Are we excited to get Windows 7
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I can't say for sure if it is the best, but I have seen far too many Ubuntu fan boys and so, why not give it a try? I've tried fedora and OpenSUSE so far and liked both of them so far. Let me see what Ubuntu has to offer I'd be damned if I see UI like sci-fi movies. My 19inch LCD would look gorgeous then :-D
------------------------------------------- It's code that drives you - Shyam
Ubuntu sucks. Had to reinstall 3 times in order to get it to work. One really quirky issue I noticed was that the install would crash if you try to install the OS in any other language but English while setting your location to US. Once I finally installed the OS, I found there is no way to change my screens resolution. I mean, there is a way, you have to modify X's config files by hand. You need to know your screens horizontal and vertical refresh rates ... That's Ubuntu 8.1 I'm talking about. Other Linux distros are a bit better. I think Fedora is the best. As far as Windows 7 goes, I'll put it on a virtual machine and check it out. I have not worked on Vista, and eventually I'll have to upgrade to 7, so I might as well give it a swirl...
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Ubuntu sucks. Had to reinstall 3 times in order to get it to work. One really quirky issue I noticed was that the install would crash if you try to install the OS in any other language but English while setting your location to US. Once I finally installed the OS, I found there is no way to change my screens resolution. I mean, there is a way, you have to modify X's config files by hand. You need to know your screens horizontal and vertical refresh rates ... That's Ubuntu 8.1 I'm talking about. Other Linux distros are a bit better. I think Fedora is the best. As far as Windows 7 goes, I'll put it on a virtual machine and check it out. I have not worked on Vista, and eventually I'll have to upgrade to 7, so I might as well give it a swirl...
Sounds more like the cd you were using was corrupted a bit... I have never had to install it more than once... :doh:
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We discussed it earlier the consensus seemed to be (as with Vista before it) that the people that had the least experience with it (indeed some had never even tried it) were the most willing to say the most negative things about it. :)
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
I've had a ton of experience with Vista and I have plenty of negative things to say about it. If it does what you want it to do that's great, but it doesn't do what I want it to and I've also had a lot of performance issues. It has admittedly gotten better, I've been using it since the final retail version came out and I stick by my opinion that what was originally released was pretty awful. What they have now is passable for most people, and I still use it for one of my boxes because I need experience with it in order to be able to support other users. Don't get me wrong there are some good features in Vista, they just aren't features I'm particularly interested in myself... I have high hopes that Windows 7 will be enough of an improvement for me to recommend it for more than just specialized cases (Gamers who want DX10, or Media Center users who want to take advantage of some of the advances there). I'm an MSDN subscriber so I have Windows 7 beta now, I just haven't had a chance to install it yet. I'll let you know my opinion when I do.