2 months of linux bliss
I have Ubuntu dapper running on Dell Latitude D610 - with some help and inspiration from my colleague Josh Cronemeyer - a linux whiz. I have tried linux in fits and starts but never covered so much ground as I have in the past 2 months - and now very rarely I boot into Windows world. Pros : Stable. Gnome. Boots up fast, everything is ultra responsive - compared to windows xp on the other side of the laptop. Lotus notes on wine works surprisingly ok. ( damn you IBM for lotus notes ) Cisco VPN !! Java compilation time - 20% less time than windows apt-get install Multi desktops, desktop spanning. Wireless support much better from Dapper onwards. Hard drive never starts threading - uses virtual memory the way it is supposed to be. I run lot of stuff all the time and the OS never twitches. Cons : No TextPad No TortoiseSVN Lotus notes ( damn damn you IBM ) Colibri - perhaps there is an equivalent - havent researched Lot to catch up with OS X - but far ahead than that thing called windows.