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      Going to Ubuntu

      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

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      Load up the liveCD and make sure everything works on that. If it does, then it should work when you install it.

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      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.

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      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. ^^

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      seems you ain't the only one
      http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009...ts-user-nerve/

      Welcome to the dark side
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      Quote Originally Posted by Ynot View Post
      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.

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      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.

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