Your average modern Linux user has probably grabbed their own ISO, burned a disc and installed the operating system themselves. I imagine their capacity to figure out a GUI is far higher (although I don't necessarily equate this to being 'smarter')
Windows 8 Adoption Poor
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Linux users seem able to cope better with new things/changes etc and act more mature in my experience ,personally I went over to Linux late but find it very enjoyable to use,especially with the wide range of distro's available.
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Don't get me wrong you can find that with users on both sides of the fence(more on Windows side however).
The beauty of Linux is you can choose which Linux Distro you like (as you know there are many) and also customise it far more then you can with Windows , most Linux users are happy doing that and in general more adaptable then your Window user,throw in its free is just icing on the cake.
I only use win 7 for games everything else I use Ubuntu or Linux, my phone\tablet is android my Nas in Linux.
Waiting now for Ubuntu touch to come out.
I started using Windows 8 a few months ago, personally I've really enjoyed using it and can't really understand the criticism about the Metro UI. I use Start Is Back which boots me straight into desktop mode. I've found it useful to assign the Windows Key to show the Metro UI, the search function is great for finding specific programs. I have three monitors and the support in Windows has been absolutely seamless I haven't suffered any issues and the set up process is beyond easy.
All hail Windows!
All hail Windows!
You had to assign it to do that? That's the default function in a vanilla install of Windows 8
You have Windows key on keyboard for that or move your mouse to left bottom corner for Metro Start UI to pop up then click and even Metro Start on Charms bar when on old desktop UI.
I do like flicking my mouse cursor to bottom left corner to go to Metro which seems so natural to me now,don't really know what all the fuss is about with all the third party Start Mods ,not needed IMHO,same for boot to desktop ie only takes less then a second to go between either old desktop or Metro Start UI which I do everyday.
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I'm sort of similar ie have android 10.1" tablet and smartphone,Win8 Samsung laptop with Nvidia 650m chip,Win8 main gaming desktop PC,Win8/Ubuntu dual boot backup PC and last Linux Mint 13 LTS on my oldest PC.
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You had to assign it to do that? That's the default function in a vanilla install of Windows 8
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I just installed Windows 8 on a 10 year old machine.
Half a gig memory and 1 single core but windows loads up fast and uses 400 meg. I thought that was alright even though XP could load and only use 100 meg.
I used the £25 offer so this was the cheapest setup for someone who just wants to browse their camera photos on a big screen
On the other hand I'm sitting here looking at win8 task manager while browsing the internet and its used up 12 gig. Seems to do both extremes and theres never enough memory for it. Needs a slimfast button
My sister tells me in their office they hate win8 because its so confusing.
I mentioned it just needs a little utility to fix it but of course this is never done by your average user.
So they extremely dislike all this pop up stuff and how they have to take an hour to relearn how to open even a document to the point they would rather switch off the machine and use an old windows copy elsewhere
Again a little button, revert or whatever you want to call it. Win7 mode, it would take MS no time at all to include that.
Half a gig memory and 1 single core but windows loads up fast and uses 400 meg. I thought that was alright even though XP could load and only use 100 meg.
I used the £25 offer so this was the cheapest setup for someone who just wants to browse their camera photos on a big screen
On the other hand I'm sitting here looking at win8 task manager while browsing the internet and its used up 12 gig. Seems to do both extremes and theres never enough memory for it. Needs a slimfast button
My sister tells me in their office they hate win8 because its so confusing.
I mentioned it just needs a little utility to fix it but of course this is never done by your average user.
So they extremely dislike all this pop up stuff and how they have to take an hour to relearn how to open even a document to the point they would rather switch off the machine and use an old windows copy elsewhere
Again a little button, revert or whatever you want to call it. Win7 mode, it would take MS no time at all to include that.
I only ever use metro when the screen is off if that makes any sense. Because its a few keystrokes to load anything, the mouse is slower. No need to assign win key to metro, win+Q or many other combos should probably still work
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I've been using Windows 8 since before its launch, and now I'm finding Windows 7 like I find Windows XP ; Painful to use.
Just simple things. I don't like having to go into msconfig to change start up applications, rather do it in task manager with it showing me the impact etc.
Still not perfect, using metro apps with keyboard and mouse still has me wanting to jab my monitor like I do my Vivobook and Surface.
Just simple things. I don't like having to go into msconfig to change start up applications, rather do it in task manager with it showing me the impact etc.
Still not perfect, using metro apps with keyboard and mouse still has me wanting to jab my monitor like I do my Vivobook and Surface.
It's known as caching. Empty RAM is a waste.
They did this in vista and then dropped it in windows 7 as it never did anything useful.
Run for the hills while you can
You should give a running commentary.
Day 53. I am still unable to find the shutdown button, am contemplating suicide.