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First Dabble
I first dabbled with Linux back in the mid 1990's on an Amiga 1200 computer. I had previously tried BSD, but Linux looked like the way forward. I continued to play around with Linux when I moved on to an Intel-based PC in the late 1990's but never considered using it as an everyday operating system.
With the launch of Windows XP in the early 2000's, I soon forgot about Linux until one fateful day towards the end of 2004 – when a friend gave me an Ubuntu 4.10 livecd. I had never before heard of Ubuntu Linux, but soon learned all about Canonical, Shuttleworth, etc. For the first time, I experienced Linux in this easy-to-use, easy-to-install format.
I soon tried Ubuntu 5.04, Kubuntu, etc. and, by mid 2005, I was dual booting Ubuntu alongside Windows XP. Since then I have tried just about every Ubuntu variant & countless other distros. Now I have a dedicated Linux PC alongside my Windows 7 machine.
It is now interesting to see Linux being considered ever more as a suitable gaming operating system. This has led to rapid improvement in graphic hardware drivers and may lead to greater mainstream acceptance by end users. About a third of the people I know have already switched to Linux (mostly Linux Mint)! I for one can't wait to see what the future holds.
Jimmy Naidoo
I’m a cinematographer
After I completed my studies in Celluloid, I discovered the digital world. So – not officially, but through the help of near ones, and my own exploration with much trial and error – I did some work on Windows with apps like Office, Adobe, Corel, etc.
After working with Windows ME, XP, VISTA and 7, I saw Ubuntu on my sister’s laptop and got interested.
I became confident that any multimedia production is possible with Ubuntu, and that home computing would be faster and more reliable.
Before, I heard that working with Linux was very very difficult for persons like me who have no computer knowledge – not even a single DOS command. But Ubuntu give me courage, and I used it with Windows 7 for a week, and then completely removed Windows.
I am now using only Ubuntu. My thinking was that, without Windows, there can not be any computing. It took me some time to switch to a new platform, but I stuck with it. You will be surprised what you have been missing over the years.
In India we believed for years that knowledge is never sold. It’s only distributed, and the more you give, the more you get. (It’s the opposite with money!). And I saw the same philosophy in the Ubuntu Community.
AURO KUMAR SAHOO