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Windows to Linux
12-10-2008 2:52 PM
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I am ready to go back to Windows again. I would compare giving up Windows to giving up smoking, you know the long term advantages far outweigh the effort but it is too easy to go back in the early stages!
Re: Windows to Linux
12-10-2008 3:52 PM
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Re: Windows to Linux
12-10-2008 4:14 PM
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Can I get this utility on the Nvidia website?
Re: Windows to Linux
12-10-2008 5:28 PM
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Re: Windows to Linux
13-10-2008 12:13 AM
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It is not exactly like I had it in Windows but definitely very useful, probably better when I get used to it. Then again if I wanted it exactly like Windows I would not have installed Linux
So that is one brick wall knocked down. Now on to the next one then eventually all the other machines. I really want to make the effort to switch this time once and for all!
Re: Windows to Linux
13-10-2008 1:52 AM
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solve it one machine at a time, one app at a time and you'll amaze yourself how easily you get there. you've paid the license for windows; might as well get your money's worth.
Re: Windows to Linux
13-10-2008 2:16 AM
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The other big problem would be my Windows server. I currently use Active Webcam on it for my Swan Max IP Cam. Most other software does not support this camera model.
Time will also have to be spent moving all the media around the network while I repartition and reformat all the hdd's. I know I could leave them as they are (NTFS) but I would rather not.
My Linux webserver (Fedora 7) has been running now for almost 2 years. It NEVER crashes, NEVER needs rebooted and just keeps running without issue. Compared to my Windows server beside it which has caused more and more problems recently. That is the reason I want to switch to Linux for all my machines aswell as the fact that eventually there will be no support left for XP (like Win '98) and I would rather stop using computers completely than use Vista!
Re: Windows to Linux
13-10-2008 6:22 PM
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Re: Windows to Linux
20-10-2008 2:07 PM
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http://meetthegimp.org/ does regular podcasts on Gimp - which could help with migration from PSP -> Gimp.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Windows to Linux
04-11-2008 11:11 PM
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Quote from: Sean For me it would be Paint Shop and Dreamweaver.
As it has been said, Gimp can do an awful lot and do it very well once you get used to it.
Also try Bluefish for html editing and if you can code a little bit KomodoEdit is very good (as diving straight into Vim with html syntax highlighting may scare even the bravest).
Here's a little review of html editors.
Re: Windows to Linux
04-12-2008 8:52 PM
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They know people will need support - and they offer it
They know people like simple - and most of windows is
They know people don't want to be setting it up 4 days after installing - Windows is done within hours.
Most software manufacturers are comfortable writing for windows. Few people know how to write for linux - even borland gave up on kylix.
Hardware drivers are plentiful for windows... Linux means putting up help requests on all sorts of forums, sometimes compiling the drivers yourself, needing to use the command prompt.... etc
Windows is point, click, done. Linux.... makefile, install, more commands, more switches, then config options that you don't understand etc etc etc
And you have to learn how to use it while working a full time job, commuting, making time for that special someone in your life, keeping the car on the road, doing housework....
Can I be bothered?
No!
Re: Windows to Linux
04-12-2008 8:54 PM
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Re: Windows to Linux
04-12-2008 9:02 PM
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Also my main gripe is that you can't just use it out of the box. It takes months just to learn the basics - because you have to learn to use it around living a normal busy life.
Windows... what can I say.... you can live a normal life AND .... USE a computer without too much trouble!
Re: Windows to Linux
04-12-2008 10:04 PM
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The problem is that most people's thinking is topsy-turvy. You have to think about what you want to achieve and then choose the best system for your needs. That will to a significant extent be defined by your past experience and knowledge. If windows is best for you, then that's the right choice, and vice-versa.
Moving from Windows to Linux will for most people involve some compromises. As would going the other way. Because they're different. If the compromises are such that you don't want to make them, or can't make them, then it's right to stay with the operating system you prefer or know.
I've moved everything from Windows to Linux and I've had to make a few compomises and had to learn a few things. Some of which I'd rather I hadn't had to do, but on balance in my particular case I decided it was a better option (for me) than making some even bigger less desirable compromises to continue with Windows. For others, the motivation and end-result could be different.
Re: Windows to Linux
05-12-2008 8:52 AM
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However, that being said, I exclusively use Linux on the server. I would rather have a server that is stable, reliable, easy to debug (when you know how!), low-bandwidth to administer remotely, and approximately 5 billion times more flexible that Windows (my own metric :P) when building complex multi-server deployments.
Each to their own, and each OS to it's own purpose.
B.
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