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maouida | 9 years ago

I tried many times to use Ubuntu as my main machine but I always go back to Windows. Why? more than 4 times when I run a system Upgrade it fails and I end up with a broken system.

The other thing that holds me back is the UI. Hundreds of Themes available but I always see them as "cartoonish" themes that are not well though of.

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TeMPOraL|9 years ago

I'm dual-booting between Windows and Ubuntu. I keep Windows for games that require it; most of my daily use is on Linux, but there I spend most of the time in the shell, Emacs and in Chrome. So I tolerate various UX annoyances. But I'm not going to recommend Ubuntu (or for that matter, any other Linux system I've used so far, and I've used a few) to normal people looking for a normal desktop - there's just too many glitches, too many UX annoyances, too many bugs in GUI-dependent software. For all its issues, Windows has a quite polished desktop ecosystem.

JustSomeNobody|9 years ago

Windows brakes on updates also[0]. It's all about knowing the system well enough to fix it when it does.

[0] Heck, Windows breaks on reboots! Sometimes when I reboot, it either forgets my bluetooth or my wireless. And by forgets, I mean it doesn't think the hardware even exists. Multiple machines, multiple vendors, so it's not just one odd computer.

ctrl-j|9 years ago

Well, anecdotal evidence is anecdotal.

Rough count, I've worked with 30+ different windows machines over the last few decades. I have never seen the problem you are describing. I'm not saying you're not having it, I'm just saying it's not necessarily a common event. Maybe you live/work somewhere with a lot of EM interference?

Shorel|9 years ago

I'm far more wary of Windows updates than Ubuntu updates.

I have the same install since 14.04, I have updated to each version up to 16.04 and it still works fine.

OTOH, I reverted the Win10 free update and went back to Win8.1 because Win10 did not work with my bluetooth devices, the tablet functionality was inferior to Win8.1 and it was actually unpolished compared with the Win8.1 experience.

Your second point is simply opinion, and while I can't argue against it, my own experience using Ubunty with multiple monitors and virtual desktops makes Windows feel limited in comparison and therefore much less professional.

ChoGGi|9 years ago

My Windows 7 install has been doing fine since 2012 (not going to say anything about 10).