I think I just stumbled onto nirvana!

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: Dari
I can think of many reasons for that. I'm not interested in programming in order to fix problems in my operating system.

You're looking at that backwards.

If there is something you dislike about linux, you have the source, so you have the *freedom* to change it. Whereas with a proprietary OS, you have to hope the copyright owner will fix/change it. Good luck with that.

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: Dari
Out of curiosity, what is there to do in Linux that is so cool? I know it's free but is there a compelling reason to run it?

for the compelling reason to run it is simplicity without feeling like a simpleton. as well, to get the feeling of knowing that I built the box from a base os and customize it to my liking. For those who think that games don't run in linus, as was stated earlier, most games run in wine. i've been running steam with all of my games for almost 2 years now. no problems no issues, just as playable as in windows IMHO. there was a pretty big learning curve for me, but now i feel so comfortable with the OS it's become my primary OS and i rarely boot into windows.

have you given it a try? it's free what's it going to hurt (other than your pride at times of course 😉)

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Nothinman

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Nothinman

IMO the only thing that Windows is better at is gaming so unless that is a requirement I don't see a reason to pay for Windows for a home PC.

...and proprietary business software.

That's why I said home PC, for work you don't usually have a lot of choice.

I was thinking of work apps you'd use at home, Autocad specifically. I imagine there's others though that people commonly use on their home machines to get work done.

AutoCAD and the like are pretty niche, I would venture to guess that the majority of those people could get way with connecting to work via TS/Citrix. And more and more people are getting company laptops, which would still count as a work PC.

or...you could setup a vm with windows running your autocad software 😀 although i'm not sure if there would be a huge performance hit 🙂

 

[Nothinman]

Yeah, any software that doesn't run in Linux is proprietary, LOL.

Who said that?

or...you could setup a vm with windows running your autocad software although i'm not sure if there would be a huge performance hit

OpenGL and DirectX support in VM software are pretty rough right now, I doubt it would run well enough to be useful yet.