[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I sure like what I am running, ...it is the pre release version but the 3-D effect is WOW! and I am finding the "cube" to be very useful!

It is not , however for older boxes....lot's of the linux distros would likely do much better....

You do need a video card that has 3-D ability!

[ShadowAce]

[HAL9000]

However, Morrill said, once Microsoft stops supporting XP, it could be a different story.

If we use Window 98 as a guide, that would be in 2014 at the earliest.

[TomGuy]

Novell that did such great things [sarcasm] with PC Tools, WordPerfect, Ventura and many other formerly great programs.

I doubt Novell can mount much of a challenge to Windows.

[Terpfen]

Short answer; no.

[Still Thinking]

Linux, by nature, does not have the multitude of vulnerabilities that Windows users have suffered with, so security has always been an easier task with the open-source OS. And Novell is taking the necessary steps to protect users with SUSE Linux.

With security, the market--or most likely, the hacker community--will determine the winner in the security wars. Microsoft's biggest burden comes from the fact that Windows is everywhere, making it a target. As Linux becomes more popular, the same problem may very well occur.

Did this guy even show up for comp class? The entire article is very choppy and difficult to read. I can't decide if the guy throws slips of paper with industry related words in a box, draws them out randomly, and transcribes the article, or if he has a special "journalist" keyboard that has a key for every industry catch phrase and tidbit of conventional wisdom, and he simply hits those keys in ramdom order.

These two paragraphs are a perfect example. First he says Linux is inherently safer, then in the next paragraph he says Microsoft biggest problem is their ubiquity and if Linux grows, it may suffer the same problem. Doesn't he even know what he thinks?

[postaldave]

i would easily put pclinuxos against XP and would win by a long shot.

once they add the new linux 3D eyecandy i'm more then sure it could go head to head with vista.

i will say if xp is a guide windows does a better job at installing then any linux distro out there. and although people say that windows is bloated it does do a slightly better job with slower computer hardware then linux for a desktop "out of the box". but when you add ALL the software to catch up to linux for everyday use linux does better with a fully loaded system then windows.

thats what i think and i'm sticking to it.

[Echo Talon]

Can Novell SUSE Linux Take On Microsoft Windows Vista?

is this a serious question or a joke? please...

[bigdcaldavis]

I'm telling you the truth. As soon as Windows Vista comes out, the mainstream media will be saying inane crap like "Look at Windows! It's so cool!" and "Windows is the best".

It wouldn't surprise me to see an ad that says something stupid like "People who use Windows Vista get laid by the hot chicks. If you use Linux, you may as well be the '40 Year Old Virgin' because Linux is not cool". Sad to say, kids and teens would be easily swayed by such ads.

I don't use Linux to be "cool" or "hip" or "trendy". I use Linux because it's the smart thing to do in these days of computer security.