Why should I switch?

Why should I switch to Linux?

Im 100% willing to try other OS's. Ive used Lion ans Windows 7 n 8 And recently ive been looking into linux. Mint 13 specifically. what are some pro and cons to switching from win 7. should i switch? what do you think? thanks for the help!

asked Aug 18 '12 at 21:38

sebastianq28
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edited Aug 18 '12 at 22:41

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2	If your willing to try it, do so and decide for yourself. It's all personal. answered Aug 18 '12 at 22:52 ryebread761 7.5k●216●241●322 pros cons? (Aug 18 '12 at 22:57) sebastianq28

Personally, I am using ElementaryOS Luna (daily build) on my laptop. It is pretty lightweight, and supports all of the repositories that Ubuntu uses.

Reasons to switch to Linux:
You're fed up with "The System" and wish to have the freedoms related to open source environments (NO EULA!!!)
Your computer feels unusually sluggish, or you wish to complete tasks quicker
You like seeing the progress of open source software (It's amazing thinking of what I used to use...Ubuntu 9.04)
You like to customize and tweak every aspect of computing
You like the UI of Linux based operating systems.
You like to change desktop environments from day to day
You trust that the future is going to bring things like Steam
You want to mess around with things, because you can (and it's free!)
You like being apart of a helpful community
There's an app that you can't run on Windows available on Linux
The Software Centre is more convenient to use
You want to get extra FPS on games
You would rather use WINE than Windows
You would like to spend your time thinking of responses to Linux related questions...

answered Aug 19 '12 at 15:41

catchatyou
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Weird82 You would have to decide that for yourself. Each of the Linux Distributions have their own pro's and cons to them. They are all basically the same OS's underneath with the Kernel in them. The GUI is also different. Some people like one over the original Ubuntu version of Gnome, KDE, as examples. If you really want to try a Linux version or a more unix like OS then something like Oracle Solaris would be another version to try out. Since Oracle bought out Sun Microsystem. And Sun Microsystem had a workstation version of their operating system and a server version. I have my workstation version over here on DVD. But stick with a regular plain vanilla version of Ubuntu with Gnome on it.

answered Aug 18 '12 at 23:06

Compucore
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0	im basically asking for pros and cons and a comparison of mint 13 to windows 7... lol sorry if i didnt word my question correctly.. thanks answered Aug 18 '12 at 23:31 sebastianq28 591●80●88●96

I'd say you should duel boot your computer, and give it a try. Spend some time on there, and see what the differences are and if you like them or not.

answered Aug 19 '12 at 00:03

Curtis Coburn
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Or have a second computer with 2 hard drives. One for the OS and the second drive for the user accounts. I did that over here on a spare clone computer. Made things easier to work with. If you can even get a used thinkcentre from lenovo. 2-4 gigs of ram a 80 gig drive should be enough for testing purposes.

(Aug 19 '12 at 00:23) Compucore

Why can't it be both? Multiple OSs makes a robust system.

answered Aug 19 '12 at 12:45

ClosetFuturist
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I know many talk about dual boot machines but in reality one OS ends up forgotten unkept up and if that OS happen to be the window partition that isn't used for a year or 3 you are better off deleting it :) the amount of time it would take to catch up with window updates virus scan update java flash and the rest it would take less time to re-install if you used it again ..

that just my opinion if you give a linux distro a month or 2 to get the feel of and get the desk top set and configured so it home there is no need for both to make it robust there is nothing you cant do with linux and lots you can you cant even come close to doing with windows ..

(Aug 19 '12 at 13:09) jadtechnic

I've been dual booting for years. There are a lot of advantages for software and security. I can scan windows from Linux and Linux from a live usb. Most viruses aren't cross platform. If I get a malware infection I just switch OSs and remove it at my leisure. My computer always works "knock on wood".

I kinda need Windows because I make game art. You can do it with Linux but you can't always test it with Linux.

(Aug 19 '12 at 17:05) ClosetFuturist

0	you know what they say IF you have to ask .. answered Aug 19 '12 at 13:04 jadtechnic 2.0k●5●18

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