Re: Why one should choose Linux over Vista
- From: "Bill Yanaire" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:06:12 -0700
1) Because you are poor
2) Because you don't have any desire to do actual work
3) Because GIMP sounds so dorky
4) Because entering cryptic line commands sounds exciting
5) Because you hate Microsoft
"Alias" <aka@mascaradoyanónimo.jo> wrote in message
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5 simple reasons to choose Linux over Vista
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| Without getting into much details, we shall today try and see 5 major
reasons
| why people who prefer Linux over Windows Vista do so.
|
| 1. Hardware Requirements: It?s never too much for Vista!
|
| [...]
|
| 2. Rights & Limitations: Unlike Vista, Linux doesn?t restrict how
content is
| used on a system.
|
| [...]
|
| 3. There is no Linux Genuine Advantage!
You are correct on this one. There is no Genuine Advantage to run Linux.
|
| [...]
|
| 4. Security Issues: You can never miss out on this.
|
| [...]
|
| 5. You name it, you have it!
|
| [...]
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http://brajeshwar.com/2008/choose-linux-over-windows-vista/
No! Wha?oooh?wow. Yes!
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| Linux is, in-and-of-itself, its best sales tool, because It creates
| curiosity. As I use Ubuntu Linux people are curious and they pull
information
| from me. When I show a customer something that I created for them, and I
did
| it on linux, they want to know more.
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http://www.ubuntuproductivity.com/journal/ubuntu/07/2008/marketing_linux_to_small_business/
Related:
Vista weakness could feed Linux growth
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| "One the reasons people are having issues with Vista now, is that it?s
much
| harder to ? for one company - to kind of change the market and when the
| market has matured," he said. "People today are not probably using the
| desktop all that differently from what they were five years ago, which
didn?t
| used to be true."
|
| At the same time, this could give Linux an opening, because it puts the
open
| source operating system on a more level playing field against Microsoft,
| Torvalds argued.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=11447&pagtype=all
Vista burns laptop hard disks - Failure eight times higher than under XP
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| The hard disk?s temperature can get ten degrees higher than the vendors?
| specifications allow. This could cause hard disk failures eight times
more
| frequent than with XP.
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http://4sysops.com/archives/vista-burns-laptop-hard-disks-failure-eight-times-higher-than-under-xp/
http://tinyurl.com/3ytdtj
DVD Burning Problem in Windows Vista
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| The hardware install went fine. However I soon ran into problems
| with the software install. The drive included OEM versions of Nero
| and Power CD both programs are (or were) it seems incompatible with
Vista.
| This I'm finding is an increasingly common problem and very frustrating.
I
| don't know who is to blame for this, Microsoft or the developers, but
| almost all the software I've tried to install had thrown up some
| problems. iTunes is particulalry frustrating but thats another issue.
|
| [...]
|
| I then realised that hidden away in the burn DVD dialog box is an
| option to change the default formating of the disk.
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http://cwebster.net/2007/04/08/dvd-burning-problem-in-windows-vista/
Windows Vista: Sold but not deployed
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| Microsoft says it remains happy with enterprise sales of Vista --
however,
| the software behemoth acknowledges that many businesses which have
bought
| Vista licences are yet to deploy the software.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Windows-Vista-Sold-but-not-deployed/0,130061733,339284495,00.htm
Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista
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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer
to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
|
| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users
and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report.
Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
|
| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579
Ugly view mars Windows Vista birthday
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| According to latest data from NPD, Microsoft is shipping fewer boxed
copies
| of Windows Vista than it did Windows XP at the same point in the
operating
| systems' lifecycles.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/11/30/vista_birthday/
The Vista Death Watch
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| Microsoft has extended the life of Windows XP because Vista has simply
not
| shown any life in the market. We have to begin to ask ourselves if we
are
| really looking at Windows Me/2007, destined to be a disdained flop. By
all
| estimates the number of Vista installations hovers around the number of
Macs
| in use.
|
| How did this happen? And what?s going to happen next? Does Microsoft
have a
| Plan B? A number of possibilities come to mind, and these things must be
| considered by the company itself.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2209837,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000584
Lenovo offers downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP
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| My colleague Stian just sent me this interesting link regarding my
| experiences with Windows Vista. Since I assume the link will NOT have
the
| visual appearence it has right now for very many more hours (days) I've
| created a screenshot of how it looked when I went into the site.
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http://jaxed.org/lenovo-offers-downgrade-from-windows-vista-to-windows-xp.blog
Windows Vista kicked out of Olympics PCs
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| Microsoft's latest version of Windows is too risky to implement for the
| important computers managing the 2008 Olympic summer games in Beijing,
said
| the event's computer supplier and sponsor Lenovo.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/08/08/no.vista.on.olympic.pcs/
DSG continues retailer woes
,----[ Quote ]
| DSG, the company formerly known as Dixons, became the latest British
retailer
| to report a drop in profits for the summer months today. But it wasn?t
all
| down to the rotten weather ? this time it was also Microsoft?s fault.
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http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/newsalerts/article/748756/dsg-continues-retailer-woes/
Dell casts doubts on Vista
,----[ Quote ]
| Dell today revealed that it will restore the option to use Windows XP on
| some of its home systems, marking a potentially damaging blow to
| Microsoft's hopes for the newer Windows Vista.
|
| [...]
|
| While a popular request through the company's IdeaStorm website, the
| choice was substantially outnumbered by requests for pre-installed
| Linux, US-based technical support, and other features -- pointing to a
| larger general demand for the change. The turnaround may be a reflection
of
| an overall backlash against Vista, observed IDC analyst Richard Shim.
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