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Still I'm going with this cold turkey approach or I will never change over. I will be logging here my ''diary'' of the change over. Both good and ill. | Still I'm going with this cold turkey approach or I will never change over. I will be logging here my ''diary'' of the change over. Both good and ill. | ||
[[User:Michael Eh?|Michael Eh?]] 19:46, 21 September 2007 (EDT) | [[User:Michael Eh?|Michael Eh?]] 19:46, 21 September 2007 (EDT) | ||
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Well it's been over 24 hours with Ubuntu and I haven't kicked in the side of the case of the PC it's running ... a good sign. I hate the torrent programs but the one I like is not available for Linux. :( Even if I go back to Windows, I'll be replacing Eudora with Thunderbird. While some programs I use don't have linux versions. Those linux programs have Windows and Mac versions. | |||
A real gem is videoLAN at [http://www.videolan.org www.videolan.org] is good example of cross platform program. It plays more types of videos than I have and renders videos fairly nice. No need to go looking for codecs. It has them built into the install. However some video types don't play on other players though videoLAN is installed. | |||
I forgot to mention the linux club starting up here in London. Their website is [http://www.fclug.org/ www.fclug.org]. | |||
[[User:Michael Eh?|Michael Eh?]] 01:41, 22 September 2007 (EDT) | |||
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For the longest time, I have been playing with various Linux distros by using LiveCD and never really sitting down and forcing myself to actually use Linux on an extended time. When a power supply failed on one computer I decided to take it pass the test drive. With a spare 20 gig hardrive, I decided just to unplug Windows and literally plug in Ubuntu version of Linux. No big deal since the other drives weren't even connected to the system so switching back was a simple matter.
Even reinstalling a familar system is daunting. Switching to a new OS even made by the same company intimidating. Ubuntu is not only a complete change in OS but interface. More Apple OS X than Windows. Not to menation not every program I use has a direct Linux port. I'm not just learning a whole new OS but everything at once.
Still I'm going with this cold turkey approach or I will never change over. I will be logging here my diary of the change over. Both good and ill.
Michael Eh? 19:46, 21 September 2007 (EDT)
Well it's been over 24 hours with Ubuntu and I haven't kicked in the side of the case of the PC it's running ... a good sign. I hate the torrent programs but the one I like is not available for Linux. :( Even if I go back to Windows, I'll be replacing Eudora with Thunderbird. While some programs I use don't have linux versions. Those linux programs have Windows and Mac versions.
A real gem is videoLAN at www.videolan.org is good example of cross platform program. It plays more types of videos than I have and renders videos fairly nice. No need to go looking for codecs. It has them built into the install. However some video types don't play on other players though videoLAN is installed.
I forgot to mention the linux club starting up here in London. Their website is www.fclug.org.
Michael Eh? 01:41, 22 September 2007 (EDT)