It's official... as of June 1, 2009... I'm done with Windows and Microsoft, FOREVER! Yes!

Just reformatted my mega drive and installed Ubuntu 9.04. I'll probably detail a brief 1-2 step guide later on my trials and tribulations of this undertaking, but for now, I'll just enjoy this freedom.

I can now safely compare Windows to OSX to Linux:

Windows, is like one of those crazy Japanese cars with the oversized muffler, slammed ground effects, and sweet rims,,,, but in the end, you're just dressing up a shitty car. Cars such as this lack luxury and the smooth ride. Sure, you can tinker with anything in Windows, and there are so many possibilities. But possibilities only because it's the de facto standard. Now this is just my opinion, but again, you can take a shitty car and soup it up to take on a Ferrari... but what a waste of time!

Mac OSX, ohh how pretty! Yeah, well, it just seems like such a hunk of software, and even with the fastest configuration, you're still a notch below what a PC can do. Don't get me wrong, I was a Mac fanboy for sometime, but man, those Mac people, they're so into it. Dude, it's just a computer, relax. Besides, I've never felt the speed of OSX, and although it's beautiful... oh yeah, talking cars here. So I compare OSX to a German car. Such luxury, such beauty, but the shelf life, yikes! Trying taking your '92 BMW to the mechanic, or even better trying updating your OSX a year later and watch how you feel the necessity to upgrade your system because it moves like a turtle. Macs are so overpriced and overrated.

Ubuntu is like you've taken a time-machine into the future and this is how it should be done. Everything is intuitive, and where it should be. The buttons/interface, after viewing, you're like, yeah, that's how it should have been done. Linux is like a F1 car, it can destroy any car in it's path... but it's forum for driving is only in the bowl (not street legal), so your software visibility is limited. But, we're talking Linux here... so what if you could drive that F1 and put that souped-up car in your garage? That's what I did, I have an emulator built in, super fast, that runs my Windows XP, Vista, etc. My next goal is to attempt to run OSX on it as well. The best part is that this software is free.


Lastly, my Linux boot-up is so fast, fastest I've ever seen, I feel like I have a Flash drive. The intro is so killer, and the bongo drums for your username/password, and then the musical Halo-like intro theme, WOW! The screen effects blow Mac OSX to bits, not to mention the built-in screen savers. When attempting to find support on issues, you'll be dealing with strictly the nerdiest of the nerds, which means the information/research on these OS's is pristine and untouched by the everyday yahoos who can barely find their Start menu in Windows. That being said, you really need to research and know a thing or two before attempting to install Linux.... and not have a fear of researching for a couple of hours.

Info on Ubuntu:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu