The biggest mistake with Ubuntu was not doing a dual boot. Ubuntu is like learning a foreign language. I just erased XP and installed Ubuntu. One needs to take some time to learn the system so every little problem isn't an urgent problem. I think one creates grief for ones self by not dual booting Ubuntu. I have alot more to say, but I am going to start a new thread for that. Anyway, If one has not done a dual boot I suggest doing a reinstall and dual boot.
My Biggest Mistake
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I installed without dual boot and it went fine! But its true that there is a big learning curve, though I think learning is faster without windows installed.
You do tend to learn quicker with no alternative - its pretty helpful for the learning process. Il
Illuvator said: You do tend to learn quicker with no alternative - its pretty helpful for the learning process.
Il
This is the absolute gospel truth. When I installed Dapper back in late August, I was going to dual-boot but ticked the wrong checkbox and ended up overwriting my entire drive. *I'm glad I did.*
Dual booting is helpful.
Anther trick is to use virtualization in windows.
For example you can run DSL on qemu in windows. Yea, it is slow, but it is a full linux environment.
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
navigate to the downloads page, download the "embeded" version (dsl-3.2-embedded.zip for example) ... Unzip the file and viola DSL in Windows :)
In terms of transitioning to Ubuntu, the "cold turkey" approach if fastest, but unnerving ...
The dual boot is slower, and you should consider defaulting to Linux, only Booting to windows when needed rather then booting to Windows and running Ubuntu in your "free time".
I think the two most common reasons for dual booting in the long term are :
[*]Games.[*]Development. Sometimes you want to test your creation in a windows environment
Another solution is virtal box / vmware running Windows within Ubuntu ...
Until Linux can run Photoshop perfectly I will need a working Windows. Sorry, but GIMP and the various RAW editors available don't compare.
Vital to my Ubuntu install was my laptop which was functional, as the desktop was not under Ubuntu for a while, and continually rebooting between XP and Ubuntu would have sucked.