This is a re-post from a previous version of The Computer Crowd.
So you are reading this probably because you have wondered if you should leave Windows in the dust. Personally this was an easy decision for me and I haven’t looked back.
In November of 2013 I decided that I would leave Windows and be a full time Linux user I tried Ubuntu had
some issues and moved to Linux Mint KDE I used Linux Mint for a couple months and then my preferences changed and I moved back to Ubuntu 12.04 and I have stuck with it. Personally I love being free from Windows, I like that everything is free and open source (for the most part) and I enjoy having the freedom that Linux provides.
I have also found that using Linux all the time has actually helped me learn the commands better (though I have been using Linux on and off since the 90s). Using Linux also has helped me find workarounds to different things and made me learn a whole lot more than I would of if I was using the Windows OS.
I know I said earlier in this article that I am a full time Linux user. I guess if I had to give a percentage I am a 99.9% full time Linux user I still run a copy of Windows 7 in Virtualbox maybe once a month and thats only to backup my text messages from my cell phone (because I haven’t looked for a Linux alternative). I read all the blogs, and comments on people who complain about Windows and I think to myself, why not switch?
I know some of you may be asking if you should make the switch and I say if you have tons of Windows programs that you NEED to use first try to look for a Linux alternative, if you matched all of your Windows programs to Linux ones, go for it, make the switch (as always backup, backup, backup). If you can’t find the alternative programs weigh the need for that program if you don’t need it go ahead and make the switch, if not, I would wait until you have found the ones that you NEED then make the switch.
Personally switching to Linux was the best decision I could of ever made, and I don’t think I will ever be a Windows user again.
