Comments on: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu the sequal http://martinnotes.com/2010/03/14/windows-7-vs-ubuntu-the-sequal/ Open source in real life Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Donna http://martinnotes.com/2010/03/14/windows-7-vs-ubuntu-the-sequal/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 Donna Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:42:53 +0000 http://martinnotes.com/?p=384#comment-1126 I'm running ubunto on a desktop. I didn't have any problems getting all my hardware to work, I had to search a little to find my printer driver, and to make DVD's to play, but other than that, it's great. I was surprised how user friendly it is because I'm not a geek. Before you spend $200 on an upgrade, try Ubunto. I’m running ubunto on a desktop. I didn’t have any problems getting all my hardware to work, I had to search a little to find my printer driver, and to make DVD’s to play, but other than that, it’s great. I was surprised how user friendly it is because I’m not a geek. Before you spend $200 on an upgrade, try Ubunto.

]]> By: Martin http://martinnotes.com/2010/03/14/windows-7-vs-ubuntu-the-sequal/comment-page-1/#comment-1108 Martin Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:23:19 +0000 http://martinnotes.com/?p=384#comment-1108 I would love to come to hate Windows so much that I want to return to Ubuntu no matter what. And so far I must say that Windows 7 is a very disappointing system, so things are looking good ;-) What helps is that my professional environment is moving away from the Microsoft locking, so it becomes easier to switch back. I fully agree with all the arguments you guys come up with, but I also face the day to day reality where I can't spend a significant amount of time getting around the challenges that Ubuntu gives me. Recently I bought a new MacBook and I must say Apple has it's act together pretty well. What annoys me is the even heavier vendor locking than Microsoft. But everything just works... Very, very easy to get addicted to. I would love to come to hate Windows so much that I want to return to Ubuntu no matter what. And so far I must say that Windows 7 is a very disappointing system, so things are looking good ;-) What helps is that my professional environment is moving away from the Microsoft locking, so it becomes easier to switch back.

I fully agree with all the arguments you guys come up with, but I also face the day to day reality where I can’t spend a significant amount of time getting around the challenges that Ubuntu gives me.

Recently I bought a new MacBook and I must say Apple has it’s act together pretty well. What annoys me is the even heavier vendor locking than Microsoft. But everything just works… Very, very easy to get addicted to.

]]> By: David Koch http://martinnotes.com/2010/03/14/windows-7-vs-ubuntu-the-sequal/comment-page-1/#comment-1106 David Koch Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:50:41 +0000 http://martinnotes.com/?p=384#comment-1106 While it saddens me to see someone go back to Windows, I can understand a lot of your frustrations. And while a lot of these problems are not Ubuntu's fault but rather due to Microsoft lock-in strategy or bad driver support from hardware vendors, the fact is that in some cases trying to use Ubuntu can be a nightmare. I had to do the same with my work Laptop for pretty much the same reasons. Once I went back though all the horrors returned to me and I realised why I like Ubuntu in the first place. Now suddenly it was driver hunting, being forced to use IE, having to update programs seperately and having "Update Agents" eat away at your RAM. Not to mention viruses. I completely forgot how much I hate viruses... I wish you the best of luck whichever system you finally choose and thank you for an interesting article. While it saddens me to see someone go back to Windows, I can understand a lot of your frustrations. And while a lot of these problems are not Ubuntu’s fault but rather due to Microsoft lock-in strategy or bad driver support from hardware vendors, the fact is that in some cases trying to use Ubuntu can be a nightmare. I had to do the same with my work Laptop for pretty much the same reasons.

Once I went back though all the horrors returned to me and I realised why I like Ubuntu in the first place. Now suddenly it was driver hunting, being forced to use IE, having to update programs seperately and having “Update Agents” eat away at your RAM. Not to mention viruses. I completely forgot how much I hate viruses…

I wish you the best of luck whichever system you finally choose and thank you for an interesting article.

]]> By: g http://martinnotes.com/2010/03/14/windows-7-vs-ubuntu-the-sequal/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 g Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:26:18 +0000 http://martinnotes.com/?p=384#comment-1104 Ha, you got to be joking. Getting Ubuntu fully installed and working on a lot of machines is a nightmare at best. I've installed Windows 7 on multiple machines without problems. Sure you get a missing driver or two on older machines, but man, it's so much easier to get those odd components working on Windows 7 than it is on Ubuntu. Having just read your older Windows 7 beta post, it's obvious you're biased. I'm a network administrator and have worked with more distributions than I care to remember and even I can admit that Windows 7 is leagues better at setting up and fully running than Ubuntu. Not to mention that it's much more satisfying to use. Ha, you got to be joking. Getting Ubuntu fully installed and working on a lot of machines is a nightmare at best. I’ve installed Windows 7 on multiple machines without problems. Sure you get a missing driver or two on older machines, but man, it’s so much easier to get those odd components working on Windows 7 than it is on Ubuntu.

Having just read your older Windows 7 beta post, it’s obvious you’re biased. I’m a network administrator and have worked with more distributions than I care to remember and even I can admit that Windows 7 is leagues better at setting up and fully running than Ubuntu. Not to mention that it’s much more satisfying to use.

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