I’ve always been very pleased with my Windows XP lappie.

I started with a Windows 98. And that was always a hassle to use, especially when you have tons of plug and play equipment and none of the drivers.

Then Windows came up with Vista. Which is just a bad idea. The new comp I got at the place which I spend a lot of my waking hours at (which is neither my home, my school, nor my starbucks) has vista installed on it and I can’t make it do simple tasks like burn a dvd. Cos none of the free & legal & readily available burning software online works on it. Heck, not even the expensive prorietary burning software, that came with the CPU, works on it.

So if this lappie of mine ever decides to break down… I’m going free. I’m going open source.

No Windows. Just Ubuntu.

Ubuntu, is one of the most popular and stable versions of Linux available on the market right now. Perfect for the Personal Home User. It’s a full operating system that works just as well as Windows. Maybe better.

You got the options to change how everything looks (Beryl does some cool 3D graphics stuff). It runs every type of program, open source. And if you need to operate some of your Windows proprietary software, just install WINE. It will allow your Windows software to run on Ubuntu.

And if you wanna do graphics rich stuff like video editing, music editing, and photo editing, which I do a lot (For Personal Hobbies), there’s Ubuntu Studio. I’m tempted to switch to it, cos it looks so pretty and it’s lightweight to run. Will look into it when this lappie starts to give up on me.

I speak only for myself, a personal home user, of course. I’m not sure how Ubuntu/Ubuntu Studio would be appropriate and suitable for professional settings. I’m sure there are options for offices, but I will not speak on those. I’m no advocate for them, simply because I don’t run my own company.

So, if any company chooses to take up Ubuntu or any other Linux systems for their offices, after this post is published… Please, it’s nothing to do with me.

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