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I am 26 I use Ubuntu to:

Make electronic music
Programming
Design circuits
Design PCB Layouts
Design Digital filters
Run MATLAB (Yes, they DO make it for linux and Unix)
Office productivity...

nope... I have build-essential, turns out it was that i didnt have automake... so i installed it, reconfigured the build, and it works great now.

Hi, I am new to K develop, and am having programs building hello world. When I try to build it prompts me telling me that the project doest have a make file, and when it tries to create one it...

Tried it...

not sure what to make of the UI though... I prefer having a regular window running it. However there are some pretty nice improvements.

buggy and very prone to crash (at least for...

I first started programming by writing embedded firmware for an obscure micro controller made by a company called echelon. the language was a proprietary twist on C. I had to learn everything on...

I find that once Ubuntu is properly configured it is a dream operating system that is very usable.

I find Ubuntu MORE intuitive then windows XP, and it certainly is a great deal more powerful. ...

yeah... pspice isn't very user friendly, but after having to do simulation lab and project at University I got the hag of it.

Better then LTspice though. LTspice had got to be the least user...

I installed most of the applications...

Once i get a chance I will evaluate them in several applications as best as I can and make a thread about how well the various programs work in certain...

Alternatively you can go to Synaptic Package Manager (System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager) and do a search for scilab, and then mark for installation. The command line option works just...

I chose Ubuntu because it is user friendly, powerful, and reliable. It is an OS that I feel good about, and I think most of us do.

I have used Fedora core before and wasn't a huge fan, it has its...

I was thinking about buying an Alienware and reformatting before I heard the news... but I changed my mind so dell (and others) can see that there is a market for Ubuntu.... And I likely will save a...

I knew a little about Linux for several years, but never experienced it until 2005 in a computer science course at University.

I have been on my way to becoming a fanatic ever since.

I wanted to get some opinions on some open source alternatives to a few mainstream applications.

MATLAB,
I have heard that Scilab is a fairly good alternative, what do you guys think.

PSpice,...

I am a firmware developer for a small company, and I also do some hardware development for embedded systems. I am also an Electrical Computer Engineering student. Additionally I am an industrial...

I think personally that a mix between open-source/free-software and proprietary software would be the answer.

There is no reason why you cant put proprietary software on a Linux box. Look at...