40 reasons to lose Linux and vote Vista!

[zmjjmz]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is satire.
Or he no longer works at itwire.

[anandbabu20]

I used Vista for more than 6 months that came along with my laptop. Then I moved to ubuntu, and using it for past 6 months.

I found ubuntu far more user friendly, beautiful, easy to fix (surprisingly i never had serious problems with ubuntu!), easy to install hardware and software, watch TV, play music, surf the net, get help and always make laugh at Windows!

The best things I found with ubuntu are.. it satisfies me in getting my work done faster, make me enjoy using it and it is really beautiful. It was never like this with Vista.

[wolfen69]

Here is my comment-reply to the 40 reasons:

Alex Zaharov-Reutt:

Linux lovers can believe I'm just trolling, but I prefer Vista, and this article shows the reasons why!

I've tried Ubuntu and other Linux flavours, Mac OS X and many other OS's... including all the earlier Windows ones. Vista is the best so far.



Give me a call when Linux has more users than Vista. Heck, give me a call when Mac OS X has more users than Vista...

shows the reasons why? you wrote about your experience. it is an opinion.

having more users in this case is not a good thing. most people don't even know they have a choice. that's sad, really. the average person using windows is left with a slow, virus infected, dog slow POS OS after only 1 year of using it. believe me, i know, as i fix computers for a living.

i'll admit that windows is better suited for certain businesses and is hands down better with games, but i consider myself a power user and linux does everything i need to do with rock solid stability.

most people do what on their computer? surf/check email/word documents. it's criminal that people are basically being forced into using windows for basic stuff. linux is much better suited for the average person. no virus's, no maintenance, no worries. and you don't need to upgrade your hardware with linux in order to get a full featured OS. a computer can last for many years running linux and run fast too.

linux is also making low spec netbook and umpc possible. sub-notebooks are the fastest growing segment in computing right now. linux will clearly lead the way here.

use whatever OS you like, but your 40 reasons don't hold any weight with me. i fix windows pc's for a living, i know all about them. i'm not missing a thing. microsoft? you can keep it.

[shuttleworthwannabe]

Ok, let me be the first to agree with Point #15:

15. Vista has the best power management.

. I have Vista SP1 and Ubuntu 8.04.1 side by side (dual-booting), and Vista give me 6H32min on my Acer Travelmate 9292; whereas Ubuntu only 3H46min, both from cold boot. The depth of controlling power management in Vista is so much better. I have also tested this in Mandriva 2008.1 and Mint 5, all yield the same power output on battery life. Vista in powersave or customized mode out-performs Linux powersave function.

[crimesaucer]

29. Vista has the most versions, although this isn’t a plus, Microsoft!

More versions than this? http://distrowatch.com/

No, Vista does not have more versions than Linux:


1 Ubuntu
2 openSUSE
3 Fedora
4 Mint
5 PCLinuxOS
6 Debian
7 Mandriva
8 Dreamlinux
9 Sabayon
10 Damn Small
11 CentOS
12 Slackware
13 Kubuntu
14 Puppy
15 Gentoo
16 Arch
17 MEPIS
18 FreeBSD
19 Zenwalk
20 KNOPPIX
21 gOS
22 sidux
23 Vector
24 PC-BSD
25 Xubuntu
26 Slax
27 Elive
28 OpenSolaris
29 Red Hat
30 Foresight
31 Ubuntu Studio
32 Mythbuntu
33 Xandros
34 TinyMe
35 OpenGEU
36 Absolute
37 SystemRescue
38 DesktopBSD
39 GoblinX
40 Pardus
41 Frugalware
42 BackTrack
43 Freespire
44 Symphony OS
45 linuX-gamers
46 Ultimate
47 Linux XP
48 Musix
49 Fluxbuntu
50 PUD
51 Parted Magic
52 Scientific
53 OpenBSD
54 Clonezilla
55 gNewSense
56 DragonFly
57 Kiwi
58 Myah OS
59 Granular
60 eAR OS
61 Ubuntu CE
62 FreeNAS
63 Ulteo
64 64 Studio
65 Parsix
66 SAM
67 NimbleX
68 Novell SLE
69 Linpus
70 Yellow Dog
71 LFS
72 RIPLinuX
73 DeLi
74 Solaris
75 SliTaz
76 ClarkConnect
77 UbuntuME
78 Turbolinux
79 Bluewhite64
80 Ark
81 X/OS
82 KANOTIX
83 GParted
84 Draco
85 DARKSTAR
86 GoboLinux
87 Nexenta
88 Wolvix
89 AUSTRUMI
90 Shift
91 Yoper
92 m0n0wall
93 SaxenOS
94 KateOS
95 IPCop
96 GeeXboX
97 BLAG
98 Berry
99 BeleniX
100 Lunar

[clanky]

Guys, read it again, read all of it.

Many of the points are "tongue in cheek", he is not some rabid windows fan boy, it is just a funny response to someone else's ditch windows and upgrade to Linux article.

[SZF2001]

A few reasons to drop computers altogether:

1. Go outside and meet people
2. Live a life not behind a monitor
3. Get laid

But I'm an exception because I'm paralyzed from the neck down and using the Linux computer to live my last days.

[clanky]

A few reasons to drop computers altogether:

1. Go outside and meet people
2. Live a life not behind a monitor
3. Get laid

But I'm an exception because I'm paralyzed from the neck down and using the Linux computer to live my last days.

+1 (but not the paralysed bit)

[SZF2001]

+1 (but not the paralysed bit)

I'm going to die soon and I'll remember that Ubuntu forum member, clanky, who didn't believe I was paralyzed.

I'll show them. I'll show them all.

[crimesaucer]

Guys, read it again, read all of it.

Many of the points are "tongue in cheek", he is not some rabid windows fan boy, it is just a funny response to someone else's ditch windows and upgrade to Linux article.

I didn't read the article, I just saw that one and had to respond. Those type of articles usally suck, so I just read the comments and get the "jist" of the story.