[Cloud Strife]

i have changed to ubuntu, a linux operating system. so i want to see what people think. if you want to try it out go on google and download wubi. Now if you say windows or linux you must say a reason why you choose it. here is my reason(s).
1. Faster
2. No viruses
3. Nicer gfx
4. cool comiz effects
5. can do everything that windows can.
6. can bypass genuine test(search:ubuntu pass windows genuine test)
7. has a freaken penguin as an icon
8. has some cool games
9. Could get programs from add/remove unlike windows
10. already comes with office(ubuntu version, open office) and firefox 3.5
11. Its ****ing free! no paying 100-300 for windows products.


tell your reasons.(if someone can tell me where is the dam poll button...)
EDIT: forgot 3 more reasons.

[Dragon[Sky]]

Personally I dislike Ubuntu and anything GNOME based generally. :P
Currently I'm running Slackware, BackTrack 3 LiveCD, but I have it installed on my HD, planning to fix the bootloader when I'm not lazy.
I'm too biased for this thread, I love anything KDE based (yeah KDE fanatic).
As for my reasons:
While I'm typing this post I'm on Windows XP. I don't mind it, but I don't like it either.
I'm just too lazy to fix my stuff and boot into Linux etc.
I am not a gamer by nature and all I do all day is reading, chatting, music, programming (sometimes, still gotta advance, as soon as school ends) etc. Nothing which can't be done under Linux.
As user-unfriendly as it may be, I like the challenge and command lines, even though Slackware is more of an advanced distribution and I'm not THAT good.
But...I'm not complaining.

[Aestysu]

i want to upgrade to linux but i dont have a decent guide on how to play wow on it lol.
and dragon[sky] i see youve kept your 1337 post count lol. try get your rep upto that :P

[OddZor]

Originally Posted by Cloud Strife

i have changed to ubuntu, a linux operating system. so i want to see what people think. if you want to try it out go on google and download wubi. Now if you say windows or linux you must say a reason why you choose it. here is my reason(s).
1. Faster
2. No viruses
3. Nicer gfx
4. cool comiz effects
5. can do everything that windows can.
6. can bypass genuine test(search:ubuntu pass windows genuine test)
7. has a freaken penguin as an icon
8. has some cool games
9. Could get programs from add/remove unlike windows

tell your reasons.(if someone can tell me where is the dam poll button...)
EDIT: forgot 3 more reasons.

Interesting, I thought that pretty much everything windows based was incompatible with Linux. Yes WoW, CS = everything, lol and a few other things. Unless it's been recently updated or something. Good for WEP cracking though

Also another question when I first got wubi I thought that it made it so you didn't need the Live CD in your cd drive, and you'd still be able to use your cd drive for other things. But when I tried I always had to have the CD.

[Cloud Strife]

ahh iv heard of slackware. but i can do chatting,music,programming, etc in ubuntu im listing right now and im on msn talking to friends oh i forgot one MAJOR reason.
umm you can play wow and you dont need a guide. just install wine. once thats done install world fo warcraft or just copy the files from windows and play. but if you want a guide here is one.
help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft

if you guys want i could make a video showing the features and upload it on youtube?

[OddZor]

Oh ye another thing, sorry to spam this thread, but any idea how to install Linux on an external hard drive I've googled to no avail, and I really don't want to use my internal hard drive as there's so little space on it and i don't really have permission to get rid of the majority of the stuff.

[Cloud Strife]

umm, yes there is. just download wubi and and select your external hard drive

[Air*]

Using Windows XP mainly because of the compatibility with almost all applications.. Messing around now and then with Linux (Ubuntu) on a Virtual Machine though , and it seems interesting to say the least (not to mention the extra security and the fact that it is free )

[OddZor]

sorry I didn't mean just install like physically boot from it, or can you do that with wubi as well?

[Itazuki]

Been using ubunty for a year now, and i have no regrets 'bout uninstalling windows.

Gnome + Customization > all =F

[Cloud Strife]

yea lol and oddzor if you installed it from a disk then yes you need to uninstall wubi. just download the program and run it.

[pH1r]

Neither, I vote Mac
Vista sucks huge balls
Linux doesn't support much
I'd rather get kicked in the nuts that run either so... yea

[Cloud Strife]

mac stinks man. you cant change your GFX card, memory, not everything is compatible, viruses and such

[**Sweeny**]

Neither, I vote Mac
Vista sucks huge balls
Linux doesn't support much
I'd rather get kicked in the nuts that run either so... yea

Macs sucks balls. Ascent on mac? NO!
good games on mac? NO! if any
upgrading a mac? LMFAO
safari? sucks balls "Ipod touch hacked while browsing on safari"
a really really really good mac costs about 30k who would spend that much?
Need more reasons?

[Cloud Strife]

yep. macs suck balls. my balls. and liux doesnt support much... tell me one program it doesnt support that you will need in your life.