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Question #77535 on Ubuntu changed:
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AJD posted a new comment:
So Tom - If you were dual booting both what would make you choose XP over
Linux at the boot screen and vice versa?

I did like the general speed of the OS and the fact that firefox was already
there and i had to do ZERO setup to get online (with xp I need to add
DNS/set IP's etc)

I'd be inclined to use ubuntu for mail/browsing etc but not sure what else??
 (I like open office 3, but it's available on XP too)


On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Tom
<question77535@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Your question #77535 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77535
>
> Tom posted a new comment:
> Lol, thanks & congrats :))
>
> I would definitely avoid running any Windows stuff in linux.  Why bother
> with it when native linux apps tend to be so much better anyway?
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows
>
> To get almost all your multimedia working in one go it's worth running
> through the Medibuntu worksheet
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
> I tend to go with non-free components and haven't had to pay anything so
> far.  Depending on which country you're in perhaps you should pay someone
> for the rights to use certain codecs and things.  I'm still waiting to be
> asked and will then look into the validity of the claim made - perhaps while
> simultaneously switching over to completely OpenSource to really free
> myself.
>
> I find the best way to add any extra functionality i require is to go up
> to the top taskbar and click on
>
> System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager
>
> and then use the search button to do some vague search.  If i do know
> the name of a particular package then i still tend to use the search
> button even though it's main advantage is that it searches in package
> descriptions as well as in package titles.  There are other package
> managers (for example, Applications - Add/Remove Applications) and they
> all read the same lists, databases, repos and everything but i prefer
> the way synaptic gives me more detail.  Sometimes it just adds a library
> or codec to make an application i use all the time just gain the extra
> functionality, sometimes it suggests installing a whole new app :)
>
> The idea of continuing to think in Windows terms and then trying to
> translate that into linux terms doesn't appeal.  Each is good in their
> own world.  I agree that Xp is an excellent OS now - in the linux world
> we would say the beta testing stage has finally produced something
> that's just about secure enough and Xp seems ready for full release.
> It's just a shame that microsquish has made so much money from selling
> people something that wasn't really ready and is beginning to withdraw
> support for it now that Xp is at last ready! lol
>
> Oh here's one good reason for going with linux
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus
>
> I see no reason to wipe my Xp side or my linux sides.  They both work so
> i'm keeping both <shrugs> Not a big issue for me :)
> Good luck and welcome to linux-land, especially the Ubuntu corner of it :)
> Regards from
> Tom :))
>
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