Your opinion on Ubuntu?

I it good, but i prefer windows.
PS. We don't care

Not a piece of shit, not at all.

It is fast, stable, almost malware-free and comfortable to use after a while. I completely don't understand all the hate towards it. It's free! And it haz steam games! And most of all, I love the philosophy behind it.

It's okay. Not the best Linux.

Linux is the best for all except for play games... :S Ubuntu is the best "friendly Linux" for new users.

<3 linux

Since steam can be used on Ubuntu, I sometimes use it to play some games with more fps than on Windows 7.

It is a really good OS, but I will stick to my W7 (games). Anyway, I always have a liveCD with me if some shit happens to my windows.

It's very good OS. It's fast, stable, safe and incredible customizable.

There is only problem with games, but I hope it gonna be resolved pretty soon. It's resolved partially by really good tool PlayOnLinux. Most games works good on it (eg. Diablo 3, Torchlight 2, many GOG games).

Windows for games OP

I have 3 system in my PC: Win8+Ubuntu 13.04+Fedora 18
Very good all of three.
If you have help to make dual boot, add me in steam.

It's quite good imo. I mostly use it for programming and school work. Everything else - I use Windows, cause I'm more used to it and ofc games.

Bloated and full of Amazonware. There are plenty of better alternatives, Linux Mint, Xubuntu, Fedora, and my favorite, Elementary OS (Still in beta)

It is a good OS, definitely for Linux beginners or for users who don't want a terminal based OS but there are also much better options.

Once Elementary OS updates with the third release I will most likely dual boot that with my current install of Windows 7. Only reason I'm on Windows is gaming.

Can you play steam on ubuntu ?

I make a live CD every time a new ubuntu version comes out. I'm impressed with it but I'm not ready to switch from windows. Maybe if more AAA game companies start to make linux ports, I might make the switch.

I'm a bit biased as a long-time GNU/Linux user (far longer than Windows actually) and I'd say that while Ubuntu definitely isn't my firsthand choice when it comes to distributions I still prefer it over Windows. Traditionally Windows has only been better for gaming but the recent trends with Steam coming to Ubuntu this seems to be shifting. Now if we could only get some AAA-games as well.

For other tasks Ubuntu is just fine for a first-time Linux user. (I'm more of a Gentoo-guy anyway)

Overall I had a positive experience with Ubuntu and I'd recommend trying it to any person that uses the PC only for internet and office. Having said this, I personally don't understand people who either hate or worship it.

I used it for about 6 months on my old Athlon XP 2400+. It was kinda fun to mess around with the prompt line (reminded me of the days when you needed to unload services in DOS to run games) but it got old quickly when I had to start compiling custom-made mouse drivers to try and solve silly problems or find compatible ones for my USB Wi-Fi dongle. I've found all the answers I needed on the ubuntu How To, but some things should really just work in my opinion.

When MS made available the public RC for Win7 I gave it a shot and surprise, it ran even better, despite the single-core CPU + 512MB RAM. Plus I didn't need to mess around with the prompt line for every single slightly-out-of-the-line need.

No matter your O.S. I think it's a good idea to have an Ubuntu bootable CD, just in case: it can be helpful when restoring a friend's PC or formatting/partitioning.

Linux is superb, however I am far too used to Windows and I really just want everything to work as they always have worked. If I ever get a laptop then sure I can have ArchLinux or something on that, because then I can have fun working with that, trying to install things in weird ways I'm not used to, but to have it on my stationary as my main OS, no thanks... I've been there done that, always ended up with me raging out because I couldn't install some driver or something else. If I had a laptop with it, then I could just close it down and be back on windows for as long as I wanted, and then when I felt like playing with linux I could boot the laptop up. I hate having dual os on stationary, don't even mention it.

I think its great that it exists, and its a wonderful backup OS if you cant boot windows for some reason, but i just simply prefer windows.

I think I'll dual boot it on my mac. I don't have any room on my gaming pc. :P I want to try it but never got around to it.

I installed Lubuntu (a lite fork of ubuntu) on my eeepc last weekend. Seems more fluid than windows 7, but the installation progress was a nightmare: when i tried to install the video card driver the screen want black and i can logon only by console. I have to connect to wifi by terminal, install some obscure package missing and i finally get the driver to work.

I started to use Ubuntu like 3 days ago, with a Wubi installation. And I find it awesome. I tried Unity, KDE and Xfce, and in my opinion, KDE is the best of the three.
It's a little difficult to start without any tutorials, but after a few days, I understand and do some basic stuff with the terminal.
My laptop is tattooed, so I'll wait a few weeks before installing it with a live-CD.
Some friend recommended me ArchLinux, so I'll give it a try too.

Bloatware. Piece of shit. Slow.

Linux is my go to OS generally (been using it since Slackware), i mainly use Windows for the sake of games and drivers.

Ubuntu is a nice way to draw the Windows users who are looking for a fast and free alternative that looks just as good and has similar software, i haven't played much around with it, but it seems solid enough.

Ok and nice in its own way, but I prefer Windows as a whole. Maybe just cause its my comfort zone. I run a triple boot of Windows 7, 8, and Ubuntu. I used 7 first, Ubuntu for about a week, got the 8 beta and hovered between that and 7, and eventually almost entirely switched over to a retail 8, which I'm using right now