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Vista Launch Good for Desktop Linux?

Posted by Zonk on from the could-be dept.

Sensible Clod writes "XYZ Computing has an article hypothesizing that the arrival of Windows Vista may be a big opportunity for Linux to make headway on the desktop. Massive feature cutbacks for Vista as well as huge hardware requirements are cited as major factors. From the article: 'As the time gets closer and closer to the public debut of Vista the operating system seems to be constantly losing the luster which was associated with Longhorn...Whether it's the lack of a new file system or the Monad scripting shell, the absence of innovation in this operating system is giving it a black eye'. The article then shows the need for action to be taken to get Linux onto the computers in stores (display models!), and pinpoints a few important improvements Linux distros in general need to make. Very interesting read, and timely."

3 of 535 comments (clear)

  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. OS DRM + Hardware DRM = NO SALE! by blankoboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    With DRM being so integrated into Vista and upcoming chipsets from Intel, they have pretty much guaranteed that I will not be spending any of my $$$ on their products.

  3. Re:This is what amazes me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    With the possible exception of Microsoft Money, all these products are available for Mac OS X.

    Indeed, if you have bought the products legitimately, the CD/DVD for Adobe Creative Suite and Dreamweaver should contain Mac installers as well as Windows ones.

    Microsoft Office for Mac OS X is not expensive. Maya may be, but you could switch OS on your next upgrade.

    Alternatively just buy Virtual PC for Mac OS X...
    Plus you can run OpenOffice, GIMP etc. on OS X using X11...

    So you really don't have an excuse.