Can You Replace Windows Entirely With Ubuntu?
APCMag has gone through all the trouble of trying out an Ubuntu Linux installation and replacing everything they normally use Microsoft Windows for.
The upside is obviously the open-source and free aspects of Linux, but are their other clear benefits?
And what about the areas Ubuntu excelled? All the important ones — all the key applications were there and worked wonderfully for me to use it as a working desktop, ie. to actually do my business with. The bundled applications including Firefox, Office, printing and the necessary media players for me to watch my Anime means I had everything at finger tips, once they were properly setup. All the issues aside, and after the myriad issues I discovered were fixed, the desktop served me well.
It’s a very in-depth tutorial that should serve well for anyone thinking of making the switch – or just adding another OS to their repertoire.
SUPERGUIDE: The Open Source Challenge. How to replace Windows completely with Ubuntu. – [APCMag]
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Mike Olbinski says on September 17th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
I switched to Ubuntu a few weeks ago, but I don’t think you can get everything on it that you get on XP.
I have a few Windows-specific programs that just wont run on Ubuntu unless through a virtual machine.
Eric Martindale says on September 17th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
The only thing left for me is ActiveSync – everything else I do works flawlessly and better.
Robert Hacker says on September 18th, 2007 at 7:17 am
Would like to know if someone has gotten a Verizon wireless card to work with Ubuntu. Reviews of Ubuntu don’t seem to cover this and Verizon tech support says they don’t support Ubuntu.
Ryan Dlugosz says on September 18th, 2007 at 11:31 am
I’d *love* to be able to do that, but unfortunately I cannot. Without a native version of Lightroom, Photoshop, and proper support for color calibration Linux just isn’t a good platform for Photography – YET!
I’m hopeful that some time in the next few years we’ll start to see applications that will run on Linux as well as good hardware support for color calibration & print drivers.
Here’s a thought: what if Linux could migrate from the ELF binary format & support the Mac Universal Binary format instead (or in addition)? If Mac released that spec, we’d be on our way to having Ubuntu as a viable alternative for imaging professionals.