Re:Windows 8 may drive me to Linux
by nextparadigms on Thursday March 22, 2012 @12:22AM
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Either they were already considering making the switch, and the Windows 8 is not good enough to keep them on Windows, or they like to have the latest features in an OS - to have the most modern one, so then Windows 7 will not be good enough for them in the coming years, and since they don't like Windows 8, they decide to switch to Linux.
Personally, I'll keep Windows 7 for a little while longer. Definitely not going to use Windows 8, and I'm going to make my decision in a few years to what platform I'll switch , probably Ubuntu or Android if it becomes mature enough, and on the 64-bit ARMv8 architecture - 2014-2015 time-frame with the latest hardware. If Windows 9 looks like 8, I won't use it.
Well people actually won't be able to safely continue to use XP because Microsoft will soon stop supporting it (in 2 years).
"... all the linux users are going to switch to windows because they hate change."
Where the hell did you get this from? Made me lol.
it seems to be a common part of the unity haters' rants lately.
I've heard of them saying they'll change to Debian or other flavours, occasionally macs, but not one said they'll go back to windows.
there's more to linux than ubuntu with unity
yeah, but the people who write blog entries 'threatening' to switch all tend to be using unity or gnome-shell, or else threatening to switch to one of those two.
Re:Windows 8 may drive me to Linux
by michaelcampbell on Thursday March 22, 2012 @09:48PM
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But to Windows? Can you point out a few of these; I've yet to see one.
if people want to keep using XP because that's what they're used to, they should just keep using XP. if people want to keep using gnome 2.x, they should keep using gnome 2.x. software changes. all these new user interfaces that the OS manufacturers are experimenting with to stay relevant in the iPad age are interesting and will surely evolve into something useful, even if they do currently have some major flaws. i wish people would just give them a chance.