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Member since:2007-03-26
2)In Vista you need knowledge to turn off stuff that does not improve the user experience in any way. This will never be the case with Linux distros (hopefully at least).
3) And how do you turn off unwanted bloat in Vista? In Linux it's just the matter of uninstalling the apps you don't need.
1) Just as it is the goal for Windows Vista as well as every other OS other designed. ;-)
Also bare in mind that Vista is still an infant. It maybe another Windows system, but new drivers still have to be written et al
2) I had to turn off automatic initiation of the xwindows system in Ubuntu as I like to choose when to start X as and when I need to.
Besides, Vista’s target audience is as much at novices as it is for experienced users like ourselves. Novices need the extra sh*t that we don’t. Taking that into account, it would make more sense for the experienced users to turn the settings off, than the novices to turn it on.
3) It’s exactly the same on Vista ;-)
Edited 2007-03-28 15:40
Member since:2007-03-09
1) Just as it is the goal for Windows Vista as well as every other OS other designed. ;-)
No, the goal of Vista is to make more money for Microsoft and its share holders, plain and simple.
If they find things that can make money without benefiting the customer they'll do it. Prime example of this is would be the ridiculuos system requirements which help their partners make more money by selling more hardware.
2) I had to turn off automatic initiation of the xwindows system in Ubuntu as I like to choose when to start X as and when I need to.
Oh my.. now THAT will bother oh so many regular Desktop users... not!
Quite the contrary actually, since this is something you CAN do with Linux, if you need to, but NOT with Windows.
3) It’s exactly the same on Vista ;-)
No it actually is not. Can you easily remove IE, Windows Mail, Messenger etc. from Vista? You can't? I thought so...
And even if you could, how much more disk space would you regain by removing these relatively small apps anyway? Not much naturally... So why, and for what purpose, Vista needs all that disk space? Nobody seems to really know.
Edited 2007-03-29 02:48
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2007-03-09
Most of the stuff you described can turned off with a little know-how. Just like to get the best of out Ubuntu requires a little know how.
Well Ubuntu may not yet work perfectly out of the box for everybody, but that sure as hell is the goal (of Ubuntu and many other distros).
In Vista you need knowledge to turn off stuff that does not improve the user experience in any way. This will never be the case with Linux distros (hopefully at least).
And how do you turn off unwanted bloat in Vista? In Linux it's just the matter of uninstalling the apps you don't need.
Vista is hardly the best Windows system (2000 would get my vote)
At last we agree on something