chamilto0516's Journal: Move my desktop to Linux?

I have been contemplating sometime the possibility of making my primary workstation Linux instead of the corporate Windows XP. I have that Freedom (some do not) but want to build a pro/con list to do so. I think it is possible now as some things that were preventing me from moving are now available on Linux. I am going to build a list of "features" that are important to me that I use on Windows and rate that against what it would take to get it to work on Linux. Some things I have already moved over and work rather well (vpn client to coprorate network) and some things work even better (using my cell phone and Sprint G3 service to access the internet). Some I know are going to be a problem (Delorme TopoUSA mapping program) or impossible.

it's a tough call

[Mandrake]

ultimately it's going to depend solely on how you feel most productive. For me, it really depends on what it is specifically that I'm working on or doing. I ended up being forced to live under windows for the last couple of years doing some development work and so I'd say for the most part I am 50 / 50. That's probably why all my windows systems are dual-boot.

I've been considering this, too

[dashing_cavalier]

I've been trying to make the change over to Linux for some time, though I haven't been as successful at it as I'd hoped (see my journal for the gory details.) I'm currently running Mandrake 9.1 with KDE, and like the other poster I also dual boot with Windows, mostly for my wife's use, for games, and as a "just in case" which allows me to do things that I couldn't do with Linux.

At first I was worried that Linux would difficult to get used to, but so far I've been surprised at how easy the transition has be