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Story: Windows 7 v Ubuntu 9.10: an illustrated guide

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KUBUNTU!

Hi,

Although I think that this is a nice high-level view of Ubuntu v Windows 7. As soon as a user tries Ubuntu, in my experience; they think it is more Windows 95/ME/2k than Windows XP leaving out of the equation the glitz and glammer of aero in Vista and 7. Aero Peek is a fantastic feature as are many other things in Windows7. It really is a major step forward for Microsoft.

As mentioned in other articles people didnt like WinXP when it was first launched; I was included in that group of people. XP built on Windows2000 so generally the drivers were available. Vista had the problem of making many more changes to the UI (from XP to Vista) than XP did (from Windows 2000 to XP) AND it had poor driver support creating much more frustration in trying to get things working while struggling with a new interface.

This is a problem for Linux adoption; Linux had its best chance with Vista; but the glitz of Vista wasnt ready in Linux at the time; GNOME looks old; although it is efficient and very usable; it just doesn't get users to go WOW.

KDE4.3 however has the glamour of MAC OSX and Windows 7. Please Please Please do a comparison of Kubuntu v Windows 7.

Kubuntu looks more modern, prettier and cleaner, its still efficient and looks great out of the box (without having wobbly windows overkill) and there are all those extra effects lurking to be turned on if you want them

R

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