Quote from: BitWulf on May 20, 2013, 08:07:52 AM

Quote from: BitPirate on May 20, 2013, 08:01:52 AM

That said, barriers to adoption are constantly decreasing too. Many flavours of Linux have been easier to install and use than Windows for a long time now. And it will become easier and cheaper to adopt cryptocurrency in the future too.

EDIT: And I don't get the Ubuntu hate. It's not closed source at all..... Mark has done wonders for the Linux ecosystem.

Haven't tried linux but I'm about to. Is this really true and true for Ubuntu?

Been true for a long time (assuming you don't have really esoteric hardware with drivers that were only released for Windows, but even those days are mostly gone).

It was close to 10 years ago now when I finally switched -- I remember reinstalling Windows every 6 months to 1 year as it was the only way to keep performance up. At the time, (XP), you had to insert a *floppy disk* during the install in order for Windows to recognise the RAID drivers on boot. There was a whole bunch of other stuff that made it a right pain in the ass -- being an enthusiast geek, I lost whole days to Windows. And then you had the tools - codecs- etc hunt to set up your system.

Linux generally just works.. disk in, click, click... done. Open software centre / package manager, everything is there. IMO things have mostly "just worked" better than Windows for 10 years now.

And that's just for normal usage. When it gets to "have a bunch of data, need to analyse it"... or "need to knock up a script to do XYZ", you're on the perfect platform. On Windows, the first step was always "what do I need to install now, where do I find it, is it safe, and do I really have to pay?". It's just a bad system.