How many of you still use XP?

[kasun.madhusanka]

Aye Machan Ehenam Vista Kiyala Ekak Haduwe ????

Uba kiyana ekath aththa. Vista wala improvements godak thiyenawa. ath competibility athin gaththoth XP thamai.

 

[icreations]

Aye Machan Ehenam Vista Kiyala Ekak Haduwe ????

he he eeka haduwe 7 walata kalin ne.. also

afterth Domination of Win 98 the Next milestone is XP
untill XP came

there were; Win 2000, Win Me...etc.. all were not that good

 

[dilrasan]

Still using XP....but with Vista theams....for fun......

 

[chamithal]

yeah... after 98 it's XP... it's even sold now ne... well, when it comes to windows Vista, yeah, it does have a lot of improvements... I do agree... but Microsoft left XP to stay in the market for too long tht it became so much familier not only to users but also for developers... I used 7 and ubuntu too.. ubuntu was nice but i didn't find it stable enough.. I mean.. the linux core is awesome but the UI... I like windows 7, yeah... but still sm apps aren't compatible... so moved to XP... anyway, vista reminds me of Windows ME... Still, Vista is better but it need more but gives less...

 

[jnuwan]

Xp is elakiri.mama 7 and vista dekama try karala apahu ava.mage pc aka upgrde karala 7 original avata passe danawa.denata xp niyamai.vista sucks.

 

[sachithmax]

XP sira ban/

 

[Malinga]

Aye Machan Ehenam Vista Kiyala Ekak Haduwe ????

Vista ochchara ikkamanata abavayata yanne ai kiyala oyaa hithuve nadda? moko Vista hadala tika davasakin ma Windows 7 kiyala OS ekak hadanna egollanta hithune kiyala?

e langa dee thamai hama software ekakama aluth version eka hamavitama parana version ekata vadaa honda venava kiyala apita piliganna bahane. ehema oonatharum versions thiyanava parana version ekata vadaa aluth version eka asarthaka vuna

 

[KHz]

Xp Rockz Vista Suckz
Donno about 7

 

[kasun.madhusanka]

Vista ochchara ikkamanata abavayata yanne ai kiyala oyaa hithuve nadda? moko Vista hadala tika davasakin ma Windows 7 kiyala OS ekak hadanna egollanta hithune kiyala?

e langa dee thamai hama software ekakama aluth version eka hamavitama parana version ekata vadaa honda venava kiyala apita piliganna bahane. ehema oonatharum versions thiyanava parana version ekata vadaa aluth version eka asarthaka vuna

Machan XP wala unicode pennanne nane. aka hadanna widiyak uba dannawada??

 

[rochel1977]

XP SP3

 

[chamithal]

Vista ochchara ikkamanata abavayata yanne ai kiyala oyaa hithuve nadda? moko Vista hadala tika davasakin ma Windows 7 kiyala OS ekak hadanna egollanta hithune kiyala?

e langa dee thamai hama software ekakama aluth version eka hamavitama parana version ekata vadaa honda venava kiyala apita piliganna bahane. ehema oonatharum versions thiyanava parana version ekata vadaa aluth version eka asarthaka vuna

well... Vista wala godak honda dewal thiyenawa ne? but still... I would love a hybrid of XP and Vista having the goodness of both... there comes 7... but still sm apps aren't compatible.. tht's all.. yet, the beta couldn't perform better than XP... Games, MATLAB, etc etc... XP still does the job better...

 

[Malinga]

1) Eye Candy
If I am completely honest, the biggest reason why I converted was the eye candy. Sure Windows Vista comes with lots of it, but it just isn’t as good. Ubuntu 7.04 comes with just a few of the effects seen a lot nowadays, these effects include the rotating cube desktop and wobbly windows, it just makes it much nicer to use. I have installed Beryl on my computer to give much more eye candy. I base a lot of my judgments on looks first, features later.

2) Easy to Install Applications
Installing new programs in Ubuntu is a doddle, far easier than in Windows, because there is one program that basically gives you access to most applications available to Ubuntu, simply click the program you want and it will install, you don’t need to accept agreements because its all open source so there is no need to click Next 20 times before the program is installed. Simply select the program and click OK, wallah! done.

3) Secure
In Windows Vista, to change a setting requires a ridiculous amount of dialog boxes and passwords, in Ubuntu, you are never logged in as an administrator (root), you are logged in as a simple user, you can change options that are only applicable to your user area but for changing options that affect the system you are required to input the administrator password, one dialog and you’re in, simple and secure. There is also the added bonus that there are very few viruses for Linux, I haven’t ever come across one yet so you can feel safe, imagine not having any virus protection software installed in Windows, there is no need for it in Linux, freedom from the threat of losing all your data.

4) Easy to change options
Ubuntu comes with a control panel but also comes with a menu next to the Applications menu where you simply select the thing you want to change, be it the Desktop background or the network settings. Everything on the windows that appear is simple and there are just the options you need so it is easy to change the options.

5) Community
The community behind Linux, especially Ubuntu is what attracts many people to the operating system. People in the Linux community are mainly ex-Windows users so they know what it feels like to be new to an operating system, so they are happy to help. Whenever I had and have a problem with Ubuntu I simply post on the Ubuntu forum and within minutes there are answers to the problems. I never got put on hold or had to phone up customer service and wait for hours if I had any problems.

6) Free
Everything about Ubuntu is free, the operating system (you can even have them send you a free copy of the operating system, they even pay the postage charges), the software installed is free (including all the software you can download) any help and support is free. The whole experience is 100% free, because it is open source. Open source means that you can distribute and even edit the code behind the program.

7) Simple Networking
The other day I was amazed with how easy it was to connect my Ubuntu laptop to my Windows XP PC. I simply plugged in my laptop to the network hub and it immediately connected with no problems, I didn’t even have to configure it.

8) Mozilla Firefox
OK, I know that you can use Firefox on Vista as well, but on Ubuntu, there is no Internet Explorer that keeps popping up and cant get rid of. Mozilla Firefox is the number one web browser (remember, my opinions).

9) Fast
Windows Vista is slow and takes up a lot of resources which means you need a pretty decent computer to run it, I know with my 1GHz computer with 512MB of RAM it was too slow to work with. Ubuntu is just fast, it doesn’t slow down in performance when it has been on for a couple of hours, it just keeps on going and everything opens literally a second after you click the icon, and closes when you click the X, with Windows Vista you have to wait for like 30 seconds before a program starts and try shutting down a program like Word 2007 or Visual Studio after using it for a couple of hours, it takes forever.

10) Updates
Ubuntu gets updated every 6 months, well as close as it can do, and whenever I turn my computer on there are updates for the programs installed. Compare that to Windows, how often does that get updated, well the 5 years between Windows XP and Vista sort of answers that question.

So there you go, my top 10 advantages of Ubuntu over Windows Vista. As you can probably see I am very much into Ubuntu so obviously I am going to make Windows Vista look really bad compared to it, but it didn’t take much work to do that, so what does that say? Windows Vista is for some people and good luck to them (or you, if that is you), but Ubuntu offers a worthy alternative for all. Please leave your comments, I would like to hear from you.

oya vage ekak daanakota source ekath danna mithraya eeka hondaine. man ahavvenum oyaage mathaya. e moko ithin apine meeva pavichchi karanne

http://thecomputingexpert.com/start/index.php/2007/07/05/10-advantages-of-ubuntu-over-vista/

1 ekata kiyanna thiyenne Windows 7 baluvoth koi vage da kiyala hithaganna puluvan.


2 eka sampurana varadi. moko software install kirimedi Ubuntu valata vadiya XP vala pahasuven karathahaki. eeka nodanna kenekuta vunath karaganna puluvan tharamata pahasui.

3 eka piligatha haki. habai Ubuntu thibuna kiyala fishing site ekakata yana eka navathinne nahane. virus ithin Windows tharum bahulava pathirenne nathi eka aththa.

4 ubuntu tharum apahasuvak nae samanaya user keneku Windows XP valadi settings change karanna.

5 eekath varadi. moko Ubuntu vala vitharak namai Microsoft valath e vidiye community ekak thiyanava. Microsoft site margayen ma godak prashanavalata visandum hoyaganna puluvan.

6 eeka piligannava. free eka thamai Ubuntu vala thiyana prabalama vaasiya. eeth apitanum ithin pirate software thiyana nisaa gataluvak nae

7 plug and play system eka ithin XP ha eeta pasuva aava OS valath thiyaavane. ekama OS eka athara Network kirimedi gatalu nae. e prashane gananum hariyata mata vistharayak kiyanna bae. moko man Ubuntu valin ho XP valin e deka athara network karanna try kale nae.

8 Firefox ithin hondata XP ho adala Windows version ekka vada karanavane. kisi gataluvak nae.

9 Fast eka athin Windows XP idiriyen innava Ubuntu valata vadiya.

10 XP num ithin hamadama update venava. habai e ithin security patch arava meeva thamai.


onna vaasi 10 sandaha pilithuru. dan menna XP ho Windows OS ekaka thiyana vasi tikak.


1 avashaya tharum software thibeema

2 games valata sahenna ihala sahayak dakveema

3 User Friendly baavaya vadi. e kiyanne samanaya danumak athi ayakuta pahasuven pavichchi kala hakai

4 Hardware sandaha vadi sahayoogayak dakveema



(Ubuntu vala honda gathi lakshana godak thiyanava. eeth habai eeka vadiya honda venne vadipura software pavichchi nokarana e vageema computer gana hondin danna Advanced user lata )

 

[Malinga]

Machan XP wala unicode pennanne nane. aka hadanna widiyak uba dannawada??

sinhala unicode da? anith unicode pennanavane. sinhala sandahanum ooka dammama hari

http://locallanguages.lk/OS_Support

 

[Malinga]

well... Vista wala godak honda dewal thiyenawa ne? but still... I would love a hybrid of XP and Vista having the goodness of both... there comes 7... but still sm apps aren't compatible.. tht's all.. yet, the beta couldn't perform better than XP... Games, MATLAB, etc etc... XP still does the job better...

ow Vista vala honda deeval thiyanava. eeth eeka performance athin samanya computer ekaka run karannata bari tharum durvala OS ekak. eeta amatharava eeke Visual Features thamaine vadi.

 

[kasun.madhusanka]

sinhala unicode da? anith unicode pennanavane. sinhala sandahanum ooka dammama hari

http://locallanguages.lk/OS_Support

Ow sinhala unicode thamai. tnx machan...

 

[fallenzeraphine]

Still using the good old XP, Microsoft Will never release a OS like it ever again i think, Vista is a total junk, Windows 7 is not much better than vista it self, maybe its a tiny bit faster but im not so sure, Im sticking with XP till it gets outdated and cant run the latest software and games no more.

 

[chu batta ayeth awa]

I am Using Windows 95

 

[fallenzeraphine]

Oh And I forgot to Mention Linux, I use LinuxMint and PCLinux OS, for most of the daily stuff, only use XP for games.

 

[chamithal]

Oh And I forgot to Mention Linux, I use LinuxMint and PCLinux OS, for most of the daily stuff, only use XP for games.

well, i hvnt used them but i hv used ubuntu... there are sm issues... i mean... sm times things go wild and behaves unpredictably... so gave up using it...

 

[Bloodlust]

I installed Win XP Pro 32bit on a little partition coz my Gadmei PT-218 TV card doesn't have drivers for Vista nor Win XP 64bit.

Vista's pretty, but I miss the ease of use, stability and speed of Win XP.