Dekstop Compatibility Issues

[abhiroopb]

Now young Skywalker...you will die.

Now I have the pleasure of finding Windows apps that are better than my ubuntu ones

[warfacegod]

I can't think of any. When I switched 3 years ago I missed Windows Media Player 11 but then I discovered Amarok 1.4

[abhiroopb]

I can't think of any. When I switched 3 years ago I missed Windows Media Player 11 but then I discovered Amarok 1.4

At least I'll have Skype that will work better and I use that a LOT.

Skype on Linux is a terrible experience!

But yes finding a new media player will be a hassle!

[warfacegod]

WMP 11 does pretty much everything. It doesn't do it all that well but it does do it. VLC is good too, no matter what platform it's on.

[abhiroopb]

WMP 11 does pretty much everything. It doesn't do it all that well but it does do it. VLC is good too, no matter what platform it's on.

Twitter/Facebook: Tweetdeck in both Ubuntu and Windows
Broswer: Chrome (or Chromium)
Music: iTunes
Video: VLC
IM: Pidgin (I can keep the same one!)
Office: OpenOffice (can keep the same one!)
Torrent: uTorrent

Seems like what I will miss most is rsync and bash in general

[mickie.kext]

But, here is what I will do. I will buy the ATI HD 5850 see how Ubuntu works out (and if I can get drivers for everything). If things seem broken I am afraid I will have to become a Windows man (as much as I loathe myself for turning to the dark side).

Then you are setting yourself for a failure. HD5850 will not work before Ubunutu 10.10. It is not like GTX260 can't run games.

Abut your other Skype problem, you can't really blame Ubuntu for that. Skype is proprietary app and if they chose to do a lame port, there is nothing Canonical can do. You would be better off switching to some open protocol like Jabber.

[abhiroopb]

Then you are setting yourself for a failure. HD5850 will not work before Ubunutu 10.10. It is not like GTX260 can't run games.

Abut your other Skype problem, you can't really blame Ubuntu for that. Skype is proprietary app and if they chose to do a lame port, there is nothing Canonical can do. You would be better off switching to some open protocol like Jabber.

I completely agree with you and for the most part I have been happily using Ubuntu. However, as of now everything seems (in my opinion) to be stacked up against Ubuntu and there seems to be almost no reason for me to continue using it. Bear in mind the switch back to Windows will be as difficult for me as someone switching from Windows to Ubuntu.

[warfacegod]

I completely agree with you and for the most part I have been happily using Ubuntu. However, as of now everything seems (in my opinion) to be stacked up against Ubuntu and there seems to be almost no reason for me to continue using it. Bear in mind the switch back to Windows will be as difficult for me as someone switching from Windows to Ubuntu.

Are you planning on keeping a Linux machine around also? You've already got it on the machine you're on now, I presume.

[abhiroopb]

Are you planning on keeping a Linux machine around also? You've already got it on the machine you're on now, I presume.

It depends.

My laptop's battery is atrocious so I almost used it like a desktop (had an external keyboard, monitor and mouse). Now that I will have a desktop it'll be pretty useless as a desktop replacement.

I may buy a new battery and use it when I'm moving around, but it is quite heavy.

Not sure, but if I keep it then yes will continue using linux on it.

[warfacegod]

My laptop weighs 10 lbs. and the battery will go 45 minutes if I'm lucky.