Comments on: Windows to Ubuntu Transition Guide

By: Nickolas

Nickolas — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:19:56 +0000

For those of you who still need windows specific applications, there is always Wine.

By: RC

RC — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:16:16 +0000

for someone just trying out Ubuntu, this was extremely useful. thanks!

By: Kevin Philp

Kevin Philp — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:21:54 +0000

What a bunch of negative comments! OK – AutoCad don’t do a Linux version, complain to AutoCad not Ubuntu. Linux is an operating system and a damned good one, its no less of a system because AutoCad doesn’t run on it. maybe it doesn’t suit your needs – fine, use something else. It is used by a lot of people and is growing, I run a small company and it uses Linux – there are businesses out there that don’t need Autocad.

By: BCooK

BCooK — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:32:44 +0000

there ARE two different CAD programs within Ubuntu Linux that work just as well as AutoCAD. Further more a program called WINE will act as a windows install and run up to AutoCAD 2005. Another program called Crossover from, code weavers, will run up to AutoCAD 2009, but it cost about $30 for the standard version. Ubuntu Linux took me two days to integrate everything from windows I needed… I’LL NEVER GO BACK TO WINDOWS!!!

By: marcg

marcg — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:13:58 +0000

Learning ubuntu coming from windows? Worth it? Very much so. For those of us not able to afford Windows (and believe it or not there are many millions in the US that fit that description) Ubuntu is a fit. I have built many computers and installed Ubuntu on them for people who can’t afford Windows and can’t afford the many applications others would then purchase and install in Windows. They need free stuff that works. Ubuntu Linux provides that. And for many folks low income folks that are new to computers, The transition is that much easier as they haven’t accumulated years and years of Windows habits.

This is a good guide. Thanks for helpin out.

By: Greg Grego

Greg Grego — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:25:08 +0000

Hmmm. Keep an open mind about using Linux as a desktop replacement for windows? I tried and really made an effort because I’ve read the propaganda about Ubuntu, their various flavors and other related projects. I purchased what I thought would be a simple laptop to to convert to Linux (ASUS eeepc 1000hd) and was very disappointed. It came preinstalled with windows XP and I wanted to take advantage of all those Linux performance enhancements.

The fact was that no “distro” of linux I installed, even the ones supposedly designed for the eeepc, worked with the hardware. The installations were noticeably slower and far more convoluted than installing XP. I could never get the wi-fi working no matter what I did and I tried many many suggestions by on-line experts without success. All the hardware worked fine (and faster) running XP. If you want to get any real work done and need to run real software packages, don’t believe any of the nonsense about Linux being better than any version of windows with the exception of maybe 3.1.

By: BCC

BCC — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:14:23 +0000

CC, you are 1000000% right!

By: CC

CC — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:57:13 +0000

Until the Linux community can come up with a CAD program that is as mature as AutoCAD for Architecture 2009 (etc) and the new ‘better’ kid on the block Revit for Architecture, then Linux will be nothing more than a novelty. A novelty that is very serious on networking and file sharing, but not too serious on other business applications including Architecture.

By: Personal Data Privacy

Personal Data Privacy — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:19:20 +0000

Very helpful guide! I spend time helping people transition to Ubuntu Linux and I think this article would resonate with my students. For however long it lasts, I think using Linux on the desktop is a way to reduce the risk of being a victim of cybercrime.

By: magnoliasouth

magnoliasouth — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:08:12 +0000

Actually I don’t think that was his point. If, and only IF, you are lucky enough to find a package, but there are times when you cannot.

My husband is a computer programmer (he works with computerized ammunition systems) and even he could never get WoW to work properly. There isn’t always a “package” available for what you want to do.

Instead, I would say to Joshua that this is true some of the time, but not ALL of the time. It’s really the industry that is at fault, and not so much Ubuntu. The industry thinks that everything must be in Windows, but they’re not getting that they need to rethink that. Ubuntu and others like it are the way to the future. Eventually, Microsoft will not be the driving force between how software is written. In all actuality, it never should have been. There should be a standard.