Is it Windows 7 or KDE 4? In this video, we take to Sydney's streets to find out what people think of what they think is a Windows 7 demonstration.
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The net result? Mainly, people just didn't like Vista.
What do you think? Do Windows 7 and KDE 4 just look way too alike to tell the difference? Which one looks better? Post your comments below.
Microsoft is mainly worried about the embedded devices that Linux is being put on to. If you think of all the routers, modems, NAS, media players and even watches, that's a huge market that it's missing out on. THAT'S why they find Linux a threat.
billius May 10th, 2010To around about the first 1/5th of the comments above. Are you honestly all children or just adults suffering from extreme Cognitive Dissonance? (Look it up).
Windows is great. Linux is great. They excel in what they do.
But doesn't matter how you cut it, Linux isn't a mainstream operating system yet. I hope one day in the future it will be, but for the moment its not (best one thus far in this regard is Ubuntu 10.04). Linux has few applications that users are familiar with. New devices aren't so well catered for. And file types by the default programs tend to not be so nice (don't like using proprietary formats)
Windows works really well for the average user, the average user doesn't care that the code is open source, or that its running XNU, or the kernal is updated very frequently. They dont care about that, they just want to have the nice simple interface that they are familiar with and is easy to understand.
Oh and if your a gamer, kiss Linux goodbye (and every other OS), Windows is where its at for games. End of story.
I am currently running Windows 7 (build 7600, been running every leaked build since 6956 (the one that looked like Vista still), while booting with Ubuntu 10.04 and Backtrack 4.0.
I enjoy both OS's alot (Win/Linux). But i tend to rarely go into my Linux machine because, well, Windows 7 is much easier and faster, and to be honest more enjoyable way of doing everything. (+I enjoy developing themes on Windows 7)
mattisdada June 6th, 2010I think some of the "flaming" and "trolling" that has gone on in this discussion is just, well ....... awful.
The Linux geeks say the Windows geeks are idiots and too stupid to understand how computers work, that Windows is an OS that needs a lot of "maintenance." The Windows geeks say it's Linux that needs a lot of maintenance.
Both Linux and Windows are capable of working "right out of the box." It just depends on what hardware you have. Most modern PC operating systems are like that. The only major OS that doesn't is Mac OS X. Mac OS X absolutely needs Apple hardware to run correctly. Some of you may be unlucky enough to get a computer whose hardware isn't completely supported, but that's just your bad luck and it's not the OS's fault.
I have had problems with both Windows and Linux but eventually I either fix them or find out why I can't fix it. Linux isn't fault-free and nor is Windows. They both need maintenance and tweaking. I'm just one of the guys who always believes there's a solution. That's because I've got the know-how, the curiosity and motivation to fix my computer problems.
With Windows, I don't need to know much about the inner workings of Windows. I just do a search on Google to find out who else is having the same problem. It's likely that all I have to do is edit the registry or download a hotfix. Some problems will require you to open a terminal or shell, but this applies to both Windows and Linux.
Your computer will not be infected with malware or a virus if you're careful and avoid sites or downloading programs that contain malicious software. A lot of malware today is written for Windows. There is far less malware written for Linux.
People who think Linux is better, whether it's the GUI, ease of use or because of ease of maintenance say that because they are used to Linux. People who think Windows is better are used to using Windows. Experienced and competent Windows users don't mind tweaking Windows. Experienced and competent Linux users don't mind tweaking Linux. Learning and using an OS is more or less like learning and using a language. You learn it and then get used to it.
I remember when I first started using Windows 7 and how it felt horrible because it was different to using Windows XP. I think I had a similar reaction when I went from Windows 2000 to Windows XP. I cringed at how Microsoft had changed things, how things didn't work like they used to. But I got used to it.
99 per cent of my files are on a Windows system, so I spend 99 per cent of my time in Windows. The reason why I also have a Linux system on the same computer is because I like proving to myself that I can use Linux, and I can. I know how to get around Linux. I know some key terminal commands and if there are ones I don't know, I can do a search on Google to learn about them.
People have their gripes with Windows and I have my gripes with Linux. I find installing software on Windows much easier. You just tell Windows to run the install EXE. In Linux I often have to open up a terminal, compile/make the software or extract and copy the files somewhere. If you're a regular Linux user it may not be much of a problem. You're used to it. Maybe you just double-click on a file named configure.pl in Konqueror/Dolphin to get it installing (if this is true, then I could say, oh boy, I didn't know that).
But there are other aspects that have made my Linux experiences horrible, like having to read the README file to find out what else I need to know before I install the application. Installing software in Linux isn't simple in the sense that Linux software is installed in packages. Sometimes, the package you downloaded is not all that Linux needs to install that application. It needs to download extra packages to resolve dependencies.
Most modern Linux distros handle the RPM/DEB package dependency hell automatically, but the horrible part of the package installation experience is that you get to see the details. It's like your wife/husband walking around with her/his intestines showing because he/she recently had an operation on some part of their body and the surgeon forgot to close the wound.
All modern OSes suffer from DLL or package dependency hell. But in Windows I don't have to see the horrible and gruesome details of how an application is installed. All I have to do is run the install EXE. Windows doesn't have a package manager front-end like Synaptic or Yum Extender and doesn't need one. The DLL hell is hidden from the end user. I no longer have Windows asking me "do you want to keep this DLL?" when uninstalling an application.
A Linux user will get used to the gruesome details of package dependency hell, but I am not a regular Linux user. My point is not that it makes Linux worse, but that people get used to these shortcomings in an OS. If you love your OS, you will find a way to make the "marriage/relationship" with your OS work.
Mnemonic January 27th, 2011I've delt with developers daily for 2 decades and I am astounded at the arrogance that new grads possess, combined in no fundamentals and...
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