Originally Posted by Yhor
I've been considering switching from Windows to Ubunto recently, and I was curious if some of the people here that have used both could give some pros and cons. My first impression of Ubunto was from from a SS that was posted, I believe it was Dreadelord's. It looks awesome, but looks can be deceiving.
I'll start with pro# 1.
1) Ubunto is Free.
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Pros:
2) Ubuntu has lots of support from the community
3) Linux is often more efficient
4) Symbolic links are great for addon devs
5) If you want software to do it, chances are its both available and free.
6) Often time more secure.
Cons:
1) No native client
2) WINE is sometimes buggy
3) Linux sometimes has a steeper learning curve
4) GNOME? KDE? XCFE? OpenBox? OMG I can't decide! (actually I can... I love GNOME (ubuntu default))
5) Driver hell... generics may not work as well, proprietary not always available
6) sudo confuses windows users (come on people its not that hard!)
Hope this helps. FYI on the driver hell, if your using a NVIDIA card, ubuntu includes the proprietary drivers and will ask if you want to activate them. If you have further questions on any of these points let me know.