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Biggest problem with Linux versus windows.
By jelly | April 4, 2008
Is user laziness, and I find myself to be a big culprit. I find some things so much easier on Linux than windows. But I find more and more things that are easier on windows than linux, and not because linux is lacking, just that I’ve used windows for many years, and its second nature to me. I can do it much faster on Windows because I don’t even have to link about it, my mind already knows where all the points to click are. With Linux I need to think about it more and there is the time to set it up and I find myself going okay this will take 5 minutes in Windows, or 20 minutes in linux.
The Truth is, if I took the time to spend the 20 minutes on Linux the next time I tried to do it it would probably take 10 minutes, and then the next time 5. But its trying to teach my brain not to go the easy way seeem sto be the hardest thing to do.
Biggest example. I have all my subversion repostiories already linked in windows, and I’ve been using netbeans for years. It takes me 2 minutes to do an update with Tortoise SVN and go into netbeans, compile, test and deploy knew aps. I’ve done it every morning for 3 years. In linux theoretically it should be even easier since in NetBeans 6 it works as the subversion client. However I don’t have everything set up yet, so there is going to be a 30 minute setup while I link to all the subversion repostitories, assign all the libraries etc. etc. etc. Its very lazy of me I know but its so much simpler just to reboot into vista, compile deploy, then reboot back to linux.
I really need convince myself to not do that. I think might have to be something where you need to do it cold turkey, don’t dual boot, just go 100% linux and no windows. Otherwise windows will just be your crutch.
Its very hard to do but if you have the option of going back to windows you will, not because its better, but because its more familiar.
Topics: Linux Desktop |
April 4th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
It’s a learning curve, just as anything. Getting readjusted to do things in Linux is not going to be automatic, although I would not say it is difficult.
Also, I would maybe rephrase the title of the article. In reality, the problem is not really with Linux. The problem is adjusting to something new from something so familiar (Linux is familiar to me now, and I have trouble using Windows anymore).
I did exactly what you suggested and did the switch cold turkey. It worked very well, and I use Linux exclusively now.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
I find most things just work better in WIndows, even though Windows is ugly. My computer crashes less in Windows (ironically) and I’m not forced to update (Firefox forces me to update a lot when I start it, whether I want to or not).
I prefer Linux over Windows for its “wow” factor. I just hate to admit that I get more work done in Windows.