Remember when I installed Ubuntu a few weeks ago because Vista fucked up during an update? Well once I restored the system I decided to permanently install Ubuntu along with Vista. Since then I pretty much abandonned Vista except for syncing my Pocket PC and installing applications on it. Do you know why I stopped using Vista? Here’s why!
Booting up Vista is long, very long. In fact, booting Ubuntu from closed to the moment everything is loaded takes under a minute. With Vista, I can enter my password and take a piss and the thing is still loading.
Then you realize Vista is a power whore. You boot Ubuntu and after a few seconds the hard drive is idle and everything is calm. With Vista, even if you don’t touch it for hours, the laptop’s hard drive will still spin endlessly until you power it off.
There’s also the fucking updates. You are asked to install 250mb of important updates everywhere, along with antivirus updates, driver updates and the list goes on. Ubuntu notifies you daily of updates too, except they take a minute to install, won’t require a reset and feature 99% less nights of Googling around to find out the update fucked up everything.
Uninstalling software is much faster on Ubuntu. When I first tried to uninstall something (”something” being the ton of bloatware that came with the laptop), I was wondering how the heck the average person could find the “Programs and functionalities” in the Control Panel. In Ubuntu? Simply click “Add/Remove software” in the applications menu. Also, you don’t have to Google for an hour every week to find a solution to a problem that randomly appeared.
Finally, probably the best thing about Ubuntu is that everything you need to start is there. You have an IM client, Internet browser, organizer and all the rest at hand right after installation.
There is much more stuff that made my switch definitive, notably the fact everything is free, the virus are not a worry, errors are not clueless messages, incredible community support and the infinite customization.
On the other side, Ubuntu has its load of disadvantages, but as long as you are not a programmer or a gamer, few of them really hamper the experience. Ubuntu is so fast… so simple… you never have to worry about anything!
I will stay on Linux.
I agree with 100%. Free is always good.
I agree with 99%.
Gamers already have a pretty good variety of linux games to chose from nowadays, and even most games from windows work nicely on Linux (and software as well) with the help of Wine, wich is also free. I’ve played some windows games that actually work better emulated than in windows itself(!!) And programmers (like myself) usually love the already pre-installed python and perl and some frontends freely available from the repositories. And the best of all… you can just open the files you want and costumize the programs to meet your most esquisit needs. Open-Source is fantastic! I guess the main problem still lies in flash webdesigners and some comercial software people need because they don’t know any better… But as Nico’s mentioned, you can have both O.S’s at the same time.
For you Windows users… just imagine not having to install a Antivirus, Anti-spyware, a defragment tool and tons of updates you don’t even know what the hell they do. Image having every software you need for free… Well… i wrote to much.
I thank you your input. It’s sad to know that people think they’re someway bound for eternity to windows and comercial software.