Vista Launch Good for Desktop Linux?

Sensible Clod writes "XYZ Computing has an article hypothesizing that the arrival of Windows Vista may be a big opportunity for Linux to make headway on the desktop. Massive feature cutbacks for Vista as well as huge hardware requirements are cited as major factors. From the article: 'As the time gets closer and closer to the public debut of Vista the operating system seems to be constantly losing the luster which was associated with Longhorn...Whether it's the lack of a new file system or the Monad scripting shell, the absence of innovation in this operating system is giving it a black eye'. The article then shows the need for action to be taken to get Linux onto the computers in stores (display models!), and pinpoints a few important improvements Linux distros in general need to make. Very interesting read, and timely."

Dupe!! It's a DUPE!

[Spackler]

This story was posted in 1995, 1998, 2000 and 2003. It is a dupe. Nothing to see here.

Re:This is what amazes me

[Adelbert]

I think sometimes everyone is a sheep

If that's what you think, then so do I!

Re:How to tell if you are...a miracle worker?

[thc69]

1. You rejuvenate and dance when you hear a windows flaw exposed

If that was possible and true, then the large demographic of people worried about their age would be begging for each version of Windows to be more insecure than the last...

Re:Dupe!! It's a DUPE!

[Anonymous Coward]

This reply has never been posted before. Check that out!

Just Change Terms a Bit?

[Mateo_LeFou]

Linux advocates - "Free as in Freedom"

Legally downloaded audio/video file disclaimer - "Not Compatible with Freedom"

Windows Vista box sticker - "100% Freedom-free!"

*sigh...

Re:Minor point

[markov_chain]

What the hell do 99.999999% of potential customers want with "monad" and "a new file system"

Hey, now. Without the new monad shell, they will be alienating all the Haskell users out there!

Re:This is what amazes me

[shreevatsa]

1) Driver Support: Maybe what you say is true, but my personal experience has been otherwise -- Linux picked up all my hardware automatically, while Windows (XP) didn't.

2)Hey, there are enough games on Linux already! Doom3, Counterstrike, and um, a few others work on Linux. And besides,

A master programmer passed a novice programmer one day. The master noted the novice's preoccupation with a hand-held computer game. ``Excuse me,'' he said, ``may I examine it?''
The novice bolted to attention and handed the device to the master.
``I see that the device claims to have three levels of play: Easy, Medium and Hard,'' said the master. ``Yet every such device has another level of play, where the device seeks not to conquer the human, nor to be conquered by the human.''
``Pray, great master,'' implored the novice, ``how does one find this mysterious settings?''
The master dropped the device to the ground and crushed it underfoot. And suddenly the novice was enlightened.
-- The Tao of Programming, 8.2

:)
3) Openoffice, Kword, Abiword, antiword... all open Word files. The reason most Linux users hate to receive Word attachments is a philosophy thing, not that they can't open them.

V. I. S. T. A.

[Anonymous Coward]

Vista is everything the average user wants.

Viruses
Insecurities
Spyware
Trojans
Adware

Re:How to tell if you are a linux fanatic.

[Anonymous Coward]

38. You are easily trolled by a 4 year old copied-and-pasted snippet.

Re:Minor point

[Sfing_ter]

But, without Monads it'll just be Eunuchs.