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Re: Windows user switches to Ubuntu

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____/ Tony Manco on Tuesday 23 December 2008 16:28 : \____

> 
> 
> 
> _Switched from Windows to Ubuntu - wish I had done this before_
> 
> "This is my first post on these forums. It's going to be a happy one.
> For happy is the state I ended up in tonight. Because, you see, I made
> "The Switch". Bye Windows, hello Linux-world. Ubuntu. I am amazed. I am
> astonished. I feel like a total idiot for not having done this transfer
> before.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Anyway... although I'm sure there's many immature things about Ubuntu
> yet, I was amazed to see its maturity once I had it installed. The
> installation process was SUPER easy and SUPER quick. I was afraid my NIC
> wouldn't work and that I'd have no access to the Internet (my provider
> doesn't seem to support it). But.. wow.. I didn't have to do ANYTHING -
> it just worked right out of the box. Same for my (NVIDIA) graphics card.
> All in all I was rolling in about 2 hours. Had everything updated,
> working, adjusted my settings, learned how to install a *.sh file lol .
> Set up my new development environment - Java 6 with NetBeans IDE.
> 
> [...]
> 
> The software packaging & updating systems are great.
> 
> [...]
> 
> To cut a long story short: good job "World". I'm impressed. I'll be
> using some time now to make myself familiar with things (architecture
> etc.) and then I hope to be able to join your ranks as a developer. I'm
> sure a extra hand on development wouldn't hurt"
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6419068&postcount=1

:-S

That'll get some Microsoft Munchkins offended, for sure.

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                ~~ Best of wishes

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