Hey! I have gone Linux!!

Well, happy new year everyone. May 2008 be the best it can be and God bless you all. Anyway, I can't believe school has started already. Miserable. Can students go on strike?? haha. I believe many already do.

Anyway, back to the point, i have switched to linux / ubuntu. Of course i havent thrown away my windows / microsoft stuff. Its on dual boot. so i get the best of both worlds. I will talk more about ubuntu at the end of the post. At the moment, for all window users, look and drool:

I have not one but 4 desktop/workspaces around a 3D cube that i can rotate to change workspace, just click and drag to turn!!! And i have photos displayed on the cube top and bottom

This is my desktop and check out my cool dock at the bottom. No start button or any other panels needed. Not even OS X is this minimalistic (it still needs a top panel)

Some special effects like: my windows wobble when i move them around

Cool effects when i minimise a window to the dock

applications burn up when i exit them!!

Before anything, for those who dun know, let me clarify, ubuntu is a linux distribution. And for further info, please just google "ubuntu".

Ok, so what do i think about linux and ubuntu in particular? Firstly, i think it is fair to say that for someone who likes to customise my things, i love ubuntu. I can practically change the look of it to anything i please. If i want to, i can make it look like OS X or vista. But why would i do that?? From the pics above, this is clearly so much nicer and cooler. In fact, its so customisable, it is safe to say that no two ubuntu are the same. Also, no more viruses or anti-viruses or spyware or updating virus databases or firewalls asking for access decisions. Basically trouble-free worry-free surfing of the net. Plus all the eye candy of the interface and the cool animations, honestly, the screenshots above doesnt do it justice. If you are interested, you can go to youtube and find for ubuntu to see other peoples' video on their ubuntu to get a feel of ubuntu's capability. Linux is also more stable. Oh, did i mention that this is all free too?!

But i do not have all praises for ubuntu. For one, you still need windows to play the latest computer games. And, SolidWorks (my CAD software for my course) only runs on windows and not linux or any other OS. (sometimes we just have to face the reality of windows' market dominance). Also, although it is very customisable, customisation isnt that easy. The learning curve at the start can be quite steep especially if you have been using windows all your life. The good thing is that there are forums with people helping each other with their ubuntu problems, and you will very likely need and use these forums as most/all of the problems you face has been faced (and solved) by many other people before. It also helps that your roommate uses ubuntu too.

With all that said, i think i will be sticking with ubuntu for the most part. A dual boot to windows is still sadly necessary but everything has been working great so far. I am impressed.

Good Night.