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games is the only reason I have windows anywhere. And the inertia of rebooting my machine into windows means I almost never play (non-web) games anymore. Steam
by tlarkworthy 13y ago
games is the only reason I have windows anywhere. And the inertia of rebooting my machine into windows means I almost never play (non-web) games anymore. Steam will definitely score some sales off me now, but whether mainstream gamers will switch, who knows??
I switched my GF to ubuntu 12.04 a few weeks ago. She is already preferring the system due to no malware and less crashes. So clearly desktop linux has come along way in 5 years. I have given her almost (but not quite 0) help in operating it too. Wifi doesn't work though :(
- lucb1e 13y agoI haven't come across WiFi hardware recently that Ubuntu didn't support, so it's pretty impressive that you've found some :P. Perhaps you should check whether it actually runs what you want before you buy it though ;)
- SeanDav 13y agoNot criticizing you - just offering an alternative viewpoint: I can't remember the last time my windows system crashed and malware is not a problem as long as one is sensible. I have never been infected by malware of any sort and I do visit some dodgy sites. Sandboxes and VM's are your friend as well as things like NoScript addon. I can see absolutely no compelling reason to switch to Linux. I do use Linux on VM's for work related projects, but not seriously considering replacing my desktop with Linux any time soon. Perhaps the fact that I am also a power user of Excel colours my view.
- chii 13y ago> I can see absolutely no compelling reason to switch to Linux. and you are right - because going with windows means any hardware is going to work _by_ default, and you won't have to waste mental energy to work out whether its going to be supported on linux/GNU. Ditto with software (tho less of a problem i suppose).