Has Ubuntu Replaced Windows on Your Box?

[Serg B.]

This thread is driving me mental... There should be another
(U|K|X)buntu mailing list, something like Ubuntu groupies and pon-pon
girls and this thread should be moved into there!  Bah!

On 02/08/06, turdomatic <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
>
> 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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