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Description:	I thought it would be interesting to know how we all ended up here, after all we only make up 3% of world computer users. If you want to share your story post here. I just wondered what made you switch from windows. Your first brush with linux etc. and what you like and what you look forward to in the future. I personally started on mandrake (2002) (I now use Ubuntu) after fixing PC's for years got fed up with windows. I hate the windows install so much all those driver searches & reboots. Trueimage was my only savior in the windows world that made it all bearable. I love the fact we now have native nero and look forward to the odd commercial app, but will always use 99 percent open source. I really hope Linux does not end up super bloated as that is one of it's best features, you can have a nice looking system and still be fast. I love the fact I can install drivers (Nvidia) with out reboots. And like the forced harddrive checks. I would love to see more native pc games on linux and rid that windows partition once and for all.
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I just took some good advice

by cb2k on: Apr 11 2009

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I got into Linux about 18 months back.

An astute friend and linux buff explained to me about a year before that he had been running Linux for quite some time and would rarely go back to windows...

I tried and failed to install it but after yet more windows woes gave it another go and succeeded ... have not looked back since.

A plethora of free software and an unmatched level of customization whats not to like.

Although it takes a little tweaking once in a while like setting up my wacom tablet or running other software and hardware not designed initially for linux... Keeps me interested.

Oh and the sound - I am a big music buff and I can tell you once I hooked up my Bose companion 5's there was no going back... in fact I have been completely windowless for over 6 months and don't miss it a bit.

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My story

by imitation on: Apr 11 2009

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I started on Linux 3 Years ago.
My first distro i used was Suse 9.1 with KDE (i sticked with KDE ever since). I was quite confuse why there was no firewall or anti-virus software for it until i figured out i didn't need them.
I switched to (k)ubuntu after a couple months, i guess it was because it seemed faster and easier to me. It's worth mentioning that i still had a windows dual-boot and used both windows and linux about 50% of the time.
After getting comfortable and finding all the apps i wanted i got rid of windows about a year ago.
I stumbled upon fedora half a year ago when i figured out ubuntu's kernel would only panic on some new AMD hardware. I tried it because i read about it in the german magazine c't. Worked great and right now i'm almost solely on fedora. I had to install windows dual-boot again for LANs and therefore gaming.
Oh, and i tried the gentoo-based Sabayon for a couple of weeks but found my CPU spending too much time for compiling.

I found KDE-Look through the preconfigured repos in the kde setting.

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And another...

by marcaemus on: Apr 11 2009

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It began for me nearly a decade ago with Redhat 6.2 from the cover of a magazine and used redhat/fedora until I started rolling my own. Writing scripts and small programs meant I felt I 'owned' the computer again rather than having to do things "one microsoft way" and the different window managers showed real variety in the way the desktop was viewed and used. There's something very satisfying compiling your first kernel :P .

mplayer was probably the first 'killer app' for me - playing video files on a P2 that windows couldn't. Dropped windoze about 6 years ago. Still got old hardware so have been compiling my own system (no I don't use LFS) since 2005: even compiz runs well on this P3.

I don't see the need for any commercial apps at all anymore - for the usual desktop user at least. Some of my faves are Rosegarden, MuseScore, LMMS (for a bit of fun), Hydrogen Drum Machine, GCDMaster/cdrdao (for making audio discs) and the small but perfectly formed (:P) rTorrent.

...when all the worlds collide.
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Re: And another...

by seanbarman on: Apr 12 2009

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Nice to hear your stories. I'm glad no one misses microsoft. I think windows has the worst file sytem ever, it seems that it's only a matter of time before that dreaded re-install.
i remember it could not handle my mp3 collection
I only use windows for games which wine won't run, but can't remember the last time. crysis vs nexius lol
I don't think windows will ever improve till they rid ntfs it's over 20 years old now.

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by SaikoBee on: Apr 13 2009

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Freshman year of high school, I started taking some networking courses. My teacher was into Linux and showed off what I think was SUSE 10.0 with KDE 3.1 or 3.2. It was WAY prettier than XP and he talked to us about it for a bit.

I messed around with distros on my own for a while, eventually sticking with Arch Linux.

My Junior year that teacher decided to teach a Linux class at school and asked me to be his assistant :)

I'm never switching back, with Linux the computer works for you, not against you.

Don\'t you get it? If you die in Canada, you die in real life!
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My story

by harmud on: Apr 20 2009

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Actually, there is no person in the world that haven't used Windows. I've been using Windows for about 2 years.

One day, I had an idea to see how Linux looks and feels. When I first downloaded Linux, it was PCLinuxOS, which I'm still using. I burned it on a CD, put the CD in the drive and rebooted the computer. But, my settings were set up so the computer doesn't boot the CD. (EPIC FAIL).

Although it didn't started, I thought that CD is the problem and then I burned another image, but it didn't work, so I went on Internet looking for days to find my answer.
Then, I thought again that it doesn't work, and I forgot about it for about a month.

I did some searching in BIOS, and I found a option for boot priority. Then I finally knew where is the problem. I booted up Linux :D. I was so impressed about it. I thought I would need to program to go on the internet.
I won't lie, the most awesome thing to me was the "Beryl". It was awesome. But there were some problems with the connection, but I did menage to make things work.
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That was my first open of Linux.
But, I noticed at the very first moment of being on Linux: games.
Because of games, I quit PCLinuxOS and dual-boot Windows.
I fresh installed Windows, and I was using it a while until I again installed Linux, but Ubuntu. Ubuntu had problems. It deleted my whole Home folder, and everything I had inside it. Luckily, I backup everything on USB Stick, but I again quit Linux.
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Then about few months of using Windows, that was 4 months ago, on December, I was bored, and I went on PCLinuxOS to see whats new. Then I saw 2009 version, i installed, installation had couple problems again, but i finally installed it, and I'm using it today. These days, I'm using Linux for all my jobs and personal stuff. For games, I'm using Wine, and for surfing on the web: Firefox.

Hope this isn't too much, I really did write this ;)

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My story

by jameshardy88 on: Apr 20 2009

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I was made aware of linux really about 4-5 years ago by my IT teacher at the time after complaining about our dreadful school computers. It peaked my interest but not having a computer of my own or much knowledge of how i would use it etc i didn't do anything about it. Then about July-August time laxt year i heard about Wubi the "risk free way" of trying Linux. Despite a few problems (i lost easy access to the Internet for a few months, which as you probably well know is pretty essential for a new installation). I have since dropped Wubi and gone for a full install dual-booting with my old Xp partition (which has now shrunk to a microscopic size) however I though that Wubi was a truly great program and one that not only made it easier to make the transition into Linux but possibly was the only thing that truly enabled me to make the leap in the first place. I am currently still using Ubuntu although i have and probably will continue to experiment with other distributions.

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