maximillianos - 7:30 pm on Jul 4, 2009 (gmt 0)

I just joined the Ubuntu community. Downloaded and installed via dual boot last week along side XP.

Interestingly, I have yet to boot up XP since I added Ubuntu. I do have some Windows specific software like QuickBooks that I use every few months that will require me to boot XP, but for my day to day webmaster tasks, Ubuntu is awesome.

For one, I love how I can essentially map drives to my remote Linux servers. That alone has made my life so much easier in regards to managing my sites and servers.

I also like how I was able to see my XP partition from Ubuntu. I can browse and access all my old files whenever I need to.

The built in network tools are awesome. No more jumping from site to site for Whois info.

Then of course I was very impressed with the boot up time. My laptop boots and connects to the Internet in a fraction of the time my XP partition takes. Both boot up and shutdown are lightening fast.

Still exploring, but so far I'm sold on it.