Goodbye? Linux

[anoniemouse]

I dual boot win7 64 bit & Xubuntu 14.04 64 bit.

Yes it takes a bit more time to set up linux till you get used to it, but linux tends to find & install all the correct divers no need for separate discs.

Also Xubuntu installed a driver for my scanner that windows doesn't have, unless i want to go back to 32 bit.

IMO if you are prepared to take a bit more time Linux is miles better than windows, best of all 90% of software is free too

 

[argedion]

I dual boot win7 64 bit & Xubuntu 14.04 64 bit.

Yes it takes a bit more time to set up linux till you get used to it, but linux tends to find & install all the correct divers no need for separate discs.

Also Xubuntu installed a driver for my scanner that windows doesn't have, unless i want to go back to 32 bit.

IMO if you are prepared to take a bit more time Linux is miles better than windows, best of all 90% of software is free too

I find Linux is a snap to setup. I do however disagree with Linux finding and installing all drivers. I myself have spent countless hours looking for a driver for this or that with several distro's that I have tried in the past.

While I would like to be the first on the bandwagon with you to declare that Linux is miles better than Windows. That really is User Dependant and not an overall statement. Windows is best for some users while Linux is best for some while Mac OS is best for some. It all goes back to preference and what the system is being used for. Like Gaming if its a Gaming system its better off with Windows than Linux.

The biggest problem I have found with Windows Users who are looking for an alternative are looking for a Better version of Windows and Not a Different OS all together. I have seen it in several forums when people come in and say Why doesn't Linux let me do this like Windows does? I always give the simple and obvious answer. Cause its not Windows thats why.

So if your looking for a better Windows you will just have to wait until Microsoft makes it. If you want another OS then check out Linux

 

[jefboyardee]

I find Linux is a snap to setup.

I agree, at least for most of them.

So if your looking for a better Windows you will just have to wait until Microsoft makes it. If you want another OS then check out Linux

I'm doing both of those, in the meantime. Futzing with distros in case I actually happen to like one more than Win7. That's apparently not going to happen so I'm hoping Monkeysnot has learned their lesson.

 

[saptech]

IRC on Freenode for your distribution is a great place to get live help for linux issues. Provided one doesn't use one of the newer distros that have about 20 people using it. There's also a channel for Windows & Mac.

Just a thought on getting help!

 

[sfbloodbrother]

Until one tries using Windows in the PRC. Been there, done that, got frustrated, Windows community couldn't help, gave up. Now use Linux Mint, Mac OS X and Android.

For most everything average users the windows community would be able to help. Or even the Mac community.

 

[mikedt]

For most everything average users the windows community would be able to help. Or even the Mac community.

The Windows communities, nor Microsoft couldn't help with the issue of DRM country restricted product activation, and the suggestion of going to a Microsoft store and buying an activation kit wasn't very helpful, I'm not in the USA. Windows communities here would tell me to pirate, and offer the crack to do it. Mac OS X or Linux don't have that problem of course.

That was Windows 8, I do have a Win 7 laptop, originally bought in HK, I keep as a spare, but if I ever needed to reinstall and activate it in mainland PRC I'm not entirely sure if I could. Last time I actually used it was to root an Android phone two months ago.