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Rockin Robbins · 09-16-16, 09:59 AM

You'll find that Linux often supports hardware better than Windows. My graphics tablet just works in Linux without loading any drivers at all, but in Windows, it's been a struggle and still doesn't work right. Microsoft loves to eliminate competition by not supporting it. I'm printing great on an obscure Lexmark e342n laser printer. The output looks higher quality than Windows.

There is even a program that lets you use Windows drivers in WINE and native Linux!

Ubuntu 16.04 runs Borderlands 2, Counterstrike Global Offensive, Portal and some other games at least as well as Windows. All the hokey stuff about Linux will never be playable because of missing DirectX turns out to be just baseless.

Fedora is a more aggressive distro than Ubuntu so it tends to use later Linux kernels, later versions of WINE, etc. Of course that is all moot because you can modify any distro in any way you choose. WINE is pretty amazing as of late!

Linux is ready for primetime. When Microsoft stumbles (not if, it may have already happened), computer users are already using an alternate operating system in iOS or Android, and loving it. They are no longer intimidated by abandoning Windows and finally realize that the learning curve is gentle, the rewards great if you get tired of Microsoft redefining the X on the corner of a dialog box to mean "hit me with spyware, nagware, forced upgrades, customer abuse and an operating system that businesses can't use because it's not secure." Microsoft has gone to the dark side, abusing the trust of its customers and rightly should suffer for having done so.

My situation right now is that I am attempting to fix my broken Windows 7 installation (forced update hung the system, now won't reboot) but find myself amazingly unmotivated to doggedly pursue it. Ubuntu is not only meeting my needs but giving me tons of really cool toyz to play with.

It's just brilliant! Windows has fallen and can't get up. I'm having such fun with Ubuntu that I don't care that much. Heck, I've got five GUIs I can play with at will! They're all loaded up and it just opens your mind up to see the differnt ways we can interface with a computer. It's as if you "upgraded" to Windows 10 but were able to keep the Windows XP GUI. No renaming Documents and Settings to \Users\BlahBlah\, no Add/Remove Programs renamed in Control Panel for no apparent reason. No hokey apps from the operating system formerly known as "Metro." You just use your computer the way YOU want. Linux is like that: very liberating.

09-16-16, 09:59 AM	#7
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	You'll find that Linux often supports hardware better than Windows. My graphics tablet just works in Linux without loading any drivers at all, but in Windows, it's been a struggle and still doesn't work right. Microsoft loves to eliminate competition by not supporting it. I'm printing great on an obscure Lexmark e342n laser printer. The output looks higher quality than Windows. There is even a program that lets you use Windows drivers in WINE and native Linux! Ubuntu 16.04 runs Borderlands 2, Counterstrike Global Offensive, Portal and some other games at least as well as Windows. All the hokey stuff about Linux will never be playable because of missing DirectX turns out to be just baseless. Fedora is a more aggressive distro than Ubuntu so it tends to use later Linux kernels, later versions of WINE, etc. Of course that is all moot because you can modify any distro in any way you choose. WINE is pretty amazing as of late! Linux is ready for primetime. When Microsoft stumbles (not if, it may have already happened), computer users are already using an alternate operating system in iOS or Android, and loving it. They are no longer intimidated by abandoning Windows and finally realize that the learning curve is gentle, the rewards great if you get tired of Microsoft redefining the X on the corner of a dialog box to mean "hit me with spyware, nagware, forced upgrades, customer abuse and an operating system that businesses can't use because it's not secure." Microsoft has gone to the dark side, abusing the trust of its customers and rightly should suffer for having done so. My situation right now is that I am attempting to fix my broken Windows 7 installation (forced update hung the system, now won't reboot) but find myself amazingly unmotivated to doggedly pursue it. Ubuntu is not only meeting my needs but giving me tons of really cool toyz to play with. It's just brilliant! Windows has fallen and can't get up. I'm having such fun with Ubuntu that I don't care that much. Heck, I've got five GUIs I can play with at will! They're all loaded up and it just opens your mind up to see the differnt ways we can interface with a computer. It's as if you "upgraded" to Windows 10 but were able to keep the Windows XP GUI. No renaming Documents and Settings to \Users\BlahBlah\, no Add/Remove Programs renamed in Control Panel for no apparent reason. No hokey apps from the operating system formerly known as "Metro." You just use your computer the way YOU want. Linux is like that: very liberating. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 09-16-16 at 11:07 AM.