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Title: Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation (Excellent presentation!)
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Published: Dec 22, 2012
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Post Date: 2012-12-22 02:30:01 by James Deffenbach
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#38. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
I watched 11 minutes of it. If Windows 8 is really this bad then I would short the heck out of Microsoft. I use ubuntu linux and like it. I also use windows 7 and it isn't that bad for a microsoft product. I have got burned by viruses in the past due to microsoft's holes and I have to admit I truly do not like them. I only use windows in any way because of my work. That may change soon as I am hopefully going to start developing applications full time for Apple's iPhone, iPod and iPad.
To me, ubuntu jumped the shark with that new "Unity" interface they use. It well and truly sucks. I gave it a fair shot, used it for about two weeks and decided that's got to go. And I haven't regretted my decision.I use PCLinuxOS and when I get my Virtualbox, or when I learn what I need to know to use it (already have the app on my computer) I am thinking about also running Mageia 2. I guess there really aren't a lot of limits with virtualbox, you could use several different distros on it, just switch back and forth (without rebooting if my understanding of the way it works is correct). If that is true I may also give Gentoo and Slackware a go and see if I can use either of them--if I can use them I will change my user name to High Tech Redneck, ahaha.
I know some people don't like the unity interface, but I kind of like it. I like having more screen real-estate for the application I am using.
You are the first person I have seen say anything good about that Unity interface. As for room on your desktop, look at this: No messy uppy on the entire left side of my screen and I can make the icons so small you can barely see them or even completely hide them if I want to.
That is good, but you can hide the unity interface on the side by having it scroll out only when you need it, and you can also make the icons smaller on it. I will give PCLinux a try though and see which one I like better. Since the next version of Ubuntu is being made to work on a tablet, the Nexus 7 specifically, it is still going to be an important Linux distro despite the unity interface, which I have gotten use to now.
#43. To: RickyJ (#42)
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Well, I think you will like it but let me know either way. I have no monetary interest in it, just think it is a great distro--first Linux distro I tried that worked very well for me and while I did have some help with it, it wasn't a daunting task to try to learn how to use it. I actually first started using it at .92 if I remember correctly and that was several years ago now, around 2005 iirc. (The original release was in 2003). I just found this, thought it was pretty good.
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