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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Linux might be fine for some people, but I've yet to see any flavour of it that doesn't suck for my needs. It's fine on the surface, but once you get past the nice start screen, you're into Linux land where, if you don't know much of anything about Linux (that's me!), nothing makes any sense.
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The usual learning curve, but I've found Ubuntu to be very intuitive and easy to transition to
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
You've obviously missed all the articles about how well Windows 7 works on netbooks.  Honestly, it's quite good. Windows is running on upwards of 98% of all netbooks. Some brands of Linux-based netbooks have 4 to 1 return rates vs. their matching Linux counterparts. The market has spoken, and the market says they want Windows on their netbooks. |
Okay, if you say so. However, I'm sure that most commercial software that is Windows only (with no open source alternative) is too powerful for a netbook even if Windows performs well. Games for example. I feel like any software you would use on such a portable PC could be available on Linux.
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
So you don't think that user interface matters at all? I think having an operating system that you're familiar with matters quite a bit - to me at least.
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Oh sure it does, and Linux is designed much better than windows. Windows command line is a PITA and Linux is much easier to use (heck I'm even comfortable on the Mac terminal because it's unix). Also, Linux is way easier to manage installs - no windows registry and everything is centralized for easy install and removal. I mean Windows has add/remove programs but let's face it, it's kind of a mess. The biggest advantage to Linux in this area is all software can be upgraded automatically. In Windows you have to run each program's updater or look yourself. This is all based on my experience with Ubuntu, but many other distros are similar. And overall, I really like the UI of Linux. But hey, I'm a CS guy, so I'm in the minority.
Not saying you're wrong, but I think it's a waste of money personally.