![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Using Ubuntu you can do most of your stuff from the GUI a la Windows. For 3D there is FreeCad.ĭepending on the size of your existing hard drive I would suggest dual boot as the way to go to. For Linux it is totally free and for me does all I need. However after I found Draftsight from Dassault Systems the Solidworks people, that went away to. The big thing that held me back for a long time from going totally Linux on a day to day basis was Autocad that I have always done my 2D drawings on since 1981. Having an ability to have access to Windows is still useful however as sometimes there are programs that only have a Windows version, not so often now but it happens. However before installing, back up your data and make a Windows recovery disc or bootable USB key and note the activation key (you never know if you will need it). I have a more specialised Linux version for data recovery and fixing hard drive problems on a bootable USB that is also a godsend on old Windows drives. I have used Linux for years, Mint on very old pcs (maximum RAM less than 1gb RAM), it makes them like when they were new or faster and Ubuntu on the laptop and my workstation. It's just over 4 years since I changed to Linux Mint from XP, it's worked faultlessly now every day since, no 'Blue Screens of Death' and just as fast now as it was when I changed over. I use Ubuntu and have not had any problems at all. I haven't used MS Windows for many years. I haven't had a single problem with it in more than 5 years. I still have WinXP, but I use exclusively Ubuntu, selected on switch-on. Go for it! I gave up on Windows years ago because it kept corrupting picture files. You can get swappable front panel SATA drive-bays fairly inexpensively and simply install (or backup the existing W10) each OS to a separate drive and swap them to suit. If I go for a full HD install of Ubuntu it might? trash Win10 (I'm thinking dual boot at first). ![]()
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