Ubuntu is so hard, but I like it
I’ve been working a little more in Ubuntu these days. I found it to be slightly faster. Especially with the performance of NetBeans. It’s a joy to work with NetBeans. In Windows Vista, it’s shit slow. I don’t know why, it’s probably due to all the overheads from the services launched during start up.
I feel lighter now.
The funny thing is that I got more productive in Ubuntu not because it’s a better platform in terms of functionality but just because there are lesser distractions. Most of my leisure stuff are in Windows Vista. I use Windows Live Messenger so often there. In Ubuntu I don’t like Pidgin and I miss my custom emoticons, hehe1.
I auto-hide the rather useless bottom panel which only use twice a day and rely most on keyboard shortcuts. I also enabled the Windowlist screenlet and use it as a taskbar replacement.
Ubuntu’s still hard to use
- I hate exploring my folders so I don’t explore folders much any more.
- There’re too many clicks involve in organizing my files so I never download anything any more.
- Finding music in my Windows hard disk through Ubuntu is so hard and I don’t know how to create a link to directly link to me the folder.
But I love the way that it’s so different and I couldn’t do things the way I do in Windows Vista. There’s just so much lesser distraction. The other day an acquaintance wanted to show me some BitTorrent stuff in Ubuntu, I bravely said “No!”
Nah, it’s not part of my anti-piracy effort. I don’t want distractions. I still love the Vista operating system. I just Ubuntu better these days as it lets me focus on my work more.
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hehe well, i switched back to Vista after using hardy heron. for me, its just easier to use la.
Nov 26
Welcome over to the brown side.
Ubuntu is easy to use. And of course, the later you start to learn how to make entertainment easier to access on Ubuntu, the longer you can stay productive.
FYI, Ubuntu is my development machine.
Nov 26
I rely on iTunes due to iPod and I didn’t want things to get messy by managing it with two operating systems so Windows Vista is still my default music management machine.
I do listen to a couple of tunes though.
Nov 26
I’ve recently bought a notebook and setup Ubuntu on it. I upgraded to 9.04 a few days after it was released, and I must say they have done some serious work on performance.
Overall, Ubuntu is a great workstation, and I’m sure that you’ll use it more once you get used to it. The only two reasons I keep windows on my desktop machine is compatibility with other people and games I play sometimes (Linux has a serious lack in this area, even with Wine).
May 04