(Apologies for the odd table, not suited to this thin theme.) Issue I don’t want to write reams of prose about the two platforms, so I’ll just describe the key issues that bother me, comparing Windows to Ubuntu: Currently it’s Windows XP, and gives me hassle most days. I now run Ubuntu Desktop Linux on my home PC, with virtually no effort required to run it – as these things should be. Once it was ready it was great, but getting ready took time, research, and effort – that’s fine for messing around at home, but not so good for getting work done. The only problem was that it took a lot of effort to get to the system set up correctly in the first instance. It seemed clear 5 years ago that Linux could do all I want a computer do, do it well, and maybe even gratis. I started with Mandrake (now Mandriva), and Linux From Scratch (compiling and setting up the whole operating system from source code), and I learned a lot about how a Linux system is put together, how software is developed and managed, and how PC hardware is often poorly put together, neglecting industry “standards” in favour of “does it work on Windows?”. Here’s why…Īround 5 years ago, after using AmigaOS, MS DOS, and MS Windows (versions 3.1, 95, 98, ME, and NT, 2000), I started playing with Linux (or GNU/Linux if you prefer). I want to re-install my work PC – get rid of Windows and install Ubuntu.
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