Wie gebruiken er Ubuntu?
Kijk wie er Ubuntu Linux gebruiken en waarom. Lees de verhalen hieronder.
Amir A, Student / Father
I installed Ubuntu because Open Source software is more powerful, secure, and interesting. Now instead of having trouble running 8 programs at once on windows with 2 GB of RAM i run more than that on 4 desktops covering a cube. I love how easy it is to find and download new software right through the menu and my son 2 year old son loves the games I've found on here for him.
Mike, blogger
I have been using Ubuntu for about 2 1/2 years and I have it installed on all of our home computers which are mostly pretty ancient eMachine boxes. Other than addin more RAM, Ubuntu has saved me from wasting money on oversized hardware to support xp or vista. I also have saved untold dollars by not having to purchase software for our basic needs. All of our home needs have been met with the software that comes with Ubuntu.
Work computer is microsoft based but my laptop runs Ubuntu and no one can tell the difference. Ubuntu plays well with the exchange server and ms office files.
I had tired of microsoft years ago and tried a number of linux distributions but I was not geeky enough to be able to install and use them. The beauty of Ubuntu is that it installs easily and it works.
Ubuntu has gained great popularity in a short period of time by focusing on the non-geek user. When my 85 year old mother-in-law likes Ubuntu better than microsoft because it just works everyday, you have a winner.
Liam, Web developer
I've been using Ubuntu at home for 2 years, mostly for web browsing.
I can't change from Windows XP at work, but here is the greatest thing about Open Source Software:
I can take Firefox, OpenOffice, Thunderbird, 7zip, GIMP, Apache, Inkscape and others
and run them on Windows XP or Vista or Mac OSX!
This is not just free software.
You don't get millions of users to stick with a piece of software just because it is free.
This software is BETTER, and users are getting so much more value from it that the tiny effort needed to change over is a great investment.
If you haven't already tried Ubuntu, and you are a bit worried about taking the plunge, take a few small steps first. Try Firefox and OpenOffice on your current system. You will not regret it.
Oh and get ready to say goodbye to viruses :)
Prosty, uczeń LO
Moja historia z ubuntu zaczyna sie dosyć wcześnie, ok ver. 6.04 : ) Zamówiłem parę płytek z ciekawości, szczerze to o nich zapomniałem aż do pamiętnego dnia gdy ze zdziwieniem wchodząc do mojego pokoju ujrzałem właśnie je, ubuntu.
1 instalacja to było coś, mój pierwszy linux - do tego na pc 700 mhz, 192 ramu i byle jakiej karcie graficznej. O dziwo, ubuntu na tak słabym sprzęcie chodził masakryczne szybciej od Windowsa - to u mnie ogromny plus. Po tej 1 instalacji nadszedł czas na "grzebanie" - czyli formatowanie pc co 2 tygodnie :D A tak na poważnie, Ubuntu to jeden z najstabilniejszych systemów z jakimi miałem okazje pracować - nie zawiesza się, nie restartuje, i co najważniejsze - nie łapie wirusów : )
Aktualnie mam u siebie na prywatnym pc. Ubuntu i XP - z czego z tego 2 korzystam tylko gdy naprawdę muszę. Ostatnimi czasy zacząłem "przyswajać" moją szkołę do linuxa - a jakim systemem? Oczywiście że ubuntu, na razie wszystko idzie z zgodnie z planem - a nauczyciel zadowolony gdyż jest zwolniony z robienia formatów : )
ps. Aktualnie mam ubuntu na pc : 500 mhz, 320 mb ramu, tnt2 - gdzie wszyscy dziwią się że XP odpala, a gdy zobaczą linuxa i jego możliwości - proszą o płytkę : )
daniel, student
Używam Ubuntu 7.10 PL. Linuksem zainteresowałem się z ciekawości ok 2 miesiące temu, chciałem zobaczyć jak to naprawdę wygląda i bardzo pozytywnie się zaskoczyłem. Ubuntu zacząłem używać z prostego powodu - jedyny linux na którym udało mi się połączyć z neostradą (pozdrawiam twórców aplikacji UbuDSL), a dalej to jakoś poleciało, wcześniej miałem wersje Live CD, ale jakoś nie interesowałem się nią. Początki były trudne, ale teraz już nie mam z nim problemów, wszystko śmiga, no może prawie wszystko (ciągle mam problemy z MPlayer'em). Teraz czekam na spolszczenie wersji 8.04. Uważam że jest to świetny system, prosty w obsłudze, intuicyjny, compiz daje mu super wygląd i efekty, duże bezpieczeństwo, łatwość zmiany wyglądu no i są programy jak Kadu, czy Amarok, które chciałbym mieć też na Windowsie, sądzę, że jest to w tej chwili największa konkurencja ze strony pingwina dla produktów M$. Ma niestety także nieliczne wady – największa brak wsparcia ze strony wielu producentów sprzętu i programów znanych z windy (nie mylić z odpowiednikami).
Ubuntu używam jednak nie zamiast windowsa, a równolegle, bawię się trochę projektowanie stron www i niestety bardzo dokucza mi brak Photoshopa (Gimp mi nie leży), Dreamweavera i Flasha ale gdyby te programy były pod linuxem to o winda była by już tylko do gier.
Ten system naprawdę nie gryzie, tak nie wiele trzeba by się o tym przekonać...
Damian Ondore, I now work for Canonical after converting to Ubuntu from Red Hat/Mandriva.
I started using Linux seriously at university, having been attracted to it purely because it was different and had experience of the command line with Sun OS. I wanted the power of a command line for my physics work. I ordered copies from the site. At the time, the only way to get Linux was to download, which was too expensive and time consuming or to buy a Linux magazine which shipped a cd/dvd with many distributions. Because I had a slow connection to the internet, Ubuntu was less useful at the time because I thought I couldn't make use of all of the rpm's I had built up over the years.
I used all the distributions, changing vendor from month to month and trying out different features, desktops, windows managers and generally using Linux as an introduction to programming. As I got more and more into the programming side, my main reason for using linux was that each distribution came with a ready made environment for making software.
After University, I started a career in Sales. Now I help sell support for all of the users who need guaranteed responses.
I was trying to make a live cd for music production with a friend back in 2006 when I came across UbuntuStudio. I tried it and was amazed at how much progress Ubuntu had made. After about a months use, I decided to stick with it.
Petter, Sysadmin
I've been a fairly long-time Linux-user. My first contact with it was back in 1994, and from 1998 to around 2000 I used nothing but Linux. In my case the Red Hat flavor.
After that it was back to Windows. Most of it laziness, some of it requirement for various things.
But in early 2007 I felt tired with that system. I was always annoyed, frustrated and irritated with the shortcomings of Windows. I never really felt much joy come from my computer, since it was heavily associated with all the annoyances of Windows - constantly having to fight the computer rather than use it. Always feeling trapped by a faceless corporations decision as to what I should be allowed to do with my machine. Constantly having to work around things which I felt was artificially introduced limitations.
So in an attempt to restore my sanity I decided to try Ubuntu. This was not my first time, I had tried earlier versions but never got hooked. The version I tried was Edgy Eft.
And for the first time in a lot of years my computer was fun again. Sure, there were some things which needed tweaking - but that's me. I push my computer to the limit and want things "my way". I got excellent help from the forums, and the Ubuntu wiki. I could also rely on my long-time experience with Debian servers to help me get used to running Linux on my desktop-machine as well. In fact, Debian is probably the reason I chose Ubuntu since I was already comfortable with that distribution on servers. Ubuntu felt like the natural choice on the desktop.
So, I played around with Edgy. And the more I played with it, the less I needed Windows. I felt like a junkie finally kicking his habit. I felt like I could breathe again.
Thanks to Ubuntu, I once again started enjoying my computing experience.
Since then I've been loyal to Ubuntu on my desktop. The server runs Debian, but my desktop gets upgraded every six months when a new version of Ubuntu comes out. I don't even have Windows installed any longer (deleted that partition more than a year ago) and I've even converted my girlfriend to Ubuntu. At first she was skeptical, but now she's a die-hard convert and gets nauseous whenever she has to use a Windows-machine.
Matteo, guitarist (for magentamusic.eu) and C, php/sql programmer
It's no way: if you want to program in C you can't work in Windows! So I chose Linux as my developing system. When I tried Ubuntu feisty, I switched completely from windows to Ubuntu, not just for programming, but also multimedia applications (yes, I'm a guitarist too), Web browsing & site creation (I wrote www.magentamusic.eu and I mantain www.myspace.com/magentamusicit using Ubuntu), application development (mainly PHP+MySQL+XAJAX). Ubuntu had everything I needed: last month I upgraded to ubuntu hardy (8.04) and everything has become easier, even stabler and nicer.
A definitive choice!
Francisco Raygadas, High School Student
Although I was a Windows user for long, I always supported the open source movement. When I realized everything in my PC was a pirated copy, I immediately formated it and installed a Linux distribution called Ubuntu.
When i finished, i felt free. It was easy to use, stable and very good looking, it was the best OS ever. Now I spread this OS to all of my family and friends. And now, Firefox is the most popular web browser in my school.
Venkatesan Padmanabhan, Student
I started using Ubuntu a year back and I love it the most.And especially with Hardy I haven't logged into Windows since its release.You get to do real programming here.No words to describe, It's simply great.If you are in PSG Tech/Coimbatore.Join our GLUG here http://glug-psg.co.cc
Keith, Student
I have been using open source software since 1999, so Linux was nothing new to me. That's what I thought anyway. The first time I installed Ubuntu I was amazed. I didn't have to edit config files for any of my hardware, or my wife's hardware, or any of the hardware in the house. I still have only seen one installation that didn't just work out of the box. A quick search on the forums turned up a fix, and the next release came with the fix. I have never been so impressed with an operating system. Thanks Ubuntu!
Gabriel, Programador analista,
Desde mis inicios he trabajado con unix y vi el nacimiento de varias distros de linux, con Ubuntu es Diferente es el sistema que ha juntado la experiencia de muchas personas para hacer un producto libre pero de una calidad excelente... Felicidades a todos por su gran esfuerzo y muchas gracias. Hoy digo con orgullo que mi sistema preferente es ubuntu.
Shirteesdotnet, Graphic Designer
Running a huge online t-shirt company, I was very concerned about compatibility issues going from XP to Ubuntu linux. Could I run Photoshop still? Dreamweaver? Flash? MS Office? During break time, I need games like WoW to keep my mind active...
With a little bit of effort and asking questions in the Ubuntu Forums, you can easily get photoshop, dreamweaver and more working on your Ubuntu OS. I am operating at 100% level in Ubuntu as I was in XP and my computer never freezes or hangs or gets viruses. Ubuntu is a real joy to use! I even run XP within Ubuntu (virtually) using VirtualBox (not a separate partition). Its sooo nice to have XP in a little prison within Ubuntu. Ahhh, Im in control now thanks to Ubuntu linux!
Anzan Hoshin, Zen Buddhist Abbot, http://www.wwzc.org
In January of 2007 we began moving the monastery LAN of some 25 computers to OSS programs and intensified long-standing research into a dependable Linux environment. With Debian as its foundation, and Ubuntu's strong community support and commitment to making IT as available to as many people around the world as is possible, its ease of use and customization, Ubuntu was the best and obvious choice.
bieli, programista www
Użytkuję od kilku lat w pracy/domu różne dystrybujce Linuxów (RedHat, Aurox, Debian). Do projektowania aplikacji internetowych nie wyobrażam sobie już używania M$, który olewał mnie na każdym etapie (dziękuję za nowe łątki po kilku miesiącach; te krytyczne które ma teraz Vista i miał XP; brak możliwości przekazania opinii, która ma wpływ na kształt produktu; 30% mocy oddawanej na firewale, skanery anty-...; laickie konta użytkowników ze znikomym poziomem bezpieczeństwa danych; możliwość używania tylko systemu plików FAT16/32 i NTFS; o zgrozo powolne pliki rejestrów; pakiet biurowy z fajnymi podpowiadajacymi maskotkami `NIE dla idiotow`; wszystkie godziny spedzone na ponowna instalacje, bo costam ... costam i niebieski ekran) Komercyje nie zawsze znaczy skopane ... wykluczajac rozwiazania M$, gdzie z zalozenia testerami jest klient placacy zywa gotowka za mozliwosc testowania. Ubuntu na moim biurku ulatwia prace juz od kilku lat. Pozdrawiam uwolnionych od M$ ;-)
Tony Drummond, Web Designer/Developer
After hearing about Ubuntu I made the decision that I was no longer going to deal with windows and it's total lack of security. Additionally I learned that I could easily set up a LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL, PHP) environment to minimize development times. Those two key elements played a major role in my decision to switch and I haven't looked back since.
As a designer, it was necessary for me to be able to have great design software that allowed me to create artwork at a fast pace with a great focus on quality. Inkscape and the GIMP have allowed me to do so with very little heartbreak felt during my transition from Photoshop and Illustrator. Sure, some features do still need some work, but it's better than paying almost a thousand bucks.
Using Ubuntu really is a way of life. I think that those who have not tried it really are missing out. Lastly, I love laughing whenever I see a window pop up that says I'm infected with spyware :)
Hendoc, Contractor
I have used Linux since 2005 and Ubuntu since 2006. I love the control I have over my own machines. I bought a new machine 2 weeks ago -AMD64x2 4400+- and it came with Vista. As I had never used Vista and I had payed for it, I decided to give it a try. It lasted 6 days before I let Ubuntu Hardy Heron format it to oblivion.
George sp, Machinest-inspector
I use it because it is the best os i have found out there and my belief in open source is that it has the best pool of developer talent and makes for the most exciting computing experiences also you can't beat the price. If you feel guilty about that you can contribute or donate; great community support. what else can you want out of an operating system?
James A Schmitz Jr, Call center employee, customer support specialist
For years I used gentoo linux. To say I didn't learn anything would be a massive betrayal to one of my dearest toys, but I believe I began to outgrow how much it got in my way. Finally, Ubuntu had really hit the mainstream and was maintaining a package repository similar in size to gentoo's. One of the greatest perks to me regarding gentoo was how simple it was to manage packages, dependencies, etc. Installing a game was a one command affair only sometimes involving me inserting CD's and enter CD codes... but this was what I'd see in windows. To have it all taken care of for me was nice...
But gentoo began to see massive instabilities. I could never count on anything to work. I decided to try Ubuntu and it met all my gentoo raised needs, and with the things I'd learned about linux's command line from gentoo I was able to make anything work in ubuntu with minimal effort. Ubuntu was my gentoo, without the 36 hour install time.
Abdullah Kahraman, Öğrenci ( Üniversite ) - College student
Wind$'tan sıkılmıştım artık. Beni sanki hiçbir şeyine dokundurtmuyordu. Deneme sürümleri ve paralı yazılımlardan da bıkmıştım. Ayrıca hiçbirşeyi kendime göre düzenleyemiyordum. Ben de ubuntu'yu terchi ettim. Teşekkürler UBUNTU, teşekkürler Canoncial!!.
I was bored of wind$. It wasn't allowing me to do what really I want. Trial versions and pricy software was getting on my nerves. In addition to that, I was not able to customize it as I wish. So my choice is ubuntu. Thank you UBUNTU, thank you Canoncial!!.
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