Ulteo Shows Linux-Windows Crossover Potential

An anonymous reader writes "With Wubi and now the Ulteo Virtual Desktop, we're starting to see examples of the potential 'cross-over' appeal of Linux to Windows users. Ulteo gets a nice look from Channelweb, which writes, 'Considering that this is not even a version 1 beta, we have high hopes for Ulteo Virtual Desktop. It allows Linux novices to dip their toes into the water without any fear, and lets Linux pros use their favorite applications when they are forced to be in a Windows environment.' This also seems to play into comments by Mark Shuttleworth, who has said the Ubuntu community may want to think about how it can start appealing to Windows users."

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Re:There are better ways

[hansraj]

From the linked page:

KDE on Windows is mostly in an alpha state, so not suitable for day to day use yet. The parent poster made it sound as if it was ready to use. Anyway, thanks for the link. I wasn't aware of it.

Re:There are better ways

[clang_jangle]

Windows is no longer synonymous with the 9x line. The digs and pokes at it crashing and locking up just don't stick anymore.

O Rly? Last week I finally got my best friend switched over from XP to xubuntu. What made her switch after 11+ years of using Windows? Stability issues. XP was acting up for her on a semi-daily basis -- blue screens, freezes, crashes. She believes MS has "downgraded" XP via updates on purpose because they want to force Vista down everyone's throats, and I'm sure she's right. Until last month, she was perfectly happy with XP, and was not at all anti-MS. I don't know if you've simply been lucky or if you're astroturfing, but I can assure you if your experience was the norm then the memes would reflect that, rather than the polar opposite of that. :)