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Re: [SLE] FYI: OpenSUSE vs Vista
- From: Mike McMullin <mwmcmlln@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 09:37:34 -0400
- Message-id: <1149341856.7028.39.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 12:46 -0700, kai wrote:
> On Friday 02 June 2006 05:03 am, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> > This article compares installation, features, security, costs and ease
> > of use of OpenSUSE and Vista.
> >
> > http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT5613250391.html
> >
> > One of the most remarkable points is that OpenSUSE supports more
> > hardware than Vista at the moment. The first big difference is the
> > system requirements, being substantially lower for OpenSUSE than for the
> > Windows operating system.
> > Because of these and many other points, the author of this comparison
> > sees a much brighter future for OpenSUSE than for Vista.
>
> Like any idiot would actually use Vista. I tried it just for kicks and laughed
> so hard at the pathetic nature of Vista. I couldn't believe MS would make an
> OS worse than XP, but they've managed.
>
> /me shakes head at the sheep planning on downgrading to Vista
The article's author cites the new Aero UI as the big ticket selling
item. Odd, what's wrong with 2k's UI in an enterprise setting? Do I
really need eye candy when setting up boundary curves in my Cam-Software
or do I need a fast accessible file system and good cpu performance?
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> On Friday 02 June 2006 05:03 am, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> > This article compares installation, features, security, costs and ease
> > of use of OpenSUSE and Vista.
> >
> > http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT5613250391.html
> >
> > One of the most remarkable points is that OpenSUSE supports more
> > hardware than Vista at the moment. The first big difference is the
> > system requirements, being substantially lower for OpenSUSE than for the
> > Windows operating system.
> > Because of these and many other points, the author of this comparison
> > sees a much brighter future for OpenSUSE than for Vista.
>
> Like any idiot would actually use Vista. I tried it just for kicks and laughed
> so hard at the pathetic nature of Vista. I couldn't believe MS would make an
> OS worse than XP, but they've managed.
>
> /me shakes head at the sheep planning on downgrading to Vista
The article's author cites the new Aero UI as the big ticket selling
item. Odd, what's wrong with 2k's UI in an enterprise setting? Do I
really need eye candy when setting up boundary curves in my Cam-Software
or do I need a fast accessible file system and good cpu performance?
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