basic

[M. Fioretti]

On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 19:41:54 PM +0900, q0k (q0k.character at gmail.com) wrote:

> 2 basic questions.
> 
> 1) I have been using Windows for 5 years. Why should I choose Ubuntu?
> 2) Which version is better for home use by a student - 9.10 or 8.4? Why?

I'll leave the second question to somebody else, but I think that, at
least in part, you have the first question backward. Try to start from
here:

what do you actually _want_ or _need_ to do with your computer? You
may answer:

playing some specific games
writing school projects
video editing
software development
reformatting my professor's slideshows
listening to music and watching DVDs
blogging or being on social networks
email
setting up a website
mechanical design
audio synthesis

and 1000 more other, wildly different things. Start by defining
exactly (for yourself, before even asking around) your actual needs
and wishes. Depending on the result, the answer may be "Windows or
Ubuntu is the same", Windows, Ubuntu, Mac or even some other version
of Linux.

		HTH,
		Marco
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