[NinjaKnight]

Awesome, Ubuntu is one of my favorites

[Isaac]

I've recently switched from Windows to Ubuntu, and I must say I'm regretting it. Probably gonna install Windows 7 back on my PC next week or so.

Here's why I'm disappointed with Ubuntu :

- When I set the brightness to my linking, Ubuntu automatically resets it to default (Maximum Brightness) whenever I restart my computer. I've tried three different fixes but non have worked so far.

- In order to Install anything, I have to either lookup whatever I need in Ubuntu software center or download the package and unpack it through Terminal which is time consuming to type in commands and so forth. Not to mention how annoying it is.

- There are no VPN launchers for Linux, I have to configure a VPN manually, which is annoying.

- There is no application included in Ubuntu for Uninstalling an application/deleting unpacked tar.gz files. You'll have to download a 3rd party application to delete/uninstall applications.

- Uninstalling / deleting unpacked tar.gz files, is a pain to do. You have to look through a gigantic list of applications and mark all the folders associated for the application you want to uninstall separately.

- Mouse controls and movements on laptops are different and at times frustrating. Your mouse cursor won't work if you have more than one finger on your mouse pad, something that Windows and Mac support.

- Using VMware on Ubuntu is a gigantic pain in the ass. It has no USB support for devices like memory sticks and mobile phones. Not only that but even when you put it to full screen mode it never perfectly fits your screen, and before you ask, I've tried configuring screen settings on both VMware and the Windows VM installation aswell.

I'm sorry but Ubuntu needs far more development ATM. It's an incomplete operating system. There's a good reason why it's free and Windows isn't. Windows is developed by far more experienced programmers who are not only more in number but are also motivated by money as compared to Ubuntu's development team who aren't, and say what you want about the "passion for programming" but money above all, is the best motivation for anything.

There are benefits for running Ubuntu, it's a good OS for people who code in Python, Pearl and C but for a person who codes in VB such as myself, Ubuntu isn't the best option especially since there isn't a proper IDE for VB.NET on Ubuntu (Qbasic comes close, but it's not good enough)
And all the people who say Ubuntu is good for Penetration Testing, I disagree with that as well since you can easily download Kali Linux that comes packed with everything you need for the task. It would be a pain to install all these tools manually. Ubuntu is far more secure than Windows, but I'm not much of a paranoid security freak. I scanned my computer everyday with both AVG and Bitdefender and for the past 2 years I've never been infected.

@Jinxed : I hope you've thought this through mate, GL with Ubuntu.

[Isaac]

I've recently switched from Windows to Ubuntu, and I must say I'm regretting it. Probably gonna install Windows 7 back on my PC next week or so.

Here's why I'm disappointed with Ubuntu :

- When I set the brightness to my linking, Ubuntu automatically resets it to default (Maximum Brightness) whenever I restart my computer. I've tried three different fixes but non have worked so far.

- In order to Install anything, I have to either lookup whatever I need in Ubuntu software center or download the package and unpack it through Terminal which is time consuming to type in commands and so forth. Not to mention how annoying it is.

- There are no VPN launchers for Linux, I have to configure a VPN manually, which is annoying.

- There is no application included in Ubuntu for Uninstalling an application/deleting unpacked tar.gz files. You'll have to download a 3rd party application to delete/uninstall applications.

- Uninstalling / deleting unpacked tar.gz files, is a pain to do. You have to look through a gigantic list of applications and mark all the folders associated for the application you want to uninstall separately.

- Mouse controls and movements on laptops are different and at times frustrating. Your mouse cursor won't work if you have more than one finger on your mouse pad, something that Windows and Mac support.

- Using VMware on Ubuntu is a gigantic pain in the ass. It has no USB support for devices like memory sticks and mobile phones. Not only that but even when you put it to full screen mode it never perfectly fits your screen, and before you ask, I've tried configuring screen settings on both VMware and the Windows VM installation aswell.

I'm sorry but Ubuntu needs far more development ATM. It's an incomplete operating system. There's a good reason why it's free and Windows isn't. Windows is developed by far more experienced programmers who are not only more in number but are also motivated by money as compared to Ubuntu's development team who aren't, and say what you want about the "passion for programming" but money above all, is the best motivation for anything.

There are benefits for running Ubuntu, it's a good OS for people who code in Python, Pearl and C but for a person who codes in VB such as myself, Ubuntu isn't the best option especially since there isn't a proper IDE for VB.NET on Ubuntu (Qbasic comes close, but it's not good enough)
And all the people who say Ubuntu is good for Penetration Testing, I disagree with that as well since you can easily download Kali Linux that comes packed with everything you need for the task. It would be a pain to install all these tools manually. Ubuntu is far more secure than Windows, but I'm not much of a paranoid security freak. I scanned my computer everyday with both AVG and Bitdefender and for the past 2 years I've never been infected.

@Jinxed : I hope you've thought this through mate, GL with Ubuntu.

[Ex094]

@XrpmX13 About VMWare, Virtual Box supports USB sticks and yes it is available for Linux https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Try Fedora if you can, I think you'll find it much better

[Ex094]

@XrpmX13 About VMWare, Virtual Box supports USB sticks and yes it is available for Linux https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Try Fedora if you can, I think you'll find it much better

[Isaac]

@XrpmX13 About VMWare, Virtual Box supports USB sticks and yes it is available for Linux https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Try Fedora if you can, I think you'll find it much better

Of course I know that It's available for Linux, I never said it wasn't.

Virtual Box does have support for some USB devices, but for VERY few. If you try to connect a modern day USB stick, your Windows VM installation won't detect it. I tried several fixes and it came to a point where it gave me the "Installing drivers" pop up but despite that, my USB stick didn't show up in My Computer.

[Isaac]

@XrpmX13 About VMWare, Virtual Box supports USB sticks and yes it is available for Linux https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Try Fedora if you can, I think you'll find it much better

Of course I know that It's available for Linux, I never said it wasn't.

Virtual Box does have support for some USB devices, but for VERY few. If you try to connect a modern day USB stick, your Windows VM installation won't detect it. I tried several fixes and it came to a point where it gave me the "Installing drivers" pop up but despite that, my USB stick didn't show up in My Computer.

[c_smooth]

@XrpmX13 I can understand your frustrations. I have been an Ubuntu user for 7 years. I still can't run it as a standalone os because of some complications of some websites with my University. I eventually just had to dualboot. I run windows only when I have to. Linux is great to learn programming and system administration from the inside out, @Jinxed. I was really surprised at how much I had learned about those things without writing a single program and just reading things. The school that I go too, I assume all schools are like this, teach programming in small chunks, like hey Tommy, write a program to make a robot move five spaces within parameters x, y, and z. So to me that never made sense and I decide to focus on other things and teach myself what I wanted to know. Keep Ubuntu as a learning tool and put it on a virtual machine if you need too as @Ex094 suggested. If all you have is 4GB of ram maybe go with the 32 bit version of Ubuntu because most of the time 32 bit architectures run pretty smooth on a 1GB of ram on standard hardware. I hope this helps your Linux woes.

[Kaiten]

You should run the update commands, "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade"
Setup a keyboard shortcut for xkill.
Install Microsoft fonts.
Make sure your swap partition is at least 4GB.
And if you want to style your desktop install Conky and Screenfetch.

[chmod]

You should run the update commands, "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade"
Setup a keyboard shortcut for xkill.
Install Microsoft fonts.
Make sure your swap partition is at least 4GB.
And if you want to style your desktop install Conky and Screenfetch.

screenfetch is just for displaying information about the system and theme, but conky is awesome I would also recommend compiz which has some nice features.