hw many of you r using linux....??
By luvuman
@luvuman (13)
Sri Lanka
June 12, 2008 3:16am CST
guys,,how many of you are using linux instead of windows.. what's your favorite linux distro.how many distros have you ever used. do you think it's muche greater then the windows platform. as for me it's yes.and ma favorite distro is UBUNTU. i have used something around 10 distros.... so how is yours
12 responses
@ashly1979 (1376)
• United States
12 Jun 08
no, i don't use linux. i only use XP, and my b/f uses vista. I like XP the best, since I'm use to it, LOL.
take care
@jobs_great (292)
• India
28 May 09
I have been using tripple boot on my pc. I use windows 98, xp and LINUX on my PC. I use Linux for online related work. As it is great operating system for the people who spend most of their time online. It keeps you out of reach of the deadly viruses Wonderfull, without any antivirus.
@lesnoland (57)
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31 Jul 08
i'm using ubuntu hardy heron, and debian lenny.
debian lenny is the best for me, i managed to get everything working on it, and it almost never crashed.
@prajnith (941)
• India
15 Sep 08
currently i use xp and vista and installed PCLINUXOS virtaully,so i dont have to modify partition.
UBUNTU is good os but doesnt have good hardware support,
PCLINUX even supports by pentium 2 system, but no have installed it virtually.
i mainly use PCLINUXOS for programing,which i dont think is even possible in UBUNTU.
@DarkDancer (1011)
• Dayton, Ohio
14 Jun 08
I use Linux, and my favorite Distro is Ubuntu. I am currently using 8.04 Hardy Heron.
@jason1308 (1586)
• France
14 Jun 08
I have just upgraded my computer which runs Windows XP, and my older computer i decided to try Linux.
I started with Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) but it ran too slow, and appeared to be a bit buggy, so undettered I tried PCLinux 2007 (PCLos) and what a breath of fresh air that is.
It is so easy to use, without the problems of viruses when surfing. It runs faster than when the computer was running windows XP.
The only gripe I have, and it doesn't really affect me but my children, is that there isn't a good supply of games, especially the Sims game. The games available, vary in quality and there are some very good commercial type games out there and I know that you can get emulators or dual boot your system but this sort of defeats the object of going over to Linux.
If some of the larger Games companies would allow developers to port some of the games over to Linux, lets face it they make enough out of the cosole and PC market, then this would rectify the current shortage.
@cuteshe (126)
• Thailand
12 Jun 08
No, not me! I think that is way too complicated for me. I still have lots of things to learn in Windows, I don't want to increase my problems by using Linux. However, as to the others who usually uses Linux, they say it is not too hard. You are lucky though,you are good in both worlds.
@kameleen (151)
• Belgium
14 Jun 08
i use linux (the ubuntu distro) on the main pc here. On my tablet i'm still damned to use vista :( because of the handwriting recognition i need in dutch.
I find linux much nicer then any windows platform. it is easy in use, much faster (if you find the right drivers for your hardware), and doesn't eat up all your pc-resources :p .
Windows is a real pc-killer, it takes lots of time to keep your system clean in comparison with linux.
I've only tried just a few distro's though, Redhat, Mandrake (Mandriva now), Susex and ubuntu (and kubuntu).
Ubuntu is the most user-friendly for as far as i can tell.
Small and fast and already packed with the most common drivers.
@luisln01 (43)
• United States
19 Jun 08
I use Linux instead of Windows, even though I prefer using windows. It's pretty weird, but I just use Ubuntu. I love it as well. Windows is more user friendly and that's why there's a lot more people who prefer it, only those intelligent enough are the ones that use Linux ;-)