[Mr. K]

Maybe the Linux dorks could call it Linux 8? instead of these strupiud names no one recognizes?

after over 40 years of linux/unix why has microsoft overtaken them ?

Stupid names, cryptic commands, and lack of understanding of THE MARKETPLACE. Gramma wants to plug it on and go see the pictures of her grandchildren on the interweb.

Not recompile the latest ‘distro’

[Rich21IE]

Thanks; how’d you know I’m seriously consdering switching to non-windows?

[RobertClark]

I’m dual booting Windows 8 Enterprise Eval and Ubuntu 12.04 currently. I’ve steered clear of Win releases since the ME disaster, but really like 8 with the Metro interface. I’m going to be purchasing a copy of Pro when it is released.

My primary use for the machine I’ll be putting it on is to replace Boxee and take command of my NAS and media applications at home. Most impressive about Win8 is the boot time - even on an old Celeron processor it is under 8 seconds. I find myself booting Win8 instead of Ubuntu more and more. I think Win8 will be a hit.

[joe212]

Linux on desktop is a big yawn ...

[VeniVidiVici]

The guy with two last names is slamming Windows? Say it ain’t so!

[ShadowAce]

[Dr. Sivana]

For ages one of the bogus raps against desktop Linux has been that there hasn't been enough applications for it. That was never true.

Yeah, it is true for many of us. Not much in the way of page layout apps (InDesign, Quark XPress, heck ... Ventura Publisher!), no ready for prime time ERP/high-end accounting software, lots of crappy database front ends, but nothing that has the overall functionality of FileMaker Pro or even Microsoft Access.

I want to like Linux. Over-selling it does not help it.

[smith288]

Metro is stupid. I dont like Ubuntu either. Windows 8 with no Metro interface would work for me.

[tacticalogic]

Thanks for Active Directory (AD), it's long been easy to manage Windows desktops, but then thanks to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and tools like Landscape, it's no problem in Ubuntu Linux either. Indeed, since you won't be able to use AD to manage Windows RT systems, Ubuntu Linux actually provides a more unified management system.

Like anybody with a clue would seriously want to deploy Windows RT as a desktop replacement in an AD environment. Jeez.

[softwarecreator]

All-in-all, Ubuntu is going to be far more successful for its changes than Microsoft will be with its operating system transformations.

Gee, how did I know that this was going to be the conclusion?

I love how all these Linux distros fight it out for less than 2% of the total desktop market share.

So, if Ubuntu is 2nd in the Linux share (after Mint) they must get about .005% of the total.  ooooh, how impressive.

[Vide]

The 12.04 trashed my Ubuntu installation and I switched to Mint with the XP-like MATE interface. Loving it and not going back.

From Microsoft’s perspective, the best that can be said of Windows 8 is that it’ll make Windows 7 into the new XP.

[Peet]

(6) Unreliable performance (at best) with wireless cards.

[Peet]

(6) Ubuntu: unreliable performance (at best) with wireless cards.

[VRWCRick]

I like Linux Mint a whole lot better than either of them. MATE is my favorite, but Cinnamon, XFCE, and KDE are all good.

www.linuxmint.com

[Fire137]

I know less about computers than probably everyone on FR. After two major virus problems with Windows XP, not to mention slow start ups, I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on both my desktop and laptop. I had no issues installing it and getting it to run. I really like it. I find Thunderbird e-mail easy to use. I kept XP on the computer just in case I ever need it. So far Ubuntu in my opinion works great for my needs. Also I’m not shelling out hundreds of dollars to update to the latest Windows. Waste of money. Bill Gates has plenty already.

[GregB]

How can you run Ubuntu along side XP?