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 El Quintron... a faint odor of kerosenePremium
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Re: Open Source Chrome OS Other than games (MSOffice runs flawlessly under Wine)
I really don't see why anyone would chose any windows if you were starting from scratch.
When Hi-Def became more common and I wanted to upgrade from my iMac G4, I went PC for cost, but I certainly didn't go to windows... I took about three months to become proficient with Ubuntu and then I realized where true computing bliss lay...
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Stony Brook, NY | said by El Quintron:Other than games (MSOffice runs flawlessly under Wine) I really don't see why anyone would chose any windows if you were starting from scratch. ... Two reasons:
1) Software - there is still a huge advantage Windows has in software both in categories & in the number of apps in each category both over Linux & the Mac OS. And a lot of them are free. That lead may be shrinking (its certainly not as big as it once was, especially with all the cross-platform apps coming out), but its still there.
2) Hardware - there's a better chance that I can run a given piece of hardware on XP than on Linux (wireless adapters spring instantly to mind) or on mac OSX. Almost all hardware comes with Windows drivers.
I've used Ubuntu and came close to replacing XP (on my main box) with it, but the lack of a good video editor (I'm using Sony Vegas Studio) held me back. Maybe I could get it to run using Wine, but really, with Windows 7 on pre-order for $50, its easier, more straightforward, and less hassle to shell out the Mr. Grant and not have to worry about ndis wrapping, or getting it to work under Wine. I'll still keep Ubuntu on a secondary box, and will keep trying it out the Live CD, but there are valid reasons for Windows. | | |
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| I can't help you with the video editing apps, because I haven't done video editing since about 2004, but the two most common ubuntu bugs (wireless drivers, audio drivers) were put to rest as of 8.04.
As of this writing on 9.04, we've seen major speed gains and (almost complete) hardware compatibility.
I think again it really boils down to OS comfort, which is the driving factor for windows...
Besides as of April 29, 2009 CNET declared 9.04 as polished as Win, and OS X
»news.cnet.com/ubuntu-9.04-as-sli···ac-os-x/
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