Reply #76: I've been using Linux since 1996

[HillWilliam]

even though I've been made to use Windoze at work I absolutely will not tolerate that piece of SHIT in my house ever again. We tried Vista at work and summarily threw it out -- even my boss, the Windows fan despised Vista.

I recently made the switch from Fedora to Ubuntu. Indeed, there isn't ANY easier system for getting upgrades than Ubuntu's, even though the Fedora community has gotten it down to near-perfect. The only reason I changed was to see if I liked it better. If I were a pure desktop user, I'd say go with Ubuntu. If I were a pure developer, I'd say go with Fedora. Ubuntu supports my NVidia sound and video hardware better, but the networking and development tools aren't anywhere near as nice as Fedora's. It's a toss.

I have to do Dot Net development at work for Symbol Pocket PC-based bar code scanners. We're sticking with XP Pro for the meantime. Even Motorola isn't touching Vista for development, so why should we.

When Ubuntu is free, is faster, is MUCH more stable, is simpler, there is just as much software available... why in the world would I piss money away on Microsoft?

Not for nothin', but since Microsoft has been screwing around, Red Hat Linux has made a 20% increase in profitability. The NC economy thanks Washington state. :evilgrin: