I think the saying goes. "If it ain't broke don't fix it"

but that would be a terrible saying for a coder

Actually it was just a liberal translation since English is not my mother language :)

*raises hand*

Would use it at work if I could.. but unfortunately, not gonna happen :(

When its all said and done, most linux installers are much easier to walk through than a typical windows install, providing you dont encounter problems. Any problems you may encounter are usually a one google search away from an answer. GNOME and KDE have become very usable, and work in a way familiar to most computer users.. Its definately a viable choice for the work desktop, depending on what you need from your machine.

About the only thing that makes it hard to use in this industry in particular is the widespread use of .wmv, although with programs like mplayer and VLC, most wmv files work fine.

But what about software? What's whit Photoshop, Macromedia(Adobe) Flash, Dreamwaver etc? Do you think they will be ported for Linux someday? The alternative soft is not a solution IMHO. For example Gimp will never has at least a half of Photoshop's usability.

Well, Like I said it depends on what you plan to use your machine for.. I wouldnt expect most serious designers to switch, and thats not what I do.

You can get by with the GIMP for more things than most would give it credit for, but still could never see a Pro designer switching to it after spending years learning photoshop. So yea.. if your a designer, dont use linux :P. If your a programmer/web-developer Linux makes more sense.

all you idiots who talk shit about vista probably didn't even install it... :321GFY

I'm a designer/programmer/web-developer. So which system should I use? :winkwink: Actually I have all the necessary tools on XP so I don't see any reason to move.

for 12 milion lines of code its not to bad :)

Hehe, use what gets the job done for you, I dont hold it against you, or try to be one of those holier than thou zealots on a pedestal. It works for me, but then again, I used to work for a major Linux company, so admittedly I have more Linux experience than I do with any other OS;)

I'm not advocating that anyone and everyone should switch platforms.. was just making myself counted as one of those who use Linux as their primary platform when when you asked if there was anyone who actually used it ;) But with all the negative hype about Vista, its nice to be able to sit back and be detached from it all. Will be interesting to see the actual product once it matures and all the dust settles.

I've been running vista on my desktop for a while now... works great except for when I encode MPEG videos on that machine they won't play on alot of others. I'm not sure why, I figure it must be a codec problem.

Once you go Mac, you will never go back.

Mitch

Mac?I dont think so.Mac is crap beacuse once you buy him you cant upgrade him.Unless you have a lot of money.PC is better one way or another.

Sure you can.. theres always been a decent market for Mac hardware upgrades, even back in the Power PC days. Macs really arent THAT much of a premium over typical PC's these days.

Is Vista is being shipped already?

well my friend tried working with vista and it did not go too well for him.. still using xp for myself .. I guess you should wait some time till to start wokring with vista for myself its just not yet..