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I looked at the other reasons in here. And they were all about configurability, which is completely anathema to what the OP is talking about. "Just works" does
by sudont 16y ago
I looked at the other reasons in here. And they were all about configurability, which is completely anathema to what the OP is talking about. "Just works" does not mean, "just have to configure what's out of the box to my preference"
Another interesting answer was about emacs bindings in all applications. Since the OP said the majority of his workflow was in Word, I highly doubt this is relevant.
"so much superior"
That's an opinion.
- bryanlarsen 16y agoFor me the killer feature is having multiple workspaces, in combination with ktimetracker keeping track of how much time is spent on each workspace for billing purposes. Each task gets it's own workspace and can stay live for months. "Just works" is not incompatible with "being able to customize to my preference". As long you have sane defaults (which Ubuntu does), and as long as customization is not difficult (which it shouldn't be for somebody who's been using Linux for 17 years), the ability to customize is definitely Linux's major feature. Which is more useful to people who use their computers for more than reading Word documents, granted.