Comments on: Why aren’t we all using Linux? http://saulk.co.za/2008/06/03/why-arent-we-all-using-linux/?source=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:00:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SaulK http://saulk.co.za/2008/06/03/why-arent-we-all-using-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-893 SaulK Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:59:08 +0000 http://saulk.co.za/2008/06/03/why-arent-we-all-using-linux/#comment-893 I've only used Vista about four times and each time was akin to swimming through treacle. I agree that if you've used and enjoyed OSX then Ubuntu is a poor competitor but did you apply Compiz and all the graphical effects? It's really, really pretty. I definitely see this being very mainstream compared to Windows in a very few years. I’ve only used Vista about four times and each time was akin to swimming through treacle.
I agree that if you’ve used and enjoyed OSX then Ubuntu is a poor competitor but did you apply Compiz and all the graphical effects? It’s really, really pretty. I definitely see this being very mainstream compared to Windows in a very few years.

]]> By: Paul Jacobson http://saulk.co.za/2008/06/03/why-arent-we-all-using-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-892 Paul Jacobson Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:29:14 +0000 http://saulk.co.za/2008/06/03/why-arent-we-all-using-linux/#comment-892 I shifted to an Ubuntu laptop when my MacBook died and went to Mac repair heaven. Actually to get to that point I wiped Vista Home edition (or a variant thereof) off the office laptop and installed Hardy Heron instead. It was a wonderful experience. Although it isn't a Mac and I wasn't sure about all the software I hadn't really used before, if the sky fell down and Apple disappeared from the face of the Earth, I would be an Ubuntu man! Ubuntu is free, powerful, feature rich, packed with awesome software and can do what most people need a computer to do. I expect there is a lot more power in there than us plebs are aware of and which the power users can point to but at the very least I can't see a reason why the majority of people (at home and in business) shouldn't use an Ubuntu machine. I shifted to an Ubuntu laptop when my MacBook died and went to Mac repair heaven. Actually to get to that point I wiped Vista Home edition (or a variant thereof) off the office laptop and installed Hardy Heron instead.

It was a wonderful experience. Although it isn’t a Mac and I wasn’t sure about all the software I hadn’t really used before, if the sky fell down and Apple disappeared from the face of the Earth, I would be an Ubuntu man!

Ubuntu is free, powerful, feature rich, packed with awesome software and can do what most people need a computer to do. I expect there is a lot more power in there than us plebs are aware of and which the power users can point to but at the very least I can’t see a reason why the majority of people (at home and in business) shouldn’t use an Ubuntu machine.

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