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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."
What one person perceives as "slick" or "polished" another user will describe as unnecessary or cluttered. Comparisons of relative slickness are therefor meaningless, especially if you don't provide any SCREENSHOTS, or you know...proof.
Will wank off Linus Torvalds for fame.
"lightning-quick Windows 7" my ass!!
I see you don't know the meaning of the word "troll", and while I probably shouldn't feed you, Mr. Troll, I am going to do so and you are not going to like it.
I haven't had a single issue with my Vista laptop, my XP media PC, or my Linux server. The fact one can not run a decent personal finance application, games, etc is a valid complaint, as is the complaints about MS Office and Photoshop.
There may be malware for Windows, but at no point does one have to go into a CLI to install or run an application.
Until the community address Linux's deficiencies, you are just another fanboy troll.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
You can't beat the value and ease of use of Linux today.
News flash - no modern desktop operating systems could be described as anything other than 'easy to use'.
It's certainly hard to beat 'free' (as in beer) for value, I'll give you that.
Squirrel!