The year GNOMES, Ubuntu sufferers forked off to Mint Linux

Re:The year GNOMES, Ubuntu sufferers forked off to Mint Linux by jiggy2011 on Sunday December 30, 2012 @09:01AM (#4985700)

Well, it's been said before but one of the biggest advantages of Linux as a desktop OS is the ability to easily and cleanly switch windowing environments.

I guess there are plenty of Windows 8 users who would love to be able to fire up powershell and type give-me-my-old-desktop-back and have the computer do that.

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Re:The year GNOMES, Ubuntu sufferers forked off to Mint Linux by meaty on Sunday December 30, 2012 @09:57AM (#4985824)

We already do that on windows 8. We put windows 7 on the machine again. Every vendor who ship kit to us are still shipping windows 7.

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Re:The year GNOMES, Ubuntu sufferers forked off to Mint Linux by w1ntermute on Sunday December 30, 2012 @10:36AM (#4985945)

Let's be honest, even you know that's not anywhere near the same thing as being able to replace the UI on Windows 8, nor is it a long term solution.

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Re:The year GNOMES, Ubuntu sufferers forked off to Mint Linux by meaty on Sunday December 30, 2012 @10:43AM (#4985976)

Agree, but It's good until 2020 I.e end of support. The world may be a different place then so we'll deal with it later.

I really don't see an uptake of windows 8 yet on our financial app so I think everyone else is on the same path.

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Re:The year GNOMES, Ubuntu sufferers forked off to Mint Linux by jiggy2011 on Sunday December 30, 2012 @11:21AM (#4986121)

True, but then you have to go back one version for your entire OS.

With Linux I can still run a 3.2.x kernel along with a different WM like XFCE , Fluxbox or XMonad.

This is especially nice because you can buy a $99 ebay laptop and convert it into a useful machine without being stuck with Windows XP.

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