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."

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Why do they always do this

[kcbanner]

I've seen this happening for awhile. The headline will read "*Insert Latest Release of X Distro Here* vs Vista!"

Personally I don't get it...why do we always have to compare the features of X distro with the latest Windows release? The very fact that we are doing so is degrading to the distro, its basically saying that the distro should be like windows...as if somehow Window is the "baseline" for this benchmark. The whole point of using *nix/*bsd is to be different from the mainstream...be more efficient, productive, whatever.

Why do we always have to compare the two OSes as if they should both be the same...this is the completely wrong thing to be doing. The linux distro will get rated down because it doesn't have some windows bug/feature. I don't get it.

So people, please stop your incessant comparisons and side-by-side screenshot postings...they can't be compared as if they were cars; they are Different Things

Oh, and first post, woo.

It's a bad review.

[mcrbids]

You're pondering how fed up you are with the success of linux.

Sorry, I'm going to step in, here. Didja bother to read the article? Cause like, he talks about how he's got 7 computers right now running in his home, and he refers to them as "boxes", like "See that Ubunto 7.10 box over there?".

Sorry.

Anybody who uses the term "box" to refer to a computer is not a good source for real-world usability. Such a person is hopelessly too nerdy to offer any kind of view on what the "average" user would want or need. Did you notice that he has more *nix "boxes" running than Windows, anyway?

Do nerds typically like Linux? It's like asking if the Sun typically rises in the east or if men typically want to have sex with women. It's a non-starter. If you want to see how Linux is doing, look for reviews that don't use the word "box" and use words like "CPU" and "Hard Drive" interchangeably.

Then you're getting a review from OUTSIDE the nerd community...