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Windows vs. Linux?

A demonstration of the two new versions of the most popular OS's!

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  • Date 3/4/2007 4:04:28 AM
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chechnya : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

chechnya

0 votes NegativePositive

996 days 4 hours ago...

The effects get old after a while with Ubuntu. Same with Vista. Any normal person has "Windows Classic" as a theme. LinuxXP seems like a pretty cool distro, can anyone confirm or deny?

Miles : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Miles

0 votes NegativePositive

996 days 3 hours ago...

why would someone even make that music
also where can i buy lunix

Horuku : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Horuku

0 votes NegativePositive

996 days 3 hours ago...

The only reason I'll upgrade to Vista is for DX10 and when they release SP1. XP Serves all my needs and probably will for a while to come.

ericlee88 : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

ericlee88

3 votes NegativePositive

996 days 2 hours ago...

Remember though, vista is not just visuals. The feature I like most is the new start menu. Now, you can just hit the window key on your keyboard and type a partial name of your program and hit enter. Like window key-> "count"->enter will start counter strike. Another feature that I like is readyboost. It basically turns any flash drive into a secondary RAM. Very soon, drivers and hardware are acutally going to work in vista. And minor bugs are going to be fixed (it's acutally not that buggy right now). And for ppl who heard games run slower on vista, that's gonna get better when new cpu and vid cards drivers come out. Overall, vista is a better OS than XP, which is what most reviews say. It just need some time. BTW, every new version of window is basiaclly slower than the previous one when it comes out.

I can't comment on linux though since i have never used it.

King Chilly : LVL 4: VP 1.3: said:

King Chilly

3 votes NegativePositive

996 days 2 hours ago...

I'm happy to be the first to say this:
Mac is dead.

SLI0701 948 : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

SLI0701 948

0 votes NegativePositive

996 days 1 hour ago...

damn nice vid!
thx alot

of course linux win(("dows")wierd)!

thx 5/5

AhumbleKnight : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

AhumbleKnight

1 votes NegativePositive

996 days ago...

I have a couple of questions about this video.

1) what are the system spec's of the machines running the respective OS's?

The reason I ask is because I highly doubt that Vista was running on the same machine as its Linux counterpart.

2) How many other bits of shiny does Vista have?

It did not seem as if they were unbiased in their demonstration...

3) Correct me if I am wrong but the blue screen of death they used as a 'case in point' at the end was from a Windows OS prior to Vista. I thought it was win98... Not really relevant if it was not actually Vista.


This clip did not seem to be anything but another anti Vista, pro Linux clip made by some Linux fan. Please, correct me if I am wrong.

  : LVL 18: VP 2.7: said:

 

-1 votes NegativePositive

996 days ago...

@AhumbleKnight

Xgl (which is what saw in this clip) requires at least a 64MB video card. I have a crappy 5 year old graphics card and can run everything you saw in this clip without a hitch. When I install Vista on this computer, I will let you know how smooth it runs. (That's a joke - don't hold your breath)

The blue screen was not supposed to be a 'case in point' - it's rubbing salt inside an open wound. That reminds me, google "rubbing xgl in vista's wounds".

So, take this comment as the correction of you being wrong.

On a different note, to the people complaining about the ads on this site: you can press F5 everytime you see an add (or whatever shortcut that refreshes the page). There is also an add blocker plugin for firefox which will block them. It's called adblock plus.

AhumbleKnight : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

AhumbleKnight

0 votes NegativePositive

996 days ago...

^ thanks for correcting me. It is what I was after.

On the different note, I have adblock plus. It does not block them. I am not ready to manually block the ads because I don't want to risk blocking spiked by accident.

  : LVL 18: VP 2.7: said:

 

0 votes NegativePositive

995 days 23 hours ago...

Add filterset.g in addition to adblock plus. It will take care of that problem. I'm trying solutions with Opera as well. If I find something interesting I will let you guys know.

erico : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

erico

0 votes NegativePositive

995 days 20 hours ago...

I'd use it if only I could play games on it.

ahent : LVL 21: VP 3: said:

ahent

0 votes NegativePositive

995 days 18 hours ago...

I don't think I would use a linux OS, historically you spend half your time developing or finding drivers so half your computer's devices to work. Reliable drivers and easy install out of the box, then you are looking at a problem for MS.

Ayle : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

Ayle

1 votes NegativePositive

995 days 15 hours ago...

^ "Historically" XD ..... When was the last time you tried to install linux? I think :never. The drivers are included.... The only time I had problem with my hardware was with the built in wifi on my laptop solution just use the windows drivers. And most apps can be configured with a gui you dont have to use the console...... But hey people nobody is forcing you to use Linux... I you want to try ubuntu go on the ubuntu website and burn the Live CD like that you will be able to test Linux without having to install it.

markdaking : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

markdaking

1 votes NegativePositive

995 days 14 hours ago...

dude linux is free source that means anyone can make a program or software and you can get if for free!!!

mark.

hugekebab : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

hugekebab

0 votes NegativePositive

995 days 12 hours ago...

pclinuxos is one to look out for coming in a few weeks (betas out now) it has beryl packaged in as well as proprietary drivers.

if you have a recent ati card like me (x1950 pro) expect a nightmare with the current version of ubuntu, it took me a couple of days to get the drivers installed correctly, then i installed beryl (installed no problem) but it wont start up because i have composite extensions disabled in my xorg file, which unfortunately is a prerequisite for getting the ati drivers to work ??? problem with ubuntu is they have a purist attitude to open source software and hence they are unwilling to package proprietary (eg latest working) drivers.

pclinuxos is going to package. you could try sabayon which is the official beryl distro, but unfortunately for me it didnt work out of the box and was incredibly buggy (basically couldnt even open an application.)

linux is very addictive, trying to fix sometimes is half the fun and hell. personally i think ubuntu has hit a bit of a brick wall, because it is unwilling to accept the fact that the latest hardware requires proprietary software support. i see little/no use in a distro that does this...hopefully this will change as apart from that ubuntu is definitly the best for beginners like me, to linux.

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