great post! but i'm going to highlight these 2 points (for now.........i think)

#1
If Mac OS can be a Windows replacement, why can't Linux? It's all a matter of time and support, it CAN replace Windows.

#2
Linux is HARD for certain things, say compiling some new stuff. the average person wouldn't even want to touch CLI. most people prefer the double-click, next next next next ok done-style.

but hey, not everything needs CLI. Just run even LiveCD Linux and the fella connects to the Internet, comes with browsers, some games and even office productivity applications already.

#3
the ASUS EEE PC uses Linux.

gold - yeap true.

OSX is unix at the core and is much similar to linux than anything else. We can see that with proper funding, focus and vision to develop linux it is be the the best in the market.

Take Ubuntu for example. It was a windfall but the people were professional enough to do the job unlike the Mandrake case in which people just cashed in.

maybe too excited to see the ppl show off that they are using Linux and it's very cool to use linux as desktop so u see too many HAHA

what i can says bullshit not cool at all

i am running fedora on my PC and laptop. and centos on my high performance PC (server)...
I choose it bcoz it is mimic to Redhat and it is a useful OS for ppl in development area and integration area... and fedora also nice for home use...

I'm new to linux. for me linux is cool. it free from virus, spyware,adware which i do not have to worry when i serving the net. Now may be the linux is not good enough compare to windows but one day it may have equal place with the windows. Not every person from the poor country afford to buy license so they will choose linux because it is free. And now many program which running in windows u also can find it linux. Linux and windows are 2 different os. If you are expert, you can create your own linux with your name but this cant be done in windows.

So Linux[COLOR=red] is COOL[COLOR=blue] !!!!!!

Because the software I need is only available for Linux.

This post has been edited by da3shou3: Apr 14 2008, 02:41 AM

Because of curiosity towards the OS.
All i know bout it is its an open source OS and it has a fat penguin as a mascot.

And what do u know, i totally love it. Its not better or worse than windows, its just different (besides based on the purpose and usage of it)

I am not from IT film, but i like anything about computer. many os had been tried for my web server previously, win xp pro, win server 2003. finally i got ubuntu, it is stable and flexible. I like it very much, currently on the way to master it. i am looking for laptop to run ubuntu too.

linux got so many flavour to choose

ubuntu 100% working on my notebook (protege a100) but there is a hibernation issue with GG but not in FF but FF got keyboard keystuck issue which is irritating

cause i hate M$.... lol

I don't agree on this. At least in short term period.

Linux will never replace Windows (frontend) as long as there are no support and standardization. Windows and Mac works because of standardization. All the linux distro have their own way of doing things. Even updating packages is not standardize. Each have their own version of packages. And when third party developer do their own package, this gets even messy. So, unless there is a big corporation that can take up this challenge, linux will never replace windows.

Ok.. i just stated my personal facts. I love both... windows and linux, i use linux for my server and i use window for my personal.. yea.. linux not much game u can play on, but windows are compatible alot.. well that is my view.. xD that is all....

because i use it for work. It is not that hungry on resource like Windows Vista. Have been using Linux on and off for 9 years. It is a never ending learning cycle.

This post has been edited by Avex: Apr 24 2008, 12:02 AM

because i use it for work...my production using centos..so development also need to use same as production..

For fun. It's something like a computer game played in a different way to me. I have to admit that for the distros that I have used so far (Ubuntu, Fedora, Ubuntu Studio), none of them meets my daily-use requirements. But I still use Linux for fun, play around with the apps, set it up to meet my daily-use requirements as closely as possible.

for the office there is enough apps to cover.
but of course there are apps which just didn't get ported over to linux, well there are but the easy to use ones aren't.

One reason linux because of ease of setup. I know it sounds contrary to what people believe but it takes me a week at least to get windows running the way I want; everytime i reformat it's tweaking time again. With linux I could just put the home folder in a different partition and save all the important conf files like samba and cups and a new version of linux would be running within an hour. All set up properly.

I also use linux to get full speed torrent downloads.

There's also the security factor. I set up a router/firewall using an old duron box and a 1GB compact flash card connected to an IDE convertor and it protect's my home system.

Configurability. My internet @ home has all internet services speed controlled. No lags in surfing and YM voice even when torrent is running courtesy of the linux router.

By the way my soon to come gaming PC would be dual boot (currently only playing old games and all could be run with Wine or dosbox in linux).

edit:

Forgot to put speed. I use Slackware after trying a few distros and as such there's currently a huge speed difference between my windows and linux environment. (Note huge is relative here. It's not as if the difference is in hours or such. Just no waiting for applications to load and such)

This post has been edited by feedzz: Apr 25 2008, 06:00 PM

1. FOC
2. Challenging
3. Not another OS
4. Curiosity

feedzz once u get used to the instanticity of linux applications then dual booting to windows would seem like a nag.

opening a file and editing the file name = windows nag.
boot-up on a clean windows is alot faster definately but linux boot-up is a constant 2m for me.
copying files under 200mb is instantly done.

etc.