Archive for the 'Vista vs. Linux' Category
Five ways Linux is better than Vista
Monday, October 1st, 2007A user or sysadmin posts about problems with a brand new Vista PC on a support forum. Within minutes, a "helpful" soul suggests a fix: "Install Linux!" Enthusiasts have always touted Linux as the best operating system, and they’ve become more strident and shrill since Vista’s launch. Despite Microsoft’s optimistic predictions and fervent proselytising, Vista [...]
Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007The prevailing wisdom about Linux on the desktop runs something like this: “I’ll believe Linux is ready for the desktop as soon as you can give me a Linux distribution that even my grandmother can run.” For some time, the folks at Ubuntu have been trying their best to make Granny — and most everyone [...]
Linux vs. Vista: How Does Security Stack Up?
Friday, February 16th, 2007…some computer security experts contend that Windows Vista offers little to make computing more secure. They suggest that rather than wait for a half-baked new Windows operating system, consumer and enterprise users would have far better security with Linux. "For the most part, the relatively slow response to Windows Vista is self inflicted. Vista has [...]
Windows Vista vs. Windows XP vs. Ubuntu Linux
Friday, February 16th, 2007While the Operating System of choice is still Microsoft, even Microsoft currently has a choice. MS Vista, the new kid on the block, has some promising features and definite sex appeal. What we at VL want to find out, does it have performance to match, or is it just a prettier more laden version of [...]
A Vista vs. Linux Matchup
Sunday, January 28th, 2007In this multi-part series, DesktopLinux.com columnist and operating system curmudgeon Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols pits Microsoft’s latest wares — Vista — against Linux’s fair haired boy — Ubuntu — to see how the pinnacle of commercial desktop operating systems stacks up against the free, community developed-Linux upstart.
Windows Vista vs. Linux vs. Leopard vs.Windows XP
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007Yup, it’s time for some serious Vista-kicking: in this article we’ll discuss the competition Windows Vista is getting this year and what are the odds for success or failure. Let me remind you first some of the ambitions Microsoft has concerning Windows Vista and what others should expect from it: MS hopes to have [...]
The Eternal Windows-Linux Battle: No Winner, Just Duopoly
Friday, January 19th, 2007“Vista is the best $6 billion I have ever spent” said Bill Gates at this year’s CES. Is that enough for Microsoft to finally defeat the open source threat? Definitely NOT. More than 10,000 people involved, more than $6 billion invested in research and testing for about 6 years (which makes it the most expensive [...]
A Windows Vista with XGL Desktop Instead of Aero?
Thursday, November 9th, 2006What exactly is Microsoft wining from its partnership (and possible future acquisition) with Novell?
Everybody knows today that the little Penguin just got a big hug from the big daddy, Microsoft. Novell was the lucky company to make its Linux distro available for interoperability with Windows, and to me, that was not a surprise. Actually, of [...]
The Evolving Windows Vs. Linux Battle
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006There’s a popular notion swirling around the high-tech sector that Microsoft’s dominant position in the industry and software bugs have customers scurrying for the cover of Linux.
This may be more of a myth than a notion, Gartner analyst John Enck said during a session comparing the two operating systems at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo here.
"We’re [...]
Linux vs. Windows Vista: Is There a Contest?
Thursday, October 12th, 2006We know we’ve said it before, but the answer to any question most often depends on whom you ask. Whether the bad press surrounding Windows Vista’s anti-piracy program will hurt Microsoft’s share of the OS market in favor of Linux is no exception.
On one side of the equation is the Linux enthusiast who says that [...]
