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Linux on the Desktop: More Balls Through Windows

Posted by michael on from the real-soon-now dept.

doom writes "There's a story up in the free area of The Economist site about 'Linux on Desktop PCs' called: More balls through Windows. Pretty much the same old stuff, but if you wanted something new you wouldn't be reading slashdot, eh?" Cynic.

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  1. Re:Subtitle by Havokmon · · Score: 0, Troll
    Is Microsoft finally about to face real competition in desktop-computer software?

    No.

    No kidding. They lost the quality factor to OS/2 years ago.

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  2. and that ATTITUDE... by Shivetya · · Score: 0, Troll

    is exactly why Linux isn't winning...

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  3. Re:For me, the era of Linux on the desktop has pas by spitzak · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wrong. In official Microsoft documentation before Windows 98, it was Ctrl+Insert for copy, Shift+Insert for Paste, and Shift+Delete for cut. Around Windows 3.1 many programs ignored this and copied the Macintosh and used Alt+C,X,V. In Windows 95 Microsoft finally gave up and made it Ctrl+C,X,V (they wanted Ctrl for menu shortcuts to avoid conflicts with foreign keyboards that used Alt as an extra shift key).

    The three icons were added in Windows 95. In earlier versions closing the window was done by double-clicking the top-left button.

    Now go hang your head in shame for such blatant mis-information.