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I have BIAB 2007 running in Ubuntu but I don't use it too much. My main reasons for using Linux are:
...There is a huge repository of free and open-source software readily available and easily installed. Many of these programs are exceptionally good.



OK, so most of these programs are good. Good at what? That's what I'm asking.
I guess my level of computing ability would rank somewhere in the upper third maybe. I'm not some pro IT guy but I know what I'm doing, I build all my own PC's. I work at a CPA firm, very professional, I'm on the web all day doing research at government sites or big name commercial sites, we use all the pro level MS office stuff plus some accounting programs that cost us about 15K a year. Some of that carries over to home. The thing is, I've never had a virus attack even though virtually everyone else I know has. Usually when I dig into it it's not a virus at all or I find something like this: A good friend who is not very computer savvy wanted to search Google for something about the California penal code but he misspelled penal. Ya gotta pay attention. Guess what he got a blast of porno, didn't know how to exit it and wound up in one of those loops where one site went to another until he had something like 20 windows open and his machine completely locked up. I managed to clear it without reinstalling everything. He had also uninstalled Avast because it was too confusing. That kind of thing has never happened to me. Ever. I already know 95% of all the bad stuff comes from either porno or casino sites, I don't go there and that's it. I never open email with attachments I don't know either. Some of them are very clever and what I try to do is copy just the text and send them to my friends as a warning to try to teach them how to avoid this. It's slowly working.
My point is I'm not worried about internet surfing (and of course now that I've said that, I'll probably get nailed and will post here asking for help..sigh) but I am always interested in something new that may do something useful. Most of what I read about Linux is basically what JBlatz said, it boils down to he can't stand Bill Gates and wants to stick it to him. Ok, I get that. He mentioned he hates doing the Windows update dance. It does it at 3am automatically. Big deal.
What can Linux actually do that I can't do now perfectly safely?
Can it run all my DAW programs especially Real Band? Does it use an open source audio editing program that's better than Adobe Audition? Can it create MS Office compatible files so if I do some work at home I can put them on a thumb drive and open them up at work? Can it run video editing programs that are better than VirtualDub for free or Vegas Studio at a price?

Bob

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