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On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:18 PM, ... ... <dav.and....@gmail.com> wrote: > To the demi-gods behind Ubuntu. > > Just to let you know, you have another Windows user converted. For years > I've used Windows, struggling to keep an older version until it became > obsolete, then wincing as my computer bent under the bloated coding of the > new version. I was watching Vista getting closer and closer, wondering, > 'Does it hurt to die? I'll find out soon enough.' > Then... WHAM! My poor old hard drive gave out, and I was left aghast. That > was half my life, right there. Gone. Dead. > Ok, ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a little. But it was rather annoying. I > fished out another hard drive (Which, curiously, turned out to have double > the gigabytes of my last one), installed Ubuntu 8.04 and..... > Well, the first few minutes weren't so exciting. My graphics card was still > playing up, so everything was (And still is) tinted a slight blue. The > network was a pain to join, although not nearly as much as I expected, as I > was joining a network with a Windows computer. I couldn't find a hardware > manager anywhere, and it was a little bit dull. It looked a bit too much > like a Windows clone. I amused myself by looking at the screensavers, of > which I must compliment you on collecting so many awesome ones. (I'm > currently using Galaxy, and can sit there for several minutes before wanting > to keep doing what I was doing.) > Then I got the network working, started the update, and realised just how > great Linux is. Windows update takes 4 hours, takes 99% of your memory, > resets your computer without warning, and you get a service pack about once > every 2 years. Linux updates everything on the system, gets on with the job > in the background, and leaves you alone. > On top of that, everything is so... compatible. I was worried that (Being a > less supported O/S) I would have trouble installing drivers for everything, > and even more trouble finding Linux-compatible commercial games. My fears > were unfounded. I've been looking around and most of my favorites are > already Linux compatible. And if they aren't? I just heard of an application > called WINE, which apparently recreates Windows libraries under Linux > coding, allowing Windows apps to run under Linux, including the Half Life > series and the client, Steam! That's fantastic! > And for any disbelieving Windows fans reading this, I must quote on of the > gods of motoring, Jeremy Clarkson, after driving an electric sports car he > actually liked. > >> 'Yes, this just in: It is snowing in hell!' >> > I'm really, really enjoying this. Open source, free, comes with a cute > penguin mascot and a ton of free programs, from which I can pick and choose? > Why does anyone buy anything else? > > One thing though. In your next release, include SuperTuxKart in the Games. > > SuperGeek > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- "None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free."
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