Though I am happy that I have migrated from Windows to Linux/ Ubuntu, there are still some things that I have to work out:
1. Command line – There have been several times that I have needed to use a command line in order to install and configure software. Not being familiar with the programming language, I have to rely upon tutorials to walk me through it. Not to difficult if you can follow directions exactly and the tutorial is for what you need.
2. Sometimes glitchy – The Linux system overall is very stable and doesn’t hang up as much as Windows. But I have noticed when I install or remove programs that I get an error message. The program installed but I just get an error.
3. Learning a new “language” – I am used to the terminology that is used with Windows. The same concepts seem to be there in Ubuntu but sometimes the wording is different. Once or twice I have run into a new concept but it may be that it was so buried in Windows that I didn’t know that it existed. Fortunately there is extensive help on web for most of the problems I have found.
4. Not as many software options – Windows, the old behemoth, has so many more developers because of its ubiquity. Ubuntu just does not have as many software options so far as I have found. If I want a media player, I only have a few choices. But the choices I have found are solid and overall are more user friendly.
Overall, I wonder what I would have said 15 years ago about working with Windows. I probably would have many of the same questions as I now have with Ubuntu. Having grown up with Windows, my knowledge has grown in fits and starts with the various new versions of Windows but now I know what I am missing and want instant gratification in Linux. I need to have some patience with my learning curve.