Are OS's getting too TOP HEAVY

[RiceMonster]

Originally Posted by Arup Ubuntu is way faster in response than XP or 7 and I have installed both, that too on kick *** hardware with dual quad cores and Samsung Spinpoint drives. To say that Karmic has the same response as 8.04 is preposterous. I have LTS installed on different PCs here and none gives me any kernel panic. Statements like this negate the hard work of the dedicated developers who develop Ubuntu or other linux distros. Speaking of regressions and bugs, has anyone heard of a thing called service pack where many pending regressions and issues are fixed. MS uses its paid customers as guinea pigs and then turns around and releases a fixed OS and charges them again for it.

Are you suggesting service packs cost money? They're free, and you don't have to upgrade your Windows version. Windows XP is supported until 2014. That's 13 years of support, and far longer than any Ubuntu version; even LTS. With Ubuntu, you have to upgrade every 6 months to get recent software. You can run the newest version of pretty much anything on XP easily. Who's really being forced to upgrade?

[PryGuy]

Originally Posted by RiceMonster Are you suggesting service packs cost money? They're free, and you don't have to upgrade your Windows version. Windows XP is supported until 2014. That's 13 years of support, and far longer than any Ubuntu version; even LTS. With Ubuntu, you have to upgrade every 6 months to get recent software. You can run the newest version of pretty much anything on XP easily. Who's really being forced to upgrade?

So stay with your XP and don't troll here please! Thank you!

[Arup]

Originally Posted by RiceMonster Are you suggesting service packs cost money? They're free, and you don't have to upgrade your Windows version. Windows XP is supported until 2014. That's 13 years of support, and far longer than any Ubuntu version; even LTS. With Ubuntu, you have to upgrade every 6 months to get recent software. You can run the newest version of pretty much anything on XP easily. Who's really being forced to upgrade?

Yes they do, especially when they are typically peddled off as new OS and support for the older OS is withdrawn. Thats what new MS OS are, service pack finally done right and with some added glitz. You don't have to upgrade but they have a way of making things difficult so that you are eventually pressured into a costly upgrade.

For a free OS, LTS support is quite good. No one is telling you to upgrade to latest Ubuntu, we do as we are curious to enjoy the benefits of newer stuff being given out and yes, it doesn't cost a dime.

[RiceMonster]

Originally Posted by PryGuy So stay with your XP and don't troll here please! Thank you!

lol

I'm not trolling. Disagreeing with you is not trolling. I only use XP at work. Is it so wrong that I point out misinformation in someone's post?

[Arup]

Originally Posted by PryGuy So stay with your XP and don't troll here please! Thank you!

Ha ha........you will see many, don't worry.

[Arup]

Originally Posted by RiceMonster lol I'm not trolling. Disagreeing with you is not trolling. I only use XP at work. Is it so wrong that I point out misinformation in someone's post?

But all your posts here so far vehemently defend Windows. Every post you make here chastises anyone who dare make a comparison on your favorite OS. Its not disagreement here, its just pure fan following. Why do you hang out here if Windows is so good? So when it comes to criticism against your favorite OS, its misinformation. You just made a blatant statement that with Ubuntu you have to upgrade every six months or so, where did you get that nonsense may I ask?

[Sef]

Closed. Too arguementative.