I figured with the number of members on this site I can't be the only run running ubuntu. I am currently running ubuntu 64 bit on my laptop and desktop, although the latter is out of commission (for the time being) with hardware issues. Anyhow, I am more than thrilled with the OS so far and don't see myself going back anytime soon.

Perhaps we can also use this as our own support thread, or for Q&A related to ubuntu. I am still fairly new to it, but I found it surprisingly easy to make the switch from Windows to Linux.

 

ubuntu is the most user friendly distro of Linux I've encountered. Works great right out of the "box."

You can even order new machines with it instead of windows. However, I'm rocking windows 7. I never really acclimated myself to ubuntu enough. I dont like change .

Have you had any driver issues? Wireless worked straight up?

 

I've been using Ubuntu since May of '08 (8.04LTS, I believe). I have only used Windows a couple times to backup my Blackberry. I'm currently running 9.04, the newest release, and love the speed over Windoze.

 

ive reeeeally been thinking about it

 

It's so much faster. I can have my system up in 30 seconds (2-5 minutes for Windoze) if I set it up to auto load an account. It's fairly intuitive and way better than the old Linux of days gone by. It's free, too. Download it off their site and go for it. Set up a dual boot, so that you can load Windoze if you ever need it and set it to auto load Ubuntu.

 

I would still be using it but my wife can't figure it out.

 

I am kind of forced to use Windowz at work... but I still got a couple servers that I insisted on RHEL... Linux of any sort is cool beans...

 

How do you like 9.04? I'm running the 8.10 64 bit OS at the moment.

 

It is almost scary how simple it is to use. The only snag I encountered was on my desktop where I had to search for and download the appropriate driver for my sound-card, but even that was a simple ordeal.

The best way I can describe ubuntu is clean and uncluttered. Everything is laid out in a simple, organized and intuitive manner.

I say give it a try, you aren't out anything except maybe a cd-r and a few minutes download time. Worst case scenario you don't like it and go back to Winslows.

 

I did the upgrade from 8.10 (I'm running 32 bit even though the AMD in the PC is capable of 64 bit) and the only major things I've noticed is less console. I also had to turn off Compiz due to graphics screw ups with my NVIDIA card. It is a little quicker in the boot up cycle than 8.10, not that 8.10 was terribly slow. I have also noticed a lack of GUI restartability. I can't Ctrl+Alt+Bkspace to restart and I'm not sure if that's intended. It works well with my wireless Atheros chipset and even recognizes the extra buttons on my Logitech keyboard (volume, play/pause, mute, etc).

In short, I'm quite impressed with the system, thus far. I think, eventually, I'd like to do a fresh install, but I might just wait till the next release.

 

I agree, very clean and the only thing to get used to is the "Start Menu" at the top of the screen along with shortcuts and clock and having the task bar at the bottom of the screen. It takes a day or so to get used to, but it's very intuitive for the end user.

Their help forum is very helpful at fixing things, if something doesn't work. I've used it a couple times in setting up my test server.

 

Sounds like it is pretty nice.

 

I'd love to divorce myself from Micro$oft, but I have no complaints with Win2K and XP. I can't stand Vista and Win 7. I'm a believer in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I had a Kubuntu 6.06 LTS machine running for a while, and it didn't do enough for me to make me want to switch for my everyday machine. I'll get another Ubuntu machine running one of these days just to play with it.