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Anybody use Linux?

by jdjenkins
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Hi - I've been trying out Ubuntu recently (9.04) and gradually trying to get it to do most of what I can do on the XP setup. I've managed to run a few small Windows apps via the Wine emulator when necessary. Anybody got any reccommendations or spotted any major drawbacks when doing marketing with the Linux OS?

thanks,

Jon Jenkins
#linux
  • Profile picture of the author TheGodfather
    I find Ubuntu 9.04 quite nice... I work with it for several weeks now... I do not have a need to use any "tools" on it but I can run several programs, although the only 2 drawbacks that I've noticed is that:
    1. KDevelop doesn't work properly (I'm a IT/electronics specialist so I do programming)
    2. when installed, Adobe Air doesn't allow me to add .air packages, thus I can not install Market Samurai, which is the only tool i ever need...
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  • Profile picture of the author rhelaine
    Depending on what you need you can usually find apps for linux that do the same thing than the windows one.

    As far as using linux on a daily basis for a desktop i would say why not....but why?

    I am a huge linux fan but i still think it is not ready for the desktop for the average user.
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  • Profile picture of the author twright
    you could always use something like VMware and keep your MS product on standby virtually.. good for testing too
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  • Profile picture of the author K2SMedia
    Ok, I have seen this question a few times lately, and I actually had the same question myself, so I took the dive and made it all work... I'm going to start a new thread about this to help everyone out... I'll post a link to it in here when it's done.
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