I got this brilliant idea of finally trying out Linux for the very first time in my life today.
The Ubuntu distro sounded like a great choice, easy and smooth... so I heard anyway.
Well the installation was not that hard and getting online wasn't so bad either with the mobile broadband dongle.
The new unity UI looked good, a mix of OSX and Windows 7 and I could easily change to a classic mode.
Sounds great huh!?!
Not really.
I couldn't find any drivers and if I did found some I didn't know how to install them or they were hugely outdated.
I wanted to try out some programs, installing was not a breeze and a few tutorials I found to help me made things worse.
I'm going to stop right there with that story because it was only filled with headaches.
I installed Windows again, installed everything like I use to and then I was home.
I cried hugging my PC and said:
"Windows, don't ever leave me again"
I needed this experience today, now I know that Windows and me is stronger then ever.
This could be made into a chick flick.
lack of good graphic drivers (among other things) is the reason why i can't move from Windows. i dont wanna pay another £100+ for an OS update because they dont support WinXP ;_;
i for one didn't have big problems. my linux downstairs works fine. and my general knowledge of how linux works keeps it that way.
also, if you have an ATI then ye youre in bad luck for gpu. nvidia works fine for me(for once) and im not the only one saying linux + ATI = not so smooth
another thing i might note is that just like windows, ubuntu should have no hardware issues except for the gpu if done right
(unless you are using some very special hardware ofc...)
i suppose in my situation the main problem is not being used to Linux. only installed twice but never got used to it
I've installed many Linux Distro's so far, my favorite being Mint. I had absolutely no issues installing these kind of distro's; straight out of the box, don't even need to config things. Installing software is VERY easy now. They have a software center, search what you want and click install. You can ofcourse, also install it via the terminal for the l33t users.
I've been using an AMD card with all of em, works perfectly fine. There were some bugs with Ubuntu and some distro's though, where you had to disable Sync to VBlank in the OpenGL panel in Compiz to reduce the v-sync (its a terrible one, makes everything look jittery) but after doing that, it's smooth again.
Same as Garteal.
Using mint, never had much problems with linux, less than windows in fact. Installing software is straight forward.
(09-14-2011, 04:45 AM)shuffle2 Wrote: [ -> ]This could be made into a chick flick.
You really think so?
But really, some of you make it sound so easy to use Linux.
I wanted the knowledge for something new but now it doesn't really matter.
Windows is working and that's all I need.
EDIT:
Another thought of ditching Linux and installing Windows again gave me the sweet feeling of you don't know how much you miss a thing until it's gone.
And be given it back was pure joy.
I guess I am a huge Microsoft fanboy after all and my exploring days is over.
get a book about linux and read that while using linux in a virtual machine.
if you can keep going till the end of the book, you are ready to install it for real/dual boot
Quote:There were some bugs with Ubuntu and some distro's though, where you had to disable OpenGL in Compiz to reduce the v-sync (its a terrible one, makes everything look jittery) but after doing that, it's smooth again.
eug, why didn't i think of that?
i thought it looked fucked when i enabled compiz XD
(09-15-2011, 12:30 AM)DacoTaco Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:There were some bugs with Ubuntu and some distro's though, where you had to disable OpenGL in Compiz to reduce the v-sync (its a terrible one, makes everything look jittery) but after doing that, it's smooth again.
eug, why didn't i think of that?
i thought it looked fucked when i enabled compiz XD
Hehe, when Ubuntu 11.04 was just released, and when I got it, I immediately noticed the performance issue. And ironically enough, I got it fixed with the first setting I changed
Oops, looks like I made a mistake specifying; you actually have to disable something IN the OpenGL panel, it's called
Sync to VBlank.
Yes you'll keep all the fancy Compiz effects, but it wont v-sync.