Ubuntu 9.04 Is As Slick As Win7, Mac OS X

An anonymous reader writes in with an opinion piece from ZDNet Australia. "Here's what the official press release won't tell you about Ubuntu 9.04, which formally hit the streets yesterday: its designers have polished the hell out of its user interface since the last release in October. Just like Microsoft has taken the blowtorch to Vista to produce the lightning-quick Windows 7, which so far runs well even on older hardware, Ubuntu has picked up its own game."

Comments

Re:I would hope so

[Tsunayoshi]

In the days of XP, I had to reinstall my OS once a year just to keep it running at a tolerable rate

I've been running the same XP install (patched over time of course) since October 2004 with no issues.

I will never touch Vista (nor 7 most likely) outside of work...I'm replacing all the home systems with Macs this year (minis for the kids, iMacs for wife and I).

Re:screenshots?

[MrKaos]

Just a minor quirk, but annoying. I experience no such flickering in windows XP or OS X. (I'm customarily using all 3 OSes, Ubuntu for work, OS X for home, and XP for gaming.)

I'm installing Ubuntu 9.04 on a mates new machine tomorrow. I suggested he try it first and if he doesn't like it he just shell out for Windows 7.

I'm just about to upgrade my Ubuntu installation. I doubt I play the same games as you but so far most of the ones I'm interested in seem to run ok under wine (Empire at War, COD4), I'm not really a big gamer though.

Well here goes, clicking upgrade now...

Re:Cue the MS shills...3...2...1...

[dave420]

Jesus Christ - calm the fuck down, OK? You're not really helping the cause by rabidly blathering this shite where it has nothing to do with the topic at hand.

Re:screenshots?

[arminw]

...But it's responsive...

Responsive to what? Will it respond to me wanting to download a program to my iPod? Will it allow to share my music and video library on the 1 TB disk drive connected to the Airport Extreme in the family room to the computer (Mac Mini) in the living room connected to the stereo and a 47" LCD TV screen and to the laptop used while relaxing in bed sometimes? I can do all of this easily, without fuss with Apple products running OSX. That is the kind of responsiveness which matters in the end, not whether the computer responds to a mouse click in 80 milliseconds or 40.