? :lolflag:

[Bruce M.]

13. General comments not covered above.
People ask me all the time if I'm running vista despite the giant Ubuntu sticker on my laptop(dell E1505) so I made a wallpaper that says "No, this isn't Windows Vista" I attached it to this post in case any of you have the sam e problem lol

Perfect! Nice touch. I like it. I use a desktop only so it's not an issue for me. I'm beside myself here with: an Ubuntu sticker and people still ask! That's amazing.

Have a nive day.

[Bruce M.]

For those who think questions 4 & 5 are redundant, take a look at my own response.


4. Are you duel booting? Why?

Yes, but W2K is not being used at all, it has NO other programs installed other then a firewall (freeware), and anti-virus program (freeware) and ZonedOut for MSIE. It exists because my ISP does not support Linux and my wife said it should be there.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?

Yes.

I duel boot, but I do NOT use windows.

Have a nice day folks.

[Iceni]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
- Web design, work, school, surfing, email, media, music. Pretty much everything.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
- Sometimes - always XP.

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
XP

4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Yes. Sometimes I play cs with a few friends, and sometimes I play sc for old times sake.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
Except for the games, yes.

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
No, too much bother for me.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?
I absolutely love it. Use it for everything.

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Very very easy to use.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
Rather easy. If my computer was delivered to my door with Ubuntu I would say easy as falling down.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
- Yes, except flash is a pain and opera is acting up.

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
- Synaptic/aptitude. It's brilliant!

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
- How opera can't make a linux version that actually works. Gnome is a bit slow imho (athlon x2 4400)

13. General comments not covered above.
- Very happy in general.

[tempusfugit]

1. What do you use your home computer for?

Gaming / downloading / virtual dj / cubase le / browsing the web / chatting / burning discs

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?

No

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?

Windows XP Prof edition
4. Are you duel booting? Why?

Yes, my games do not work in ubuntu, and i have driver problems in ubuntu.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?

No

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?

Tried to, for morrowind and other games, but it wont work becouse of driver problems i suppose

7. What do you think of the Terminal?

Worth learning

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?

Sometimes, sometimes not

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old
OS to Ubuntu?

Lot harder

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?

That would be too good to be true

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?

Add aplications / synaptec

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?

Its no good for gaming


13. General comments not covered above

Quit different from windows :D

[at a loss]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Internet, graphics and media.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
No.

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Dos6.22, Win 3.11, Win95, 98, Me, Xp, Red Hat.

4. Are you duel booting? Why?
No. I have spare units.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
Not yet, I am migrating over.

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
No.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?
Useful at times.

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Still get a little stuck but learning.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
Not much difference. I used windows for years so I can find my way around easy enough.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
Still finding out.

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
Install is quick and program installs are easy also.

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Trying to learn new image software.

13. General comments not covered above.
None yet.

[cyclefiend2000]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
entertainment usually. web browsing, email, etc. though i sometimes do some CAD work from home.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
yes. windows xp pro

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
i was mainly using windows xp pro and mac os x. xp on the desktop. os x on the laptop. i have previously tried some linux distros (RH9, Fedora, Gentoo), but i am impressed at the ease of install of ubuntu.

4. Are you duel booting? Why?
yes for now. CAD applications wont work on linux and there is nothing comparable.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
no

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
no.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?
like it. i find it easier to use than the gui alternatives for installing/uninstalling software. other than that i mainly use gui applications.

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
yes.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
fairly easy. there are lots of helpful articles in the wiki and various tutorials on the internet.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
nope. there is some specialized CAD software not available (nor are there similar alternatives) for linux. specifically, i use Land Desktop development... nothing like it in linux. i am in the process of setting up virtualbox to see if i can run it through that.

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
being rid of windows.

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
not sure.

13. General comments not covered above.
i have been using computers for many years. i think windows xp is the best windows version to date (havent tried vista though).

i also think that ubuntu is great for its ease of installation. like i said i have tried other distros. they were harder to install, but each had its own good points too. it is nice to have a linux distro available that practically anyone could install.

[Metaleks]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Everything. Music, programming, communications...everything.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
Windows and Linux.

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Windows.

4. Are you duel booting? Why?
No.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
Yes. I use nothing else.

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
Yep. Some old RPG games, and a language learning program.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?
Godlike.

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Yep.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
There is practically no learning curve. Especially if you're a long time Windows user.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
Pretty much, and more.

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
Stability!

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Lack of programs. Sure, there are huge repositories and huge amounts of programs available for Linux, but I don't think we'll ever match the amount of support and attention Windows is getting.

13. General comments not covered above.
w00t.

[Achetar]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
School and Games, and Programming and Game Design and Web
Design
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
Still a Minor
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
(blech!) WinXP
4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Yess, my mom won't let me scrap Win, though I nearly got it.
(VirtualBOX to the rescue!)
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
unfortunately, no
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
tried to run C&C using it, no good, using VirtualBOX now.
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
My savior! If only there were a way to have it built into the
Desktop (as in replacing the wallpaper...maybe my next project)
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Yes!!! Synaptic is so much easier than Googling stuff
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
About 5 minutes tops, but I am extremely computer savvy
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
above and beyond everything! its like being trapped in a 5x5 room(windows) and being free to roam wherever(ubuntu)
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
Synaptic and Terminal (oh and Beryl is good too)
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
crappy ATI drivers
13. General comments not covered above.
Never would have found VegaStrike, Wesnoth, FreeCiv, Warzone 2100, OpenOffice, GIMP, the list goes on and on and on...


THANK YOU CANONICAL!!!! :grin:

[Zipster90]

1. What do you use your home computer for?

I mostly just surf the web, play movies and music, and do schoolwork.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?

All of our computers at school use XP, but I usually bring my laptop with me.

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?

Windows Vista Home Premium

4. Are you duel booting? Why?

Nope. I do use virtual machines, though.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?

Yes.

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?

I haven't found any programs I need to run on WINE as of yet.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?

It's not my cup of tea, but it gives me better control of my computer.

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?

Definately. It's a whole lot easier to use than other OS's, and much less annoying than Vista.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?

It wasn't that bad at all. Everything is where you'd expect it.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?

Not everything. All of the video editing programs I've used on Linux have completely sucked, and I am required to use MS Office in a Computer Applications competition I'm in. Other than that, I can do everything!

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?

The myriad free programs available, and COMPIZ. Oh yeah, stability, too.

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?

The terminal, and the lack of good video editors.

13. General comments not covered above.

The community that surrounds Ubuntu and all other Linux flavors is second to none. From hobbyists to hardcore developers, there is always someone to answer your question.

[guillelo11]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
For internet,office related things and games
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
I´m student
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Windows XP
4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Yes, Windows XP. For play
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
No
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
No
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
I like the Terminal
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Yes
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
Was hard, but great
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
Play my favourite games
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
No virus, no malware, it´s free
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
the games
13. General comments not covered above.
I love Ubuntu :)

[-random]

1. What do you use your home computer for?

Web,series(fansubs),programming,games.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?

Ye, linux when possible.

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?

fckgw-rhqq2-yxrkt-... :P

4. Are you duel booting? Why?

Ye, trying out all the flavours > (k/x/)ubuntu,fedora,suse,etc..
Still new @ the linux-thing(loving it btw) . . sofar ubuntu is my favourite! <3 <3

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?

Mostly, go into another distro now and then for partimage of my ubuntu-partition.

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?

Yes! Cube Explorer, w3l.exe.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?

Totally awesome that you can do what you want when you want, even if the results aren't always desired ;P It's great that nothing is hidden and you know (or can find out) what's going on on your system and configure eVeRyThiNg!

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?

Yea. I'm still getting to know where what is (switcd like a month ago). Gnome is nice, especially once you install compiz-manager. Not that I use it per say, but it's nice to show off linux :D

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?

Very easy. All the links are just in different places. The 'find' option in the prefrences-grouped-together-menu-thingie is super.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?

No. I miss wordweb (offline dictionary with South-African english) the most. Also some windows apps give me funny errors/don't work(100%) in wine. My games run ok.. but thats because I have relatively new hardware and my driver-software isn't provided for linux. ( using experimental intel driver atm.)

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?

COMPIZ. compiz, cOmpiZ . . . The security (you only have to worry about screwing around when your password is asked :D). The ctrl+al+backspace for the X-restart, and last but not least, CoMpIZ!!

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?

New drivers aren't always supported well (fedora core is nicer in this aspect by personal experience). Linux in general would be great if it comes with (an option to) install mp3-to-ogg converters, and also VLC ,or the option to install it with the cd.

13. General comments not covered above.

Just a suggestion.. maybe adding a 'popular-posts' to the help file that includes the most posted/asked mostly-noob questions (resolved one's ofcourse) so that you don't have to scour through a couple of posts to get the right one. I make it sound a lot worse than it is! Just for that friendly touch to get more ppl into ubuntu/linux easier/faster.

Thnks for all the support everyone! The 'spirit-of-ubuntu' is awesome :guitar:

[rzrgenesys187]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Internet/email/programming
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
At college
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Vista
4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Yes, need office for .docx files and certain formatting, working with access for a class I'm taking now. DVDFab Decrypter

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
No, above
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
It's installed for DVDFab Decrypter but I'm not too sure how well it works (haven't used it)
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
Love it
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Yes
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
Pretty intuitive. Didn't take too long to learn and theres always help online
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
Yep
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
Learned so much more about computers/operating systems/programming
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
No sound upon installing Ubuntu
13. General comments not covered above.

[tuebinger]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Surfing the web, email, photo storage.
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
XP and Edubuntu
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
OSX and Vista
4. Are you duel booting? Why?
No, no need.
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
Yes.
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
No.
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
Fine as far as it goes, I guess. Don't use it much.
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Yes.
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
It's pretty easy. If you know how to use OSX and Windows, you can use Ubuntu. The only thing is, for many, I think having to use the terminal would be a barrier to using Ubuntu. I'm thinking your average Windows user who's never seen a terminal, asking them to figure out how to install the flash plugin for Firefox so they can watch YouTube might scare them off.
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
No. I can't control my computer with a remote and there's nothing like Apple's Front Row software that I could find yet that streams all your media to the TV .
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
Intuitive way of doing things, how Ubuntu organizes programs via the applications menu, how downloading software from the repositories is so easy.
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Buggy features, like erratic battery messages and power management issues, like how it doesn't always suspend or hibernate like it's supposed to.
13. General comments not covered above.
Security and stability make it worth it for me. I understand Ubuntu can't include codecs for Mp3s and flash plugin for friefox in their distro, so this will probably remain a big turnoff for most people who want something where everthing works right from the get-go.

[motion parallax]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Internet browsing, email, school research/assignments, lengthy text files, programming, downloading, DVD creation/burning.
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
School, I use my laptop, same as for home. School computers use Windows XP.
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Windows Vista.
4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Yes. I've never used Linux before and want to test it for a while before I make the complete conversion. My school has a SecureW2 internet connection and I'm not sure if Linux will connect just yet.
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
No. See above.
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
Not yet. I'll be trying it soon.
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
Love it. I miss DOS. This makes me feel at home.
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Very, although I'm not new to computer tweaking.
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
It reminds me of when I used to modify Windows 95 and program, so it's not too difficult. Going from Vista to Ubuntu is a big shift, mainly because of the hands-on approach to modifying. You go from a OS that's pretty set in its ways to one that's designed to be tinkered.
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
So far, yes, although I haven't tried to connect to my university internet system.
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
The ability to change whatever you like.
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Some features weren't available out of the box. However, I enjoy working these problems out.
13. General comments not covered above.
Ubuntu is a great OS. The free software alone makes it worth the switch (or at least having Ubuntu dual booted along with Windows). Having an OS that's meant to be changed, and doesn't resent you too much for your tinkering.

[DMK62]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Too long to list. Find new uses for it on a regular basis.
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
Unix, Mac , and Windows.
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Windows 3.1 to XP and all NT versions, Macs, Unix ( Solaris ), Novell, and AS400..last used for personal use was XP, I no longer have any need for it.
4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Yes, dual booting ubuntu and kubuntu ( no windows )
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
Yes
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
No
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
Best thing since sliced bread.
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Yes
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
Learning curve wasn't too bad. Having experience with Unix and it's structure helped immensely.
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
Yes, and more.
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
The continuing improvement in the Ubuntu distribution over several versions and the ability to to do what " I " want my computer to do.
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Waiting for the next release.

[zmjjmz]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
IRC, IM, E-Mail, Web Browsing, some light gaming, schoolwork, etc.
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
A. School, but B. Windows 2000 (the computers say they're for XP, but the admin must've had a Vista syndrome with XP...)
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Mac OSX.4
4. Are you dual booting? Why?
No. N/A
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
Yup.
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
Yes. Jahshaka, LDD, Narbacular Drop, Steam, some other random stuff.
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
I love bash.
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Very.
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
Mac was easier.
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
No.
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
Freedom, Apt-get, Compiz, configurability, PnP with a lot of things I'd need to install drivers for normally.
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Video chat near impossible (works with Skype, that's it), nothing like iMovie, some random freezes here and there.
13. General comments not covered above
it's introduced me to the wonderful world of Linux, all I need to say.

[kernelCompile]

I'm curious about your first impressions of Linux being an Ubuntu experience.
This is basically addressed to new Ubuntu/Linux users (me included), but feel free to respond if your first Linux experience was with Ubuntu and it got you curious enough to try other distros (I haven't).

1. What do you use your home computer for?

Email, web surfing, online banking, remote access to work computers, online poker.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?

Primary work station: Dual boot Windows XP/ Redhat Enterprise 4. I also work on Windows Server 2003 and solaris servers.

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?

DG Unix, Windows (many versions), Linux (several distros), solaris (8, 9 and 10)
4. Are you duel booting? Why?

I've moved from dual boot to dual computers. I have a Windows XP box and a Kubuntu box. I use the Windows as my primary email client (Thunderbird) and for online poker, also for some web surfing (especially sites that work better in IE).

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?

No. I use Windows quite a bit (No linux clients for online poker sites).

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?

I pretty much gave up on Wine. I spent hours tweakin, and most applications still didn't completely work. If I need to run Windows software, I use Windows.
7. What do you think of the Terminal?

I find that many tasks are more easily accomplised witha command line that with a GUI. This is even true in Windows, in spite of the crappy command shell painfully primitive scripting language.

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?

Yes.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?

I've been using UNIX and Linux for a long time, so I had no trouble piciking up Ubuntu.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?

Mostly, except for running Windows software

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
Good performance (on elderly Pentium IV 1.4gHz system), ease of software installation.

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?

Silly setup with no root password. Fortunately this is easily fixed.
Inability to boot to console only with boot parameter in default setup: Also fixable, but took a little more hacking.

13. General comments not covered above.

This is the first Linux distribution I have seen that I think my Mom could use. She's no dummy, but not too computer-savvy.

[dgoodma]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Personal Finance, Email, Music, Pictures (that one is XP, with gOS as a VM for play), spouse uses a Vista PC for Email, Pictures, Solitaire, Bridge.
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
Yes, laptop, dual booting XP and Ubuntu 7.10.
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Too many to mention.
4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Yes, to separate work and personal use on my company laptop
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
No
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
Gave up trying to configure it
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
No problem, old time Unix user
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Yes for most things, but really hard for some things (laptops and video drivers for special effects, Wine, Samba)
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
No problem
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
No, the personal finance stuff, Quicken, TurboTax. I have a Zune player, no go with Linux. Wine might solve these, but cannot figure it out, or it is not really supported well.
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
Saving an old laptop with Xubuntu.
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Not be able to fully switch to it
13. General comments not covered above.
This forum is great.
_:)_________________

[Paqman]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Surfing, banking, music, photos, video, email, games, a little web design.
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
Stuck with Win2K at work. Rumours of a migration to XP abound!
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
XP, still do in fact. Before that Win98, 95 and 3.11
4. Are you duel booting? Why?
I boot into Windows for games
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
Nope
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
Nope, I find Wine to be a pain. If you really, really need to use a Windows ap, why not just use it in the OS where it works properly
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
A useful tool to have, but I tend to only use it when things are broken
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Absolutely
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
I don't think the learning curve for general use is at all intimidating. A lot of aps that people use a lot (like Firefox) are cross-platform, and if everything is working well you shouldn't ever really notice the OS itself.
I think the "learning curve" that intimidates people is the fault-finding involved in less-than-ideal installs. Arsing around with wifi/graphics cards/fstab is pretty full-on for a newbie, but Ubuntu is making excellent stides in removing those hurdles.
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
Nope, the state of Linux gaming is dire. Otherwise i'm extremely happy
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
Not having to do constant security maintenance. Ease of installing software. Having a fully functional 64-bit OS. And Compiz-Fusion!
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
The bugs in Gutsy that have made me turn into a distro-***** lately.

[painejake]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Music, Watching films, playing games and browsing the web.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
Yes im a IT Tech at a school but i have to use Windows XP and Mac

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Windows XP/Vista/Mac

4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Was but now done the switch :)

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
No i do still have XP on my laptop for most games.

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
Yes. For my games although alot done run, but hell this system doesn't crash!!

7. What do you think of the Terminal?
Not too keen on it to be honest but i do love the package manager.

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Yes i suppose it is. Wine on the other hand really grinds my gears haha.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
Well it was kinda easy to pick up i suppose well the basics at least.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
No,but i don't expect to it's a different OS

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
I do love Compiz - Fusion :P

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Getting to grips with everything was a bit scary at first but now Ubuntu's like a fluffy
cat

13. General comments not covered above.
I would be able to get any ware without help from the guys here :P Thanks :guitar:


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[eXcentra]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Internet, music, games, videos, photo editing, etc.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
At school, they're all Win XP

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Win XP

4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Yes. Proprietary software.. games.. Photoshop..

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
No.

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
No.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?
Fantastic. I like being able to use the keyboard for everything. :)

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Yes. Very much.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
Very low/easy. As long as you look through the forums, you should be able to pick up basic commands very easily (at least, I did).

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
No. Steam/Valve games and Photoshop are basically locking me in (don't tell me to use the GIMP).

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
The new experience. I like using something different after having used windows for my entire life, and I'm a big sucker for customization. Support is also great in the forums.

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Probably video card driver issues. When I first started using 5.04, everything worked fine (wireless and all), until I started trying to install fglrx instead of that mesa driver... no go; had to reformat a bunch of times until I gave up and found that the default driver is good enough (now, as long as it runs compiz fusion, I'm fine :p).

13. General comments not covered above.
I think Ubuntu and the Linux community has made great leaps and bounds since I started using it 2 years ago (Compiz/Fusion, Dell, Ubiquity, etc.)

[fatality_uk]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Running a couple of businesses, surfing the web, fraggin at weekends, creating web sites, watching TV, Ubuntu forums

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
Ubuntu 7.10

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
OS400 / Windows 2003 SBS, Windows XP

4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Nope

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
Yup

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
Nope (Correction, yes. Currently trying to get rFactor and Grand Prix Legends to work, without much joy)

7. What do you think of the Terminal?
It can be a friend when all hell breaks lose in X

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Very. But no easier than any other OS. I guess my exposure to IT made me adaptable.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
Wasn't one really. Few hardware issues but then plain sailing

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
Yes

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
The security, the ease of use and adapatbility

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
Broadcom 4318 wireless setup!!!

[NullHead]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Mostly gaming, HD music and chatting with friends.
2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
I don't have a job.
3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
I've never really switched from one to another, but my first linux OS was debian woody.
4. Are you duel booting? Why?
Yes. I dual boot because I play allot of games and I listen to HD music on my creative X-FI(some may know what I'm talking about)
5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
No
6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
Some times. I mostly use wine for borgchat and µtorrent
7. What do you think of the Terminal?
It's my best friend.
8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Yes, I find Ubuntu Extremely easy to use.
9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
I use Linux as a hobby so it's allot of fun to learn something new.
10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
No, games and HD music don't work nearly as good in Linux .vs Windows (my sound card's fault)
11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
The community, the geekyness, compiz-fusion.
12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
My sound card doesn't work very well.
13. General comments not covered above.
I don't hate windows for existing because I would never view Linux the way I do now if it had never existed.

[t1n0m3n]

1. Take your pick: Games and porn (It runs Vista 64) or Webservices and DB (Ultra Enterprise 450 running SunOS 5.10)
2. Laptop (Ubuntu 8.04) Desktop (XP)
3. Too many to list here
4. No, Why duel boot when I have a lot of computers
5. Of course not!
6. Yes For games on my laptop mostly
7. It's a terminal
8. Most of the time. Sometime I curse at Canonical
9. I don't remember a learning curve. (My first linux was Slackware 3.x)
10. Of course not!
11. Stability
12. Bugs
13. N/A

[Ozor Mox]

1. What do you use your home computer for?

Work, play, learning about computers and experimenting, watching DVDs, playing music, web browsing, email ... Lots of things really!

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?

Where I used to work I used Windows, but I used to also boot up my test machine in Ubuntu!

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?

Microsoft Windows XP

4. Are you duel booting? Why?

No, I switched "cold turkey".

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?

Yes (counting its derivatives like Xubuntu).

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?

No, I haven't needed to.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?

I use it a lot, I feel quite comfortable in it now.

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?

Very.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?

It took me a couple of weeks of breakages and frustrations before I really got used to Ubuntu, but I was ready to learn new things so I got settled in to the Linux way very quickly, and now feel Windows to be very inadequate for me.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?

And then some. The only thing I can't do is play Windows games, but I think that's only saved me a lot of time and money at the end of the day.

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?

I couldn't live without a package manager now I use Ubuntu, but I also value the community highly.

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?

When everything is working great and I have nothing to fix! ;)

13. General comments not covered above.

[nadjavox]

1. What do you use your home computer for?

Reading, writing prose and code, listening to music, watching videos, internet stuff. What don't I use my computer for? Gaming. That's it.

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?

Yes, Windows XP

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?

Windows XP

4. Are you duel booting? Why?

No, I wiped XP from my life recently. I don't need Windows for anything so why should I allow my life to be controlled by Microsoft.

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?

At home, yes. I still have a laptop for work with Windows installed and of course I use Windows at work.

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?

Not yet. I might need to one day. I have it installed, but haven't needed to use it so far.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?

It's just like the command line in Windows. Simple. Powerful. Useful.

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?

Extremely. Synaptic is beautiful and saves so much time and effort.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?

The biggest learning curve for me was trying to get Ubuntu installed. It was difficult. I also had to learn how to install a few other things like java for firefox, nVidia drivers, and flash. Everything else was extremely easy with very little learning curve involved. Ubuntu's menus are simple and logical IMO. It was extremely easy to customize my shortcut keys and look and feel.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?

I don't know yet. I can certainly do most of it but I am still new, so I can't answer for certain. I have only had ubuntu installed for about a month.

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?

I love the simplicity and ease of use of Ubuntu. I love that Ubuntu came with almost everything that I needed already installed. I love that Ubuntu can recognize my hardware and install the necessary drivers with little intervention. I love gtkPod!

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?

The installation was painful. I spent a few days searching for boot options that would even get the live cd to boot. I downloaded Knoppix and Mandrake too and they would not boot either though. Finally I discovered the magic formula to boot and it's been easy ever since.

13. General comments not covered above.

I am not new to Linux. I have installed many distros on servers and virtual machines to use for one project or another. Once I tried Ubuntu on a test machine at work, though, I decided to get rid of Windows at home. Ubuntu inspired me. Now, if I can just figure out how to pronounce "ubuntu".... :)

[jsmidt]

1. What do you use your home computer for?
Everything, from tasks at home to work and school. Emailing, programming, LaTeX, writing papers, music, internet, Mathematica, watching videos, etc...

2. Do you use a computer at work? What OS?
Yes, ubuntu and Scientific Linux. (Red Hat Clone)

3. What OS did you use prior to Ubuntu?
Windows

4. Are you duel booting? Why?
No

5. Are you using Ubuntu exclusively?
Yes, except the occasional connection to a computer using Scientific Linux. (See above).

6. Are you using WINE? What programs?
No.

7. What do you think of the Terminal?
Though Ubuntu is getting to where you don't need a terminal, I've found you are better of knowing how to do most things over a terminal. Once you do, many things are able to be done faster, more efficient and exactly how you want it done using a terminal.

8. Do you find Ubuntu easy to use?
Very easy. It does take some learning coming from a Windows world. But taking time to learn how to do things "the Linux way" is definitely time well spent. This learning will really pay off in the long run.

9. What do you think about the learning curve, going from your old OS to Ubuntu?
Again, takes a little work, but more than worth it. Ubuntu requires the least work.

10. Can you do everything in Ubuntu that you did in your old OS?
Yes, and more. (Though I'm not someone like a gamer or completely depended on Windows Apps. Again, I've learned how to do everything with Linux apps I used windows apps for in the past, and love it.)

11. What do you like best about your Ubuntu experience?
I'm more productive. I have all the tools in front of me I need without having the hassle of bloat and proprietary issues, and money and etc...

12. What do you like least about your Ubuntu experience?
There is still hardware that doen't work perfectly with Ubuntu without having to "hack around" problems.

13. General comments not covered above.
I can't stress it enough: going to Linux does require work. You have to relearn how to do things in the Linux world. ***But the effort pays off so well in the end.***

Again, I have all the tools I need in front of me to be highly productive and I don't have to hassle with software issues you so often encounter in the Windows world.