ubuntu Linux, pics Options

[lagos]

Ive made the switch from windows to linux a few weeks ago. I love it. Its nice having a super secure system that looks better then xp and is totally free. Here are a few pics.

[Hanyo]

I guess I'll dig this old thread up from the grave.

I recently made the switch to ubuntu 7.10. The install was quick and painless. I had a old hard drive lying around so I didn't have to deal with the partition mess.

First impressions:

Annoying. I had a very hard time to get my modem to work, it required me to change to a older kernal version and that made a huge mess. I bought a new modem, and solved the problem.

Second impressions? :

Wow this OS is really shiny with lots of cool graphics. I maxed out the visual settings and had jiggly windows to play with. There was definitly a increase of performance because I no longer needed to run a antivirus scaner in the back ground.

Compiz install made things even more pretty. But its impractical, I guess i'm old school and can only deal with task on a 2d plane.

Getting drivers and new programs are easy. Just a simple line in the terminal would make it auto download and install software. How nice is that?

If you ever wanted to play a video, you can make ubuntu get the codec with out worries of installing adware or malware.

End impression:

Ubuntu is nice and fast if you are a avid websurfer. But majority of what i do is game and surf the web at the same time. For example I play a round of counter strike between checking email and searching the web.
When i am on ubuntu i would get bored because the lack of game support.