Comments on: Windows 7 or KDE4? http://www.paintbits.com/software/windows-7-or-kde4/ Life in Colors Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:57:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Providus http://www.paintbits.com/software/windows-7-or-kde4/#comment-2084 Providus Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:23:18 +0000 http://www.paintbits.com/?p=2468#comment-2084 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. 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.

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