The distribution/s of Linux one tries make a considerable difference. If a Mac
OSX user hasnât revealed any gains from Linux, then something must have gone
amiss.
Comment by Roy Schestowitz â Saturday January 8, 2005 @ 5:32 pm
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Try Ubuntu when you try a linux desktop this year.
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I have the CD's and I tried the live version. It was disappointing when it
comes to the amounts of pre-installed software.
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Itâs a refreshing change and a professional distribution. It has good hardware
support, and it uses apt.
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Yes, it's fairly trivial to install and very hardware-compatible. A friend of
mine failed to have his sound card recognised though.
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Thereâs guaranteed updates for 18 months, and there will be a new version of
the OS released every 6 months. Its use of gnome makes things fresh from the
userâs perspective, and I think it fits your UI philosphy (keep it simple)
perfectly.
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See... I'm hooked on KDE and I could not compromise for less. Unless you play
games or run experiments (and I do these remotely, via SSH, on idle
machines), you should let the CPU use up its full capacity, for your comfort.
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Let me know if youâd like me to mail you the âofficialâ Ubuntu CDs, which I
got shipped to me for free. After trying linux desktop once a year, like you,
I finally settled on this, and have everything running on it - home desktop,
work desktop, and laptop.
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You can't try Linux once a year. You have to <b>adapt</b> to it. If you try it
for a day, or a week, or a month, you will not gain sufficient familiarity
with it. You will then keep thinking: "I used to work more quickly with my
old O/S".
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Roy Schestowitz
http://schestowitz.com/
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