# Linux?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [March 10, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741 "2008-03-10T11:26:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/1 "2008-03-10T11:26:56Z")
There has been more and more hype of the Linux, esp Ubuntu.
Has anyone tried to switch? What was your reason to switch? Did you switch back?
Any reasons you still are with Windows?
Personally, I have tried to switch. I know semi advanced Linux (mostly Fedora) for servers but for the desktop, I can’t seem to get away from the Windows XP OS. It does what I need to, I can keep it secure and if you keep up with normal system maintenance, it runs clean for quite a long time. Plus my dual video cards/monitors and other graphical applications such as gaming are a real pain to get working on a Linux system properly.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/2 "2008-03-10T11:41:39Z")
Hmm I thought about it…
Not really sure why I haven’t made the change…
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### Author:  [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/3 "2008-03-10T11:45:34Z")
Not interested. Not because I don’t think it’s a worthwhile venture but for the fact that I have been WFL so far, I don’t want to lose anything I have learned going to another type of OS. I don’t want Linux pushing anything out.
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/4 "2008-03-10T11:57:53Z")
ubuntu is sweet. i use to from time to time. but windows is still my primary os
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### Author:  [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/5 "2008-03-10T12:01:21Z")
I plan on putting it on my second hdd, I’m just lazy.
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### Author:  [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/6 "2008-03-10T12:03:26Z")
I like ubuntu for certain things, but i’m still in windows 95% of the time. Ubuntu is such a bitch with drivers on my laptops, and i had it running 100% then went from 7.04 to 7.10 and all kinds of shit is fucked now… I removed it from one laptop and still have dual boot on the other but find myself staying away from it more and more.
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### Author:  [@PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PsngrSeatsR4Boys)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/7 "2008-03-10T12:04:05Z")
my office comp is linux. it was kind of an experiment. i use it but mostly i’m on my mac.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/8 "2008-03-10T12:14:22Z")
Running MacOS X is just about the same as running Linux…
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/9 "2008-03-10T12:17:23Z")
I cant run it. ☹
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/10 "2008-03-10T12:17:59Z")
eh, I’ve used it (and still run it on a VM) but IMHO, it’s too much of a pain in the ass for simple tasks (drivers for one). If it was a little more refined, I’d probably use it more often.
that and a majority of the software I use isn’t supported on linux. I’ve tried using wine with limited success
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/11 "2008-03-10T12:54:04Z")
I ran it a lot in college both for fun/to learn, and because I sucked at teh hardwarez and my computer was unstable as shit running winblowz. Mostly Mandrake.
It’s just not worth my time now. I have to use windows at work and i have no reason to use it at home. My home PC is stable enough to run XP without rebooting for weeks on end. :shrug:
The stuff i learned just playing with it in college has been helpful though. I’m glad I forced myself to get a basic working knowledge of it.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/12 "2008-03-10T22:17:12Z")
> [@FormulaLS1](#):
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> Running MacOS X is just about the same as running Linux…
:werd:
I like linux, if your creative enough you can manipulate it to do LOTS of useful shit.
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### Author:  [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/13 "2008-03-10T23:18:29Z")
OS X on the desktop, the servers are a mix of CentOS w/ SELinux, Red Hat, FreeBSD, and hardened Gentoo.
If I didn’t have a Mac I’d probably run Ubuntu since there is so much support out there and it really seems to be more polished than any other Linux desktop.
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### Author:  [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/14 "2008-03-10T23:26:23Z")
run Ubuntu server / Ubuntu / opensuse on my servers/macbook
but run windows on my work station.
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### Author:  [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/15 "2008-03-11T06:10:19Z")
I use Knoppix occasionally…
But where is my option for not having the
hardware or time to get linux running?
I used to play with Red Hat in college, but that was ~10 years ago.
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### Author:  [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux/44741/16 "2008-03-11T07:08:23Z")
Running Ubuntu as my primary OS on my laptop and desktop.