It's very good and all, and I'm glad more people are switching to Linux for their desktops (I mean, THIS is the year of Linux on the desktop, isn't it?).<p>But seriously, the rambling about printers and Word... You are not supposed to use Word files as a platform-independent Portable Document Format. I mean, for that we have, you know, the Portable Document Format (euh... PDF), for example. Just export to PDF and you can print it wherever, and it will look just fine.<p>Also, running Wine for Notepad++ seems... excessive.
If you like working with LibreOffice but you hate printing a LibreOffice document from MS Office just save your document as pdf and you will be able to print this from any Windows/Mac/Linux computer.<p>A good alternative to Notepad++ is SublimeText 2.
But you told me Linux sucks...<p><a href="http://www.ruchirablog.com/love-windows-linux-sucks-2/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ruchirablog.com/love-windows-linux-sucks-2/</a><p>Also, this is just my opinion but I feel like notepad++/wine is a wasted combination when there are so many better multi-platform text editors that are available for Linux.
I hate blogs with Google ads at the top after the title and/or in the middle of the content and this particular blog is guilty of both.<p>I understand the need to earn some money, but seriously, this shit is awful.<p>(btw, I'm not using AdBlock because I want annoying websites to annoy me)
So making the switch to Ubuntu is worth HN front page ?<p>Dont want to hate, but this article has so little useful information and mostly consists of rambling about some personal computing edge cases that i dont see the value.
I've tried to use Gimp as a Photoshop replacement for some years now. Each attempt results with me getting frustrated with the interface or I eventually come across a feature it lacks. I'm sure Gimp is fine for basic photo editing but I really don't see it as a viable replacement for someone who depends on Photoshop.
My windows xp runs smoothly ib the vm, and boots in seconds. So whenever I need PhotoShop i fire up the vm. Ubuntu has evolved so much that my mom has no problem using it.
"... way back in 2006 but it wasn’t exciting to me on those times. Those were the days people were rocking dial up connections"<p>Really? Pretty sure almost everyone I know had at least a basic DSL connection by then.