Considering Ubuntu, Sober me up.

[JAW959]

So as you may or may not be aware of I have a computer coming here in the next week or so, since I'm tight fisted I didn't really want to pay for windows 7, I managed to find a buddy who had a 3-user license that had 1 more use left, unfortunately I won't be able to get that from him until next month, so I need an OS to hold me over until then.
It occurred to me that I could use Ubuntu for free and I might like it, can anyone here recommend Ubuntu?

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[Kingdaro]

Yes.

[Righteous One]

It's pretty good as a holdover operating system. Drivers are, however, a bitch.

It takes some getting used to too. Everything is done via a console which can be somewhat confusing if you have never done it before.

[steve5451]

I highly recommend Ubuntu as a secondary, or first operating system.
If you screw something up in Windows, you can fix it in Ubuntu, with the help of some tutorials of course.

[JAW959]

So I understand that if I want to run games and other software I'll have to use an emulator, how much will this rape my speed?

[Righteous One]

An emulator is an emulator. Don't expect to play anything good. Wine is the best one but it still has pretty mild compatibility. Performance really suffers.

[Miga]

Ubuntu is a good operating system, even if you end up having to use proprietary drivers.

I'd recommend it.

[brickybob]

Yes, you can run most windows programs (and games) with wine, pretty sure you can't do that the otger way around.