Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Want Vista? Get Ubuntu.
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Having spent the last 2 weeks or so toying with Vista RC1, I have
> | had something of an epiphany.
> |
> | Do you want Windows Vista? Then get Ubuntu.
> |
> | It all started soon after I got Vista installed and running, and Ir
> | ealised that while it's all good and pretty, and doesn't fall over too
> | often, I can't actually do anything on it. Photoshop doesn't run, for
> | some reason I can't get Office 2003 to install, none of my games work
> | and I can't use my mobile phone to connect to the internet.
I note that my shiny new Vista install is languishing in obscurity. I
run it now and then, just to play the "hunt the display properties
applet" game.
> | Also, the UAC stuff really bugged me. If I click to change my
> | network settings, I want to change my network settings, don't turn
> | my PC into a zombie until I hold your hand and walk you through opening
> | the window.
It's definitely a step backwards ... several steps actually. Steps that
could be accomplished in virtually a single click, now require
navigating through hoards of meaningless windows and dialogues.
> | Everything felt strangely familiar, though I couldn't put my finger on
> | why, until I received my Ubuntu Linux CD's in the mail on Friday.
> `----
Familiar ... except for Windows' "hoards of windows and dialogues" ...
and viruses, and Trojans, and Spyware, and crashes, and bloat, and
sluggishness, and insecurity, and proprietary obfuscation, and
un-intuitiveness, and cost, and reliability, and ......
> http://www.pete.iblog.co.za/2006/09/20/want_vista_get_ubuntu/
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