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Originally Posted by 35g700  I've used Linux for a while (Ubuntu 7.04-9.04 BETA) and it was really cool at first but after a while I just couldn't stand it. I'm a windows guy I've used windows for all my life and I'm used to it. What I can't stand about Linux is how I can't run windows programs on it and most of software used today is for windows. Ubuntu may be very secure but IMO windows doesn't have all that bad security, if you don't do stupid stuff. All my years of using windows I have never had a bad virus at all; the worst was some spy ware that would mess with links. |
I got started on Ubuntu because I forgot to buy an operating system when I built my first custom computer. Just wanting something to get online and check email and get on aim with for the time being, I got Ubuntu. I used to think the same thing, in regards to how my "comfort zone" was with my Windows software that I was always using. I felt like Ubuntu was a completely dumbed down halfassed way to manage an operating system.
Then as time went on, I realized just how much software Ubuntu had to offer. After 4 years of staying strong with Ubuntu, I can't think of a program that I use that I would rather use the Windows counterpart of it. Every single program where an equal competitor exists on Windows, I find myself choosing the Linux side of it.
Quick example -
Nero vs K3B.
Nero is very nice. It does the job. In Windows, this is the burning software I use. But it also costs money and doesn't have all of the features K3B has. With K3B, you get more, for nothing.
I definitely see why some people stick with Microsoft and I respect their existence in the market. But with me... If I had to stick with Microsoft and nothing else, I don't think I'd be in the IT field. It'd be rather... boring.
Farinha - I hear ya. I will always be a Windows user though to some degree. A - I'm a bit of a gamer, and B - It's just the nature of my job. At work I utilize Linux tools to help my job be easier, but ultimately the computers I work on are 95% Windows.