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[q0k]

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Hrishikesh Murali <
hrishikeshmurali88 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:11 PM, q0k <q0k.character at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 1) I have been using Windows for 5 years. Why should I choose Ubuntu?
>>
>
> In my personal opinion, Ubuntu can do almost anything which you want to do
> in Windows, so why not use it!!
>
> Rather than saying ''what Ubuntu has and Windows hasn't", I would like to
> stress upon the point of 'open-source'. I know it might not seem to be a
> really catchy idea for a student, but in the long run, I am definitely sure
> ubuntu (or open source in general, I am saying ubuntu because I feel it is a
> lot more user friendly when compared to other distributions of linux) will
> satisfy all the needs of a student, and even more.
>
> Not many people understand the full potential of free and open source
> softwares and why you need it, which is why I suggest you start looking at
> *http://www.getgnulinux.org, http://www.fsf.org, etc.
>
> There are numerous situations where Windows can be the better of the two,
> and the most popular one is gaming (as a student, I think this should be
> quite a setback).*
>

I don't play games. They make no sense. You *must *see it. The fact that
Windows is better in games makes me hate Microsoft even more...


> * Yet, we do have softwares like 'playonlinux' which can enable you to
> bridge the gap. Another very popular situation is proper driver support, as
> not ALL video cards (to my knowledge) are supported by Ubuntu. But with the
> support you get from canonical, and owing to rapid development of the Ubuntu
> community, this does not turn out to be a problem in majority of the cases.
>
> The point I would like to make is that you can switch to Ubuntu, as it is
> secure, rapidly developing and is "Free and Open Source". I am sure this
> mailing list will help you a lot in answering queries, so please do feel
> free to ask if any :)**
> *
>
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> Hrishikesh Murali
>
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