This is the first install of what will be a periodic, ongoing series on how migrate from Microsoft's Windows to other Operating systems. This first article provides insight in the much discussed Ubuntu Linux. "Were it not for Ubuntu being so easy to use in practically every way, I would not have written this article. But, as I've moved forward with it I've discovered a whole new world outside of a strict Windows environment. I think there are probably hundreds of thousands of users out there who are where I was: right on the verge of taking the plunge, wanting something more but not sure how to get it."
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Member since:2005-07-23
"On the bloat side, I've yet to see a well balanced non-ideologically motivated article that proves undeniably that Windows (Vista) is bloat ware. A lot of people offer anecdotal proof, but so far nothing that proves any line of code from Microsoft could be written far more efficiently."
Best article about quality of Windows I ever read: >>
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/Oct05.5Flaws.html
So yes, in my opinion Windows is bloated.
BTW, I do own a book about the Windows 98 registry which contains 423 pages.
Member since:2006-07-04
roughlydrafted.com??
May as well cite ramblings from the alt.destroy.micrsosoft newsgroup.
And besides being from a rabidly anti-Microsoft (and Apple-worshipping) site, any article that talks of "Windows apologists" isn't to be taken as an objective article to begin with.
And if that is really the "Best article about quality of Windows I ever read", you need to do some more reading. The article cites five supposed flaws. Is that the sum and total of Windows "quality"? There's *nothing* that Windows does right?
Edit: I took a quick glance at the comments submitted to the article, and they pretty much rip the article to shreds.
Edited 2007-07-21 21:16
Member since:2005-12-31
> BTW, I do own a book about the Windows 98 registry which contains
> 423 pages.
How many pages would a book have that describes *all* configuration files found in /etc and in all home directories on any modern Unix? Because that's roughly what the registry is, just with less sensible access control than in Unix (which is undeniably a problem).
423 pages isn't a lot in that sense.
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2005-07-06
"On the bloat side, I've yet to see a well balanced non-ideologically motivated article that proves undeniably that Windows (Vista) is bloat ware. A lot of people offer anecdotal proof, but so far nothing that proves any line of code from Microsoft could be written far more efficiently."
Stuff like this needs to be said more around here. Kudos to you for being that person.