New to linux wonderland!!

[dineshk]

Hello ,my name is Dinesh and have been a Windows user till yesterday ..when my hdd got crashed again due to heavy restore point and all microsoft crap .
Now i have decided to part my ways with Windows and i m currently using Ubuntu 10.04 .
Ubuntu has won my heart over its simplicity and powerful apps like empathy chat software ..i mean its a real thing for a NEWBIE like me who has LITERALLY WASTED
YEARS ON CRASHLANDING WITH WINDOWS!!
I expect i will be able to embark on a wonderful journey of Linux all flavours not just Ubuntu..thanks Linux community to adopt as a your fellow member

[Manko10]

Hi and welcome!

.i mean its a real thing for a NEWBIE like me who has LITERALLY WASTED
YEARS ON CRASHLANDING WITH WINDOWS!!

Which Windows were you running? 98? 2000? XP? Vista? Then I can understand you. But Windows 7 is pretty nice and I like using it. However i prefer Linux as well, but not Ubuntu.
Anyway, nice to have you here.

[dineshk]

@manko10: thnx btw i was using Win XP SP3 and was getting irritated by time time update of antivirus and desktop firewalls and all ,so decided to switch entirely to Linux

[HMW]

Hello and welcome, I hope you will enjoy your GNU/Linux experience. It is NOT always a smooth ride, but it is rewarding (well, at least for me).

Best regards,

HMW

[rokytnji]

Howdy and welcome from a full time Linux user. The ride gets smoother with practice. Skating requires a few falls before one can "Shoot the Duck"

[MASONTX]

Welcome to the forums. I'm an Ubuntu fan also, but if you get board and want to experiment, go to distrowatch.com and check out some of the different distro's available. Have fun!

[th1bill]

Welcome! I flipped from Windoze about three years ago and landed in Ubuntu 7.10. I now have one 'puter running unbutu 10.10 and the other on opensuse 11.3. You're really going to be pleased with the available software on this end of operating systems.

[Anspliff]

Welcome aboard! I hopped on board full time about Ubuntu 8.04 and have never looked back. I hope you have a great time with it and as someone on one of these forums once told me. "The difference between a good linux user and a great linux user is google." Hope you enjoy.

[moksha]

Hi
The linux community is diverse and there is a distro to suit all applications, 70% of the servers in the world are linux, most of the super computers, many mission critical application and many embedded apps. It gives a greater degree of control over your I.T. environment and although the learning curve can be steep, the view from the top is great and the ride is exhillerating.