None ( general public targeted ) of the applications that are available for Windows are irreplaceable - it all comes down to whether you want to have an alternative ( in most cases, a few to choose from ) or just say you prefer Windows because you have no desire to learn and explore. Do you really need an application or a tool to get your job done as quickly as possible and with glance ? Decision is yours.
whats a web editer....anyway, try eclipse. I insist on all development work being done on ubuntu. we eclipse for j2ee and android, and just various other editor for php/html
The goal of the Linux community, for the most part, was never to seek to gain more popularity than Windows or replace it. Linux does not have that goal in mind. The goal of Linux was always to create a quality, free alternative OS that will meet various computer needs. Both of them have their pros and cons. There are things that Windows is better at, and there are things that Linux is also better at. It all comes down to people using whichever OS work best for them.
The biggest problem with Ubuntu is gaming. Many games CAN be ran through Wine, but it can be a pain. For everything else I prefer Ubuntu, and even recommend it to friends and family members that aren't gamers. Most everyone I recommend it to ends up preferring it over Windows after using it for a few days due to how secure and easy it is to use.
I disagree. Then maybe if you install ubuntu you'll stop wasting hours upon hours of your time on games. Anyway, many games run on macs.
Nothing wrong with taking a break here and there to play games. I'm not a huge gamer, but I like to play them every once awhile.
My breaks from programming usually consist of sleeping and eating. Anyway, if you don't play games much you can play free linux games like openarea. Have you ever used ubuntu for more than 100 hours?
True with me too but the killer was that there were some things I simply couldn't do via Ubuntu (streaming predominatly) so I reverted to Windows for my latest laptop. I tried the dual boot using Wubi but I had no end of problems with it.
That is because you didn't install the restricted extras (codecs). You should have typed in Ubuntu-restricted-extras in Software Center and install the package. Because of copyright restrictions, Ubuntu has not been able to include all codecs out the box like other Distros such as Linux Mint. I haven't had a problem with streaming at all after installing all the codecs via the restricted extras. I still stream from the same sites as when I had Windows. Wubi is not really a proper way to install Ubuntu. It's really just for test purpose. And should one decide to keep using Ubuntu, it's better to install it on a partition and dual boot it with Windows. Wubi tends to crash after you update Windows, as it was designed to be a temporary trial installation, and not a long term one.
Ubuntu + a program that you can install and you can use any other OS within it. (I don't know how its called.)
Ubuntu is all of that. I have been using and installing Windows for 10 years, so I'm qualified to say Ubuntu is much easier to install than Windows. Windows comes pre-installed on most computers. Because in most cases you have to install Ubuntu yourself, they have made it a lot easier to install than Windows. For user-friendliness... it is just as user-friendly as Windows. And no way you can say Windows is easier to maintain than Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution. You don't need antivirus, registry cleaners, or to defrag your system in Linux to keep up the performance. If you stop doing that in Windows, your computer will eventual slow down. Linux is low maintenance. This is why so many prefer it as a sever.
how can you use linux to play game, such as COD , or Warcraff III ? Most of software base in windows , and that why windows can't be replaced
How can you get Windows to play Linux games? Most of the software on Linux is Linux based, that's why *nix can't be replaced. btw, most everything you do on the internet is *nix/BSD base, not Windows.
As if gaming is the main thing people use computers for. I thought that's what consoles were mainly for, for those people who want to play nothing but games? Btw, those Windows games you mentioned actually work in Wine for Linux. Guess what? I play different Windows games on Linux as well, and never had to dual boot to play the games I like.
I like your question, but the number of people who play windows game is larger. The game in linux, it's very simple, it's not enought for some Gamerholic It's only true for the server side. more than 80% of visitors come to our website use Windows OS , and i believe that other sites have same It's not the main, but it's very important. Playing windows game in Linux is good in theory, but in reality, there are too many problems in graffic, performance and something like that
The only thing I use Windows for is playing games, testing websites, and familiarizing myself with applications other people use. I have two Ubuntu Server boxes at home which host SVN, MySQL, Apache, and a few other processes as well as various cron jobs to do things like RSYNC remote websites and compile Analytics data. I also have a workstation with two bootable hard drives in it, one drive boots Desktop Ubuntu and the other Windows Vista. Any time I want to be productive I boot into Ubuntu. I have enough experience that I can develop an entire site on my Ubuntu desktop then only need to make minor alterations, if any, once I jump into Windows to test it out in various Windows browsers.
I'm not a gamer but you'll find a lot of "not simple" games on *nix. That's what I meant. Except for the desktop, Windows is a minor player everywhere else. As blaine78 said, if people want to play games, they should get a console. There are no problems with graphics or performance using *nix. In fact, performance on *nix far exceeds Windows.