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Re: Ubuntu 9.04 released

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Post by anigbrowl »

access_denied wrote: post #51
mseebach wrote: post #50

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> I think there's a quiet majority of people out there who are perfectly happy with Windows I think there's a quiet majority out there who's never tried anything but Windows, and think of their computer as nothing more than a tool, completely oblivious to such abstractions as operating systems.

I think there's a big majority of computer users, quietly suffering under Windows and simply having no idea that there even exists an alternative.

That's who all those 'Hi! I'm a Mac' commercials are aimed at, I guess. Those who are suffering in ignorance are not power-users-in-waiting.

Re: Ubuntu 9.04 released

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Post by whacked_new »

jherdman wrote: post #57
Jem wrote: post #35

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Many and varied, but most importantly because I actually like Windows.

Until today, I thought people like you were the unicorns of the geek world.

I use W/M/L on a daily basis. User of all, fanboy of none. No platform strikes a perfect balance for me.

Windows accelerators are pretty good; far and beyond OS X, in my non-expert experience with the Mac. I can't say much for Linux because it's pretty much all terminal :-)

Oh, the Mac mouse acceleration annoys me to no end.

More edits. Actually I can't say that about Linux. It's terminal because it complements my useless cmd.exe in a VM. The Linux accelerators are about the same I guess.

Re: Ubuntu 9.04 released

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Post by whacked_new »

dschobel wrote: post #4
quoderat wrote: post #2

I am not an anti-Microsoft person, but after having used Linux now without even Windows installed for two years straight, it is actually mentally painful to use Windows. Yeah, use whatever works best for you -- but using Windows these days feels like I'm on my Big Wheel when I was three years old. In a rubber room.

I've never met someone who used any version of windows because they thought it was a reasonable way to interface with your computer, always for application compatibility.

For hybrid tablet users, Windows is the only way to go, and in that respect, I think the MS team did a pretty damn good job with the bundled functions in Vista.

And those who haven't used tablets before don't know what you're missing out on :-)

Re: Ubuntu 9.04 released

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Post by Jem »

jherdman wrote: post #57
Jem wrote: post #35

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Many and varied, but most importantly because I actually like Windows.

Until today, I thought people like you were the unicorns of the geek world.

That's probably one of the nicest things I've been called after admitting to liking Windows ;)

Re: Ubuntu 9.04 released

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Post by [deleted] »

quoderat wrote: post #55
jodrellblank wrote: post #53

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Oh come on, WMI calls? you're just spreading FUD. Bring a network interface down: netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection" admin=disabled

Problem is, it doesn't work right: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262265

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Re: Ubuntu 9.04 released

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Post by mitko »

jherdman wrote: post #16
mitko wrote: post #9

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I do. On my work computer the OS is Ubuntu, and on my home computer it is windows 7. Personally, I like the Windows interface.

He's not just talking about the GUI though. He's talking about the actual usage of the machine. Personally I find Windows to be a complete pain to use. The console is weak, the way files are laid out on the system irritates me, and their politics as a whole stinks. To each their own, but I concur with the GP.

Yes, I agree that the console is not the main thing that one gets Windows or Mac. My rule of thumb is: less command line use-> better. Ubuntu is pretty nice and I like their efforts to provide good human interface. On the other hand there whole bunch of software that runs only on Unix machines and not on Windows. I am irritated every time I need to ssh to a linux machine just to do something simple for a class or project, but I stick to Windows for my personal needs, because I find its interface best for me.

Re: Ubuntu 9.04 released

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Post by sandGorgon »

mkuhn wrote: post #48
mattyb wrote: post #46

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Give VirtualBox ( http://www.virtualbox.org/ ) a try. I run Photoshop CS4, Rosetta Stone v3, and backup my BlackBerry inside it with minimal problems. GIMP didn't do it for me either.

I use VirtualBox as well. And I also use WINE, but even though you can run Office 2K7 (and you can't go around it as a student, in particular as a business student) in WINE, which I do for short edits and to only view documents, I still mainly use Office on the emulated WinXP. Office fells snappier on the emulated machine, and especially because of Antialiasing of fonts text is easier to read. Overall it's just nicer…

Use autohinting [http://www.spodesabode.com/discussion/51/making-ubuntu-look-...] and Droid fonts and u'll see what a difference it makes
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