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madokie

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16. Ubuntu is an awesome OS

Reply to Logical (Reply #13)

Sun Sep 28, 2014, 06:54 PM

Sep 2014

I run AutoCad 2000 using wine and it runs better than it does on any of the windows version newer than 98. 98 was what it was written for. AutoCad 2000 is the best version of acad too, the rest just added fluff that really isn't needed for my kind of work.

I'm presently using ubuntu 14.04.1 Gnome-sessions-flashback which by the way is the old gnome 2 interface. Installed from the software center.

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Microsoft Indonesia president: Windows 9 will be free to Windows 8 owners [View all] steve2470 Sep 2014 OP

Good for Andreas Diantoro! I wonder if this will be true world-wide. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #1

Probably not in the US. Warpy Sep 2014 #2

I dunno. dballance Sep 2014 #4

To hell with organized religion! randome Sep 2014 #3

The latest scuttlebutt is that it will be a subscription like Office 365 PSPS Sep 2014 #5

A subscription OS is not an option for me. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #6

FREEDOM!!! FrodosPet Sep 2014 #7

Yep, LibreOffice is one I'm testing. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #10

LibreOffice is excellent ...install LibreOffice Base too if ya need a data base. L0oniX Sep 2014 #19

yea a subscription Windows would give me very serious pause steve2470 Sep 2014 #8

Microsoft sounds like they are abandoning the consumer market. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #9

agreed Locrian Sep 2014 #12

Adobe is going full subscription on their design suites. No purchased copies anymore. nt Logical Sep 2014 #14

Well I'm certainly not buying another Windows OS RedCappedBandit Sep 2014 #11

Not a great average end user OS but for the leaning geeky people it is great. nt Logical Sep 2014 #13

Ubuntu is an awesome OS madokie Sep 2014 #16

Just up'd from 12.04 to 14.04 ...been using Ubuntu for over 7 years. L0oniX Sep 2014 #18

Its been pretty close to that long for me too madokie Sep 2014 #20

Heh ...I run WinXP in VirtualBox to run any old shit I still occasionally need... L0oniX Sep 2014 #23

My apologies madokie Sep 2014 #24

The Surface 3 is a nice device. We are evaluating them as iPad replacements. But Windows 8 is an.... Logical Sep 2014 #15

Mean while everyone else has moved on to Ubuntu. L0oniX Sep 2014 #17

Ubuntu is a great OS! Rex Sep 2014 #22

8 is a piece of crap, you have to have 8.1 for it to even work properly. Rex Sep 2014 #21