Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 1st Mar 2009 17:26 UTC, submitted by kaiwai
Long-time OSNews reader Kaiwai has written down his experiences with his Acer Aspire One, Linux, and Windows. He concludes: "After a hectic few weeks trying to get Linux to work, I am back to square one again - a netbook running Windows XP SP3 as it was provided by Acer when I purchased it. I gave three different distributions a chance to prove themselves. I expected all three distributions to wipe the floor with Windows XP - after all, these are the latest and greatest distributions the Linux world have to offer. There has been at least 7 years since the release of Windows XP for Linux to catch up to Windows XP and from my experience with Linux on this said device - it has failed to step up to the plate when it was needed."
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While that is great and all, and I don't doubt Microsoft is going to leverage some power here as they have always done, Linux distributors need to be making it far easier for manufacturers and OEMs to choose the cheap or free Linux option and squeeze Microsoft on these devices. They need to add hardware support to an existing distribution faster, add software support faster and easier and prolong the life of a given distribution as a result. The distribution medium of the internet gives them the opportunity to totally bypass traditional OEM channels that Microsoft controls.
Even if an OEM is reluctant to use a Linux distribution on its devices, the weight of software and hardware support and an installed base of the back of it would force them into it.
It's doable. Alas, they're just not making it happen.
Even if an OEM is reluctant to use a Linux distribution on its devices, the weight of software and hardware support and an installed base of the back of it would force them into it.
It's doable. Alas, they're just not making it happen.
What incentive do linux distributors have to do this if you want it done for little or no money? The whole reason they are distributing linux is because it is profitable for them. At the end of the day I bet most companies couldn't care less about their "community driven" distributions as long as their bread and butter enterprise solutions have paying customers with long term support contracts.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:38 UTC
At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 11:29 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:33 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/11/13 21:41 UTC
"Windows is indeed slower than other operating systems in many scenarios, and the gap is worsening." That's one way to start an insider explanation of why Windows' performance isn't up to snuff. Written by someone who actually contributes code to the Windows NT kernel, the comment on Hacker News, later deleted but reposted with permission on Marc Bevand's blog, paints a very dreary picture of the state of Windows development. The root issue? Think of how Linux is developed, and you'll know the answer.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/08/13 14:22 UTC
This is one of those news items that's fun to write, fun to read, fun to comment on, and where no one will be able to say anything unkind. It's all just one big ball of awesome fluffiness. TuneTracker, the BeOS radio automation software, has just released something very special: TuneTracker System 5, the first version designed entirely and specifically for Haiku. In fact, it actually includes Haiku in the software package. Better yet, TuneTracker also unveiled several system-in-a-box products - which have Haiku and TuneTracker pre-installed.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/02/13 15:28 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/29/13 21:06 UTC
Oh multitasking. That staple of computing that got thrown out the window with many modern smartphones. We got some rudimentary thing in its place - but even as multitasking on phone and tablets improves, its user-visible side remains cumbersome. Windows 8 has a neat implementation, and now it's time Android follows in it footsteps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/24/13 22:24 UTC
They're here! Whether that excites you or not remains to be seen, but the Galaxy S4, which will most likely become the best selling Android smartphone of the year by a huge margin, has been reviewed by all the major sites, and there's lots of interesting conclusions in there - although I think most of you will get the gist.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/18/13 11:21 UTC
Nokia has posted its quarterly results for the first quarter of 2013, and just like the quarters that came before, there's not a whole lot of good news in there. The rise in Lumia sales still can't even dream of making up for the sales drop in Symbian phones, and when broken down in versions, the sales figures for Windows Phone 8 Lumias in particular are very disappointing. In North America, Nokia is getting slaughtered.More Features »
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While that is great and all, and I don't doubt Microsoft is going to leverage some power here as they have always done, Linux distributors need to be making it far easier for manufacturers and OEMs to choose the cheap or free Linux option and squeeze Microsoft on these devices. They need to add hardware support to an existing distribution faster, add software support faster and easier and prolong the life of a given distribution as a result. The distribution medium of the internet gives them the opportunity to totally bypass traditional OEM channels that Microsoft controls.
Even if an OEM is reluctant to use a Linux distribution on its devices, the weight of software and hardware support and an installed base of the back of it would force them into it.
It's doable. Alas, they're just not making it happen.