29th July 2011, 2:09 PM
That was, more or less, my motivation for installing Ubuntu on my desktop after a hard drive failure made me lose Vista. I didn't have the original documentation so I had no idea how to obtain a replacement copy, and I really didn't feel like spending money to upgrade it to Windows 7, so I tried Ubuntu, it being free and all.
And, you know, I actually rather love it. Getting Windows programs to run can sometimes be a pain in the ass, but I discovered that most of the programs I used in Windows have native debian alternatives, most of which work every bit as well and some which even work a little better. I'm not really sure I can justify paying for an OS anymore after discovering that some Linux distributions, if not quite so user-friendly as Windows or OSX, are still plenty easy enough for me.
And, you know, I actually rather love it. Getting Windows programs to run can sometimes be a pain in the ass, but I discovered that most of the programs I used in Windows have native debian alternatives, most of which work every bit as well and some which even work a little better. I'm not really sure I can justify paying for an OS anymore after discovering that some Linux distributions, if not quite so user-friendly as Windows or OSX, are still plenty easy enough for me.
YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER
WE STAND AT THE DOOR
WE STAND AT THE DOOR