what is your experience using open source software?

Like any computer software, you need to spend time learning how to use it. There's always a first time for everyone and it's not always that easy specially when you don't have someone who can guide you. It's fortunate however for the current generation that you can easily ask help or search the internet for useful information and that's where open source stand out more than proprietary software. The open source community is the spirit behind open source software, it's you, me and the developers. I've been using open source applications and operating systems since 1997, I only spend a week of reading before I switch fully using open source software and never turn back since then I'm happy with it and later my officemates slowly adopting open source for they realize that office work becomes a lot easier than before and the company did not pay a cent except for the internet connection. A lot of savings, more productive and happy office workers. :)

I agree. Those who do this opensource software do great work to make stuff easier. One thing though is that I do wish they put in some guides and how-tos for their stuff. It does take me a while to figure things out. I hope some opensource people are reading this. Kudos on the job, better documentation may be needed though. Peace!

u r talking (i want to say a word which is not allowed) encik_khairul i found ubuntu better than windows i think its better bcoz its free its customizable it looks good and has a more vast rang than windows u see u r stuck with windows try to tink more i used feisty as my first open source os and i feel its better and i dont think that u need to compare gimp with photoshop coz its not supposed to b ubuntu has every thing and if it doesn't have sumthing u can get it very easily with the pacagemanager i cant understand y r having problems configing the hardware its all priviously configured and if it does not come with a certain soft i will say my boy its free what else do u expect and u can also get its altenative freely i can bet my yahoo id that it would b better so never ever post sumthing like this

Many open source desktop software are still buggy or do not provide enough features. To me, it can get the job done, but it is still not as efficient as the Windows counterparts. However, I am looking forward for more community involvement to improve it......