Comments on: I Switched to Linux http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/ Enjoy today because tommorow is going to be worse. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:36:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Yost http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-574 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:18:55 +0000 http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-574 Hey, I\'m a Linux noobie, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a good site with instructions for someone (me) looking to run a distro such as ubuntu on their intel core 2 duo imac. Hey, I\’m a Linux noobie, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a good site with instructions for someone (me) looking to run a distro such as ubuntu on their intel core 2 duo imac.

]]> by: Jason Burns http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-489 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:06:59 +0000 http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-489 Thanks for your comment on my post earlier. I agree with you, it's just articles like these that perpetuate the animosity between the Linux Windows camps. There is room for both and people should really be recognizing linux for the great product that it is without needed to bring down Windows to do it. I love them both. JB Thanks for your comment on my post earlier. I agree with you, it’s just articles like these that perpetuate the animosity between the Linux Windows camps. There is room for both and people should really be recognizing linux for the great product that it is without needed to bring down Windows to do it. I love them both.

JB

]]> by: cyber_rigger http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-487 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:50:44 +0000 http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-487 I switched to Linux in 1994. I haven't looked back since. Companies are starting to sell preinstall desktop Linux. http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23168/ I switched to Linux in 1994.
I haven’t looked back since.

Companies are starting to sell preinstall desktop Linux.

http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23168/

]]> by: Jeff Smith http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-486 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:16:06 +0000 http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-486 CONGRATULATIONS! It\'s really feels good to see someone coming out of the darkness/mental-enslavement that is caused by a closed, proprietary profit-driven corporation. I celebrate Jun 18, 2005 as my Independence Day. That\'s when I turned off the Win machine as my main desktop, and started using SuSE (KDE). It\'s amzing to me some of the productivity gains I saw. Yes, I did have some issues, but those were more entertainment related and acceptable. I took a longer approach than you. I started simply, first Firefox...nothing broke, then a month later, Thunderbird...no smoke anywhere, then (and biggest) was changing over to OpenOffice.org. I kept a copy of each file and updated both for a few months. After about two months with no issues (and a lot of backups just in case) I deleted all of the DOCs & XLSs and never looked back. Several months later, SuSE 9.3 was coming out so I installed it on a laptop, which I used for several months until I decided to switch one weekend. Near the end, my Windows box was getting really hit with malware, and I wasn\'t able to keep it clean. It was a nervous decision for me, and I\'m in the technical field, so I know Mary & Joe Windows-User are even more nervous about this kind of change over. Anyway, it was a nice read, and congrats again on your liberation :-) CONGRATULATIONS!

It\’s really feels good to see someone coming out of the darkness/mental-enslavement that is caused by a closed, proprietary profit-driven corporation.

I celebrate Jun 18, 2005 as my Independence Day. That\’s when I turned off the Win machine as my main desktop, and started using SuSE (KDE). It\’s amzing to me some of the productivity gains I saw. Yes, I did have some issues, but those were more entertainment related and acceptable.

I took a longer approach than you. I started simply, first Firefox…nothing broke, then a month later, Thunderbird…no smoke anywhere, then (and biggest) was changing over to OpenOffice.org. I kept a copy of each file and updated both for a few months. After about two months with no issues (and a lot of backups just in case) I deleted all of the DOCs & XLSs and never looked back.

Several months later, SuSE 9.3 was coming out so I installed it on a laptop, which I used for several months until I decided to switch one weekend.

Near the end, my Windows box was getting really hit with malware, and I wasn\’t able to keep it clean. It was a nervous decision for me, and I\’m in the technical field, so I know Mary & Joe Windows-User are even more nervous about this kind of change over.

Anyway, it was a nice read, and congrats again on your liberation :-)

]]> by: Robin Jackson http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-482 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:11:44 +0000 http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-482 I\'m somewhat baffled by the wireless card comment too. I installed Ubuntu when my hive got corrupted (the hive...isn\'t that what the Borg live in?). Anyway my Dell Inspiron 8000 with a D-link wireless PCMCIA card came up without a hitch (this was with Hoary Hedgehog). I\'m now up to Dapper Dan. I have graphics, office suite, Cisco VPN, newsreader, web browsers haven\'t paid a dime except to donate (which I strongly suggest you do on occasion). As the manager of the IT resources for a Division I have moved the mofority of our stuff to SUSE SLED, the boxes just run and run and run. I\'ve been involved with Linux since 1996 and am absolutely impressed by the maturity of the current distros. My peers and I are all pushing on our CIO to seriously evaluate why we stay with MS (XP, Vista, Exchange, Office). SUSE, Redhat and Ubuntu are all ready for prime time and have commercial, professional support available (ever try to get support from MS?). Just MHO ;) I\’m somewhat baffled by the wireless card comment too. I installed Ubuntu when my hive got corrupted (the hive…isn\’t that what the Borg live in?). Anyway my Dell Inspiron 8000 with a D-link wireless PCMCIA card came up without a hitch (this was with Hoary Hedgehog). I\’m now up to Dapper Dan. I have graphics, office suite, Cisco VPN, newsreader, web browsers haven\’t paid a dime except to donate (which I strongly suggest you do on occasion).

As the manager of the IT resources for a Division I have moved the mofority of our stuff to SUSE SLED, the boxes just run and run and run. I\’ve been involved with Linux since 1996 and am absolutely impressed by the maturity of the current distros. My peers and I are all pushing on our CIO to seriously evaluate why we stay with MS (XP, Vista, Exchange, Office). SUSE, Redhat and Ubuntu are all ready for prime time and have commercial, professional support available (ever try to get support from MS?).

Just MHO ;)

]]> by: Birre http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-480 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:22:55 +0000 http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-480 I didn\'t read so many posts here, but I can see that some of you are mixing up free software with software for free. It has nothing to do with the costs , but with freedom to use and all that stuff. I can\'t beleive that peoplea still use windows at all after the mess it does on the Internet, and all restrictions that apply to the user. Just reading the EULA for windows will make me puke and power off. /birre I didn\’t read so many posts here, but I can see that
some of you are mixing up free software with software for free.

It has nothing to do with the costs , but with freedom to use and all that stuff.

I can\’t beleive that peoplea still use windows at all after the mess it does on the Internet, and all restrictions that apply to the user.
Just reading the EULA for windows will make me puke and power off.
/birre

]]> by: conares *nix guru http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-478 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:06:48 +0000 http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-478 ..and next week we'll get another "Why-linux-isnt-ready-for-the-desktop" article to enjoy! ..and next week we’ll get another “Why-linux-isnt-ready-for-the-desktop” article to enjoy!

]]> by: Bob Robertson http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-476 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:12:16 +0000 http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-476 My first install of Debian was in 1995. I used it as a server for the next 8 years (with the multi-year uptimes you might hear stories about), but since I\'d been using SunOS for 3 years before that, the Xwindow system, Netscape browser and other standard UNIX environment tools gave me a working desktop even at that point (1995). I got Win95 on my next machine a year or so after that, and used it. I was able to get Win95 working very cleanly, had tried Win98 but MS had obfuscated things and I just couldn\'t turn some stuff off. So Win95 was the last version of Windows I had on my own machine. In late 2000, Win95 finally melted down. I erased Win95, put on Debian with KDE (and TWM, GNOME, IceWM, WindowLab, etc), and have been tracking the Unstable branch ever since. I have never had the \ My first install of Debian was in 1995. I used it as a server for the next 8 years (with the multi-year uptimes you might hear stories about), but since I\’d been using SunOS for 3 years before that, the Xwindow system, Netscape browser and other standard UNIX environment tools gave me a working desktop even at that point (1995).

I got Win95 on my next machine a year or so after that, and used it. I was able to get Win95 working very cleanly, had tried Win98 but MS had obfuscated things and I just couldn\’t turn some stuff off. So Win95 was the last version of Windows I had on my own machine. In late 2000, Win95 finally melted down.

I erased Win95, put on Debian with KDE (and TWM, GNOME, IceWM, WindowLab, etc), and have been tracking the Unstable branch ever since.

I have never had the \

]]> by: Robert http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-472 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:31:43 +0000 http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-472 Well I have been using linux since the mid 90\'s starting on x86 and then going to DEC Alphas and now back to x86s w/ some Alphas still running. I can say whole heartedly that there is no need for windows for most PC users. Those who are having wireless problems check out ndiswrapper and fwcutter. Well I have been using linux since the mid 90\’s starting on x86 and then going to DEC Alphas and now back to x86s w/ some Alphas still running. I can say whole heartedly that there is no need for windows for most PC users. Those who are having wireless problems check out ndiswrapper and fwcutter.

]]> by: Marius http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-470 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:16:47 +0000 http://www.everydayisbetterthanthenext.com/2006/12/02/i-switched-to-linux/#comment-470 Ubuntu is for those who are new to linux world or eaven computers itself, but for those that are confident with it, obvious next step would be something more sophisticated, like Gentoo. Gentoo fits your computer like a glove, works even faster than Ubuntu (at some price) and is very rewarding to work with. People usualy miss the point of all GNU/Linux - if you miss something, then you can always write that missing application by yourself! Or you can always improve existing ones by commiting your own code. Linux is a personal OS, with its lovely community. It`s like yor garden which is prepared by other people. So stop complaining that there are no flowrs in your garden, plant them and share them with others! Ubuntu is for those who are new to linux world or eaven computers itself, but for those that are confident with it, obvious next step would be something more sophisticated, like Gentoo. Gentoo fits your computer like a glove, works even faster than Ubuntu (at some price) and is very rewarding to work with.
People usualy miss the point of all GNU/Linux - if you miss something, then you can always write that missing application by yourself! Or you can always improve existing ones by commiting your own code.
Linux is a personal OS, with its lovely community. It`s like yor garden which is prepared by other people. So stop complaining that there are no flowrs in your garden, plant them and share them with others!

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