Switching to Windows, Not as Easy as You Think

rchapman writes "Mad Penguin writer Simon Gerber has published an amusing review of Windows XP as seen from a Linux users point of view. He really makes you feel like you are trying to use Windows for the first time after exclusively using Linux. The article covers everything from the hideous installer and its lack of partitioning/formatting capabilities to the utter wasteland that is the Windows desktop, devoid of useful applications and everything in between. A fun read."

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I am having a headache changing to Windows

[Srikant]

I have had to change to Windows XP after using only linux, solaris and dec unix for the last 8 yrs or so due to my RSI (speech recognition software being only for windows). I did have win nt installed on my computer as an alternate os to play games for some time before that but the only MS OS I used significantly earlier was DOS. The GUI for WinXP is utter crap, without virtual desktops or multiple desktops. It doesn't even rival the enlightenment from 6 years ago!! How do people keep track of 20+ windows on this GUI?? (My usual number, for web surfing, reading lecture notes, programming etc.) Further, no alternate GUIs seem to be available. The computer seems to crawl once more that 10 programs or so are running (not CPU intensive ones), a problem I never had on linux. Annoyances.org was helpful to some extent but for a serious user, WinXP Pro is not even close to any of the unices.