Windows or Ubuntu

[swift240]

Having used Winodws both 2000 and XP and Ubuntu 7.10 I have come ot the conclusion that Winodws is top but Ubunut is coming up fast.
Now with Ubuntu 8.04 out I am seriously thinking of going Ubuntu and staying there.
I may have a 2nd HD for Win2000 though.

But hey you good Amiga people out there what would you prefer Windows or Ubuntu/Linux of some type?

As the days go bye I am getting more and more impressed with Ubuntu as a free OS and not in any way connnected to MS.

To be honest if Ubuntu would have more TV card drivers I would go total Ubuntu and leave Windows out completely.

Mike.

[Xamiche]

As a gamer, I'm pretty much forced to use Windows. I tried Ubuntu and love it, but until it can run any PC game I buy, right out of the box I'm going to stick with Windows. Linux drivers tend to always lag behind making it hard to play latest games on a Linux OS. If I weren't a gamer, I'd never use Windows and only use some flavour of Linux. Probably Ubuntu. Not just because it's free, though that's a powerful motivator, but because of the altruism behind open source. And the fact I really dislike Microsoft software.

[HopperJF]

Funny this thread should appear, I installed Ubuntu again last night to give it another whirl. Read my blog (link in signature) to hear the results... in short I am extremely impressed with it.

It is a fast no-nonsense OS that does what you tell it to do without any nagging, crap running in the background, security software slowing you down, and constant hard disk grinding!

For games I steer clear of expensive PCs and having to keep them bang up to date to run the latest games and use an XBOX 360 instead.

[downix]

Xamiche wrote:
As a gamer, I'm pretty much forced to use Windows. I tried Ubuntu and love it, but until it can run any PC game I buy, right out of the box I'm going to stick with Windows.

but even Windows can't do that.  Games are falling to "XP-only" and "Vista-only" while Linux can scale it's Windows support to the level needed.  I run most PC games on Linux fine, only finding those that use the obscure "not-safe" DirectX calls giving me any real problem.

[Xamiche]

HopperJF wrote:For games I steer clear of expensive PCs and having to keep them bang up to date to run the latest games and use an XBOX 360 instead.

Personally I can't stand modern consoles for gaming. I can afford a PC so that's what I use. Playing games on a console gamepad is horrible. Slow, imprecise and just downright annoying. I couldn't imagine using anything but a mouse and keyboard for gaming. The only console I'd have is a Wii. Hmm, maybe an original Xbox with Linux install to use as a media centre.

I just wish PC gamers had a serious alternative to Windows. Maybe Ubuntu will get to that point.

[Xamiche]

downix wrote:
but even Windows can't do that.  Games are falling to "XP-only" and "Vista-only" while Linux can scale it's Windows support to the level needed.  I run most PC games on Linux fine, only finding those that use the obscure "not-safe" DirectX calls giving me any real problem.

My PC plays any game I buy, right out of the box. Apart from the occasional retro-ware that requires a little tweaking to run, I don't have half the issues running a game on Windows that I do on Linux. Until that changes, Windows is the OS I will use. Reluctantly.

[HopperJF]

If the Amiga was still around today, no doubt that would still have that market, as a good games COMPUTER.  :-(

[HopperJF]

Xamiche wrote:

downix wrote:
but even Windows can't do that.  Games are falling to "XP-only" and "Vista-only" while Linux can scale it's Windows support to the level needed.  I run most PC games on Linux fine, only finding those that use the obscure "not-safe" DirectX calls giving me any real problem.

My PC plays any game I buy, right out of the box. Apart from the occasional retro-ware that requires a little tweaking to run, I don't have half the issues running a game on Windows that I do on Linux.

The games are coded for Windows though, so obviously it will run better on Windows. You can't blame Linux for that

[Xamiche]

HopperJF wrote:
The games are coded for Windows though, so obviously it will run better on Windows. You can't blame Linux for that

Of course. I don't blame Linux at all. I'd love nothing more than to switch to Linux permanently. I think it's a superior OS. Hopefully if a Linux build like Ubuntu becomes widely used  game producers might start focusing more on it. One can hope.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

I like my dual boot Ubuntu-XP atm. Though my XP installation is broken a few weeks ago. Didn't bother to repair it as for yet.

[redrumloa]

Ubuntu for 99% of my computing at home.

Speaking of video cards, I need info on the best supported video card and software for Linux. I will be using a TV card again soon and I am behind the times. The last time I tried was several years ago and support was indeed weak.

[Xamiche]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
I like my dual boot Ubuntu-XP atm. Though my XP installation is broken a few weeks ago. Didn't bother to repair it as for yet.

The dual boot is a great idea. I had Ubuntu on my system a few years back, but I needed space so I had to drop it. I think I may get myself a new HD and re-install it. My sister's boyfriend had WoW running on his Ubuntu set up. It didn't run as well as it did on his WinXP set up, but it was there at least.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

redrumloa wrote:
Ubuntu for 99% of my computing at home.

Speaking of video cards, I need info on the best supported video card and software for Linux. I will be using a TV card again soon and I am behind the times. The last time I tried was several years ago and support was indeed weak.

AFAIK the most videocard drivers are closed source. But NVidia is your best bet. TV cards should be no problem as there's often a standard philips chip being used.

[persia]

There are hundreds of linux ditros, so I don't see the choice being only ubunut.  Try dreamlinux for a nice desktop or Opensuse if you want a server.  Saboyan is huge but rewards you for that size with a stunning visual experience.  

Don't limit yourself to one distro!!!!

check out distrowatch

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Xamiche wrote:

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
I like my dual boot Ubuntu-XP atm. Though my XP installation is broken a few weeks ago. Didn't bother to repair it as for yet.

The dual boot is a great idea. I had Ubuntu on my system a few years back, but I needed space so I had to drop it. I think I may get myself a new HD and re-install it. My sister's boyfriend had WoW running on his Ubuntu set up. It didn't run as well as it did on his WinXP set up, but it was there at least.

My fav game, Soldat, works very lousy on my system :-( .
I use XFCE and it's faster than Windows. It makes me keep using Linux.