Linux Basement Presents: Chad’s Blog

Linux vs Windows. Goodbye my sweet proprietary software. - Archived

Well, it is done. I’ve switched over from windows Vista to Ubuntu 7. More notably Ubuntustudio,
which just released. Ubuntustudio is basically Ubuntu 7 Feisty Fawn,
but pre-installed with lots of goodies for the music/movies/graphics
creator. It is a creative suite OS. So far, I love it, though I have
not delved into trying to set up my usb preamp with linux yet, and I am
dreading doing so, as I can already see there will be quite a learning
curve. All and all though, I love Ubuntu, and have for quite some time
since I’ve been running it on my work laptop.

I made the decision because, well, in my technically busy wolrld, I
don’t have the time to mess with Vista Idiosyncrasies (which by the way
should be the name of the next Vista release). Every time I want to
install something, do something with administrative rights, or attempt
to access another computer over the network, I have to go through
frickin hoops. Bollocks. How sad is it that I can access computers on
an active directory domain easier with Ubuntu then with Vista. That is
not the worst though. How about trying to access my Vista desktop files
from another machine. Nearly impossible. Great, I’ve got security but
all practicality has flown out the window, which is exactly what I want
to do with my computer, throw it out the window. I’m now a network
admin on and active directory domain running Ubuntu. Nice work
Microsoft.

The only thing I’m going to miss are the games at home. But I
couldn’t run those on Vista either, so there is not much loss. This is
actually one of the reasons I broke. I tried to load the first Call of
Duty on my Vista box and when I ran it, it spat at me. Right in the
eye. WHAT? COD doesn’t work with Vista??? Forget it. Yes, I could have
gone on google and searched for a fix or mulled the boards of various
disgruntled user sites. But I’m tired of not being able to tweak Vista.
Do you know why I can’t tweak it? Because it is all proprietary.

On that note, I end this mess of a blog, asking, “Can I tweak Ubuntu?” The answer is hell yes. And I’m doing it right now.

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