[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Linux or Windows 7 Why? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 1/27/2012 8:49:12 AM EDT
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I have been a long time Linux user and it does what I need it to do.
Recently I set up a New PC for my wife and put MS Windows 7 on it since she needs to be familiar with various MS apps for work etc. I am a Network Admin for Windows servers, so I use MS products all day While MS Windows 7 looks nice, I still stick with Linux since it is free and there are some things it is a lot easier for me to do under Linux and when I really have to run windows for a particular program I can just run than in a clean Windows XP Virtual box session. So at the end of the day Is there a valid reason to spend my Ammo money to buy windows when Linux works; Or is there some great hidden Windows 7 thing I don't know about. Thank you |
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Get Both?
I use whatever allows me to get stuff done. Sometimes that Linux somtimes it's Windows. Do you need Windows for anything? Are there any applications that are Windows only that you have to be using? Quoted:
Or is there some great hidden Windows 7 thing I don't know about. If you are asking this then the answer is probably "no" for you |
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Get Both? I use whatever allows me to get stuff done. Sometimes that Linux somtimes it's Windows. Do you need Windows for anything? Are there any applications that are Windows only that you have to be using? Quoted:
Or is there some great hidden Windows 7 thing I don't know about. If you are asking this then the answer is probably "no" for you There are a few features of Windows 7 I really like. That said, if price, performance or quality is important, the only answer is Linux. If Vendor Lockin is the primary concern, as it is nearly everywhere, Windows 7 is the clear winner. YMMV |
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Dual boot. I always keep Windows around, but I don't use it very often.
I'm currently using Zorin OS 5.2. The best, most comprehensive distro I've used so far. I like it better than Mint, and I like Mint a lot. Never did like Ubuntu with Unity. Slows my computer to a crawl. |
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Win 7 is nice, but it sounds like you don't need it.
I occasionally play games, so it's Windows for me. *ETA I have a Linux box for playing around, that's about it. If you're a Windows admin, Windows RDP beats the snot outta VNC, remoting to other Windows boxes is much nicer than into Linux. |
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I liked Windows 7, but I also really like Ubuntu. The Linux seems a bit faster and more efficient,
I miss Winamp, but other than that so far so good. I'm on an older machine and the Linux seems more stable- it doesn't need to be rebooted every 3 days like windows did. |
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Well I just had this same conversation at work and it
looks like I'm not missing anything if I stick with Linux (BTW my wife has her own PC on MS Windows 7) My desktop PC is on Linux and has Virtual sessions I use for when I need to run a specific windows app (like cad/cam). The system that runs my CNC machines is Linux. I tend to use the OS that gets the job done. Thanks all |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? Make others life more difficult to make sure you feel superior? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? True, if you limit yourself to the Windows world, it is by far the best desktop Windows OS ever released. |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? Same here and yes I like *nix. Windows 7 is worth paying the retail cost on. Remains to be seen if Win 8 will offer enough features to justify upgrading. |
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Windows does everything I need, and Linux doesn't do several things I need, so my choice is obvious. Windows is also just so much more intuitive to use and administer. I can count on one hand the number of times I've had to delve into cryptic config files in Windows to solve a problem or make something work. In Linux, it happens all the time. Linux can be a powerful tool, but there really isn't such a thing as a casual linux user. You're either a guru, or you're floundering. There isn't much middle ground. |
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Posting this from an Ubuntu desktop... Get both. I have an Ubuntu desktop computer and a Win7 notebook. The notebook is essential to my day-to-day life and interactions with CISCO products. Linux is just too fussy about some things although you can get there if you are willing to let your inner geek roar. My Ubuntu machine is a work horse. |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? i agree. microsoft got 7 right. i like to game so my choices are limited. i still perfer linux for my nas, firewall, file server. yes i have these in my home because i got bored one weekend. lol |
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If that were the situation, I'd dual boot. Only use Windows when I need to. Since I play a lot of games, I just keep my desktop on Windows (XP right now, but will go to 7 when I upgrade the hardware soon).
I just got a MacBook Air, so I'm going to stick with OS X on this one! |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? She has her own PC, and her own Office So no change for her, she stays on MS windows This question is for my main desktop. My desktop has been Linux for years |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? She has her own PC, and her own Office So no change for her, she stays on MS windows This question is for my main desktop. My desktop has been Linux for years if your satisfied with linux, why bother even considering a change? |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? She has her own PC, and her own Office So no change for her, she stays on MS windows This question is for my main desktop. My desktop has been Linux for years if your satisfied with linux, why bother even considering a change? Because I keep hearing it touted like the second coming So It begs to wonder what am I missing. |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? She has her own PC, and her own Office So no change for her, she stays on MS windows This question is for my main desktop. My desktop has been Linux for years if your satisfied with linux, why bother even considering a change? Because I keep hearing it touted like the second coming So It begs to wonder what am I missing. Well its the second coming of the windows god. windows 7 is now what xp should have been. but if you don't game, dont have hardware that requires windows, or office software, imho there is absolutly no reason to change. my 15 year old daughter still perfers linux to windows 7. why? windows 7 is bloated to do all the fancy stuff and takes forever to boot. her linux box, is up in running in less than a min. eta; my computer challenged father loves windows 7. its easy for him to use. first os i've heard him say that with since the old MSdos / GEM desktop days. (lol he loved gem desktop.) but you know computers so ease of use is no problem for you. |
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Quoted: Ah, gotcha. Quoted: Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? She has her own PC, and her own Office So no change for her, she stays on MS windows This question is for my main desktop. My desktop has been Linux for years The primary reason I run Windows 7, is because I have so many Windows-only applications (with no suitable *nix equivalents), that I would end up spending 90% of my time in a Win7 VM, if Linux was my primary desktop OS. Evidently, you're not in the same boat as me, so I say if you're happy - stick with Linux.
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? She has her own PC, and her own Office So no change for her, she stays on MS windows This question is for my main desktop. My desktop has been Linux for years if your satisfied with linux, why bother even considering a change? Because I keep hearing it touted like the second coming So It begs to wonder what am I missing. Well its the second coming of the windows god. windows 7 is now what xp should have been. but if you don't game, dont have hardware that requires windows, or office software, imho there is absolutly no reason to change. my 15 year old daughter still perfers linux to windows 7. why? windows 7 is bloated to do all the fancy stuff and takes forever to boot. her linux box, is up in running in less than a min. eta; my computer challenged father loves windows 7. its easy for him to use. first os i've heard him say that with since the old MSdos / GEM desktop days. (lol he loved gem desktop.) but you know computers so ease of use is no problem for you. I'm not a gamer and, and the CAD CAM Runs in an XP VM so more and more it looks like I should just save my money. I run my systems so stripped down they boot very fast and I tend to turn all the pretties off. I'm from the old school where computers are tools. If I want a game I'll go play a Nintendo. Thanks all, I just wanted to double check. |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? Make others life more difficult to make sure you feel superior? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile that seems to be some people's IT philosophy |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? Make others life more difficult to make sure you feel superior? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile that seems to be some people's IT philosophy You guys have met my last boss, I think. |
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Quoted: Dual boot. I always keep Windows around, but I don't use it very often. I'm currently using Zorin OS 5.2. The best, most comprehensive distro I've used so far. I like it better than Mint, and I like Mint a lot. Never did like Ubuntu with Unity. Slows my computer to a crawl. +1 for Dual Boot. The only thing that is frustrating about Linux is the lack of wireless support. I'm using xubuntu w/xfce right now because the Unity interface absolutely blows donkey. Maybe I'll give Zorin a shot. Mint is out because I don't have access to ethernet connection. Soooo OP: dual boot ubuntu is one of the easiest to set up.
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Dual boot. I always keep Windows around, but I don't use it very often. I'm currently using Zorin OS 5.2. The best, most comprehensive distro I've used so far. I like it better than Mint, and I like Mint a lot. Never did like Ubuntu with Unity. Slows my computer to a crawl. +1 for Dual Boot. The only thing that is frustrating about Linux is the lack of wireless support. I'm using xubuntu w/xfce right now because the Unity interface absolutely blows donkey. Maybe I'll give Zorin a shot. Mint is out because I don't have access to ethernet connection. Soooo OP: dual boot ubuntu is one of the easiest to set up. I have never had a problem with wireless on Linux |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? Make others life more difficult to make sure you feel superior? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile that seems to be some people's IT philosophy It's most prevalent with hobbyists from what I've seen, but it does creep into the professional arena as well sometimes. I've always found it a shitty way of doing business. |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? Make others life more difficult to make sure you feel superior? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile that seems to be some people's IT philosophy It's most prevalent with hobbyists from what I've seen, but it does creep into the professional arena as well sometimes. I've always found it a shitty way of doing business. And I have seen millions and millions of dollars wasted, just because Microsoft paid off the right guy. YMMV |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? Make others life more difficult to make sure you feel superior? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile that seems to be some people's IT philosophy It's most prevalent with hobbyists from what I've seen, but it does creep into the professional arena as well sometimes. I've always found it a shitty way of doing business. And I have seen millions and millions of dollars wasted, just because Microsoft paid off the right guy. YMMV I've seen lots of time and money wasted as well by those that would senselessly reject an MS product just because it was the predominant OS and it made them feel smarter. I've seen people trying to make OS/2 into an everyday desktop OS. I've seen folks try to get crusted up old secretaries to learn complex UNIX command line syntax for similar reasons. I try to keep the focus on providing the functionality my users need, in a format they're most able to use. If the answer is MS, so be it. If it's Apple, that's cool too. Linux never makes it to the desktop by that metric. Not yet. Got some in the server closet though. Still, Linux is just the misbegotten whore-child of hippies and eurotrash. System V for the win. |
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Windows 7 is my primary OS for day to day workstation stuff, and I've long since abandoned Linux for FreeBSD on everything else. Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. If that's what your wife is comfortable with, then I say keep it. Why change? She has her own PC, and her own Office So no change for her, she stays on MS windows This question is for my main desktop. My desktop has been Linux for years if your satisfied with linux, why bother even considering a change? |
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There's a generational difference here. If you've gotten used to a command line environment... you'll be annoyed by needing to use a mouse. If you switch to windows. If you're used to a GUI environment... you'll be annoyed by the constant need to use the command line... even in very GUI versions of linux... if you switch to linux. I know people who get very frustrated every time they need to take there hands off the keyboard and use the mouse. I would be equally frustrated every time I needed to take my hand off the mouse and onto the keyboard. They cater to different end users. |
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Dual boot. I always keep Windows around, but I don't use it very often. I'm currently using Zorin OS 5.2. The best, most comprehensive distro I've used so far. I like it better than Mint, and I like Mint a lot. Never did like Ubuntu with Unity. Slows my computer to a crawl. +1 for Dual Boot. The only thing that is frustrating about Linux is the lack of wireless support. I'm using xubuntu w/xfce right now because the Unity interface absolutely blows donkey. Maybe I'll give Zorin a shot. Mint is out because I don't have access to ethernet connection. Soooo OP: dual boot ubuntu is one of the easiest to set up. I have never had a problem with wireless on Linux I HAVE. good lord i have. lol not lately though. |
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There's a generational difference here. If you've gotten used to a command line environment... you'll be annoyed by needing to use a mouse. If you switch to windows. If you're used to a GUI environment... you'll be annoyed by the constant need to use the command line... even in very GUI versions of linux... if you switch to linux. I know people who get very frustrated every time they need to take the hands off the keyboard and use the mouse. I would be equally frustrated every time I needed to take my hand off the mouse and onto the keyboard. They cater to different end users. and then there are people like me who use both depending on what im doing. i'll take a GUI based print manager anyday over CUPS. but my IT director who is from the oldscool thinks im nuts cause i insist on using a trackball. lol its sooooo much better! and best of all most people stay away from my machine because of it! |
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Quoted: There's a generational difference here. If you've gotten used to a command line environment... you'll be annoyed by needing to use a mouse. If you switch to windows. If you're used to a GUI environment... you'll be annoyed by the constant need to use the command line... even in very GUI versions of linux... if you switch to linux. I know people who get very frustrated every time they need to take the hands off the keyboard and use the mouse. I would be equally frustrated every time I needed to take my hand off the mouse and onto the keyboard. They cater to different end users. Well said. I much prefer GUIs, although I do appreciate being able to use the command line for running scripts. It's funny, though, because on my first PC, I lived in DOS. I only ran Windows when I had to run a Windows app. As soon as I was done, I quit to DOS again. |