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I am seriously thinking about going to Ubuntu. Do you think that everything will work right? like will I have to search for drivers for hours and stuff? I would like to do the transition from windows but dont want it to be too much of a hassle to do everyday stuff
Load up the liveCD and make sure everything works on that. If it does, then it should work when you install it.
When Ubuntu installs, it automatically finds drivers for you. There are rare cases where you have to hunt them down yourself, but it's unlikely.
If you have an old Radeon card (pre-9500) like me then you're boned if you want 3d acceleration. Otherwise go for it! Ubuntu is fun. ^^
seems you ain't the only one
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009...ts-user-nerve/
Welcome to the dark side
I still don't understand how Microsoft charges over $100 for an OS that they've not changed. Windows 7 = Vista minus the stability issues. Underneath, it's still dll hell, aggressive page swapping, and a mismanaged microkernel, all the things that AT&T solved 40 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ynot
Sure, Windows 7 isn't perfect. But then again, the average user doesn't care about dlls, aggressive page swapping or the microkernel.
Hell I consider myself a power user and I still don't care about that stuff enough to even consider switching to Linux as my main OS purely because it doesn't support the majority of the apps I use and the open source alternatives are nowhere near as good.
Basically, Windows 7 is a good operating system. It is fast, user friendly and compatible with pretty much everything which is more than I can say for Ubuntu or any other flavour of linux I've tried.
EDIT: That's not to say I don't like linux. It's just that Windows is still more usable.