More Than 3 Out of 4 Enthusiasts Reject Windows 8

mjf · 22 Apr 2013

whs said:

In short I think running mainstream high end software on say linux Mint 14 should be very doable but the will isn't there.

I think the main problem of Linux is that there are far too many flavors and they are not all compatible. If the Linux community would kill 100 or so flavors and concentrate on 3 or 4, then things would probably change.

This generally good objective of freedom of choice works against Linux in this case.

I think that sums it up nicely. There are many flavors of the beast but it appears (from he who knows little of linux) that Mint seems the best ready to go "out of the box" version in terms of driver support etc.

whs · 22 Apr 2013

I am also a big fan of Mint, especially Mate. I like Cinnamon and the other flavors less.

Lady Fitzgerald · 22 Apr 2013

Oh! I love cinnamon!...wait...we aren't talking about spices, are we?

SIW2 · 22 Apr 2013

In any case as has been pointed out AD NAUSEAM both here and on W8 Forum too -- the OS on the computer has totally NOTHING to do with the drop in PC sales --I'm not going to re-hash the old reasons again - they are all here in the Forums if you want to re-visit that whole discussion.

Jimbo,

You forgot to post a pic of a herd of bulls with that one.

jimbo45 · 23 Apr 2013

SIW2 said:

In any case as has been pointed out AD NAUSEAM both here and on W8 Forum too -- the OS on the computer has totally NOTHING to do with the drop in PC sales --I'm not going to re-hash the old reasons again - they are all here in the Forums if you want to re-visit that whole discussion.

Jimbo,

You forgot to post a pic of a herd of bulls with that one.

Hi there
what about this one - it's obviously enjoying itself.

Cheers
jimbo

Iforgot · 23 Apr 2013

jimbo45 said:

SIW2 said:

In any case as has been pointed out AD NAUSEAM both here and on W8 Forum too -- the OS on the computer has totally NOTHING to do with the drop in PC sales --I'm not going to re-hash the old reasons again - they are all here in the Forums if you want to re-visit that whole discussion.

Jimbo,

You forgot to post a pic of a herd of bulls with that one.

Hi there
what about this one - it's obviously enjoying itself.

Cheers
jimbo

Jimbo
Or he's about too or be in a nightmare......

It depends on how it loads??

jimbo45 · 23 Apr 2013

Iforgot said:

jimbo45 said:

SIW2 said:

Jimbo,

You forgot to post a pic of a herd of bulls with that one.

Hi there
what about this one - it's obviously enjoying itself.

Cheers
jimbo

Jimbo
Or he's about too or be in a nightmare......

It depends on how it loads??

Hi there
I think he's trying to find the W8 Start button.

Cheers
jimbo

Lone Browncoat · 23 Apr 2013

[QUOTE=whs;2374153]

This generally good objective of freedom of choice works against Linux in this case.

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King Arthur · 23 Apr 2013

I honestly haven't come across a distro yet that's hit me as "the OS" unlike how I got that feeling with Windows 9x/ME, 2000, XP, and 7.

Linux Mint 14? Cinnamon is still premature and I don't agree with their forced clean reinstall upgrade method.
Kubuntu 12.04 LTS? Seemed to behave nicely in a VM, but turned out to be very unstable and buggy on my laptop.
PCLinuxOS? Felt very unrefined after installation.

I'm now currently looking at either Lubuntu or CentOS, or perhaps even Debian itself once Debian 7 rolls out.

Looking at it, while I do appreciate the wide and free array of choice I get with Linux distros, I'd appreciate even more coming across a Linux distro that is as refined an experience as Windows and simply works great. Linux in general seems to trip off at the most miniscule of things, at least in consumer-land. Perhaps CentOS (Red Hat) will be better from being enterprise-grade?

Lone Browncoat · 23 Apr 2013

King Arthur said:

I honestly haven't come across a distro yet that's hit me as "the OS" unlike how I got that feeling with Windows 9x/ME, 2000, XP, and 7.

I'm now currently looking at either Lubuntu or CentOS, or perhaps even Debian itself once Debian 7 rolls out.

Looking at it, while I do appreciate the wide and free array of choice I get with Linux distros, I'd appreciate even more coming across a Linux distro that is as refined an experience as Windows .................?

Certainly not as flexible, as i said in another post, I would like to stick with Windoze as it affords me the most flexibility when moving from one machine to another. Having used open source for what seems like ages now, I'd like to stick with the PortableApps suite. Then i only have to install Windoze and a few utilities on each machine or can borrow others when travelling.
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