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Reid May 26 2009, 09:15 PM Post #1
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*Note: Please do not let this turn into a flame war. If it comes to that, I will have to close it.

So, what OS do you use and why? I use Vista and Ubuntu (9.04) personally, dual-boot configuration, but I find myself on ubuntu more and more these days for its speed and stability.

In reality, I see linux as the future of the computing world. It already powers some of the most critical systems worldwide, it just hasn't become a steady, constant presence in the novice computer world yet. Ubuntu is changing that (slowly but surely.)

If anyone has any doubts as to what ubuntu can do, here's a video I like: this

That video is 2 years old, as it says, but the basic concept has not changed. I can do all of the effects in that video using about 500mb of RAM... whereas in Vista, just running the system itself takes 500mb + RAM, and those effects would eat up another 500 - 2000mb, depending on the intensity.

What do you guys think?
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Will May 27 2009, 01:35 AM Post #2
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To be honest I've never been introduced to anything other than Windows. I use XP but from the numerous times I've used Vista I've really enjoyed it. I haven't used it enough to formulate a real opinion on it.

I've heard a lot of people on the webs talking about Ubuntu but I don't really know what it is, or even how I'd go about using it, haha.

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Reid May 27 2009, 07:47 AM Post #3
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To be honest I've never been introduced to anything other than Windows. I use XP but from the numerous times I've used Vista I've really enjoyed it. I haven't used it enough to formulate a real opinion on it.

I've heard a lot of people on the webs talking about Ubuntu but I don't really know what it is, or even how I'd go about using it, haha.

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Oh, well, it's fairly simple. Download it - since it's free - and then burn it to a disc with a free program they offer, then boot from it. They have instructions for it all.

Of course, if you have a high-powered graphics card like a nVidia you may have problems in the beginning to get it working. It took me about an hour...

.. but it does very powerful and neat effects with about ~75% less RAM/CPU usage. I so far have yet to get over 50% on either of my cores for my CPU. The highest I've gotten is ~40% on both, and that was with fire and raindrop effects on 4 virtual desktops in cube format while rotating it with its reflection enabled. :P

It's Linux, by the way. Very powerful OS. It's used just about everywhere you can look - from cell phones to cars to the servers that power the internet. It doesn't have any viruses whatsoever and pretty much can't be hacked, and I've never once had it crash. It has versions for low-CPU/low-end systems as well that are just as powerful. :P
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slayer766 May 27 2009, 08:40 AM Post #4
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Linux doesn't have viruses? Well no computer has viruses unless they get them. Can't be hacked? :O Wow.


I pretty much say what Will has said, since I've only used Windows my entire life, and I've had problems with it before - a lot. Mostly with windows 95 and 98. I have a new computer now and it's Vista and from the fixes Microsoft has been making it's been awesome. Even better than XP.
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I'm Using Windows XP, because here on Mexico it's the most popular.

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Thanks for the instructions, Reid. I'm definitely going to invest some time into checking it out.
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Linux doesn't have viruses? Well no computer has viruses unless they get them. Can't be hacked? :O Wow.
Well, the difference is that the linux system is edited (and double and triple checked) by thousands of users. Any security bugs are usually fixed within days of being reported, if even that long, and hacking is virtually impossible because of the fast rate at which the team works. There are some bugs that exist for prolonged periods of time - for example, the support nvidia cards has fell through recently thanks to a particular bug that hasn't been fixed for months now, even though it does have an easy workaround - but never security issues.

It's a big change, though; there are a lot of programs that don't work on linux, although really you can make them all work in some fashion or another, including many powerful games. If something doesn't have a linux version, you can just install something called 'Wine' and run it through that. I have yet to find any program that can't be ran in other wine in some version. I think windows live messenger 8.5 can be ran through the most recent version of wine, but I believe some of the newer WLMs can't be - 9.0 or whatever.

It also releases a new version every 6 months on the dot. The current is version 9, Jaunty Jackalope. They have a name for each of them.

Linux is a widespread system; it has many distros.. that is, different versions. It isn't like windows where it's a linear version either; independent people develop their own distributions (distros) and then continue to stockpile on the regular kernel. Ubuntu is built on Debian, one of the most powerful distros. I would suggest against getting pure Debian unless you are interested in becoming some type of super hardcore nerd that can recite 95% of the bash commands from memory.

Ubuntu, on the other hand, is "Linux for humans" and includes out-of-the-box support for virtually everything, albeit some things may be kinda roundabout. It's very powerful and all in all I would suggest anyone use it for its stability, security, and speed.

My computer, which has ubuntu on it, starts up in about 15 seconds. The second the desktop appears, it is ready to work - I mean fully ready, responsive. Not like window's slow startup process that can often take a minute or more to fully get going.

Just be aware that it is a major change and if you do lots of graphics you will probably have to get accustomed to GIMP, not PS. Other than that, it really is for everybody. It comes ready to go with firefox 3 and the gnome manager.

And, of course, like I said before, xubuntu is for any low-powered computers that might exist. :P
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And, of course, like I said before, xubuntu is for any low-powered computers that might exist.
Like mine. ;_;
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I use Windows XP(desktop) and on my other computer(labtop) i have vista. I like XP allot better. Vista has so many errors that it isn't funny.
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Simple 'ol Windows XP, home edition.
Not planning on switching to Vista, but i'll switch to windows 7 once's it's stable and all :).

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