Windows 7 or KDE4?
Seen an interesting video made by ZDnet Australia showcasing some Australian people reaction when they see KDE4 (If you don’t know what is KDE its just a frontend to any common Linux Distribution – although in my personal opinion, I still prefer the more classic Gnome Look).
If you look at some KDE 4 and Windows 7 Beta screenshots (check WinSupersite to see some good reviews), you can see some similarities between them.
Windows 7 Beta
KDE 4
I’m not playing Devils Advocate here, but I think it’s pretty obvious. But does that matter? I don’t think so. I really hope to see a more solid Operation System by Microsoft with the release of this new Windows version. Vista was a bit bloated, it had too many things to the same things as XP but with worse performance. The only reason you should ever migrate from an updated SP3 Windows XP to Windows Vista is only new hardware support. Other then that I don’t really see the need to spend more money on an OS upgrade unless it ships with your new hardware.
But, what this video focus on is showing random people on the street, KDE4 running. Most people still don’t know Linux, don’t know it’s a free operating system, based on Open Source Software that can really meet most people standards and needs. How many people do you know that uses their computer to check the e-mail, see some videos, listen to some music or play the typical patient mini-game? Well I know a lot of them, and while I understand these people never heard about Linux, I think it’s time to show them that there are options to Windows, and some of them are Free, look good and work good.
Anyway… the movie. So they tell people that what they are showing them is actually Windows 7 and they buy it. They like it. It makes you wonder if Linux was named Windows Blah! more people wouldn’t actually use it?
Is it Windows 7 or KDE 4?
Found via: Download Squad
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Very good point there in that the average non gaming user hasn’t really got any excuse why they couldn’t use Linux. Well, aside from that people tend to use what they’re used to… There is of course the whole tediousness of the idea of using a “geeks only” OS that requires a lot of command prompt commands and such. Even when there are distro’s that have been planned to not require that.
The thing is, for me at least, Linux isn’t really an option as a main OS and at the moment I don’t have room for two PC’s running at the same time. Switching OS’s between usage seems a bit too much of a hassle to me as well.
I’ve used XP Pro for a long time already and like you said, there is hardly any point in going for Vista. Sure DX10 is nice, but hardly worth the price. On average XP is great. Sure it has a few flaws such as the silly limit to how much hardware you can swap before you need to reactivate, the constant rebooting requirement when installing core updates and over time it starts to degrade and have more issues. Compared to those, learning to use a “completely new” OS seems like a major undertaking =] (though it has been in my plans for quite a while to learn Linux)
I play a lot on my PC for now, and while I’m planning on slowly migrating to Xbox 360, I’d still keep playing on it as some games I like just aren’t going to be published on consoles. I’m sure using Vine or Cedega would cater for a lot of my gaming needs, but I’ve heard some bad comments on Linux media support and due to the low userbase the drivers still seem to be an issue. All this might of course be the direct result of first time Linux users running into problems and not having anyone to ask help from. Which ever might the reason be, I can’t say I find it tempting to struggle with such things.
Quite a dramatic change in layout by the way. Will take some getting used to after the darker one, but it’s good. Hasn’t quite got the personal touch the previous one did, but I would venture a guess it’s a work in progress still.
Oh, thanks for explaining the clickmap thing in the other comments.