A Linux User's Look at Vista Beta 2
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| ...once I could get something other than the error page the download came
| in rather quickly
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| I used linux fdisk and dos fdisk and finally maxtor's maxblast, but I kept
| getting 'windows can't find a suitable partition for installation' errors.
| I paraphrased there as I didn't note the exact wording. I finally got the
| idea to unhook my slave drive and vista started the install. I don't know
| whether it was all the partitions on it, or the type of filesystems on it,
| but apparently that slave drive just confused vista's installer too much.
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| Windows downloaded and installed drivers for my sound card (but not the
| joystick port), tv card, and logitech webcam. I'm assuming it did the same
| for my video card as it was using nvidia drivers from april. It wasn't able
| to setup my scanner tho and asked for the driver disk.
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| It seemed kinda bulky and a tad slow to react. It then, as state above,
| couldn't find my tv card for which drivers had been installed.
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| IE features tabbed browsing now, but other than a revamped look, I didn't
| see much else new with it. Outlook appeared the same to me as it was years
| ago when I actually used it.
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| Underneath it appears most of the system tools are mere updates with a
| fancier gui. Performance of vista on my computer was good overall. Windows
| and apps seemed to open in just a few seconds (some almost instantly), but
| there was this annoying blanking or blinking/flickering of the screen
| anytime the security warning tool appeared.
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| That being said, I don't know if Vista will be worth the cost of upgrading
| to most individuals and businesses or not. It has a much nicer look and
| seems to behave better, but it also appears to be a fancy face on the same
| ole windows with a few new apps thrown in.
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| What I do know is that even if it was installed conveniently on my main
| everyday harddrive, I still would find no reason to boot it other than this
| initial curiosity. So, only time will tell how well Vista will be adopted.
| It is going to be their best yet, but will it be good enough? It is still
| Windows.
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Admittedly, I quoted the less favourable fragments.
http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/7494
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