Windows 7 has been out and about for little over a week now, and as it turns out, Microsoft's new baby is doing relatively well. That is, according to the figures by NetApplications: Windows 7 already reached the 3% mark this weekend, and is already closing in on the 4% mark.
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Member since:2009-02-19
That's certainly not always true. Many large FOSS software projects maintain distributions and repositories for many popular OS's. WINE, for instance, has their own repositories for Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, RHEL, Solaris, and others. On my Ubuntu machine, I get the latest-and-greatest WINE extremely quickly thru apt, like any other package or update; that's a high-value tangible benefit that I derive from the whole "package repository" model.
My ipod boots up immediately but that isn't a good reason to use it as a desktop replacement.
Agreed: for most desktop usage patterns, I suspect boot time is irrelevant.
A note, tho: I have a Windows guest on my RHEL workstation, with MS Office 2007 on it. I only use it to read MS Office documents people mail to me. Whenever I create documents, I almost always use LaTeX. And the only reason I have iTunes on my Vista box is to use my iPhone. When I actually want to play anything, I use vlc. High name recognition and simple UI do not mean "best tool for the job." At all.
Edit: spelling.
Edited 2009-11-03 19:07 UTC
Member since:2009-05-20
Why do you push Linux advocacy so much on this website anyways? You really think the people that read OSNEWS aren't aware of Linux?
A good question.
Maybe he thinks that a lot of us are "uninformed". Maybe he thinks that posting links from various Linux advocacy sites somehow will affect the opinions of readers. Maybe he thinks someone will care.
Sometimes I miss Moulinneuf. At least he was funny in his idiocy, while the advocacy in this thread is just plain annoying.
Member since:2005-07-02
"As for boot time who the hell cares when you can't boot into an OS that doesn't run mainstream software like MS Office and Itunes."
Both MS Office and ITunes run on Linux using WINE/Crossover Office. These days, installing these programs in a default Ubuntu distro is very easy.
This reminds me of an anecdote: I got a CD-ROM with my MRI results for my knee. I was expecting JPGs or something but saw they were in a format I didn't know (DICOM); there was also Windows viewer on the CD-ROM. I right-clicked on the viewer program and saw one of the menu entries was "Open with Crossover Office."
I tried the option, not expecting anything, but a few seconds later I was looking at the MRI pictures of my knee inside the standalone Windows viewer (can't remember the name, I don't have it with me).
Just to say that an increasing number of Windows app do run in Linux.
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2009-08-26
and no one cares about them not being in a repository. I personally hate the repository system since it creates a delay after the developer has released a critical update. I prefer going to the developer's website to get the latest version directly. I don't want a middle-man.
As for boot time who the hell cares when you can't boot into an OS that doesn't run mainstream software like MS Office and Itunes.
My ipod boots up immediately but that isn't a good reason to use it as a desktop replacement.
Why do you push Linux advocacy so much on this website anyways? You really think the people that read OSNEWS aren't aware of Linux?