Well, I use both but I like linux more, I use Ubuntu.

Once we had one pc where dad had installed linux on and I thougt to try it. Read some tutorials, done some installations I saw that I can do everything with linux, what I didn't think before, then I started to like it.

I will switch to linux when XP becomes outdated, I hate Vista.

Linux is very good OS, but it always makes a lot of trouble when using with dial up modem.

well, technically Windows XP is outdated already. It's end of it's designed life.

xboxrulz

It might be at it's end, but that doesn't mean it's dead already. There'll still be loads of new apps for Vista & XP, drivers will stillbe developed for XP and XP updates are still available. I even heard M$ is making SP3 for XP, so it's still has a long way ahead even without all the fancy crap that's loaded in Vista (too much crap to be precise).

I think they're making SP3 just in case Vista doesn't fly in 2007.

xboxrulz

It has been roughly five years or so since Microsoft updated their Windows franchise. They used to be so prompt with the updates, upgrading the software like each version was only a small improvement over the previous ones. I remember when we still had Windows 95. I was told by a Microsoft insider that they were developing another version of Windows. When I casually mentioned this to a friend, he was adamant in disbelief that it was too soon. But who knew? 98 came out. 98 SE came out. ME came out. And so started the slew of Microsoft Windows products.

I suppose this can be related to the different service packs we have been receiving, although they are not marketed under different names and they come at no cost. In any case, I am eager to see how the Vista will work for me. Of course, this would mean that I would need to invest in a new and upgraded computer (mine is 5 years old ... ancient by modern standards).

My first try was in 1998, it was Red Het 5.1. Long time i use dual boot, but already about 4 years i did full switch to linux.
What made it? I think linux is a future. I prefer to be ready for future.

I thought Linux was future.
Until I saw this strange sentence during my last test : "Your wifi adapter needs a proprietary driver. this driver is part of the paid Linux distro".
So, the trick is really stupid : I learn how to use Linux, I like it because it's free, and then the drivers I need are part of a version that is no more free.
And of course, the source drivers can be compiled but they need the kernel sources rpms which also are not part of the free version...
So, I really feel that I will go back to Windows if it's cheaper that the paid version of Linux.

My first experience with linux about 5-6 years ago, when I was in a book store. I saw book titled "Red Hat" the version may be 6.2. Then I bought the book and i got free Red Hat CD. When I want to install it, I'm very very confuse with "/", "root", "swap" and other stuff while on partition part(Text Mode Installation). I'm affraid that Red Hat could format my Windows partition. So I didn't install it.

Then few years later I saw a book titled "Be Linuxer With Mandrake 8.0". I doubt to bought it because from my first experience. But I really want to try Linux. So I bought it and the Instalation was so easy, that time I remember my first experience using linux. And the GUI is more beauty then my Windows 2000. After that I try Red Hat 9.0, Fedora Core 5 and my last distro was Ubuntu.

I'm really comfortable with Ubuntu, easy install, clean looks (GNOME), and have very nice hardware detection. In my Acer laptop I never need additional driver for my hardware like, modem, Wi-Fi adapter, Bluetooth and many more. I'm Using ubuntu since 5.04. Now i'm using 6.06 and i've plan to download 6.10 since the free shipping disk only for 6.06.

I haven't plan to make linux my only one OS installed on my desktop and laptop. This is because in my college the project always use Microsoft Visual Studio. So Dual OS is my option!.

So my experience using linux:
Red Hat 6.0>Mandrake 8.0>Red Hat 9.0>Fedora Core 5>Ubuntu

This post has been edited by masterio: Nov 19 2006, 02:56 PM

I started using Red Hat Linux in 2004 when my brother installed it on my computer. I couldn't understand anything and I did not know much about computers. I eventually just ended up using Windows XP all the time and not even going into the Linux partition on my hard drive.
In 2006 (summer), someone told me that Xandros was awesome, and I decided to give it a go on my laptop. I didn't back up anything, and due to a problem during installation, my hard drive could not be read... I still don't know exactly what happened there.

In early 2007, I decided again to give Linux a go and use Ubuntu. The GUI is awesome for a totally free OS, and I use it when I want a change from Windows XP or if I want to try to impress my friends...


So I guess I can say that curiosity made me switch to Linux.