Try Ubuntu, it's the easiest to get into while still having all the customization of a typical Linux OS.Rainforce said:wtf microsoft, I'm so going linux by next year...
Windows8 on the pc isn't a closed platform. The only non API changes are a new UI and a shop THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE. All the windows installers work in the same way as win7. The Win8ARM is closed platform only to the same degree as Google play and the apple app store.Matthewmagic said:
while Ubuntu WAS a choice of mine some years ago, the recent changes/upgrade of the Gnome desktop as a whole and Ubuntu's new Unity thing are real turnoffs for me (no fan of the pseudo OSX style), which means I will probably go for Mint next.Waaghpowa said:Try Ubuntu, it's the easiest to get into while still having all the customization of a typical Linux OS.Rainforce said:wtf microsoft, I'm so going linux by next year...
I've already been running Ubuntu as my main os for years now, I've only had windows out of necessity as I'm a PC gamer, but you'd be surprised how many games run, and run well, in Wine. With the incoming support for linux from Valve for steam, and a lot of devs stating their distaste for windows 8, there's a good chance that a lot more linux support for games is on it's way.
A few of my friends have already started learning linux because of the problems with 8.
which is pretty interesting considering how the whole gnome thing was almost '12 as well...thesilentman said:
The hardware cycle on tablets/phones is much quicker than for PCs these days, so a new API is need much sooner on the ARM based machines. Its the same reason why IoS and android gets a new API on the same cycle. I doubt they are going to do same on the Win8x86 platform. Apple upgrades every 2 years or so on OS X. Seeing that OS X only accounts for 9% of the desktop market, I don't see Microsoft throwing out the most successful desktop sales model in favour of less popular one.Olrod said:
Though I do understand that some people don't like it, I don't understand how it's a problem. You can turn off unity entirely and revert to the older gnome ui style which I've done.Rainforce said:
Says the man who doesn't work in the corporate IT world. I work at an international company and while the field gets the latest greatest OS, we are still using Windows XP. Why you ask? I'm glad you asked that. It's because when you upgrade operating systems it often times means upgrading a lot of your IT and server infrastructure which costs a lot of money. We are stuck on XP at the moment because many of the infrastructure applications we use are not up to date because iterations of some point were major changes or substantially expensive. As you said, most of the important settings and files are stored in a central area, but compatibility is the biggest issue involving OS upgrades. If you update something on the server side, it may mean you have to update everyone in the system with new OS licenses. If you upgrade all the secondary and tertiary equipment, it means that they will have compatibility issues with with information on the servers.Fasckira said:
And that right there, assuming this is true, is where Microsoft has made a /major/ mistake. If they want to compete with Apple and Google on that, they have to at least /try/ to avoid fragmenting the market that badly. Android is currently on version 4.2, but there are few if any apps that actually require a version higher than 2.2. I don't have much experience with iOS, but I'd imagine it's got similar amounts of compatibility between app and OS versions.Fanghawk said:
I actually wonder if that's actually true. Maybe Microsoft realized they can make more money if developers focus on making games for their consoles rather than their Operating system, so they're basically trying to steer them towards console development.Mechalynx said:
Nah, I doubt that their major business is in consoles; not insigninficant, mind you, but most likely nowhere near the money they get from all the businesses that use Windows. Whatever reasoning they used for their new business model can't have much to do with video games.zehydra said:
Too true. If this news is correct I can barely imagine what that would mean for local government and entire school districts. Enterprise level organizations like school districts that buy CALs by the tens of thousands. They're all hurting for money as it is. There just might be a reckoning--a contractually obligated reckoning for Microsoft down the road.Baresark said:
Poacher XDthesilentman said:
