Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Sep 2006 21:20 UTC
Ars takes a quick look at Vista RC1, and concludes: "Using it as my daily workhorse for two weeks has taught me a lot of things, the first of which is that Vista is doing better than many of its critics are claiming. A day after RC1 was available to select partners, the wires lit up with story after story about how 'Vista isn't ready'. No, it's not ready. It's a release candidate, at best, a late-stage beta at worst. Having actually used the OS for a while, I'm not so sure that the sky is falling claims have much merit."
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RE[7]: Vista RC1 is still better
by CuriosityKills on Wed 20th Sep 2006 21:29
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There is no reason in the world that installation should hang. Yes it can bail out due to an error but hang is pretty lame and tells me the standards of programming.
Let us not even go there...but if you still think it is ok, then suit yourself. BTW my hardware is not incompatible because live CD worked fine.
RE[8]: Vista RC1 is still better
by twenex on Wed 20th Sep 2006 21:58
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Finally i tried to install Ubuntu Drapper Drake Desktop CD version after booting it and install hung at 31% two times.
Yeah, I have had similar problems with Windows. It pulls a hissy fit if it isn't the first and only OS on your system.
Really if linux fanboys doesn't shut up now and do a reality check, it would be plainly ignoring the customers.
Firstly, the phrase "linux fanboys" is plural. Secondly, Linux installs fine on all the hardware I've tried it on, most of which is pretty much random and off the shelf. Thirdly, a person who downloads a free distribution and then whines about how much trouble he's had without even taking the trouble to describe the problems he's having isn't a customer.
5 years back i wasn't able to install Linux by just putting a CD in my computer and now i am not.
Sounds to me like you've gone out of your way to install Linux on your Linux-incompatible hardware just so you can have a good moan. That may increase the statistics on the number of Windows users who've had zero success with Linux, but it doesn't increase the number of credible Windows users who've had zero success with Linux.
And still we keep hearing all the crap about how good Linux is, if it is that good then at least make the installation a stable one and come back.
Linux works fine for millions of users who wouldn't dream of installing Windows, and if you weren't trying to make a virtue out of ignorance, you'd realise that there isn't a single Linux installation program.
I am so pi$$ed right now, my whole night got wasted in this stupid shit.
That might well describe how I felt after reading your post, assuming I were slow reader, and inarticulate.