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Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 10.04

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the race-is-on dept.

Barence writes "PC Pro has performed a comprehensive test of Windows 7 vs Ubuntu 10.04. They've tested and scored the two operating systems on a number of criteria, including usability, bundled apps, performance, compatibility and business. The final result is much closer than you might expect. 'Ubuntu is clearly an operating system on the rise,' PC Pro concludes. 'If we repeat this feature in a year's time, will it have closed the gap? We wouldn't bet against it.'"

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  1. Re:Comparisons like this don't mean squat... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Steam = DRM games = I don't care.

  2. Why is this on the homepage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Please don't post this filth. You could hardly call that a review. "Throwback to windows 3.1 days"; clearly this person knows nothing about what could be achieved with a terminal. Even if you didn't want to use the terminal, how hard is it to copy+paste someone's code off the net? Ubuntu has so much support is practically impossible to not find.

  3. Re:Comparisons like this don't mean squat... by daveime · · Score: 0, Troll

    So the 40-odd system processes in the background just STOP ?

    I'm amazed you are able to even move your mouse or click anything if the kernel is not getting ANY processor time.

    Oh, my bad, you're just full of bullshit.

  4. Re:Comparisons like this don't mean squat... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    $str = "Wine is a nightmare to configure. The regular home user isn't going to put up with it. End of discussion.";
    foreach (exec("yum -list available") AS $geeky_rtfm_application) { echo str_replace("Wine", $geeky_rtfm_application, $str); }