- KDE is freakin' awesome. In addition to making all sorts of customization possible, it gives me tons of tools to make my life easier. I cannot possibly list everything I like about KDE, so here's a tiny list:
- Klipper remembers n recent clipboard contents, so I don't accidentally lose some text I copied.
- KDE's Run Program dialogue lets me do things like doing simple math, doing a Google search, switching to a different app, etc. This is the kind of convenience that doesn't sound like a big deal first, but you miss it when you don't have it.
- Extremely powerful, customisable command line shells. I am a keyboard junkie. I do most of my work on the command line. I play my music and movies, browse through my files, etc. from the command line. And I can automate any random chore by writing shell scripts.
- It has awesome media players. Mplayer is my favourite. It plays any random codec you throw at it, out of the box. Oh, and it has configurable keyboard controls for everything.
- Ease of migration. A few days back I wiped my hard disk and upgraded to 64-bit version of Kubuntu. I was able to export the list of programs I had installed before wiping and reinstall all those apps with 2 simple commands. All programs keep their configuration under home directory, so I didn't have to reconfigure any program. I cannot imagine such an easy migration on Windows or OS X.
- Most, if not all, browsers natively support playing Windows media format. I just found this online Tamil radio and it Just Works on Chrome, out of the box. (I don't think it would work on OS X.)
- Efficient use of resources. My netbook really would suck when running Windows 7 merely because the hardware is cheap. But it easily handles Kubuntu. The OS and apps are not memory hogs.
- The Unix culture has a good taste in user interface.
- Apps don't show you useless notifications. I had booted into Windows 7 for a while last week. My machine's audio driver showed me a popup notification every time I plugged in or removed headphones! I can't imagine a Unix program daring to do anything dumb like that.
- No frequent reboots required like Windows. (I admit that it's been a long time since I have used Windows; they might have reduced the frequency of reboots now.)
- Vastly secure than Windows and OS X. No viruses. No OS design flaws that make the system terribly insecure.
8 May 2011
Why I am not moving away from Linux any time soon
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