Something that confuses me.

[Barrucadu]

A friend of mine recently reinstalled Windows after getting a virus. Why do Windows users cheerfully reinstall the OS and lose everything, usually multiple times? I would hate having to do that. The ironic thing is, back when I used only Windows, I considered it 'maintenance', much like running a virus scan or defragmenting the harddrive and didn't complain either.
Switching to Linux a few months ago has really given me a new perspective of some of the things Windows users consider normal - defragmenting, virus scans, reinstallation, even rebooting... All unneccesary under Linux!

 

[Dan]

I don't get viruses or ever reinstall Windows.

(and I use XP)

 

[Barrucadu]

You must be one of the lucky few :p
I think XP is Microsoft's best OS, I haven't tried Vista, but I have heard stories...

I had to reinstall Windows every 6 months because it would lose the ability to boot.

 

[DebX420]

In my 8 years of running Windows, Ive never had to reformat, and when my friends would, I brought over my external HD to copy their important files over

 

[notlikeyou]

I don't get viruses or ever reinstall Windows.

(and I use XP)

Same here, using XP & Vista

 

[Keral_Patel]

:o I reformat it just for kicks.

I usually reformat it every 3 months

 

[Krossat]

I've got bitdender internet suite to protect the OS against viruses, identity theft and network security.
But yes, i do need to reinstall every six months as my system registry bloats up becoz of installations of trial apps.

 

[unknowngiver]

i format every now and then..it pisses me off cuz i have alot of stuff that i have to somehow save!! i have been thinking of switching to Linux since i dont really play alot of computer games anyway..but before i switch i want to learn some of the advanced commands and stuff in linux

 

[Barrucadu]

If you ever need help, just PM me. I did temporarilly convert my brother to Linux, but he couldn't run Photoshop at a usable speed, so he's gone back to Windows

 

[unknowngiver]

what distro of linux are you running?
every now and then i put on my Ubuntu live cd and feel like im in heaven lol

 

[blatant]

I tried ubuntu and suse, but didnt like it much, stuck to xp. havent really had any problems, no viruses what so ever. Of course now that i said that...

 

[rcep]

i got 5 computers
4 xp and 1 vista ultimate
the 4 got infected with the same virus vista didnt
i think the best is vista if u got good rams and if you got vista ultimate other than this it sux

 

[Barrucadu]

I've been told Vista Ultimate runs perfectly with 8GB of RAM. No thanks, I think I'll stick to my laptop and have the same graphical effects enabled but using only 300MB of RAM.

what distro of linux are you running?
every now and then i put on my Ubuntu live cd and feel like im in heaven lol

I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 Beta. It works pretty good, some problems, but that is to be expected with a beta release.

 

[rcep]

I've been told Vista Ultimate runs perfectly with 8GB of RAM. No thanks, I think I'll stick to my laptop and have the same graphical effects enabled but using only 300MB of RAM.

what distro of linux are you running?
every now and then i put on my Ubuntu live cd and feel like im in heaven lol

I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 Beta. It works pretty good, some problems, but that is to be expected with a beta release.

i got 2gb ram check http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9844/mydesktoptt0.jpg
all the programs i am using it never crashed(am using ultimate)

 

[Whats My Name]

I want to switch to Linux so bad. I've had enough of Microsoft and Windows. I can't switch though because of a number of apps that simply won't run on Linux. Hopefully soon.

 

[Barrucadu]

Like what? There are open-source replacements for pretty much everything.