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Unless you have some religious zeal to use OSS software there is no good reason to even consider Ubuntu over Windows or OSX. Problem with making sweeping state
by statictype 15y ago
Unless you have some religious zeal to use OSS software there is no good reason to even consider Ubuntu over Windows or OSX.
Problem with making sweeping statements like this is that you now make it difficult to continue any sort of rational discussion.
(and so, I downvoted you for that last line even though you had some good points to make)
- jsz0 15y agoI usually avoid sweeping statements for exactly that reason but I think it's true in this case. If anyone has a good counter argument I'd be happy to admit I am wrong. Just to give you some idea where I am coming from I used Ubuntu on my work laptop for about 5 years. I got a new machine recently with Windows 7 and I just couldn't think of any good reason to install Ubuntu.
- halostatue 15y agoI can think of a few good reasons, but hey are purely developer-oriented. At my last job, I had an Ubuntu-based desktop because it made virtualization cleaner with a more stable base system—and the company wouldn't buy Macs. Windows ran in a virtual machine, and I developed on Linux, Windows, and a couple of Unixes. For that job, Ubuntu was the best choice I made. Now? I'm happily running on a Mac.