I have to agree with the other commenter's - Amazon Search is more likely a plus for Microsoft than for Ubuntu. My first experience with it was installing 12.10 on a customer's laptop. I needed to get to the terminal, so I started typing in Dash. All I got were several books available on seemingly related topics available to buy. What the freak!! I don't need retail suggestions when searching for programs that should be on the computer! Next thing I did was uninstall that completely ludicrous lens! I'm all for convincing people to switch from Microshaft to Linux, but lets stop taking marketing strategy from politicians and be truthful instead!
There are more than enough reasons to switch to Linux than easier Amazon searching! Oh, and that customer's laptop? Has Fedora 17 on it. Wiped the Ubuntu install, which had issues with their HP laptop. Fedora runs beautifully. Was easier to install than Vista (which it came with) or 7 - other, good & realistic reason to switch...
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I've been on the M$ side of things since its carnation... yes, there have been bumps in the road as for every OS. It's possible to use any OS for free... nuff said. My interest in ubuntu (any linux OS) is that it is a convertible, the footprint is small and it can do the same things as with any other OS,
Apple and M$ has a marketing agenda whereas linux has none.
Let's see if an Apple or M$ can mimick another OS. I am a programmer and I am just interested how it is accomplished. I am interested in the lastest & greatest techniques of how apps are developed and there have been many techniques which have come and gone,,, and good ol' linux using the same old tools which can do the same and/or more.
An OS or the flavor is not that important, granted for noobs it is (getting it to work with their hardware), but an OS which is really free just ought to be explored and if it can help those who cannot shell out the bucks, let's try to delivery an experience which is on par as any other OS and learn from those who done it without any agenda.
Within itself an app (OS) has to satisfy the user using it.
Apple and M$ has a marketing agenda whereas linux has none.
Let's see if an Apple or M$ can mimick another OS. I am a programmer and I am just interested how it is accomplished. I am interested in the lastest & greatest techniques of how apps are developed and there have been many techniques which have come and gone,,, and good ol' linux using the same old tools which can do the same and/or more.
An OS or the flavor is not that important, granted for noobs it is (getting it to work with their hardware), but an OS which is really free just ought to be explored and if it can help those who cannot shell out the bucks, let's try to delivery an experience which is on par as any other OS and learn from those who done it without any agenda.
Within itself an app (OS) has to satisfy the user using it.
Sorry but I just don't agree with this article. I love Ubuntu. I love Windows 8. I have both of them installed on my computer. Your points of "blowing windows away" are bad. Amazon Search? Really? Like I can't do that from my browser, or even the site itself?
Gradual change in UI? HA - Good one
"Ease of app installation" - Ubuntu has had that package manager in every version I've ever used. Windows has not. They have to start somewhere, then build up from there. Also it's not meant to have programs in the same way as Ubuntu, being that the programs in there have specific design requirements and have to be re-written from scratch in some cases.
Having gone from 10.10 to 12.10, that is a HUGE jump, and not a nice one either (in my opinion anyway). Similar in comparison from going from Windows 7 to Windows 8... Just not as drastic.
Gradual change in UI? HA - Good one
"Ease of app installation" - Ubuntu has had that package manager in every version I've ever used. Windows has not. They have to start somewhere, then build up from there. Also it's not meant to have programs in the same way as Ubuntu, being that the programs in there have specific design requirements and have to be re-written from scratch in some cases.
Having gone from 10.10 to 12.10, that is a HUGE jump, and not a nice one either (in my opinion anyway). Similar in comparison from going from Windows 7 to Windows 8... Just not as drastic.
what i really don't need, is that all i do is shared with the net. so excuse me, i will not update from 12.4 to 12.10.
i don't need dropbox or ubuntu one, i have usb-sticks. i don't want, that everything i type is logged by amazone - if i want to search amazon i just open my google bookmark, otherwise i go to ebay or else for shopping. i don't want to sponsor ubuntu by selling my data to amazone. an other thing i noticed: some time ago (weeks) on the software center occurred a change. the front-page with proposed new software has pilled up with pay-software - it used to be freeware. has the money-making app-hype arrived in utopia? seems so. i'm just a user, not a developer and don't have to live on selling software, but linux seemed to be the free-mans-paradise, with a communist touch - everybody working together for a better future. now it's becoming paradise lost.
i don't need dropbox or ubuntu one, i have usb-sticks. i don't want, that everything i type is logged by amazone - if i want to search amazon i just open my google bookmark, otherwise i go to ebay or else for shopping. i don't want to sponsor ubuntu by selling my data to amazone. an other thing i noticed: some time ago (weeks) on the software center occurred a change. the front-page with proposed new software has pilled up with pay-software - it used to be freeware. has the money-making app-hype arrived in utopia? seems so. i'm just a user, not a developer and don't have to live on selling software, but linux seemed to be the free-mans-paradise, with a communist touch - everybody working together for a better future. now it's becoming paradise lost.
i use ubuntu on a daily basis and have learned that its pretty buggy. If i can compare it to osx I would say that osx is much better for a web development environment because of all the amazing apps that exist on osx. Ubuntu might end up being amazing in the future but its going to take time by users adding more apps and having it be more stable. As far as windows goes i'm surprised their still not using a unix foundation. That whole c:/ crap has to go
If you can file a bug report, you can become a part of the process and help get it fixed ... with FOSS, you can have a direct impact on making it better.
Sorry, but I am having real difficulty trying to keep from laughing after reading this article. Amazon Search is one of the ten reasons it is better than Windows 8. Seriously????
1.Amazon search : Where is that an improvement ? Privacy intrusion is an improvement ? What if I don't want commercials ? To me, and many others from OS world, it is a great error to include amazon in Ubuntu.
2.Dash previews : hum, have you ever used Windows ? file previews in explorer exists since XP...
3.Interface based on efficiency : What you found efficient in Unity, wasn't that efficient for many, many people. Linux Torvalds included. Same as Windows 8 modern UI, some love it, others hate it.
4.Remote login : It also exposes your external accounts to anybody who gets access to your laptop. It could be your lil bro... or a thief who just stoled your computer ! Combine this with a weak password, and you get the picture. Better use a RDP client once logged into your account.
5.Integrated web service : ever heard of gadgets ? Ever heard of active tiles ?
6.Ease of app installation : before commenting on Windows 8 store, you must know that it was done so that people could only install metro app from the store... Pretty much like the apple or android store. I hate that, many do. Also, you might find this wonderfully useful, but try installing something that's not in the repo. You'll get confronted to the old dependency hell, something that doesn't exist in Windows.
7.Remembering how funny it was to read linux zealots arguing, I really doubt you could qualify the Unity/Gnome 3 ui change as "gradual". Really, lol.
8.Same interface from server to tablet : well, that's the point. That's what you don't have a start menu in Windows 8 anymore... In which remote country have you been living ? Have you EVEN tried Windows 8 ?!! Also, for desktop use, server kernel isn't really optimal. Though Linus thinks it is, Con Kolivas doesn't, and he proves it. Learn about the great story behind the Brain F*ck Scheduler (BFS).
9.Performance boost : Windows 8 has great kernel optimisation... You can't see it if you haven't tried it...
10.Share Links file sharing : ...ever heard of Skydrive ?
Sorry, but when you want to compare two things, you need to have basic knowledge, no deep knowledge of what you're comparing. Your article just shows how undocumented and ignorant you're about Windows, and even Linux. If I was Torvalds, I would have long told you "you're a moron, you better go die somewhere alone".
And finally this : "I fully believe this will be the release that opens the eyes of the public at large to Ubuntu"
That's what is said at each Ubuntu release, yet another proof of how much of a linux zealot you are...
2.Dash previews : hum, have you ever used Windows ? file previews in explorer exists since XP...
3.Interface based on efficiency : What you found efficient in Unity, wasn't that efficient for many, many people. Linux Torvalds included. Same as Windows 8 modern UI, some love it, others hate it.
4.Remote login : It also exposes your external accounts to anybody who gets access to your laptop. It could be your lil bro... or a thief who just stoled your computer ! Combine this with a weak password, and you get the picture. Better use a RDP client once logged into your account.
5.Integrated web service : ever heard of gadgets ? Ever heard of active tiles ?
6.Ease of app installation : before commenting on Windows 8 store, you must know that it was done so that people could only install metro app from the store... Pretty much like the apple or android store. I hate that, many do. Also, you might find this wonderfully useful, but try installing something that's not in the repo. You'll get confronted to the old dependency hell, something that doesn't exist in Windows.
7.Remembering how funny it was to read linux zealots arguing, I really doubt you could qualify the Unity/Gnome 3 ui change as "gradual". Really, lol.
8.Same interface from server to tablet : well, that's the point. That's what you don't have a start menu in Windows 8 anymore... In which remote country have you been living ? Have you EVEN tried Windows 8 ?!! Also, for desktop use, server kernel isn't really optimal. Though Linus thinks it is, Con Kolivas doesn't, and he proves it. Learn about the great story behind the Brain F*ck Scheduler (BFS).
9.Performance boost : Windows 8 has great kernel optimisation... You can't see it if you haven't tried it...
10.Share Links file sharing : ...ever heard of Skydrive ?
Sorry, but when you want to compare two things, you need to have basic knowledge, no deep knowledge of what you're comparing. Your article just shows how undocumented and ignorant you're about Windows, and even Linux. If I was Torvalds, I would have long told you "you're a moron, you better go die somewhere alone".
And finally this : "I fully believe this will be the release that opens the eyes of the public at large to Ubuntu"
That's what is said at each Ubuntu release, yet another proof of how much of a linux zealot you are...
I upgraded to Windows 8 then took it off and went back to Windows 7. I then decided to try Ubuntu. I'm new to Ubuntu but familiar with the old DOS terminal command line which helped me navigate Ubuntu directories and install software. I was impressed with the server capabilities and being able to use Ubuntu as a back up machine, video streaming device or web host. I like being able to access the Ubuntu server on my desktop through a web browser on my laptop and copying files over the LAN. I'm learning PHP and Javascript so it allows me to build applications locally then move those applications to the internet provider saving me time and bandwidth. I know a lot of these features are free or available on the Windows 8 platform but I just hate the new Windows 8 GUI which drove me to Ubuntu. In my opinion, Ubuntu 12.10 is an awesome FREE operating system and server but it's not for everyone just as Windows 8 isn't for everyone.
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