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Exactly right.
Yup, I was pleasantly surprised by Ubuntu 8.10...just installed it on a four-year-old XP box a few days ago: it runs better than Vista on my other PC and that new box has twice the speed and four times the memory if you include ReadyBoost. It's super easy to install new apps on the new 8.10 Ubuntu: it's now easier than Vista!

I'm an old Windows developer, and not a Linux fanboy: I'd rather see Windows stay dominant out of sheer self-interest. But, the objective truth is that you'll enjoy your computing experiences far more using the UNIX spinoffs, like Linux and OS 10.

Best kept secret about Ubuntu and Linux: thousands of ultra-cool first-rate free apps are available...check out KStars, OpenOffice, the GIMP, Blender, Xaos Fractal Generator, Python, Qt 4, games, music apps, video apps, ....

The Linux world is way cool!
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Congratulations!  Real World | 11/18/08
Thanks  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 11/18/08
Hi, I like my Vista and Other OS Systems  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  steve@... | 11/18/08
More user friendly...drives are ordered by letter, not name  Fred Fredrickson | 11/19/08
I disagree  UsersRevil | 11/24/08
Show Drive Letters (NT)  logicearth@... | 12/01/08
Windows 7  indrasarkar | 11/18/08
Exactly right.  pccoder28@... | 11/19/08
Best kept secrets...  UsersRevil | 11/24/08
Dont know Windows very well  bklooste | 12/02/08
Windows 7 out of date ?  The Management consultant | 12/02/08
Windows 7  moberlander | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  dakota863 | 11/18/08
Hi, Vista  Sonyia | 12/02/08
faster?  mrdt | 12/03/08
FUD? -nt  woongbin@... | 12/09/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  uptechi@... | 11/18/08
Thinking  pokendeye@... | 11/18/08
Crash and Intruder PROOF I can agree  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  Ken_SF | 11/18/08
Now I can agree with you on UPGRADES  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  IBKrusty | 11/18/08
THE SEARCH FEATURE == RIPOFF OF TRACKER!!  ardnivar | 11/18/08
"Search Feature" Can't be a ripoff of Linux  gypkap@... | 11/18/08
"Search Feature" is a ripoff of Linux  Dakota Duce | 11/18/08
Oh, great grammar master  Real World | 11/18/08
Irregardless?????  bigjohnt@... | 12/02/08
No, they didn't.  UsersRevil | 11/24/08
How do you rip off basic search functionality? (NT)  logicearth@... | 11/19/08
NEW?  brucewilliamporter@... | 11/18/08
It seems that the vast majority of replies...  Qbt | 11/18/08
I guess....  todbran@... | 11/18/08
And your made up figures are more accurate?  UsersRevil | 11/24/08
It's experience, not fear.  pccoder28@... | 11/19/08
Ubuntu??  bigjohnt@... | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  wizardgdog@... | 11/18/08
Pricing Now you ARE TALKING Thx  Sonyia | 12/02/08
Windows is Going the way of the ZIP,CPM,5"floppy  support@... | 11/18/08
Um...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 11/18/08
I play WAR game using Vista and LOVE it happy  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  techfix | 11/18/08
RE: Tired of whiners!!!  thetigger | 11/18/08
You tell them, I am with you we love VISTA  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  atari8bit@... | 11/18/08
I agree with you, I'm not scared eighter, GAMES ...  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Never make deep dives in shallow holes  pokendeye@... | 11/18/08
Don't confuse UI with OS!  pccoder28@... | 11/19/08
Well I have never heard of UI ... OS is all I have ever known  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: New policies make UAC less annoying  Pharaoh36706 | 11/19/08
Only applies to Enterprise/Ultimate?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 11/19/08
RE: Organized options for Windows Defender  Pharaoh36706 | 11/19/08
You can completely disable Defender  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 11/19/08
What, are looks everything to you....?  Raid6 | 11/19/08
good luck w/the book!  catseverywhere@... | 11/20/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  dyingkiller56 | 01/09/09

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