To Linux or Not to?
With my new infatuation with the iPhone, I am seriously considering getting a mac. Some of my friends swear by them. My first computer was an Apple IIc. (Yes, I know I’m dating my self a little bit). I’ve used them before in the apple store and my opinion was that it was just an operating system. My Apple friends continue to persuade me to try it out for longer than a thirty minute period at the Apple store. They say it just works. Printing works, browsing works, updating the OS works. No viruses etc…
Well, with all of these Mac OSX thoughts, I can’t install OSX on my pc. (Yes I know about the EFI stuff, but I don’t want to bother), I said to self….”Let’s try Linux”. Whait a minute. I have used Windows since 3.1, Why would I want to try something else?
Well, I’m not a fan of Vista, but I am trying out Windows 7. I am curious to see how much of my life I can run on open source applications. Will they make me more productive than running Windows/Windows Apps?
One of my Apple friends suggested I try Ubuntu Linux. They said it was easy to configure.
I formatted an IDE hard drive in my system and booted up Ubuntu to the LiveCD. Right away I could browse the Internet, run office applications, edit photos etc.. Pretty cool.
So I decided to install it. It was a very easy install. Ubuntu even let me know that there was a proprietary driver for my nVidia card. Very cool. I also enabled some desktop effects which added elasticity to the dragged windows. Again very cool.
So now I have the basic OS installed. My next course of action is to figure out what apps I need to convert to Linux…. I’m not going to throw my Windows XP install out the Window at all. I am now on a quest to see what programs I can run on Linux that affect my daily computing life.
My next posts will be lists of what I use on Windows and some possible matches to what runs on Linux. If you have suggestions, feel free to email me.
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