On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:38:09 +0000, Pete Choppin <pchoppin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I was just looking for a consensus on this... Consensus will probably not happen :-). > I have been working with Fedora Core 3 for the past month. My new years > resolution was to learn Linux. So far, so good. > > I created a dual-boot Fedora / Windows XP. I am now seriously considering > going completely 100% Linux and dumping my Windows partition entirely. > > The question is - can you live completely without Windows, or do you sooner > or later have to resort to Windows again? At work we're locked-in to a couple major systems (collections management--we're a museum; donor management) that are Windows-only. But I've been Linux-only for over a year and I use a Windows terminal server when I need to administer those systems. At home I only use Windows for games, and rarely at that. Wine works sometimes and I don't play games with much dedication. It's the apps. Do you need to use any apps that are Windows-only? If so, do they work in Wine? Pretty much every windows-only app has a Linux compatible competitor, so we're talking mainly about existing apps to which you have a prior commitment. So I would say, if you can't think of a reason you need Windows now, there probably won't be a reason in future. On the other hand, if you have a legal Windows license, why give it up? You don't have to use it.
