Windows 8: One OS to Rule Them All? (Can Microsoft tackle desktop and mobile with one OS?)

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21 posted on 12/13/2011 8:42:03 PM PST by Altariel (`)

To: ThunderSleeps

So in most ways that count, Ubuntu is already there, doing this, and it stinks. The basic OS is great, it is the UI that has problems.

IMHO, the UI/graphics (and drivers) has always been one of the biggest shortcomings of Linux compared to Windows.

22 posted on 12/13/2011 9:42:47 PM PST by MCH

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23 posted on 12/14/2011 4:55:54 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)

I've had good luck (recently) with drivers on Linux. By recently I mean in the last 4 - 5 years. Before that, yeah, it was very hit or miss. Last time I connected a new printer to my home network (Epson, a name brand) introducing it to Ubuntu took a few mouse clicks and it pulled down the driver from the net and was ready in less than 2 min or so. The (at that time) Win XP system needed the driver disk and lots of fumbling around to get it to recognize it. My wife's Mac (OS/X) still "loses" the handle on the printer from time to time and you have to delete it and re-install it all over again via a procedure that is the worst of the 3 systems. (manually enter raw IP addresses, guesses at queue names, then go and find a driver for it, etc.)

As for the UIs. Between work and home I end up using XP, Win7, Red Hat, and Ubuntu. Red Hat has KDE 3.x, Ubuntu was Gnome 2.x based until the Unity fiasco started. :-( Honestly, they're all pretty good UIs IMHO, some differences, but none stand out as being really great compared to the others. Unity is the most different, buggiest, and worst of the lot. Like I said, bad enough I'm going to switch OSes for no other reason than that. I could slap Gnome or KDE or another window manager on Ubuntu, but I'm just lazy enough to want to run my distro "out of the box" plus it is as good of an excuse as any to fool with Mepis again and a KDE 4.x UI, see how that works. Yes, I realize those reasons are somewhat contradictory. ;-)

25 posted on 12/14/2011 5:32:11 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)

To: Secret Agent Man

I believe there is.

I think the biggest risk is going with Arm and Intel/x86 based processors. How will the apps work between them? Will all apps have 3 different installs? one for each x64, x86, and Arm?

26 posted on 12/14/2011 8:59:59 AM PST by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)

27 posted on 12/14/2011 10:05:04 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)

I went back to windows 7. I tried 8 developer edition and it was REALLY annoying. Search feature is a huge step backwards.

28 posted on 12/14/2011 10:59:47 AM PST by dubie (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)

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