uses for my new ubuntu computer?

I've just installed ubuntu.
give me a reason to use it over my apple.

 

command line? I've never had a mac.

 

everything is free! once you start using repo's you will wonder why you didnt switch before. is it a powerpc or an intel based machine?

 

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper

System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper

http://www.gnome-look.org/index.php...90&PHPSESSID=117856af6bbf424fab5953f2c5eb3203

most of all, you have more freedom in linux than in windows or mac.

 

more freedom. Define "freedom" as it applies in this circumstance working machine vs working machine. Freedom to code doesn't rely apply because in either case, I'm note a coder. What are Repo's? Apple has a command line interface.

I've been using the mac for a year. It completes every task I desire, and many more should I ever need them. The same can be said for Ubuntu.

 

if you really wanted to know the truth, then you would not have said this

 

it would apear as if your goal for starting this thread is not actually what you have labeled it. i would presume that you dont actually want to learn or use linux. you just want to critisize it. your credentials of "using the mac for a year" are nothing compared to mine which i will not embarass you with.

'FREEDOM to code' is not what i was refering to but i appreciate you trying to ask me a question and then answering it for me. you have excelent social skills. by-the-way, you cant compare the apple command line and linux command line, considering that the good commands are not available on the mac.

see you at 127.0.0.1

 

oh yeah: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ it's all about community man!

 

Aderall_Assasin my goal is not to disparage linux. I've run a SuSe box for 3 months and found it workable but lacking in a few programs I ran regularly, and the alternatives or wine were insufficient. My goal here is have someone give me a clear argument of an advantage a machine with Ubuntu has over an OS X machine. that's it.

I'm glad you enjoy talking down to people, let me know how that works out for you.

 

You can't fsck a mac!

 

Now had I seen a response like this, where you define freedom and why it's valuable it would have been a far less ambiguous answer. Again the issue I have here is that as a person with limited interest in learning my way around source code my ability to alter it, make improvements or change uses of an application are limited or non existent. then it becomes a matter of using Linux as an alternative to a pay system. Lacking a windows license key, I installed Ubuntu, it has a full software suit and it's now great for someone who needs a computer. Again I have one, so it's not great for me, but nice enough. I'll probably be passing on a working Ubuntu computer to a friend who recently started University and needs one. But that wasn't my question: Are there uses or applications or reasons why I'd be better off using Ubuntu?

Harry turtle - That's an amazing forum, and very active. It's good to see the idea of a community based OS runs a bit deeper and broader than I had thought. Great resource

fsck sounds like pretty amazing utility, until now i did not know it existed. It appears that mac does have a fsck tool that can be run at start up, but I agree its more limited then linux.
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/mac/osxdiskutil.shtml

 

The easy installation of tens of thousands of free software and the philosophical decision to support open software and standards are some of the reasons I support Linux. I can do the same things in xp as i can in linux,however i enjoy using linux more and like the choices it offers.

 

+++ the Linux kernel works on more architectures (hardware) than any other OS, supports more filesystems than any other OS and has a penguin... than any other OS... er, yes.
--- is a bit fiddly sometimes, but I can help there, I have a degree in fiddly!

 

I'm using Ubuntu for AMD64, and it's nothing but one major annoyance after the next. The dire mistake for me was using a 64-bit processor. It sucks beyond belief.

 

64 bit is still not the best supported architecture... You can run a 32bit kernel, but that would suck too! Give it a few months, there's plenty of development underway there...

 

Thanks for the reply; I work a second job from home, and my boss supplied the computer. He only had two rules about what I put on it:

1) Linux only, nothing Microsoft. We use only open-source products.

2) No 32-bit version of linux, I must use a 64-bit distro. He said that using a 32-bit distro could cause hardware damage because it won't give proper instructions to the fans for cooling.

However, I can't find a 64-bit distro that is even as good as Windows98 in ANY way (though I've only tried Mandriva and Ubuntu). EVERYONE says to use a 32-bit distro and forget about the warnings... but it's not my computer, and I don't want to risk frying it.

I'm really close to just quitting the job altogether. It's just not worth the aggravation... I've not been this angry and frustrated over anything in years. Nothing is worth what I'm feeling now.

 

Okay, I am using Slackware with dropline gnome, there is a brilliant 64bit version that the maintainers have kindly provided.

http://www.slamd64.com/
http://forums.droplinegnome.org/viewtopic.php?t=4625

I recommend using slamd64 v.10.2, then installing the 64bit dlg packages, give it a go, you won't be dissapointed

 

I've lent my apple to a friend who needed it for school until their order arrives. THUS, I will be using ubuntu as my primary desktop for the next 2 weeks. Lets see how things go.