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Dan
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I always used to be an open source-source fan! The first open source-source program I fully embraced was Firefox 1.0.0.0. I was at university during that time.

I was a Windows user, even though I already knew about Linux. Mostly because of gaming. I started a job at a small company where my work involved the development of websites using ASP.NET with C#.

Around 2-3 years, I started "lobbying" my CTO to switch from .NET. We then received a project that involved an e-commerce website. We ended up developing it using Magento (which is built using PHP). It worked. It was great. My lobbying pressed on.

I was no longer a junior developer at that time, and I started receiving more and more e-commerce projects. We started becoming better and better at Magento. I saw myself working less and less on .NET projects.

This was around 2010. I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows on my company computer. It was 10.10.

Took about a day for me to set it up the way I wanted it. It was my first non-Windows OS I ever useused. I found out about Ask Ubuntu and started lurking here since then.

A couple of months in, I noticed that since I installed Ubuntu, I never once booted Windows. I fell in love with the command line.

Around December, I formatted the machine. I installed Ubuntu 10.10 without Windows this time. I have never used Windows ever since. The last version I used was Windows XP.

Meanwhile, I found that Ubuntu releases are quite frequent as they make a new release every 6 months. I love new stuff. Even even if it might break.

Then came the 11.04 upgrade. I found out about do-release-upgrade. I run the command in the terminal as that is cooler than a GUI. It starts downloading stuff. There was about 1GB of download that needed about 2-3 hours to download at my connection speed.

I relealisedrealised that I can still use the OS while it's downloading.
Some timeSometime later, after I forgot about the download/upgrade that was going on in the background, I started seeing stuff.

  • What is that icon that just popped up in my taskbar?!
  • OfOh, the upgrade.!
  • Hold up! Did the upgrade really just install and run the new cool stuff while I'm still using the OS?!
  • THIS IS SO COOL!
  • NO RESTART THAT NEEDS HOURS REQUIRED?!

Nothing broke after the upgrade. It went smoothly.

Then 2012 came. I found out there are LTS versions that are released every 2 years. I started getting worried. Am I gonna get stuck with the same version for 2 years? I don't want that! I want cool icons popping up in my taskbar!

And that was my first question on Ask Ubuntu.

I always used to be an open source fan! The first open source program I fully embraced was Firefox 1.0.0.0. I was at university during that time.

I was a Windows user, even though I already knew about Linux. Mostly because of gaming. I started a job at a small company where my work involved the development of websites using ASP.NET with C#.

Around 2-3 years, I started "lobbying" my CTO to switch from .NET. We then received a project that involved an e-commerce website. We ended up developing it using Magento (which is built using PHP). It worked. It was great. My lobbying pressed on.

I was no longer a junior developer at that time, and I started receiving more and more e-commerce projects. We started becoming better and better at Magento. I saw myself working less and less on .NET projects.

This was around 2010. I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows on my company computer. It was 10.10.

Took about a day for me to set it up the way I wanted it. It was my first non-Windows OS I ever use. I found out about Ask Ubuntu and started lurking here since then.

A couple of months in, I noticed that since I installed Ubuntu, I never once booted Windows. I fell in love with the command line.

Around December, I formatted the machine. I installed Ubuntu 10.10 without Windows this time. I have never used Windows ever since. The last version I used was Windows XP.

Meanwhile, I found that Ubuntu releases are quite frequent as they make a new release every 6 months. I love new stuff. Even if it might break.

Then came the 11.04 upgrade. I found out about do-release-upgrade. I run the command in the terminal as that is cooler than a GUI. It starts downloading stuff. There was about 1GB of download that needed about 2-3 hours to download at my connection speed.

I relealised that I can still use the OS while it's downloading.
Some time later, after I forgot about the download/upgrade that was going on in the background, I started seeing stuff.

  • What is that icon that just popped up in my taskbar?!
  • Of the upgrade.
  • Hold up! Did the upgrade really just install and run the new cool stuff while I'm still using the OS?!
  • THIS IS SO COOL!
  • NO RESTART THAT NEEDS HOURS REQUIRED?!

Nothing broke after the upgrade. It went smoothly.

Then 2012 came. I found out there are LTS versions that are released every 2 years. I started getting worried. Am I gonna get stuck with the same version for 2 years? I don't want that! I want cool icons popping up in my taskbar!

And that was my first question on Ask Ubuntu.

I always used to be an open-source fan! The first open-source program I fully embraced was Firefox 1.0.0.0. I was at university during that time.

I was a Windows user, even though I already knew about Linux. Mostly because of gaming. I started a job at a small company where my work involved the development of websites using ASP.NET with C#.

Around 2-3 years, I started "lobbying" my CTO to switch from .NET. We then received a project that involved an e-commerce website. We ended up developing it using Magento (which is built using PHP). It worked. It was great. My lobbying pressed on.

I was no longer a junior developer at that time, and I started receiving more and more e-commerce projects. We started becoming better and better at Magento. I saw myself working less and less on .NET projects.

This was around 2010. I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows on my company computer. It was 10.10.

Took about a day for me to set it up the way I wanted it. It was my first non-Windows OS I ever used. I found out about Ask Ubuntu and started lurking here since then.

A couple of months in, I noticed that since I installed Ubuntu, I never once booted Windows. I fell in love with the command line.

Around December, I formatted the machine. I installed Ubuntu 10.10 without Windows this time. I have never used Windows ever since. The last version I used was Windows XP.

Meanwhile, I found that Ubuntu releases are quite frequent as they make a new release every 6 months. I love new stuff even if it might break.

Then came the 11.04 upgrade. I found out about do-release-upgrade. I run the command in the terminal as that is cooler than a GUI. It starts downloading stuff. There was about 1GB of download that needed about 2-3 hours to download at my connection speed.

I realised that I can still use the OS while it's downloading.
Sometime later, after I forgot about the download/upgrade that was going on in the background, I started seeing stuff.

  • What is that icon that just popped up in my taskbar?!
  • Oh, the upgrade!
  • Hold up! Did the upgrade really just install and run the new cool stuff while I'm still using the OS?!
  • THIS IS SO COOL!
  • NO RESTART THAT NEEDS HOURS REQUIRED?!

Nothing broke after the upgrade. It went smoothly.

Then 2012 came. I found out there are LTS versions that are released every 2 years. I started getting worried. Am I gonna get stuck with the same version for 2 years? I don't want that! I want cool icons popping up in my taskbar!

And that was my first question on Ask Ubuntu.

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Dan
Dan
  • 13.6k
  • 25
  • 47

I always used to be an open source fan! The first open source program I fully embraced was Firefox 1.0.0.0. I was at university during that time.

I was a Windows user, even though I already knew about Linux. Mostly because of gaming. I started a job at a small company where my work involved the development of websites using ASP.NET with C#.

Around 2-3 years, I started "lobbying" my CTO to switch from .NET. We then received a project that involved an e-commerce website. We ended up developing it using Magento (which is built using PHP). It worked. It was great. My lobbying pressed on.

I was no longer a junior developer at that time, and I started receiving more and more e-commerce projects. We started becoming better and better at Magento. I saw myself working less and less on .NET projects.

This was around 2010. I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows on my company computer. It was 10.10.

Took about a day for me to set it up the way I wanted it. It was my first non-Windows OS I ever use. I found out about Ask Ubuntu and started lurking here since then.

A couple of months in, I noticed that since I installed Ubuntu, I never once booted Windows. I fell in love with the command line.

Around December, I formatted the machine. I installed Ubuntu 10.10 without Windows this time. I have never used Windows ever since. The last version I used was Windows XP.

Meanwhile, I found that Ubuntu releases are quite frequent as they make a new release every 6 months. I love new stuff. Even if it might break.

Then came the 11.04 upgrade. I found out about do-release-upgrade. I run the command in the terminal as that is cooler than a GUI. It starts downloading stuff. There was about 1GB of download that needed about 2-3 hours to download at my connection speed.

I relealised that I can still use the OS while it's downloading.
Some time later, after I forgot about the download/upgrade that was going on in the background, I started seeing stuff.

  • What is that icon that just popped up in my taskbar?!
  • Of the upgrade.
  • Hold up! Did the upgrade really just install and run the new cool stuff while I'm still using the OS?!
  • THIS IS SO COOL!
  • NO RESTART THAT NEEDS HOURS REQUIRED?!

Nothing broke after the upgrade. It went smoothly.

Then 2012 came. I found out there are LTS versions that are released every 2 years. I started getting worried. Am I gonna get stuck with the same version for 2 years? I don't want that! I want cool icons popping up in my taskbar!

And that was my first question on Ask Ubuntu.