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I found these two articles yesterday, and thought they would be a good read for the three people who stumble around here :)

The first one is a month old, and it’s an interesting view into 30 Days with Ubuntu Linux.

Brian Boyko, the reviewer, decides to take 30 days of exclusive use of Ubuntu at home for his desktop, under a set of clearly defined rules, and then wrote up a pretty comprehensive overview of his experience. He’s a “power user” (ugh, how I hate that term), who has the typical spotty knowledge of most of the breed; in depth knowledge in some areas, superficial knowledge in others, no knowledge in yet others…the typical user that drives admins like me crazy ’cause they think they know more than us lol!

He looks into the different areas that make the computer life of a power user, from installation of programs and configuration of the desktop to document management, multimedia and, of course, gaming. His conclusions are interesting and, for the most part, balanced.

I find that there are some things I just can’t do in Linux – notably, gaming and Photoshop. For me, these are two very important tasks. I also find that there’s much more that I can do in Linux that I can’t in Windows. I’m mostly referring to the vast levels of consumer-oriented free software - software that I often didn’t even know existed - whose equivalent often is price-prohibitive for most to obtain for Windows.

Then, the reason I found this article, was that I found Brian’s latest article, 30 Days with Windows Vista.

I have to say that…I laughed out loud more than once while reading this article. I haven’t used a MS OS in a regular basis in over 10 years now, and reading his trials and tribulations with the latest think to be barfed out by the Redmond criminal monopoly. And no, it’s not me talking about stuff I have no clue about, it’s what I would be saying had I been in his shoes during those 30 days. Besides, he isn’t charitable about it either lol! The first thing he says in his conclusions is pretty clear, IMNSHO.

The Bottom Line.

It’s a lemon.

I think that’s clear enough lol!

BTW, the site is *not* a linux-centric site, and Brian is not a linux zealot, as you can guess from some of the things he says in the Ubuntu article, so…I don’t think either of his reviews is biased, at least not beyond the “this works for me, this doesn’t work for me” bias that we all have. On the other hand, his editor quakes at the feet of Billy G. and his minions…the “Editor-in-Chief’s Note” at the end of the Vista article is one of the worse cover-your-ass-and-pray-MS-doesn’t-smack-you writings I’ve seen in a long time…chicken!

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