Submitted by The partitioning ‘live’ CD known as Partition Logic, which is a specially-configured version of the alternative operating system Visopsys, has been chosen as one of PC World magazine’s “The 100 Best Products of 2008“. Okay, so it’s only at number 96, but it’s still an honour.
Just rewards for years of unheralded hard work by the author. I’d love to see this OS get more press and more contributions.
Unless I’m missing something, Partition Logic seems like a rather neutered version of the GParted live CD. Can’t do ext3, can’t do reiser, can’t do GPT/GUID, etc, etc…
It seems to me that either Partition Logic must offer one slick user experience (which, judging from screenshots, doesn’t seem to be the case), or the people at PCWorld are rather ignorant of what FOSS partitioning software is actually out there.
PC World can’t be taken seriously. They’re either ignorant or completely biased.
58. Symantec Norton Internet Security 2008 (security suite, $60) Symantec’s suite offers solid security protection. Features include strong behavior-based defense against unknown threats.
Right.
hahaha! That is *hilarious*. SO how do they explain the Norton protected machines I work on on an almost weekly basis that are CRAWLING with viruses and malware?
They generally choose their winners by advertising dollars.
Interesting that the developer(s) seem to think that bytes are shortened to ‘b’ instead of ‘B’. I know it’s nitpicky but I would hope that someone who’s messing with my drive partitioning would know better.
Edited 2008-06-09 03:27 UTC
A lot of what you say is true, though 0.7 can do GPT/GUID. But, respectfully, that’s not the point.
First of all, Windows users like it because it’s simpler, and cleaner, and smaller, and faster to boot and run than GParted and others (GParted or UBCD or Ranish might be a piece of cake for you and I, but think about your average Windows user) and it’s free unlike Partition Magic. GParted and Partition Magic are better programs, but Partition Logic can mostly do what Windows users want to do. The program itself is not targeted at Linux users or OSNews readers.
But here’s the real point: Because of Partition Logic, 200,000+ users download a copy of Visopsys every month. That’s not too bad for a hobby OS. And I guess that’s why OSNews readers might care about it.
It becomes more credible and reliable as more people check and edit the entries
Did they right that with a straight face? Wikipedia, where getting an entry written and kept is a continuous battle with people who autistically short attention spans?
Riiiiiight.
I gotta disagree on two points here.
1. Wikipedia IS actually fairly reliable IF you check the references the authors are supposed to cite.
2. What the hell does “people who autistically short attention spans” mean? Do have the faintest idea what Autism is? It has nothing to do with having a short attention span.
This isn’t MSFT bashing but why the hell is XP on there it’s what? 7 years old now?
Totally agree with the norton comments too!
Visopsys has found a killer app and far more success than most hobby OS projects. Good work.