Well, if we are being generalistic, that is falling to the "linux" category right? No Opinion
Well, you were being generalistic... ok...unix, linux...so yeah...QuoteWell, if we are being generalistic, that is falling to the "linux" category right? No Opinion
Rù crazy!!?!?!? theyr two different OSes!!!
didya know mac is also Unix based?true, but... who cares about macs... :|
I only used Windows 7 on my netbook long enough to make a bootable USB to install Ubuntu, and I haven't looked back since. ;)Awesome, :O Kinda funny...
win7? confusing at first, coz never tried it, good features overall, and best? faster than vista! I still use vista though...im familiar wiht it..and on my machine it runs smooth belive it or not, 5.9 score..Well, good thing you got good specs. :thumbup:
I only used Windows 7 on my netbook long enough to make a bootable USB to install Ubuntu, and I haven't looked back since. ;)
True, but it is also a good... OS for desktops, netbooks, and laptops... but true, true.I only used Windows 7 on my netbook long enough to make a bootable USB to install Ubuntu, and I haven't looked back since. ;)Funny is, Linux is often considered a server OS and thats like the opposite of your machine.
yeah but comon....it is not like every OS is ment for laptops or/and netbooksYeah, I'm pretty sure Linux is the only one that is. Well, certain flavors of it anyway. I've actually found regular Ubuntu to be much better on my netbook than Ubuntu Netbook Remix, because the weird menu thingy adds all kinds of resource-hogging graphical stuff.
yeah but comon....it is not like every OS is ment for laptops or/and netbooksYeah, I'm pretty sure Linux is the only one that is. Well, certain flavors of it anyway. I've actually found regular Ubuntu to be much better on my netbook than Ubuntu Netbook Remix, because the weird menu thingy adds all kinds of resource-hogging graphical stuff.
I like linux best because its free and has lots of fetures. next is windows XP then windows 7.lol, opposite of my list. But, I understand why.
windows was the first OS out thereLOL! M$ fanbois at best^^
windows was the first OS out thereLOL! M$ fanbois at best^^
Sorry, i couldn't resist...
I use mainly Linux because it suits me best. I really like the package management. Makes developer's life easier.
I like Windows 7. if I can't then XP...then if not, ubuntu. :-* :thumbup:I don't really like XP. The school computers all have XP and they suck bad. of course, that could be because they are school computers?
Well, even if it is XP, I check the specs... (So if I was in your school, and it is OK to check it, I would...)I like Windows 7. if I can't then XP...then if not, ubuntu. :-* :thumbup:I don't really like XP. The school computers all have XP and they suck bad. of course, that could be because they are school computers?
Every single person that I have spoken to in the flesh admits that vista is junk. They say that it is slow and uses too many resources. They say that it is confusing and annoying with all the popups that the uac displays, reminiscent of microsoft bob. Not all of these are techheads like me. These are normal users. The target market of microsoft. Even die hard windows fanatics I know of hate vista.
Yet even in the face of all of these complaints microsoft still campaigned vista as being the next best thing since sliced bread. Until now. Now microsoft is trumpeting their horn about how windows 7 will fix up all the things that is wrong with vista.
They are saying that windows 7 will be faster, it will be less obnoxious with the security and it will use less resources. This sort of puts the foot in the mouth of all those who defended vista and actually paid for it.
Speaking of payment I will bet buttons to a dollar that windows 7 will not be free. To all intents and purposes windows 7 is just a rehash of vista as far as I am concerned. Even though microsoft is only fixing up the major problems with the vista framework, they will still market it as a new operating system and not the bug fix I think it is.
What really tickles my tonsils is that after months of denying their faults, they virtually admit to them, as long as you can read between the lines. By saying how their newest is going to be better than the current one they are stating the faults with their current operating system.
Microsoft has already gained a lot of ridicule and a big loss of status with vista with many people comparing it to windows me. I personally think that each version of windows they put out has become more problematic than the previous one. Linux on the other hand just continues to improve.
I think that microsoft should take a leaf off of Apples tree and leverage open source to redesign their operating system from scratch. While they still stick to operating system design mentality from the DOS days they will hold themselves back and forever limit themselves. Have you had a look at some of the dates in many dll's in vista? For a system that is supposed to be redesigned from scratch, the dll's it uses are way too old.
While I am happy for the confirmation of the quality of vista right from the horses mouth itself I am sorry to be witnessing the death struggles of the most successful software company I know. Still, that is the way the cookie crumbles.
"I get paid to support Windows, I use Linux to get work done."
I like vista better than XP, probably because when using XP, searching for files take looong time, and on vista, i just write in, auto search, done. Or just type in, enter, done. And i don`t really think the UI of XP is that great...[Keep in mind that I can Barely see the speed changes on both OSes, for me they don`t matter]That depends on the specs, usually...
"I get paid to support Windows, I use Linux to get work done."Yeah, it's like that.
John, I have Ubuntu and i use it at times, I still prefer vista, probably because there i know were verything is, but Ubuntu is still good, and maybe better, but im not yet very used to it.Yeah, that's how I was at first. It just took a little getting used to, and after that it was great. You've tried it, and that's good, but there are a lot of people who are just too stubborn to try something new or think they won't be able to figure it out.
Still, everytime a new OS Windows is out, all the old users complain, because they need to familiarise, look how none of the new computer users complain...http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheyChangedItNowItSucks (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheyChangedItNowItSucks) ;D
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheyChangedItNowItSucks Grin
Who needs IRC Clients? That's what cross-platform in-browser 'clients' are for!There are kinda other reasons that you wouldn't want to use those though, nothing bad about that...but I'd rather use a client. :|
http://webchat.freenode.net/
PC = Personal Computer
PC does NOT mean Windows.
I hate Mac, love Windows and Linux. :thumbup: 8) Sometimes I have problems with Linux, sometime with Windows, but I always manage to get by the problems without much hassle. Though with Mac.......*puke*, the UI is so crappy and hard to deal with, and it's very confusingly and illogically structured. :P
Useful and good are relative terms here. If you mean productive and efficient, I'll take Linux over Windows every day. Look at the awful mess that is the Windows start menu. Click start, click programs, scroll around to find the folder it's in (if you can even remember which one), click the folder, click the program. That's just to launch an application, which is the most fundamental function of an operating system. The sole function of Windows is to run programs, and it's not even efficient at doing that. The simple things should be simple to do. How about installing a program? I'd much rather sudo apt-get install foo or find it on Synaptic than track it down on the internet and click through a 10-step installer. Even if it's not available in the repo, there's a good chance there's a *.deb package on the program's site, which is still easier than a traditional Windows-style installer. Windows has the advantage that commercial games are heavily geared toward playing only on that system, and Linux is not perfect by any means, but I'll takeitjust about anything over Windows.
Look at the awful mess that is the Windows start menu.You do know you can modify it? I sorted mine into categorized folder (having items in the start menu has the advantage of an faster searching, making it beneficial to have commonly used programs in it, even if they are on the desktop too).
Sure, Windows can have a decent menu, be fairly fast, and be secure against viruses if you change all of the settings and perform all kinds of maintenance on it, but why should you have to? All the time spent tweaking, securing, defragging, virus-scanning, and rebooting every time your system or your anti-virus program updates itself... Instead of buying a moped and trying to turn it into a motorcycle, I'd rather just have a motorcycle to begin with, especially if it's one that's less likely to crash and never needs its oil changed (and you can trade it in for another model for free any time you want).Right, it is kinda annoying to do that every now and then. Unfortunately BSoDs still happen, sometimes it doesn't have to be something that harms your comp...it could be hardware too :-X
Besides Windows costs as much as Ubuntu, if you want it too. :PBut it usually about the real cost...money. And in that aspect Ubuntu wins... :P
Quote from: -Archmage- on April 04, 2011, 20:34:57You seem to have misunderstood. ::)
Besides Windows costs as much as Ubuntu, if you want it too. Tongue
But it usually about the real cost...money. And in that aspect Ubuntu wins... Tongue
I knew'd you say that. ::) I understand what you meant, but since I know you don't change your mind on things or listen, I didn't reply on that part...thus I'd say you're the one who actually misunderstood, but then that's because of what I left out :P But anyways, money is the real thing...QuoteQuote from: -Archmage- on April 04, 2011, 20:34:57You seem to have misunderstood. ::)
Besides Windows costs as much as Ubuntu, if you want it too. Tongue
But it usually about the real cost...money. And in that aspect Ubuntu wins... Tongue
I knew'd you say that. ::) I understand what you meant, but since I know you don't change your mind on things or listen, I didn't reply on that part...thus I'd say you're the one who actually misunderstood, but then that's because of what I left out :P But anyways, money is the real thing...QuoteQuote from: -Archmage- on April 04, 2011, 20:34:57You seem to have misunderstood. ::)
Besides Windows costs as much as Ubuntu, if you want it too. Tongue
But it usually about the real cost...money. And in that aspect Ubuntu wins... Tongue
Yep, hardware related BSoD's are really annoying... :-X
I don't find a reason to own a mac, but one of the good things of mac is it's programs...some of them are nice. Mostly the ones related to editing stuff.
I'm saying it because it's the real problem to me... I believe it's a problem. ;)
I'm the one that doesn't understand? :P
And why is it a problem?Why isn't it a problem? That's the advantage of Linux to me...Also Windows is more of a UI for everything IMO. Unless you are a gamer Linux is OK.
I really get agitated when I have to boot into Vista again to use some silly company web-app that requires IE6 or whatever.Just use an add-on like IEtab or something.
Give me XP/office 2003 interface any day, especially for work:thumbup:
Linux is for geeksNot always :P
Mac... I'm too poor ( well I type this on my iPhone)I loath macs personally. Overpriced hardware (I could build that mac for half the price!) with an OS of questionable support.
Linux is for geeksStudies show that 99% of people are geeks at heart.
My windows 95 is ruined, because it lacks compatibility with 64-bit processors...You use windows 95?! :o
My windows 95 is ruined, because it lacks compatibility with 64-bit processors...You use windows 95?! :o
Some of us remember when it was new!I do. I was about eight years old. ;D
And great performance wise, heck, it doesn`t need 1GB just for the boot up! :-X If it had DX11 support i would be using it all day/night long.
but nothing beats a dual boot. Who said you can't have your cake and eat it too (catering services excluded).Yeah, dual boot FTW!
XP 7 2000 Ubuntu Kubuntu ArchLinuxGotta question the logic of that though. Why even keep 2000? It was completely beat by XP, which is beat by 7 (ask any computer expert. Pretty much all of them now recommend 7, even those who skipped over vista). And why have 3 types of linux? Or at the very least, why Ubuntu and Kubuntu? Seems like you just want more to show off. Do you really use them all?
Fival boot!!
So you ran Snowball then if im correct? :Pexcuse my ignorance... Snowball?
Snowball was the codename for Windows 3.1x.So you ran Snowball then if im correct? :Pexcuse my ignorance... Snowball?
XP 7 2000 Ubuntu Kubuntu ArchLinuxGotta question the logic of that though. Why even keep 2000? It was completely beat by XP, which is beat by 7 (ask any computer expert. Pretty much all of them now recommend 7, even those who skipped over vista). And why have 3 types of linux? Or at the very least, why Ubuntu and Kubuntu? Seems like you just want more to show off. Do you really use them all?
Fival boot!!