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bogstandard:
Spy,
Many thanks for your input on this issue. In fact I am going to take your advice and wait for the first main upgrade before installing it and giving it a run for it's money.
I personally think that this will be the OS for home computing in the future, as supposedly it can do away with some of the cumbersome inputs. I think once the hardware people pick up on it, and start to produce the required monitors at a reasonable price, then it will really take off.
With regards to Linux, I hope you didn't think it was me that was knocking it. This is from my original posting.
--- Quote ---My personal view is that Linux is an ideal technical operating system, perfect for technical applications, not one for running every type of software imagineable.
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Bogs
Darren:
Tim,
I was only referring to Linux for home use, I've tried it several times over the years and unless you are computer geek or only want to browse the net then I found it very limiting.
I also found the latest releases ran my machines at around half the speed of XP.
I do understand that for server use or specific applications it excels though.
Stefan Pynappels:
--- Quote from: bogstandard on October 22, 2009, 07:41:16 AM ---Spy,
Many thanks for your input on this issue. In fact I am going to take your advice and wait for the first main upgrade before installing it and giving it a run for it's money.
I personally think that this will be the OS for home computing in the future, as supposedly it can do away with some of the cumbersome inputs. I think once the hardware people pick up on it, and start to produce the required monitors at a reasonable price, then it will really take off.
With regards to Linux, I hope you didn't think it was me that was knocking it. This is from my original posting.
--- Quote ---My personal view is that Linux is an ideal technical operating system, perfect for technical applications, not one for running every type of software imagineable.
--- End quote ---
Bogs
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No worries Bogs, I was replying to another poster who stated Linux was a joke. And I don't take things personally, i just work with Linux and on netbooks for kids and even some silver surfers, the simple interfaces can inspire confidence, and I have personally seen this in a lot of cases.
On Windows 7, it has a virtual XP feature which means that to programmes designed to work with XP and not updated, it acts as a virtual XP machine, so older programs should run fine. I've not tested this extensively yet, but this looks like it may solve a lot of backwards compatibility issues which have turned people off Vista. And the touchscreen interface works very well........
Stefan Pynappels:
--- Quote from: Darren on October 22, 2009, 07:48:41 AM ---Tim,
I was only referring to Linux for home use, I've tried it several times over the years and unless you are computer geek or only want to browse the net then I found it very limiting.
I also found the latest releases ran my machines at around half the speed of XP.
I do understand that for server use or specific applications it excels though.
--- End quote ---
Hi Darren,
I presume you meant Stef? Tim will laugh his legs off to think we are being confused!
No problem, I guess I am a geek, but there have been major improvements in user friendliness in different distros recently. Still, it is not for everyone and that is cool, we don't all want to be the same do we?
Darren:
Nice graph ... I think I'm in the same place on there :lol:
If you can suggest a distro that has finally caught up AND become user friendly I would certainly look into it. Last one I tried was Ubuntu about 8mths ago, forget which release but I could take a look if it mattered. Just too many hardware issues and it ran painfully slow on 3 different laptops I tried. It was hard to load as well, just kept crashing during the install.
I do hope they make it eventually though .... :thumbup:
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