Windows 7 is growing on me. Doesn't feel good

JonJ678

JonJ678

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Have any other pro linux/anti microsoft people on here experienced this? A combination of failing to get matlab to behave under debian and wanting to use excel instead of calc lead to me installing 7 in virtualbox. Only a trial copy, but thought it was worth a look to see what all the fuss was about.

"Search programs and files" is yet to fail to locate the program I'm searching for, and the taskbar seems to have evolved into something useful. I also like the little arrow beside "microsoft word" in the start menu which provides shortcuts to recent documents. The gui seems more customisable than what I remember from XP as well.

I strongly suspect adopting it full time would swiftly remind me of why I left windows in the first place (I'd really miss bash for one thing), but I'm tempted to try it and see. I didn't expect that from Windows. Either I've been awake for so long that I'm no longer capable of coherent thought, or M$ have done something right this time around. I'd like to hear from anyone else who's found something similar, and encourage those of you who have been avoiding 7 out of (quite sensible and well founded) prejudice to give a trial copy a go.

Cheers
 
I've read a few articles about powershell, I get the impression it'll do most (possibly all) things I use bash for as long as I'm willing to learn lots more syntax. I probably will be in a few weeks, until then debian in virtualbox will do. I can't get sua to work, version 3.5 refuses to install and I can't find any others associated with windows 7. I'm testing Ultimate, if SUA is preinstalled I can't find it.

Gnome-do is rather good, I think I'll keep that one installed. Cheers JC. Gnome toolbars are working well enough as a dock for now.

The only real objection I have to calc is that it doesn't use colours for brackets whereas excel does. It sounds so minor, but it really does help when there's lots of brackets involved. I'm yet to find anything missing from writer relative to word, but my girlfriend complains that various secretarial things are missing from openoffice.
 
It doesn't seem to be preinstalled, though that did give me a link with which I am currently downloading it. Cheers
 
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