How many of you still use XP?

[Anusha]

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.

Most of the so called eye candy doesn't so any good. Even on Vista, I have disabled Animations, though I keep the others ON because the theme is just too perfect. Ubuntu has a retarded GUI. Smooth and more effects, but retarded.

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.

That's if you can find all the programs you need there. I had to waste like half a day just to get flash player installed at work! It sure came up on the database, and it said i installed fine too, but didn't work

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.

Why can't you log in as a "standard user" in Vista??? UAC + Standard User is as safe as it can get! U don't need to use a virus guard, if you have a little brain.

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.

U only have ubuntu forum for this? Windows has a zillion forums to get things sorted out and ask for others' help

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.

True that!

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.

OMFG! That's amazing

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).

Once in a while when Firefox gets bitchy and doesn't open a website, it's always good to have a backup browser

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.

OMG! I think you should upgrade your PC! Vista never slows down. I run it without shutting down, sometimes using hibernation for several days if I don't have a good reason to reboot. For example, I won't shut down the PC till next monday morning. The only time it slows down is just after a reboot when the superfetch kicks in.

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.

Argh! Install a new OS every 6 months?

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.

It's amazing how people always forget to mention the biggest down fall of non-Windows based OSes. GAMES!!!

Not to say Vista is great. It too has ugly behaviours, but much more usable than Ubuntu, and XP too (at least for me). It's not slow. It's just inconsistent at times.

 

[isuru143]

thanks everyone!!!@@@

 

[kepu]

STILL XP IS THE BEST I BELIEVE .... ALSO LIKE WINDOWS 7 INTERFACE
UBUNTU IS THE BEST OF ALL ( Open Source )

pc specs

Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
4GB 800mhz

 

[Anusha]

STILL XP IS THE BEST I BELIEVE .... ALSO LIKE WINDOWS 7 INTERFACE
UBUNTU IS THE BEST OF ALL ( Open Source )

pc specs

Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
4GB 800mhz

Waste of hardware! I'm sure you are on onboard VGA or some crappy VGA.
"Nariyek kiwwalu midi thiththai kiyala"

 

[vishankapraveen]

Vista eka tikak lasi nada

 

[Malinga]

STILL XP IS THE BEST I BELIEVE .... ALSO LIKE WINDOWS 7 INTERFACE
UBUNTU IS THE BEST OF ALL ( Open Source )

pc specs

Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
4GB 800mhz

eekath piliganna amarui. Ubuntu Open Source software atharin hondai kiyana eka. ethakota Fedora,Debian etc. gana adahasa kohoma da?

 

[nirockzzz]

me 2

 

[fallenzeraphine]

OK all of you, You cant compair Windows to Linux, Linux is Definitely More stable, More cuztomizable, and more secure than any version of Windows, that is Undisputed, but the thing is, Linux was very hard to use in the first days of its life, so little people adopted it at first, windows on the other hand was always noob friendly, thats the reason, and the only reason windows is more popular, so if you in to gaming you can almost forget using Linux for it, for anything else Linux is absolutely awesome, Remeber Ubuntu is Based one Debian Linux, there are only a hand full of Original Distributions

1. Debian Linux
2. Slackware Linux
3. Redhat AKA Fedora Coe
4. Gentoo Linux

Every other Distribution is Based on any one of these original Linux Distributions

 

[milindasenarath]

never tried Vista or 7... still stick with XP....

 

[coolgayathra]

xp or windows 98
easy
uncomplicated

 

[Bugs Bunny]

Vista and XP dekama thiyanawa
but Vista nam nikan DODOL wage maha chorayak Lassana witharai

 

[isharaharindrajith1993]

XP is best o\s

 

[shalini_fernando]

XP thamai SP2
vista danne na mage ram eka 250 nisa
windows 7 gena nan hithanne vath na
mata supurudu XP hondai

 

[G.R.E.A]

XP...coz im used to it...and i dont like changes with computer things

 

[coollifestyle4u]

Vista Awath Thatwat Noyekut OS awat..
Man nam Thamat Win XP..
Eka Kochchara Simple plan ekakda.

 

[kepu]

Waste of hardware! I'm sure you are on onboard VGA or some crappy VGA.
"Nariyek kiwwalu midi thiththai kiyala"

yes ..I don't care any game ... sooo why shud I go to separate VGA ?

My motherboard : Intel DG35EC

''' anika mata oney nehe hawagei ibbagei race eke wage ... hawek wenna '''

That's all

 

[kepu]

eekath piliganna amarui. Ubuntu Open Source software atharin hondai kiyana eka. ethakota Fedora,Debian etc. gana adahasa kohoma da?

machan Fedora hondai..but I like ubuntu's interface however....that's my choice !!

 

[urajdrlk]

Apith Xp....Vista walata maaru wenna baa baa wageee..........!!

 

[buddhika19]

XP is best

 

[aragon]

Api nam thama XP