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I'm planning on replacing Windows with Ubuntu.

Are there any disadvantages with Ubuntu??

First I've got to find a disk.
 
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gsvol said:
I'm planning on replacing Windows with Ubuntu.

Are there any disadvantages with Ubuntu??

First I've got to find a disk.
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I use Ubuntu on my linux box for my research. I find it to be a great OS and don't have any problems with it when self-contained. If you don't have people sending you microsoft files to view, then you're generally good to go.

It sounds like dickens uses it more for personal use, perhaps he can offer some more relevant insight...
 
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gsvol said:
I'm planning on replacing Windows with Ubuntu.

Are there any disadvantages with Ubuntu??

First I've got to find a disk.
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1) download an .iso or .dmg of it and burn it onto a disk.

2) Personally my only disadvantages of Ubuntu are
a) not being able to sync my iPhone (which is why I dual boot with MacOS). You can have iTunes if you really want it using WINE, though. It just won't sync iPhones.

b) Can't watch my streaming netflix (no microsoft silverlight for linux) .

c) if you like computer gaming it is not really great for that, although they do have a program based on WINE that allows playing many Windows based games.


Positives are almost endless though.
 
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there's a reason why Linux and Mac OS don't get as many viruses.

one, they both have a tiny market share.

two, the black hatters responsible for most viruses are linux nerds to begin with.

admittedly, I'm not all that great when it comes to software and the Plug and Play aspect of a Windows OS has far greater appeal for me. I'd much rather be able to tweak after the fact than have to build a kernel or whatever just to get the damn machine operational.
 
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I'm a suse man since that is what my company uses and is a Novell Partner (Novell is SuSE's owner.), personally from what I've seen ubuntu is more "consumer" friendly and may be the easiest to jump into.

But ya, I can't live without my mainstream programs/games and really the only way to truly do that is by using windows. Thus, I dual boot. I tried doing a Linux install and using vmware with the option to basically make it all look like one OS, but that caused issues.

If you are going to use Linux, make sure your computer is something that is easily supported (the big companies like Dell and HP mostly are, but your little hand made box may have issues). Because if not installing drivers sometimes can get tricky, because Linux doesn't quite have the "just click on the exe icon to install" easiness as MS does. They are close unless you have that reallly obscure piece of hardware or something really new.
 
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EDIT: oh and since this is the politics board, I may as well interject this point to. I love Linux (but I still love windows as well), but a large portion of the community and its mindset behind it drive me bonkers. Be forewarned that that portion of the community tends to make it self sound like a bunch of shrill socialists that believe everything should be free, and if anything is done for a profit they stop at nothing to tear it down and insult it. I keep accidentally scrolling too far down and writing in the quick post box :p sorry for the seeming double post.
 
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dickens821 said:
1) download an .iso or .dmg of it and burn it onto a disk.

2) Personally my only disadvantages of Ubuntu are
a) not being able to sync my iPhone (which is why I dual boot with MacOS). You can have iTunes if you really want it using WINE, though. It just won't sync iPhones.

b) Can't watch my streaming netflix (no microsoft silverlight for linux) .

c) if you like computer gaming it is not really great for that, although they do have a program based on WINE that allows playing many Windows based games.


Positives are almost endless though.
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Thanks.

1. Have no burner, will have to get a disc from someone.

2. No problem, I don't do any of that except I have a friend with about 2,500 Itunes on his computer but when we listen we usually have beer and brandy or shine instead of WINE! :)

(One of these days I'm thinking of downloading all his stuff onto a thumb drive and uploading it onto mine.)

You have to understand that I understand very little computer speak.

Micro chip = what's left in the bag after you've eaten all the big chips.

Hard drive = going to the mail box after a big rain.

Upload = throwing fire wood on the PU.

Download = throwing wood off the truck.

Megahertz = what happens if you don't get out of the way when they're downloading.

Modem = what we did to the hay fields.

etc. :unsure:
 
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