Vista Vs. Gutsy Gibbon

ricegf writes in with the account of one Rupert Goodwins writing in ZDNet UK. Goodwins has 7 computers running various versions of Windows and Linux, and explains why he chooses to do most of his work on the Gibbon. "So here's the funny thing. I've used Windows since 1.0. I've lived through the bad times of Windows/386 and ME, and the good times of NT 3.51 and 2K. I know XP if not backwards, then with a degree of familiarity that only middle-aged co-dependents can afford each other... Then how come I'm so much more at home with Ubuntu than Vista? It boils down to one abiding impression: Ubuntu goes out of its way to get out of your way... Vista goes out of its way to be Vista and enforce the Vista way."

Comments

Re:Different experience here

[kcbanner]

I'm confused...couldn't you have just dist-upgraded or whatever its called in Ubuntu. I know in my distro (Arch Linux) I just run one command and I'm up to date with the latest release (rolling release system.).

I find it mind-numbingly astounding that someone would format to upgrade their linux distro. Ubuntu really is trying to copy Windows.

Re:Another one

[rlbond86]

At least Vista can play them legally.

Re:Apples and Oranges

[Anonymous Coward]

Holy shit, this is quite possibly the single most retarded comment I've ever read on Slashdot, and considering the bias of the userbase here, that's saying something.

Microsoft Windows Vista is an operating system with a Desktop environment and a few extremely basic applications such as a drawing application, web browser and calculator program. Maybe a few other basic programs that I am missing. Oh, and a few hundred thousand commercial, freeware, and open source programs, but let's forget about those and focus only on the programs that come with the operating system, because added bloat is totally awesome!

Canonical Ubuntu - Gutsy Gibbon is an operating system with the option of two Desktop environments and over 10,000 applications. I think there are around 45,000 deb files but all of those aren't programs. These applications include a web browser, graphics 3D and sound manipulation programs, games, photo and music management, office suite (out of the box), the list could go on. And how many of those 45,000 debs are actual software and not libraries and dependencies for other programs, including those two aforementioned desktop environments which are a good hundred packages on their own? And how many of those programs are available for Windows as well? Hell, even KDE is working on a Windows port.

Fact is, there is far more industry-standard software available for Windows, including Microsoft Office (which OpenOffice.org, also available for Windows, has yet to catch up to in terms of features), Outlook (far more than just a Thunderbird-style mail app), Photoshop (the latest version of which doesn't work under Wine), and Visual Studio (though Eclipse is a good contender, shame it's Java-based though perhaps one could complain about the .NET Framework - though the OSS community at large has embraced it, seeing as GNOME includes a Mono-based program). I realize most of the previously mentioned programs are

A: Commercial
B: Made by Microsoft

But, A doesn't matter because if we're looking at this from your typical consumer standpoint, purchasing software is cool, and if we're looking at it from a /. perspective, they're easy targets for piracy. Don't bother arguing that the majority of /. users haven't pirated software in the past - it's true. B obviously doesn't matter, because your moral trip will get you nowhere (except perhaps in Richard Stallman's 20-year-old stretched pants).

Also I (realize) this (post) contains excessive (amounts) of (parentheses). Please (forgive) me. ()

Re:Another one

[nmg196]

Windows market share: 92%
Linux market share: 0.81%

Yeah linux is *really* successful.

This is slashdot, so I'll probably be modded to minus infinity in about 4 seconds, but even if linux is good/great, it certainly couldn't be described as "successful".

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Ubuntu Sucked for Me

[DigitalDame2]

I can honestly say that after experiencing Ubuntu on my new Dell Inspiron 530 desktop, I've moved back to Windows XP. Ubuntu is just not as stable as everyone thinks it is. My boyfriend spent more time trying to fix our machine from the OS crashing so many times that it just wasn't worth it anymore. And when we upgraded to Gutsy...forget it. Windows on a Cube didn't work anymore, our wireless connectivity stopped working. I don't understand how an open-source OS that has so many people cheering for it could be total crap. There aren't any companies that are willing to make their hardware compatible with Linux. It's a shame, because I was so looking forward to leading a Linux lifestyle: not having to worry about viruses, playing around with the different 3-D effects, using free software, and experiencing something entirely new. I hate to say it, but Windows is more stable than Ubuntu could ever be in my book.