Quote: (04-29-2016 12:26 PM)god Wrote:
Quote: (04-29-2016 12:01 PM)ScrapperTL Wrote:
For home computing, I switched all of my Laptops/Desktops to Ubuntu about a year back and haven't had any issues since.
If for any reason I want to reformat, its done in MINUTES!
I haven't had a reason to do it though, shit is just rock solid.
Year after year I put up with Windows for Home Computing and it drove me nuts.
Constant bugs, crashes, slow down, spyware, viruses, worms etc...
Reformatting Windows takes FOREVER!
TOO many issues to list.
Right now my crew is still using legacy Windows 7 machines at the office I rent and it feels like a fucking dinosaur compared to my Ubuntu machines at home.
Definitely will be transitioning my entire business over to some form of Linux over the next couple years.
Linux is a wonderful thing. The only downside is contending with all the compatibility issues. However, compatibility is becoming a smaller problem because of all the cloud accessible applications that are taking over the IT industry. Maybe one of the most important examples is Office 365. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are an absolute necessity for most folks in the business world or even college. You can't install Microsoft Office on a linux box, but you can access Office 365 which effectively removes the need for having it on your computer.
You totally hit the nail on the head.
This is the main reason why I haven't switched my office over to Linux yet - all my employees use Microsoft Excel as our main spreadsheet program.
I have grown fond of Libre Office (comes free with Ubuntu) but after 10+ years of Excel use, I haven't figured out how to do certain things in Libre yet - that I already know how to do well in Excel.
Also, although Outlook has a total piece of shit file management system (.PST .OST etc...) it is extremely user friendly and I imagine will be hard to switch people to whatever the Linux equivalent of Outlook is.
I love Gmail for light personal use, but for a high-volume office setting, I imagine it would be a total clusterfuck.