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Re: Vista Alternative

  • Subject: Re: Vista Alternative
  • From: Nick Ballard <nrballardco@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:25:07 -0700
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Superfeed.net
  • References: <qQSzh.121993$qy.58941@newsfe16.lga> <5071206.WsjjjOd8Xj@schestowitz.com>
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  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:493672
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:21:28 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> __/ [ Au79 ] on Monday 12 February 2007 05:24 \__
> 
>> Why pay over $300 for unstable, but-riddent MS garbage?
>> 
>> For a real operating system, check this out:
>> 
>> http://funhouse.bubble.ro/483/Vista_Alternative_on_Linux_Using_Beryl/
> 
> Does it need 2 gigbytes of memory and a high-end video card? Is it true that
> 1 in 4 of machines running this thing are in fact under the control of a
> criminal?

I'm running XGL & Compiz on Ubuntu with a low-end 7000 series nVIDIA card
with 1GB RAM. Piddly specs where Vista is concerned, but Linux works
beautifully on it.


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