Has Ubuntu Replaced Windows on Your Box?

[turdomatic]

Unconscious;1325563 Wrote: 
> I am using Ubuntu at work, attempting to replace our windows based work
> environment. Here's what I need from Ubuntu.

> 

> - Dependability. It's been good for the most part, but I just installed
> some updates this morning that totally trashed printing. Not unlike M$.

> 

> - A good text/code editor. Our environment evolved from Brief to
> Codewright in Brief emulation mode. I'm now using GVim but I can't get
> Tags working properly. Emacs is a nightmare to configure.

> 

> - Terminal emulation. The Gnome terminal is pretty good for most
> environments, however, it sucks for dealing with old MPE boxes. We need
> good easy to work with HP terminal emulation. I'm working with XTerm,
> but it's arcane and difficult to use.

> 

> Of all the Linux distros, I think Ubuntu has the best chance of
> replacing windows on a large scale. In order to do that, it needs to
> become even more easy to use. Long, involved, cryptic instructions as I
> often find on these forums are not going to turn M$ users into Linux
> users.

I was never aware we were on a mission to get MS users....  I figured
the migration will happen naturally. I manage to convert at least two
folks per year through simple osmosis. Meaning they see my computer and
wonder aloud what the hell am I doing?  I explain gently that they have
been lied to all their lives, that their thoughts and emotions have
been manipulated by Bill Gates in a manner they will deny it ever
happended, and that they will actually fight to keep their hated
Windows even when faced with proof that Linux exceeds in most every
way. While standing there telling me how bad their computer works, they
won't switch, and yet deny they have been manipulated subconsciously.
Its an amazing trick.  So I've learned, when they are ready, then this
forum is as good as any. After all, we are trying to learn how to
operate the computer, not just press icons on a desktop.


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turdomatic