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Vista is one of the best things to happen to linux in a while.
1 posted on 08/24/2007 3:59:42 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
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2 posted on 08/24/2007 4:03:33 PM PDT by xcamel (FDT/2008 -- talk about it >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
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Wow for a minute I thought this was actually from a real news source.

Thank God for the unbiased reporting from desktoplinux.com!

As a person that uses both Vista and Ubuntu, I can say truthfully that only a fool would dump Windows, with it’s minor annoyances, for all the headaches, long hours on help forums, unusable hardware, sub par apps, wonky issues, and 1990s terminal style computing, that is par for the course with Linux.

Fortunately my Linux machines are used for EXTREMELY simple tasks, so that high tech stuff like looking at web pages are well within it’s reach. Otherwise you should never touch it unless you have time to spare or waste.


4 posted on 08/24/2007 4:18:04 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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“Vista is one of the best things to happen to linux in a while.”

I have supported Microsoft products professionally since ‘99 and used them since ‘90. I whole-heartedly agree with that statement.


5 posted on 08/24/2007 4:34:56 PM PDT by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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Not surprising. Windows gets it sort of right on every other version of Windows (3.1-pretty good, 95-buggy, 98-getting there, ME-POS, XP-Nice, Vista-train wreck), but I've been impressed with every Linux distro I ever tried.

I've been a Mac convert for over a year now and can't imagine ever going back to Windows. When I have to get on the PC the kids use I just cringe at all the crap (anti-virus, anti-spyware) that has to load and becomes outdated in less than a week.

11 posted on 08/25/2007 5:12:46 AM PDT by Paul Heinzman (Fishin' for a good time starts with throwin' in your line.)
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Suse is great... The only problem is one has to manually restart the network service to get online. But its a minor hiccup. With Linuxant, uploading Windows wireless card drivers is a snap.

14 posted on 08/27/2007 10:54:36 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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