I don't think that there is such thing as "right" priorities here - priorities are subjective. And I didn't even claim that mine are somehow better, they may just be more common.
I have no problem editing config files (and generally like to have such an option), I just don't want to *have to* do that in case of a GUI DE. It's not visual. And I surely don't need to clone them or put them into version control - with Windows it's all much simpler and doesn't take several hours even from scratch (at least for my needs). There is even a built-in tool to save settings for those who need it.
See my answer above to the backwardMechanic. You may need to download and install Windows Search 4.0. It's said to be automatically installed with Vista SP2 (which is what I have), but I'm not sure whether it is comes by default with Windows 7. Also, the keystroke in this case is Win+F, not Ctrl+F.
No, not kidding at all. IIRC it's called Windows Search 4.0. I have it installed on Vista SP2. As a freelance translator, I use it every day to search for documents on similar topics to what I'm dealing currently. Results are returned instantly and are highly relevant (at least for me). You do have to have indexing service enabled and let it index your entire PC (or selected places) once, but after you've done it, the service doesn't load your PC much and scales down when it detects user activity.
Well, actually, desktop search works extremely well on Windows now (starting at least from Vista), not only for launching apps, but also for searching inside files. I've discovered it only recently and couldn't be happier since (I had used Google Desktop Search before, but the native search is so much better). Lightning fast and relevant.
I've had to deal with Windows 7 only when doing tech support for my friends, my own laptop (Core Duo 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM) has Vista SP2 installed (unneeded services disabled, search indexer on, Aero on, some effects off). During those encounters I personally haven't observed measurably better performance from Windows 7. My Vista is really snappy, can't complain at all. In fact, it's as snappy as XP on hardware from the corresponding era, but much more stable. Maybe the 7 gives better battery life, I don't know. And IMHO Vista has better "Classic" mode than Windows 7, if you prefer that.
In fact, if I decide to build a Windows PC in the near time, I'll buy a used box version of Vista Ultimate for it, since it's so cheap thanks to bad Vista reputation.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought FVWM still makes you edit config files for basic functions, unlike Windows. The essential thing in DEs for me is discoverable visual configurability. By this I don't mean some GUI "Configuration Manager" written as an afterthought that you have to launch separately from the object or an aspect thereof that you want to configure. I mean that GUI objects themselves should have some readily discoverable means of configuring them, like presenting some options when you left- or right-click them or displaying tooltips with hotkeys.
I gave up on automatic bullets and numbering in Word long time ago. I use several simple para styles with necessary indents and insert numbers and bullets manually instead. This has never failed me. I think there is a field in Word called "sequence" or something like this that can be used with such styles to implement automatic numbering more reliably.
The single biggest annoyance I have in Win7, though, is the truly -- spectacularly -- dumb new workflow for shutdown, in which you can no longer close applications and make save/discard decisions as part of the shutdown process, but must do it all first and only then shut-down
I'm not entirely sure what you mean here. Does shutdown cause automatic discard now or does Win7 disallow selecting "Shutdown" command if there are apps with unsaved changes?
As a translator, I deal with people- and machine-generated Word documents daily. I have no problem deleting "junk formatting artifacts" except most obscure cases like RTL text sneaked into an LTR document or certain non-European fonts messing up custom 3rd party macros.
There is one more important thing related to my translation work that keeps me on Windows:
5) ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0. I often have to convert PDF files received from my customers to.doc format, and nothing gives me the level of control that I get from this tool (v3.0 that I also bought is IMHO much worse, hence "2.0".)
Speaking of Heartsome, does it work well with SDL XLIFF files and TMs (in case your customer does not absolutely require using Trados, just format compatibility)?
Well, there actually are two more important reasons:
3) Laptop battery life. it absolutely sucks in Linux for me compared to Vista that I also have installed.
4) Suspend/Sleep/Hibernation has never worked properly for me in Linux. Never since circa 2001 when I started to tinker with it. In Vista it's simple and fast.
1) SDL Trados. There are now some good Java-based CAT tools for Linux like Heartsome, Wordfast Pro, and Swordfish, but some of my customers require Trados (even older non-XLIFF versions). In connection with that, I have to have MS Office (I use the 2003 version).
2) Pro audio is much less hassle on Windows, both from software and hardware support point of view. I do like Jack and Ardour though.
My office needs are adressed by the cross-platform Softmaker Office 2010 which has virtually flawless MS Office compatibility, unlike LibreOffice (but no macro recorder). As for games, I'm not into that. The rest of my needs is fully covered by Linux.
Wow, thanks for the tip. When you say "not to be confused with Acronis True Image Home 2011," do you mean that this feature is not supported in the 2011 version?
The cross-platform Softmaker Office has almost perfect MS Office format compatibility, which I think LibreOffice won't achieve for a long time. No macro recorder though.
I guess at least most home users don't need network install, and Mint desktop installs much quicker than say Debian. Besides, what additional "power" do you need?
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Mine got another 4Mb eventually and that surely helped with the performance, but for a long time it had been 4Mb total.
I don't think that there is such thing as "right" priorities here - priorities are subjective. And I didn't even claim that mine are somehow better, they may just be more common.
I have no problem editing config files (and generally like to have such an option), I just don't want to *have to* do that in case of a GUI DE. It's not visual. And I surely don't need to clone them or put them into version control - with Windows it's all much simpler and doesn't take several hours even from scratch (at least for my needs). There is even a built-in tool to save settings for those who need it.
See my answer above to the backwardMechanic. You may need to download and install Windows Search 4.0. It's said to be automatically installed with Vista SP2 (which is what I have), but I'm not sure whether it is comes by default with Windows 7. Also, the keystroke in this case is Win+F, not Ctrl+F.
No, not kidding at all. IIRC it's called Windows Search 4.0. I have it installed on Vista SP2. As a freelance translator, I use it every day to search for documents on similar topics to what I'm dealing currently. Results are returned instantly and are highly relevant (at least for me). You do have to have indexing service enabled and let it index your entire PC (or selected places) once, but after you've done it, the service doesn't load your PC much and scales down when it detects user activity.
Well, actually, desktop search works extremely well on Windows now (starting at least from Vista), not only for launching apps, but also for searching inside files. I've discovered it only recently and couldn't be happier since (I had used Google Desktop Search before, but the native search is so much better). Lightning fast and relevant.
I remember it running pretty acceptably on my 486DX2-66 with that much RAM. I was able to use it for my first serious job.
I remember getting better stability and consistency when inserting such fields and setting them up manually. Still, prefer not having them at all.
I've had to deal with Windows 7 only when doing tech support for my friends, my own laptop (Core Duo 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM) has Vista SP2 installed (unneeded services disabled, search indexer on, Aero on, some effects off). During those encounters I personally haven't observed measurably better performance from Windows 7. My Vista is really snappy, can't complain at all. In fact, it's as snappy as XP on hardware from the corresponding era, but much more stable. Maybe the 7 gives better battery life, I don't know. And IMHO Vista has better "Classic" mode than Windows 7, if you prefer that.
In fact, if I decide to build a Windows PC in the near time, I'll buy a used box version of Vista Ultimate for it, since it's so cheap thanks to bad Vista reputation.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought FVWM still makes you edit config files for basic functions, unlike Windows. The essential thing in DEs for me is discoverable visual configurability. By this I don't mean some GUI "Configuration Manager" written as an afterthought that you have to launch separately from the object or an aspect thereof that you want to configure. I mean that GUI objects themselves should have some readily discoverable means of configuring them, like presenting some options when you left- or right-click them or displaying tooltips with hotkeys.
I gave up on automatic bullets and numbering in Word long time ago. I use several simple para styles with necessary indents and insert numbers and bullets manually instead. This has never failed me. I think there is a field in Word called "sequence" or something like this that can be used with such styles to implement automatic numbering more reliably.
This is actually quite an insightful question. The correct answer is simple but it shows exactly why unauthorized copying is not stealing.
The single biggest annoyance I have in Win7, though, is the truly -- spectacularly -- dumb new workflow for shutdown, in which you can no longer close applications and make save/discard decisions as part of the shutdown process, but must do it all first and only then shut-down
I'm not entirely sure what you mean here. Does shutdown cause automatic discard now or does Win7 disallow selecting "Shutdown" command if there are apps with unsaved changes?
As a translator, I deal with people- and machine-generated Word documents daily. I have no problem deleting "junk formatting artifacts" except most obscure cases like RTL text sneaked into an LTR document or certain non-European fonts messing up custom 3rd party macros.
There is one more important thing related to my translation work that keeps me on Windows:
5) ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0. I often have to convert PDF files received from my customers to .doc format, and nothing gives me the level of control that I get from this tool (v3.0 that I also bought is IMHO much worse, hence "2.0".)
Speaking of Heartsome, does it work well with SDL XLIFF files and TMs (in case your customer does not absolutely require using Trados, just format compatibility)?
Well, there actually are two more important reasons:
3) Laptop battery life. it absolutely sucks in Linux for me compared to Vista that I also have installed.
4) Suspend/Sleep/Hibernation has never worked properly for me in Linux. Never since circa 2001 when I started to tinker with it. In Vista it's simple and fast.
1) SDL Trados. There are now some good Java-based CAT tools for Linux like Heartsome, Wordfast Pro, and Swordfish, but some of my customers require Trados (even older non-XLIFF versions). In connection with that, I have to have MS Office (I use the 2003 version).
2) Pro audio is much less hassle on Windows, both from software and hardware support point of view. I do like Jack and Ardour though.
My office needs are adressed by the cross-platform Softmaker Office 2010 which has virtually flawless MS Office compatibility, unlike LibreOffice (but no macro recorder). As for games, I'm not into that. The rest of my needs is fully covered by Linux.
Wow, thanks for the tip. When you say "not to be confused with Acronis True Image Home 2011," do you mean that this feature is not supported in the 2011 version?
Maybe you accidentally them?
The cross-platform Softmaker Office has almost perfect MS Office format compatibility, which I think LibreOffice won't achieve for a long time. No macro recorder though.
Probably. I don't know about LO, since I'm a 100% Office 2003 user (keeping a legal copy of SoftMaker Office 2010 just in case).
I think he/she means the vertical space between paragraphs (dunno how it's really called in English).
Make a directory called .fonts in your home dir and put your fonts there - after that, they should be visible to the system.
I guess at least most home users don't need network install, and Mint desktop installs much quicker than say Debian. Besides, what additional "power" do you need?