Many users face issue running Oracle forms on Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) which causes the page to redirect to following url res://ieframe.dll/acr_depnx_error.htm#,It displays following error. Internet explorer has closed this webpage to help protect your computer A malfunctioning or malicious add-on has caused Internet Explorer to close this webpage. Solution: Please note that by implementing this solution although this specific problem would be resolved, however you must understand that this IE feature is enabled by default for securing your computer and removing this may expose to vulnerabilities so kindly understand the risk before making this change. However you can always revert to original settings. Goto Internet Explorer ->Tools ->Internet Options ->Advanced ->Scroll down to Security ->Uncheck “Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks*” Close all browser windows and restart the browser. The issue should have been fixed Edit: Alternatively you can use either of following 2 alternate solutions. Alternate 2: Open registry using start->Run->regedit->ok Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain On the right hand side you will see a DWORD key called DEPOff.

IF this is set to value 0, just change it to 1 and close registry editor. Restart Internet Explorer and check if the problem has been fixed or not.

Alternate 3: Right click on My Computer->Properties (or start->Run->sysdm.cpl->ok) Click on “ Advanced” Tab. Click on “ Settings” button next to Performance. Click on last tab “ Data Execution Prevention” Select Second option and then select “Internet Explorer” from the bottom pan. (If “Internet Explorer” is not already present there then just click on “Add” and then select “c:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe”) Click OK and restart internet explorer. The problem should have been fixed. Hello, I tried allyour 4 solutions (3 alternatives + jvm.dll) and still it did not fix the issue. Also i dont think the administrator has locked the privelege as I can see the changes after browser restart but i am not sure if there is anything else as its the clients laptop and dont have Administrator password. Logitech Web Camera Driver Android.

I am trying to login into Oracle Discoverer. I have XP SP3, IE 8 (8.0.6001), jre1.5.0_10 installed on my laptop. Please let me know if there is any other alternative to resolve this issue? We have an Asset Management Program under Oracle that was the only one that was responding with the above error and would not let us log in. I applied the first alternative and now could log in without an issue. But, My concern is, if we disable the memory protection from online attacks, wouldnt that alow internet online attacks and not protect the computer?

Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010, and since that time Oracle's hardware and software engineers have worked side-by-side to build fully integrated systems and. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT * shell forcerunasinvoker] @='Run without admin rights (UAC)'. I followed the instructions in a tech republic article: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/selectively-disable-uac-for-your-trusted-vista-applications/635.

Would it be better to use alternative 2 then add and select the Asset Management program by turning on the DEP for all except the Asset Management Program? Thanks, this has been very helpful! Hi guys my details are the same as #35. Forms 10gr2, jini 1.3.1.22, win xp prof ver 2000 sp3, ie8 etc i’ve tried everything suggested here as well as things that i thought of but to no avail. Also made an entry for the locat host into the hosts file that i think is being used by the system but no luck. I suspect that the system admin have setup a company wide policy to use a default loopback ip address to stop people going to undesired sites.

Any other suggestions will be much appreciated. You can not imagine the nightmare I had with “Internet explorer has closed this webpage to help protect your computer” until I found your website!! My husband about brained me for installing SP3. From then on he was not able to log onto his worksite. I can not thank you enough for your 3 steps on how to clean this mess up!! The first one worked for me! So easy and simple to do!

Why does MS not tell you this on their site??? I hope that you are here for years to come, because I plan on visiting this often!! Hi All, I had the same problem but under WinXP Prof SP3, IE8, Oracle 10g forms and JInitiator 1.3.1.22 environment and just fixed following ORA Training admin indications with regards to JInitiator – June 8th, 2010 at 11:16 #11. I dont know what changes has been made on the jvm.dll file but after replacing the file it worked. I think this is one of the most workable solutions insted of touching the registry or changing the security level.

Many thanks to the creator of this blog and to it’s administrators / ORA Training admin.

Linux vs Windows has been a subject of debate since the inception of computers. This article highlights the pros and cons of both the operating systems, given a set of requirements, it also attempts to show you which OS would be best suited for you. I have made an attempt to write this article without much tech-laden jargon, so for those of you are not very computer savvy, it will help you make informed decisions. For this article, I will be comparing Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 – The most popular Linux distribution. We will be comparing the operating systems from an average user’s perspective and not that of a systems administrator. Let me begin with an introduction of the Linux operating system as I imagine many of you must be pretty new to this. In fact, a common misconception is that Linux is ‘ridiculously complicated’.

While I admit getting used to Linux may take a while for an average windows user, it is definitely easy to use. Linux comes in various flavours, also known as ‘distributions’. The most popular Linux distribution is ‘Ubuntu’, pronounced as ‘oo-boon-tu‘.

You may notice that there are more screenshots of Ubuntu than Windows 7, since I presume that everyone reading this would already be familiar with Windows 7 So lets being the comparison: 1) Look and feel - Here is the home screen of windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 Since the ‘look and feel’ is a personal choice, I leave it up to you to decide which is better. Personally, I try not to pay attention to the looks of the operating system so much as the functionality and the features. 2) Bundled software - Windows 7 by default has very minimal software set, the basic features that we need – word processor, spread sheet and a presentation software are not present. You’ll have to purchase and install the MS Office suite separately, this is something that should be bundled with the operating system. The question I ask is “What good is an operating system, if it doesn’t provide the basic features?” On the other hand Ubuntu 12.04 comes with the LibreOffice suite (a Microsoft Office Equivalent) preinstalled. It also has F-spot, an image editing program that and an Instant messaging client called Empathy – that has chat provisioning for Facebook, G-Talk, Yahoo,MSN and VOIP capabilities all under a single application.

Drivers – One of the biggest advantages of Linux is its built-in driver set, or rather the ability of automatically downloading and installing them. This includes the drivers for your webcam, Wi-Fi, Ethernet Card, even your printer or scanner! We all know drivers is a big pain that comes when completing a fresh install of Windows 7.

With Linux, there is rarely any need to download the drivers manually. Linux also has the ability to download proprietary drivers (The ones from Nvidia and ATI), unlike windows where we have to manually download and install a driver for everything. 3) Media - Windows comes with Windows media player, which is pretty much useless without codecs, as majority of the videos/movies that we watch require codecs like Xvid. So there is a need to download a codec pack before Windows media player becomes fully functional. Ubuntu is bundled with Movie Player, and also requires downloading codecs. However, in both the operating systems, it is very easy to watch videos by simply installing VLC media player. 4) Installing third party software – When it comes to installing third party software, the steps required to install a software in Ubuntu is considerably less.

An illustration is shown here of installing software in Ubuntu. Ubuntu has a utility called Ubuntu software centre. This is one of the most loved features by Ubuntu users. It is as simple as installing an app in your phone from iTunes store or Android Market (now rebranded to Google Play). Just select the software that you need, hit install, and the software is ready to use. It is clear from the screen shots, that installing software in Ubuntu is a lot simpler than it is in windows. Moreover, Ubuntu will check for any dependencies that the software needs and it will be installed automatically.

However, an argument can be made for computers that don’t have internet access, ease of installing software in Windows outmatches as that of Ubuntu, as it is viewed a very complicated process that includes the terminal (command line interface). Although, it is very unlikely that someone will be without internet access these days. 5) Minimum Requirements - Windows 7 requires a minimum of 1000 Mhz processor with 1GB of RAM, while Ubuntu requires a minimum of 700 Mhz processor with 384MB RAM. While these are the official requirements, in practice, the requirements are considerably higher.

From my experience, If you install both the operating systems on identical hardware, Ubuntu’s performance is significantly higher than that of Windows 7. In fact, if you were to pull out a 7 year old computer from a junkyard, Ubuntu will work flawlessly. Handel Messiah Hallelujah Chorus Download Mp3. Moreover, the boot time of Ubuntu is considerably less than its Windows 7 counterpart. Ever wondered why the world’s fastest computer runs Linux and not Windows? That’s right, its performance!

Check the specs 6) Security - I have been using Windows since windows the days of Windows 95, and I can tell you that Windows 7 has some pretty good security features that, if implemented properly, can give you quite a secure system to work with. Its firewall has advanced features that you can configure. However, there are many who believe that Windows still remains a weak operating system from a security standpoint. Linux on the other hand, has always been a secure operating system since the early days. It has often been the subject of debate that an open source operating system cannot be as secure as a proprietary one, but Linux has proved that belief to be untrue.

Overall, I believe that Linux offers much more security by default. Access Privileges - Linux by default does not run as a root (the Windows ‘administrator’ equivalent) This ensures that any automated program or script cannot make changes to the system without explicit privileges from the user.

Although Windows has implemented a similar mechanism called ‘User Account Control or UAC’, Which does provide good protection although not as robust as Linux does. Viruses - Viruses and other malware continue to be a constant headache for windows users. Combating viruses is not only time consuming, but also expensive when we talk about using Windows in a large scale production environment. Moreover, there is always a need to purchase expensive antivirus software with yearly subscriptions, punching additional holes in your pocket. Linux on the other hand has significantly less number of viruses, so you are considerable less likely to get infected. In fact, I am yet to hear this from a friend or a fellow systems administrator, that they are using Linux, and that it has been infected!

Am sure most administrators or users must have had a similar experience. Overall Security - Overall, I believe that Linux will always be much more secure than Windows operating system given the fact that its open-source. It would interest you to know that there is something called as the ‘Linus Law’ – named after the creator of the Linux kernel Linus Torvalds, which states. Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow In simple terms it means given a large number of developers and beta testers, every problem will be identified quickly and that the solution of that problem will be obvious to someone.

I completely agree with this. 7) Availability of Software - Since Ubuntu/Linux has a relatively less market share, availability of popular software for Ubuntu is a major concern.

Some users are forced to stay with windows since their favourite software is not available on the Linux platform.Though this has recently changed and many commonly used programs have now been ported to Ubuntu. However, some advanced commercial software like the Adobe suite (Dreamweaver,Photoshop etc.) is not available on Linux, due to which, thousands of web developers and designers choose Windows over Linux. 8) Gaming - Gaming support is another aspect of an operating system.

While Linux does have many games, it certainly cannot match Windows 7 in this area. Most of the high-end games have been built for the Windows platform, that make extensive use of Microsoft DirectX. So its not hard to say that Windows 7 should be definitely your choice if you are a gamer. 9) Ease of use - This is the part that worries most users who are used to the Windows 7 User interface. In case you are not pleased with the Ubuntu user interface, there is another distribution of Ubuntu called Kubuntu, which has a marvellous user interface,its very easy to use and is similar to the look and feel of Windows 7 in many aspects. 10) Cost - Windows 7 ranges from $100 to $300 (Rs.

5000 to Rs.15000) depending on the version you are buying. On the other hand, Ubuntu/Kubuntu is free of cost. You can download it from the. Cost of a entry level Linux and windows based laptops: Linux Based Windows Based Summary - In conclusion, we saw the pros and cons of both the operating systems. If you would ask for my recommendation, I would tell you this: If you are an average user, who uses the computer for some email, little bit of presentations or spread-sheets, movies and web browsing, Ubuntu/Linux is Definitely the operating system you should use.

It enables you to accomplish everything that you normally do using Windows 7, its much more secure, has little or no maintenance, and its free of cost. For advanced users, say web designers, gamers,programmers who develop software for the Microsoft platform, or have certain applications that only run on Windows, you should stick to Windows 7. It may interest you to know that, Desktops and laptops that are shipped without a Windows license have a lower cost. (For obvious reasons that it does not include the cost of a Microsoft license) So your next question would be, which OS do you (the author) use?

Well, I use both of them. I use Windows 7 for certain mission-critical applications and software that work only on Windows 7.

Moreover, as a Microsoft Certified System’s administrator, I work with Windows almost everyday, as it is a part of every small to large sized businesses. For most of my multimedia needs, emails, web browsing, weekly backups, NAS(network attached storage) and more importantly some casual scripting, I use Ubuntu. Moreover, my software development server, firewall, proxy server and VoIP server run on a Ubuntu sever machine. Want to see a live demo of Ubuntu 12.04? Check out this amazing Want to install Ubuntu on your computer? Follow my next article on So which is proves to be the better operating system after reading this article? Which operating system would you choose and why?

Please post your comments in the section below. Share this article. Actually Microsoft senses its end this is why they are branching out.

They have been sued (fined) by other countries for breaking “Monopoly” type laws namely in Europe to the tune of a few billion dollars. I remember when Linux was just a geek toy in a basement and the thought of ever having it come pre-installed on any computer was less than a pipe dream. Also the fact that tons of their software was built on stolen code in the early days and today they are copying Linux heavily shows where this is going.

The “Administrator” was an attempted copy of the Linux “Root” Program, “Visual c” uses the C programming language found on Linuxes, and the “swap space” Linux has had keeps reappearing in Windows under various names like “virtual memory” or “ready boost” or the hardware implemented “turbo boost”. Linuxes only are behind in Gaming because of Microsoft’s contracts with developers of games and the fact most people are raised on windows, therefore they only buy windows. Yes wine works for world of warcraft and many other windows only programs, but it doesn’t work for all of them. Many programs are more stable under wine than they are in windows but again, not all of them. I freed myself of Windows in 2008 and don’t plan on going back ever. I have found ways to get my games to work by searching the internet and by a lot of trial and error.

Adrat lts is for Long term support and currently 14.04 and 12.04 are LTS for a high chance this is a typo but i wanted to inform you in case you didn’t know, personal i would be happy if someone corrected me anyway i don’t have wine because its sticky:D and slows my Ubuntu SO MUCH! Even thought i have a powerful pc, anyway im going to try it again now, coz last time i used it was like 3 years ago! Anyway also a great FTP game TF2 is now available for Linux, im planning to somehow get it and try it!

I dual boot anyway, for games and hearthstone-tf2-wow i go to windows, (also for downloading stuff, my net is extremely unstable and i need idm, ir makes my download speed from 10kb/s to 100 or 180 on some servers! Ubuntu takes >10secs to boot and 1.5 sec max to shutdown, windows takes 30-27secs and 20-15 seconds too shut down;( i can switch os’s in only 40 sec:) so its so good, i remember i didn’t use Windows for a moth after i came back to windows ( i dont remember why!) i felt horrible coming back! It was so horrible to work with! A underpowered pc may take long to boot windows in general. But I can tell you I’ve been a developer of windows software and been using it since XP. Microsoft OS and software is so bloated and therefore slow. How can linux software be so fast compared to windows.

How can linux software tools be so low in file size compared to Microsoft’s software running up into gigabytes. I believe (and people will judge me for saying this) windows is secretly helping hardware manufacturers sell newer hardware like graphics cards, faster processors etc. The biggest problem is with buying a new laptop/notebook (a desktop you can build yourself, unaffected by Redmond’s “tax”), that it is virtually impossible to buy one from the likes of Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer or Asus, where Windows doesn’t get shoved down your throat, if you want it or not. In many cases one gets to configure all kind of component choices, but there NEVER EVER is one “No Windows” available. In Europe at least, if one doesn’t agree with MS’ EULA and therefore wants to return the Windows license, the manufacturer has to take it back and reimburse the “MS tax” imposed on your new device by Redmond. As so often in the good old US of A, here you are on your own and good luck trying the same; you’ll gonna need it by the truck loads and still won’t succeed.

Good article! I feel that you should have definitely mentioned Wine though – it’s very significantly important to some users, especially businesses, that have some sort of a need for a specific Windows-only compatible software, which is possibly bespoke! I, like you, work with Windows on a daily basis as part of my job and would actually consider myself an expert in Microsoft operating systems, especially XP and 7, but I vastly prefer Linux and use Ubuntu at home and support it wherever I can! Everyone should try Ubuntu at least once. It’s far superior to the product that Microsoft has been putting out lately! Windows have an edge in many areas like: Better interface, driver support good luck finding the driver you need on your laptop when Ubuntu(which is not even Linux) can’t find any drivers and Windows 7 find all of them.

Ubuntu is NOT more secured than Windows 7 it is actually even less secured with huge security holes but no one bothers using them because 1% uses Ubuntu. Bundle Software yeah great but that is all the SW that you get, oh and all of this programs are available for Windows for free!!! The cost my friend is the only plus Ubuntu have over linux and some features that the average user will never use. Linux on the other hand is a whole different story •. You mean the drivers for my Toshiba, HP laptops and some of my desktops that Windows will not install? Funny as Ubuntu installed them all.

Your right, it is not Linux, it is GNU/Linux. The GNU needs to be there when there is a desktop involved, but you knew that? But, it is still Linux, the Kernel was never rewrote like as in Android, for example that is Linux “BASED”. Which means they started with that Kernel, then stripped away and rewrote what they wanted. Default install of Ubuntu is far more secure then Windows will ever be.

Show one instance it is not? Think you need to go look up the test they did with Professional hackers on all three of the top O.S.’s, Windows, MAC, Linux. You guessed it, Windows and MAC fell first and they were still working on Linux when they made them stop. MAC fell first by the way. But you knew that. Dont give me this crap because its a server so it is more secure.

I run a Ubuntu Server, the only difference is they stripped away the GUI and added some server apps. Nothing more nothing less.

Or my favourite, Windows is just sluggish because of all the features they installed with it? (I call this bloat because three quarters of it does not need to be there) What? What features? Where are they? Its sluggish because it caches to the HDD which is way slower then RAM and the registry fills with garbage and the NTFS file system is unstable.

Hello blue screen when it comes and it will eventually. Oh, maybe they hid it with that new error dialogue that comes out now that it is trying to fix the problem. I am a tech consultant and I would disagree with you on the point that web development requires Windows.

I have often advised companies to move their web development team from Windows to Linux and they’re pretty pleased with the move. I’ve been told often by my clients that not only is the development simpler but the machines’ response is much better, and the developers tend to be more productive as they realize the power of shortcut keys, multiple desktops etc. Also the deployment is simpler since most (90%+) are linux based and porting their applications to the server is flawless as compared to earlier windows development where the concept of file permissions is screwed along with other minor annoyances. Web-Designing however is better on windows (my opinion), though a few of my clients have challenged me there too as they showed me how adept their designers have become at churning out beautiful css’ on tools like kompozer etc.

Hello Sam, I have never mentioned web development *requires *Windows anywhere in the article. If you read correctly, here is what I said “However, some advanced commercial software like the Adobe suite (Dreamweaver,Photoshop etc.) is not available on Linux, due to which, thousands of web developers and designers choose Windows over Linux.” I am merely pointing out that many web developers (mainly people building websites and not “web-based” applications) *prefer *windows as they like to use fancy tools like Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Corel etc.

Personally I do everything on linux, and as you rightly said – development is far better on the linux platform. Where I work full-time, all developers use linux/Free-BSD to make web-based applications. Only the people who work on the designing part (User Interface) use Windows.

Ubuntu is excellent software. We have internet access at our institution so the Ubuntu software center makes it so easy to install software. Furthermore, since we’ve been using this OS on over 200 netbooks we have never had an instance of virus infections (2 years). About a year ago we changed to the Ubuntu based OS Zorin 6 which the students loved because of its Windows 7 look and feel. I’ve not had a look at Kubuntu so don’t know how it compares to Kubuntu. It runs fast compared to Windows and provides all software needed for use at school. I have even installed it on my personal laptop alongside Windows and use it regularly.

Zorin 6.1 Educational is a great replacement for windows with lots of additional included software and similar GUI layout as Windows and extra as it’s called eye candy desktop features blows Windows away and its easy to search for additional software and install it with the Software Center plus it’ll work on much older PC’s. I recommend min 512 mb ram and video card with 256 mb, my old (1999) EMonster 500a (bios flashed) P-III 1.0 GHz Coppermine 512mb ram and GeForce 6200 w/512mb ram being honest rates around a 7 on overall performance including watching DVD movies with zero problems,so in my opinion try it odds are you’ll probably like it. I have a Toshiba Satellite, HP laptops and some other desktops and I have to install every driver when I install Win 7 and prior. WIFI, networking, bluetooth, video, sound everything, other wise it just installs a generic driver (Video, sound etc) just to make it work. Only very few computers, will it actually install the actual driver it take for you, and there is not that many out there. AMD is notorious for this as I have to search there site and download there driver for mine to work right. My six-year-old-son’s windows xp computer crashed due to a power outage.

Since I am blind and since it crashed so badly that the screen reader program I had on there, NVDA no longer started up so I could fix it I told him I’m switching you over to Ubuntu or Vinux4 based on Ubuntu12.04 but with the latest linux kernel. Actually I just said ok you’re getting vinux. So I installed it. With windows xp the computer crawled and it took forever to open websites and run programs. It was a used xp machine.

After Ubuntu what a difference! His 9 to 10 year old computer with 80gig hard drive and 1.5gig of ram flies lightning quick now!

I easily installed flash with the built in orca screen reader to both install the OS and install flash, variety a wallpapers app, and the primary education pack. Ever since I got him vinux or ubuntu he actually wants to use his computer. With windows he hardly ever turned it on. Now with ubuntu he actually wants to use his computer. He goes in, turns it on shuts off the screen reader clicks firefox and plays games. Installing adobe flash was a snap.

In fact with Ubuntu sometimes I have to pry him away from the computer maybe he enjoys vinux/ubuntu too much? I am a musician – and Ubuntu works well for me. I use a variant called Ubuntu Studio – and have for a few years now. I create scores in Ubuntu (MuseScore), process MIDI files (LMMS, Muse), and process WAVE and MP3 files (Audacity).

I also create microtonal works. The best program out there for this is Mus2, a Windows program. But, with Wine, this program works flawlessly on Ubuntu. There are also a couple of utilities that are Windows-only that run just fine through Wine. Don’t forget – for internet, Firefox, and for email, Thunderbird. I’m glad I switched, and pity my wife, ’cause she has stayed with a lowly PC. I have been using both windows and Ubuntu machines for some time.

Needless to say, I have to disagree with you on almost all of the points that you have made. I must point out that linux machines and ubuntu are not the same.

The fastest computers do run Linux, but not Ubuntu or Windows. Ubuntu and Windows are pretty much toys these days. Its great that you are pitching for Ubuntu, but give these targeted reviews on a linux/ ubuntu websites.

Enlightened technologist you are not!! Also note: Ubuntu forum was hacked 2 days ago and is still down. So much for secure linux/ubuntu experiences! Your comments are most welcome, However I am merely comparing the desktop experience of ubuntu and windows. Moreover, this is not an article for very advanced users, I am well aware that Ubuntu just uses the Linux Kernel and never said that Ubuntu = Linux. And as for your comment about Linux’s security, no system in the world is perfect. Other than that, you don’t even know the details of “WHY” and “How” Ubuntu forums was “Hacked”.

Whether it was a Linux vulnerability or any other application level component (apache/php etc) you don’t know. I suggest you better do your homework before you even start commenting out of your hat on how secure Linux is or isn’t. The one thing I don’t like about Linux is that no one is aware of the fact that while there are no viruses, or very little, there is spyware and adware.

I can’t download SuperAntiSpyware or Malwarebytes onto Linux, which would find the spyware and adware in addition to saving Windows computers that have bad viruses. That is the only thing stopping me from using Linux. But I do feel more comfortable with Windows, since more programs and people support it, and I’m used to it.

If I get a computer with no OS though, I would get Linux because of the huge cost differenceand on Windows, by the way, you do NOT need to install MS Officejust use OpenOffice. I like that Windows comes with the basics, it gives you more choice. The spyware you can turn off. They use that to help tyou search inside of the unity lens, such as youtube videos, music, amazon. That can all be turned off. Only adware that I have seen is in the software center when it is open showing what new software is coming out.

These become hazardous when you have them, you dont know it and they are doing damage to your system and giving out personal information, in which case neither one of these do from what I have seen. There spyware is only trying to help you in the next search, its not digging around for any personal information. All the articles about comparing Windows and Ubuntu are always stupid. They just compare look and feel and boot up times. But what about software? Clearly Ubuntu is shit when it comes to software.

I mean you can’t install adobe CS suites and other basic software like Filezilla (Double click on a file to rename it inside Filezilla window and it will crash), Libra office (Trying copying text containing UTF-8 characters in Writer) and even Ubuntu core (Name a week when Ubuntu hasn’t appeared with an error saying it got problems?) is full of bugs. Its not like all Ubuntu lovers have eliminated Windows and they do need it time to time. If Ubuntu is so best then why they need Windows? (This is false if you only use your PC for Youtube, Facebook, Emails and browsing). Also what about games?

Can any of you Ubuntu lover play all of the great 3D games on Ubuntu? I agree that Ubuntu is more stable then Windows and it is so because you can’t do much with Ubuntu. First, these comparisons are not stupid. They show you that there is an alternative to Windows, which is considerably growing both in stability and user-friendly-ness. Now, as Steam got it’s client on Linux, you have enough games to keep you entertained, and there are more to come. Origin may be ported to Linux as well, alongside with BF4 (these are just rumors for now). So gaming shouldn’t be a problem.

And all the applications that are very popular on Windows have their alternatives on Linux. These are free software (GIMP, Inkscape, etc), and have most features that Adobe CS and other similar software has. It is a little harder to work with them, but when you spare the amount of money required to buy Adobe CS, i believe it’s worth the effort. I can see Windows 8 causing a spike in Linus downloads but how many people actually kept using it after the ran into all the problems a new user faces when trying Linux.

I’m an ordinary computer user that is mostly just interested in surfing and watching movies and have been messing around with Linux since about 1997 or 8. I still have the redhat distro that came on the Cosmos Linux on a Disk I bought in ’99 but only use Linux as a curiosity since it still has too many things that have to be tweaked to make it work properly.

I run Fedora at the moment on a Badaxe Mobo with a quad core cpu and it does start and stop very fast but Windows 10 (if you can agree to all the spy bs it has) is very fast and works out of the box as I have installed it on two other computers in dual boot mode. I would never have gone to win 10 if my win 7 distros had not quit updating. I do like Linux for the fact that nobody is spying on you when you use it but after all these years its still not as user friendly as windows. Of course you still have to manage the virus/spyware problem with windows but this can be done without paying anything for software to cure any problems that crop up.

By the way I just install Open Office on windows so there is no need to buy MSOffice. Yeah.i agreethat there are no softwares for linux as they are for windows.but that does not means that ubuntu cannot.

If developers like adobe and others want then they can make great softwares for ubuntu tooits just.windows and mac have more users.hence more developer are interested in them and not linux. But again, that does not means that linux cant have those great application. And if a lot of people realize the potential of linux and move to it.surely one day linux will have all those apps. And other thing is that not everyone want these heavy apps.so yeah.u are a simple user who is using windows.will fall in love wid ubuntu.mayb not those who play a lot of games and use Adobe after effects and all •. I’m a new Linux user, and like it alot, except for the gaming aspecthave managed to use Wine to get around some of it, but it’s occasionally a bit buggy and my videocard doesn’t play as nicely as it should sometimes. I can tell you that drivers in general ARE far easier on Linux.

The reason I went to Linux is proof of that. I was on Windows 8, the beta version.

I had a backup DVD of Windows 7 and tried to re-install on my PClittle did I know that my daughter had decided to throw away the boxes containing my device driver CDs I could not for the life of me get a driver that worked to get my system to recognize my hard-drives. Incorrect drivers After trying nearly all possible Gigabyte model drivers (my motherboard) I got them to show up, but they would not let me install to them. So I decided to try Ubuntu. CD insetup boom, all done. I love Linux’ features for the average user. Highly recommend it. However, I do need to go back to at least dual boot Windows.

I’m having trouble with some work-specific remote desktop issues, (they use a specific client security app) and need Microsoft Office and a few other things. Sowhat I’m wondering iscan anyone help me with an app or something that can identify exactly which drivers I need to install to get my Windows DVD to install to my hard drives?

Something I can run from linux, lol It saddens me greatly that I can’t seem to make Linux work for everything I needcuz, it’s SO CLOSE. Here’s a challenge for you. Find a MB with dual PCI slots, install two video cards, hook up or monitors of different resolutions, sit them at slightly varying heights, maybe put one above the other monitors Install Windows XP/Vista/7/8, any one of them. How difficult is it to get all four monitors working I their native resolutions and electronically lined up so that the cursor moves with minimal jumping around moving between monitors? I.e., if you drag it horizontally across the screens it will stay at the same height across all three or four monitors. Is there any problem maximizing a browser on any particular screen? Can you maximize a video and have it stay on the monitor you start it?

Of course you can. Now try that with Ubuntu.

I’m a converted Windows user. I use Ubuntu 12.04. I use Oracle VM virtualbox to run windowsxp for my windows applications that I need for work. This runs inside of the Linux host and the speed is great. Also, I don’t use any anti virus software. I have a dual boot system with each OS on its own hard drive, but I rarely have to boot up in Windows because the Virtualbox runs so well.

Best thing is that you can install it from the software center free. You will need a valid windows cd to install windows. Also another fact not known to many is that Windows 7 users are in a minority compared to Windows XP since many businesses and consumers have refused to move from XP to Vista or 7 because they are both slow, error prone and Windows 7 has a nasty bug which cuts you off from the Internet after doing updates. There are efforts to port a lot of older software to Linux. First there Quake, Half Life. There is a concerted effort to make a Creative Suite type software for Linux.

So Linux is catching up and with all of the security holes in Windows and its server versions, many businesses are definitely talking about moving to Linux. What is scary is that Windows server is known to be full of security holes but banks continue to use it anyway.

And we wonder why banks are losing our data! Geez, I just finished reading all these replies and it seems most of them are petty shots at something due to a lack of knowledge. I have been using linux since 2004, and have watched it bloom.

Currently have xubuntu 13.10 on this lappy and it has not blinked. I use gimp, libreoffice, xchat, firefox, and filezilla to name a few. All work flawlessly. Anyone needing programs that are windows only can install windows as a vurtual machine and run it simultaneously with linux, so all windows programs work on linux. Running windows in virtualbox cures all the virus and malware crap, and alot of the driver crap as well.

Wake up and smell the roses. Educate yourself before blowing off about things you know nothing about. My lappy is an asus i7 quad, that came with win8. Win8 lasted approx 5 min, long emough to boot xubuntu live on usb and install it. Unetbootin is cool, but try multisys, which allows up to 10 os live on 1 usb stick. People that buy mac computers are foolish, osx is locked up linux.

You can have better with an intel laptop and linux, just make it look like a mac if you want because all things linux can be changed. You can create your own world in linux if you take a few to read how. If you have a lower-end computer, the performance and whatnot is going to matter. If you’re a techie like me, you can utilize Linux’s open-source to add some software compatibility. The thing is, I’m a developer, so I run the entirety of the Adobe Creative Cloud Program Suite, run various image editors, video editors, run a bunch of game engines, test/play a bunch of games, so my computer has to be relatively high-end. Really, the same speed that Linux/Ubuntu has can be achieved on Windows, if you know how to work with the OS well enough. There are a bunch of services and whatnot that can be disabled, as well as some background things that can also be removed.

The only reason why Linux Ubuntu is getting more credit and hype than it deserves is because it’s different and free! I remember when the “shinny mac OS” was the preferred alternative years ago, simply because it was new/different – which gave some dummies something to tinker with and show-off to Windows users that were unfamiliar with the mac OS. Now that mac OS is as popular as Windows, Linux Ubuntu (a shinny distro) is catching on and becoming the “new and different” cult OS! The other reason and probably the most notable is, “It’s a free OS!”. I too sought for something different and wanted a free OS, I mean who doesn’t want a free OS? To be honest, after 2 years of use along with the trials and errors, lots of research, visits to forums and discussions, and really trying to convince myself to switch over simply because it was free, I’ve learned that some things cost a lot for a reason!

Linux Ubuntu problems I encountered: Lots of bugs, hardware incompatibilities, software/applications/games incompatibilities (despite of Wine), lack of “real” support, and security was a fail for me (my PC was hacked!). Some will argue that it’s the user’s end that makes any OS secured, and while this is true in some cases, the average PC user aren’t system administrators/power users and have not much time to be “playing with tech” to be configuring settings and what not all week. For a good out-of-the-box security, Microsoft Security Essentials is a good anti-virus/malware that comes with/downloadable as part of the out-of-the-box experience. Windows still wins along with “real” support from a “real” tech at your convenience! I could go on and on with this, but I wish the above drawbacks I’ve mentioned weren’t a factor so I can save myself the cost of Windows, and enjoy a free OS. But hey, Microsoft will soon offer a free version of Windows (maybe basic or so), just like they’re already offering the mobile Windows for free.

I wonder how many Linux followers and wanna-be’s will go back to Windows once this happens;) •. Of course windows is more stable this days (win7, win8) but it seems nobody considers its really weak and dissaster of structure it has. The Use of Registry since its concept was very bad for the system administration, then its structure of AppData has been used in such a way that actual programs spread all around your computer, parts in windows directory like in system32, parts in AppData parts in Roaming, parts in Registry, besides your installation directory which if it happens to be Corel or Adobe for example, you will see more file spliting that you can immagine because of the use of Common Files. So it becomes practically impossible to have control on what and where something is really installed and what files belong to a program.

I do not know how the structure of Linux is, but to my recall it does not lets you mix files in kernel areas. The complesx part in the case of Linux is the use of dependencies, this is the use of parts of other programs libraries or routines, but to my knowledge there are some options to administer them an to keep them updated. That comparisson is the oine I would like to see between Linux and windows, the structure, the services, the drivers, not their interfaces, becasue that is the desktop and has nothing to do with the OS. I was from an age of MS-DOS GOTO command lines, for some of you younger tecs that was before your time. I think I started using windows 1.0 around 1985 and have used it up till 2015.

But I have also been using Linux since 1998, Linux has always been a faster and more stable O/S because of its open platform that in enables users to alter the codes and find bugs and stop loopholes unlike microsoft windows. Both have values that programmers can use, there are good and bad on both O/S.

But in the end without O/S like Linux and Apple, Windows would still have us kissing their feet ok they rule on the monopoly of operating systems but with the bugs in their systems as there’s always been and without secondary operating systems like liunx these bugs would not be found, the fastest computers used in the uk by the Government, MOD, Police forces ect all use Linux based computers systems. I also wish my wife would switch to Linux. I recently purchased a Windows 8.1 computer for her, and within 5 days, it was crawling with spyware, adware, and was taken over by this crap.

I had to start the computer in safe mode to rid it of this junk. In my experience maintaining her computer for the last several years, most of the gunk gets downloaded and installed ‘behind the scenes’ whenever something from Adobe is updated, like flash or shockwave. Within a few hours or couple days of these software updates, the complaining starts about how slow and useless her computer is.

Then I spend a couple hours fixing it. I never have to do this on a linux computer. Ubuntu better,, no windows better,,, shut up please every Os has his advantages.Ubuntu is open source while windows is not.Ubuntu cost nothing while windows cost.Viruses are myth on Ubuntu. Ubuntu use less resources than Windowsand somehow might be faster but as always depends on your hardware.(CPU.RAM.GPU.HDD).Windows has also his advantages.First of all Apps,Programs,, sec, tons of Games.3dDirectX GPU driver support,,and somehow is more easy to use.Windows might have Viruses but that is because of his popularity.its easy to choose if you are Gamer.the worst choice is Ubuntu.but if do just browsing,programming, Ubuntu is best choice. *Has Windows, installs anti-virus and some games.

Computer is slow Wipes computer and installs Windows again, spends 3 hours installing drivers and antivirus. Computer is still slow. *Installs Ubuntu, computer turns fast but I can’t play games.

I can now get my work done faster. (Part of the reason is BECAUSE I can’t play games anymore:P) Morale: Games are a disadvantage both ways, Ubuntu forced me out of my gaming world so I could get my work done faster, as a side note, my computer is now twice as fast:) •. With 16.04.1 things got even better.

Well better in compatibility on some stuff. I no longer have to hunt down a PPA to make hulu or netflix work in ubuntu. Now they are running flawlessly in chrome browser. The idea of shared system files to reduce valuable drive space on SSD drives is a great idea. Why waste space installing the same item 3 times if it already is in place and can be used by other programs. My only gripe is the upgrades.

It appears that you make system updates separately from all others and let it run the processes the upgrade the rest of the stuff. At least thats the avenue im going next time. As far as speed and reliability the more you mess with it the less reliable anything becomes. I did basic install with codecs and updates from the start.

A few add ons and done. Fouond that the bios in my system was causing a hang at power off. A bit of googling turned out that it would be wise to kill LEGACY USB in bios. Other than that its all good.