Migrating from Windows to Ubuntu

I recently uninstalled Windows from all my machines and installed Ubuntu on them. There are two reasons for this,

1. I don’t want to buy a new Windows license whenever I buy a new machine. I already have spent over Rs. 10K on Windows licenses and is not ready to pay again!

2. Ubuntu supports all my hardware out of the box! Even WiFi cards(NetGear) and WiFi adaptors (Dlink DWL-G122)  are supported when you boot Ubuntu.

It has been a smooth transition. One of the things that I enjoy a lot is the Pidgin IM client. Now I can login to all my IM accounts at once. Hence I got in touch with old friends on some of my old IM accounts!

Here is quick re-cap of what I did,

  • Booted using the latest ubuntu release - 7.10.
  • Deleted all existing partitions on my 80GB disk.
  • Created a root partition of 6.5GB and a swap partition of 1GB. I kept these partitions below 8GB since on M2N-MX motherboard, grub is having problems booting from a partition over 8GB!
  • Installed the following software using apt-get - Java 1.6, Aptana IDE, unrar, Lyx, Ruby1.8.6 and Rails2.

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 pm and is filed under Howtos, Linux. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “Migrating from Windows to Ubuntu”

  • 1
    Binny V A
    January 4th, 2008 00:44

    Congratulations - let me be the first to welcome you to the linux world.

  • 2
    jaysonjc
    January 4th, 2008 18:54

    Thanks Binny

  • 3
    Batongbato
    January 12th, 2008 04:51

    That’s encouraging stuff! I myself am still contemplating on whether to switch over to ubuntu 7.10. I have just pored over Tom’s hardware’s how-to and got to downloading the iso file of gutsy gibbon from Ubuntu for 6 hours yesterday. At this stage, it seems cumbersome to install all the needed stuff. Anyway, as I gathered it’s a small price to pay for the great software developed by those cool Linux people and, of course, the freedom it brings. My knees are still knocking. I’d probably install it on my other 80gig disk and keep my XP stuff for safety. I still have hundreds of questions. Anyway, congrats to you!

  • 4
    Patrick
    January 20th, 2008 23:06

    That’s fantastic. I’m sick of the MicroSlop Windoze and MS W(t)urd and Orifice as well. Bloody ridiculous isn’t? - spending good money after bad on a heap of ones and zeros. Gates must be laughing at us all.
    I got so enthused with the Open Source movement, that now I help translate some programs into Indonesian- my wife’s language AND I switched my business and my father in law’s business to it too- so the double bonus is no more bribes for pirated programs!
    Good show, old chap!

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