Vista vs Ubuntu

warnea1984 · 1 Mar 2007 at 23:34

Check out this video of vista vs Ubuntu,

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/434675/windows_vista_aero_vs_linux_ubuntu_beryl/

Simply brilliant :eek:

xb8browney · 1 Mar 2007 at 23:58

Ubuntu is a very nice OS I sometimes live CD boot at college with it

fumbles · 2 Mar 2007 at 00:03

Was rather nice, I use compiz (after watching that I think ill switch to Beryl).

Although both Aero and Beryl (also compiz and aqua are the same) are both utterly useless. Sure they look pretty but you kinda get bored after awhile. It loses the 'wow' factor.

sirlemonhead · 2 Mar 2007 at 00:26

Beryl is so pointless and irritating looking.

v0n · 2 Mar 2007 at 00:37

I have to agree, novelty wears off very quickly and after a week you are left with windows that shake annoyingly every time you touch or move them and completely useless swinging cube desktop switcher. It was back to fluxbox for me.

Having said that. Novelty of aero wears off even quicker.

Slogan · 2 Mar 2007 at 00:51

v0n said:
Novelty of aero wears off even quicker.

But at least that looks good.

That Ubuntu looks tacky and late 90's. The fire effect when you close the window is cringeworthy.

Ronaldo · 2 Mar 2007 at 01:00

xb8browney said:
Ubuntu is a very nice OS I sometimes live CD boot at college with it

is it free? can i download and boot from CD/DVD and use it?

cheers

squiffy · 2 Mar 2007 at 01:00

Both look stupid, I want the OS to be a OS, not a videogame. :rolleyes:

Why exactly would you have two pages & 20 applications loaded up at one time?

AJUK · 2 Mar 2007 at 08:35

I agree with squiffy, it all looks great but all of those features are useless. I love Ubuntu but I am totally uninterested in Vista. However, I am looking forward to all the clever eye candy Apple may throw into Leopard.

TrUz · 2 Mar 2007 at 08:45

sirlemonhead said:
Beryl is so pointless and irritating looking.

Agreed, it is way OTT.

Ubuntu is a nice OS though. I used it now and again. I don't have none of that crap on though.

TrUz

GraemeUK · 2 Mar 2007 at 08:50

Well not only was that not the latest version of Beryl (latest has some nice new touches) and the desktop was looked so untidy, its not a good video to show how much better Ubuntu is.

Im a big fan of Ubuntu, Linux and open source, but this probably won't win many people over.

zetec452 · 2 Mar 2007 at 09:51

Ronaldo said:
is it free? can i download and boot from CD/DVD and use it?

cheers

www.ubuntu.com

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Girdag · 2 Mar 2007 at 10:42

Were I not an avid gamer, I'd be highly interested in Ubuntu. Dual-booting's just too much hassle. In a dream world, I'd have 2 PCs, one highly powerful with Windows for all my games, and a less powerful one for Ubuntu to run everything else off. Unfortunately, that's outta my budget at the moment.

Trox · 2 Mar 2007 at 11:28

yep thats what i do, gaming machine and the ubuntu one for IRC chat and web surfing handy while gaming.

serlex · 2 Mar 2007 at 11:29

I agree Beryl is pointless, it has some features which could be useful, but it eats battery too fast. KDE4 will come out this year, this is something to look forward to.