What it’s really like to use Linux 24/7/365
Just over a year ago, I made the decision to dual boot my laptop (which is also my primary computer) with Ubuntu and Windows XP. I’ve spent the majority of that time in my Linux partition and I haven’t actually booted into Windows in over a month now.
I spend, on average, about eight or nine hours of the day on my computer between work (I’m an IT professional), play and running this website.
So what’s it really like to use Linux every day all day? Here are some thoughts, in no particular order.
0. You get to have a mascot that’s a penguin. Maybe this isn’t a selling point for you, but it sure makes my daughter happy.
1. Say goodbye to the crash. Computer crashes are a thing of the past for me. This is a laptop so it gets booted up and shut down at least once a day. Having said that, I’ve yet to have a serious crash on my system. Once in a while some weird behavior may cause a program to freeze or crash but I’ve always been able to close it down and restart it without resorting to restarting my entire machine.
2. I love being on a machine with a built in terminal.
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