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Holy Tablet OS... I mean Windows 8
FlyinPenguin:
--- Quote from: iindigo on March 15, 2012, 03:57:53 AM ---I tried it in a virtual machine… while it was pleasantly fast and responsive, the metro start screen is hella awkward. Maybe not so much on some tiny laptop or tablet, but a 2560x1440 start menu stretched across a 27" screen is not thing short of stupid. All I got to say is that Microsoft is really shooting themselves in the foot if they don't allow you to go back to the classic start menu if desired.
Also, the metro UI theme for the classic windows desktop is… blah. Reminds me of windows 3.1. Metro looks good as a touch-tile interface and pretty terrible everywhere else.
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In other words they are abandoning their traditional user-base in favor of what "they" consider to be the "future' of modern day computing. I'm not "anit-Microsoft" in terms of a general business practice, however, in terms of practical application I am pure Linux. That said, I feel Microsoft is about to alienate their core user-base (as is Ubuntu) and this could be a turning point for the industry. This could be the moment where a new company introduces an OS that redefines what modern day consumer computing is. In other words, all those people who are so anti-monopolistic will be proven wrong in that even a so-called-monopoly is only as good as the competition (no matter how powerful a so called monopoly is). Innovation always wins in the end when it can compete on its true merits. Just wait until someone with capital realizes the flaw in which MS and fragments of the Linux community are heading who can introduce radical changes in a new OS but yet retain familiarity. I do imagine it will be Linux based as it offers superior security. Hopefully, they will be able to take advantage of this shift and improve gaming and commercial software compatibility.
krumm:
People always say Linux on the desktop is coming and will gain share, but sry they are full of shit. Linux is great for servers, but for the normal user it is a useless complicated mess. I like what Linux does and is about, but until it gets oem support with warranty's and tech support Windows and Apple win.
Now for the topic Windows 8 in its current form is crap and will get the vista treatment. The people that care will go backwards to win 7 and the ones that don't will suffer with it. There will also be the ones that like the crap and don't care. Microsoft is not going anyware no matter how bad windows 8 is. They will just fix it in win 9
rkruger:
--- Quote from: krumm on March 15, 2012, 05:31:52 PM ---Linux is great for servers, but for the normal user it is a useless complicated mess.
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You completely forgot about embedded systems.
(That includes phones, and possibly tablets, depending on how you look at it.)
--- Quote from: krumm on March 15, 2012, 05:31:52 PM ---People always say Linux on the desktop is coming and will gain share, but sry they are full of shit.
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But it doesn't matter, because the traditional "desktop" market as we know it, is fading.
It's expected that phones and tablets will make inroads on that market. Why do you think Microsoft is focusing on a tablet interface for Win8 anyway?
FlyinPenguin:
--- Quote from: krumm on March 15, 2012, 05:31:52 PM ---People always say Linux on the desktop is coming and will gain share, but sry they are full of shit. Linux is great for servers, but for the normal user it is a useless complicated mess.
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If you ask me Windows on the desktop is complete mess to due its incredibly poor security and need for constant maintenance to maintain consistent performance.
Linux on the desktop is easier to use then it has ever been and overall is very stable. Once installed (which is incredibly easy thanks to the wonderful installers present with most distros) you can pretty much just let update on its own and go on with your life. With distros such as Mint the general user may not even have to touch the command line.
Have you seen the the vast amount of free software available for Linux? There is a Linux equivalent for just about every Windows application, most free and open source.
Stable, secure, generally easy to use, free and open source apps, and the OS itself is free and open source. I fail to see how that qualifies as useless?
iindigo:
In a nutshell, Linux isn't a fit for general consumers until:
1) You guys agree on some standards. Variety is good, but it's possible to have too much of anything.
2) You no longer need to use the command line for anything, ever. Period. I don't mind CLI and use it all the time on OS X, but to the general consumer it's just that scary thing hackers use on bad computer movies.
3) You no longer have to go diving for random config files when something breaks.
And while it isn't strictly required, gaining widespread support from commercial software vendors would do wonders for the adoption of various Linux distributions.
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