Moving to Linux from Windows 7 - will I miss windows?

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I am thinking of giving Ubuntu a try for a month to see how I get on. I have tried this once before but remember it didn't go well, I don't think I gave it enough time.

Can you let me know if the following are possible:

1) Windows snap to - drag window to top/side and will fill half / all screen
2) Quick search from start - search all files / programs quickly and instantly

Is there anything else I should be aware off? Is this a good idea coming from Windows 7?
 
Thanks for the input guys.

I note many people saying use mint over ubuntu, what would the advantages of that be?
 
CaptainCrash said:
I think the main reason for Mint's rise in popularity at Ubuntu's expense is the default Unity interface used in Ubuntu, which is... errr... subject to differing opinions.

I started off by wishing it would go away, but I decided that to give it a fair chance I'd persevere with it until the LTS release (12.04) before abandoning Ubuntu as a bad job, and I have to admit I don't really mind it that much now. :)
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I note you can also just put the desktop back to 10.1 release can you not if you dont like unity?
 
CaptainCrash said:
You could, but it's a bit inefficient - if you want/need to run Windows-only programs, then there's not much point running Linux as opposed to Windows in the first place, unless the (relatively small) cost is an issue.

The OS is really just a means to an end, it's the applications which are important, as they're where you spend your time if you're actually doing things with a computer rather than just fiddling with it (not that there's anything wrong with that of course). :)
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Fair point. i need windows for Visual Studio. May just stick with it for now.
 
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