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Originally Posted by bruss01
I tried Ubuntu based on the recommendation of a friend.
I did not find it to be "blazing fast" nor "super-intuitive" and I am a computer user (Windows) and technical professional with 2 decades of experience.
In my opinion it was not "ready for prime time".
The most basic function of an OS is to recognize all the hardware and make it work efficiently together, followed closely by allowing the user to get productive work done instead of constant fiddling with settings or having to research how to get the most basic things done. I was spending way too much time looking up how to load tar files or find drivers. If the OS doesn't do those things itself, it's not truly production-ready IMHO.
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technical professional? What is that? I am a decade and a half in on information services experience. Linux works just fine for standard hardware. I take it you have not done a lot with windows except out of the box from a retailer. In my time, recently in fact, I have had to battle with horrific wi-fi device drivers that just don't work or misbehave or require me to go on an internet hunt to make operational brand new "generic" hardware on windows 7.
As with linux the most common problems are with non-standard wireless devices in windows and trust me, windows is just as bad when it comes to these inexpensive and strange animals. Anything non-WHQL is a crap shoot on windows as to how well it will work.
Try getting an older creative labs sound card to operate under windows 7. In linux it is plug in play, under windows it is a nightmare of epic proportions.
From anything your commentary is more: I know windows, why should I have to re-learn a "new" os. If you don't want to learn new things, stick with windows.. oh wait windows 8 is an all new nightmare. Still new things suck.
Linux is not only production environment ready, it has been used in production environments for more than a decade. Prior to that it was Unix in said production environments.
Though I will say, Windows Server has a lot to recommend itself.
As with anything technology related or tool related. Use the right tool for the job and stop trying to use a spanner wrench as a hammer or a smart phone as a domain controller.