What did Vista do wrong and made you switch to Linux?
I could say two things, from observing other people around me who use Vista:
1. The annoying security thing. I saw that in several people’s laptops. There were pop-ups asking for the user password almost every time they tried to save something in their local working directory.
2. The sudden black screen for no apparent reason.
But I don’t know the whole story. I just saw two votes on the sidebar poll and got curious. What happened with your Windows Vista experience? How much better is your Linux experience? How do you compare both experiences?
Can someone humor me by answering my questions?
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7 opinions for What did Vista do wrong and made you switch to Linux?
Jim
Jul 3, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I went the other way. After using Linux almost exclusively for about 4 years, I loaded an upgrade copy of Vista I got with my laptop when I bought it 1 1/2 years ago. I liked Vista so much, I wiped my Linux distro off the computer, for now. I have found most of the bad mouthing about Vista is bull, much of it coming from people who haven’t even tried it. I have to wonder if it isn’t a matter of insecurity or wishful thinking that has perpetuated this belief. I haven’t given up on Linux, not by a long shot. When the latest version of PCLinuxOS is out, I’ll repartition my harddrive and dual boot again. But I am very happy with Vista.
dar
Jul 3, 2008 at 5:45 pm
-bought a vista-burdened toshiba laptop& it took 2hrs[!] to set itself up…sans any updates
-ubuntu took 20min.
–>seems to me anyone who uses vista must be catholic:they enjoy the 3 ‘P’s: prayer&penance&punishment
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Clair
Jul 6, 2008 at 8:41 am
Hi, Jim :) Thanks for sharing your insights. I’ve never tried Vista but my co-workers are. I do know of others who switched to Linux after using Vista as well. In any case, I am glad you’re comfortable with the change you did. Let us know when you go back to Linux and why. ;)
Hi, dar :) That’s one of the things I am not quite happy about when installing Windows. It takes a lot of time. However, others may argue that configuring stuff in Linux takes more patience. What do you think?
dar
Jul 6, 2008 at 10:41 am
Golly,pof Clair,
“configuring stuff in Linux takes more patience” may be true in rare instances [as You know], but for most things linux beats m$ hands down in ease of installation,stability&reliability, freeing up time for wading thru alerts:
100 emails under xp was too much,while 200 using ubuntu is ‘manageable’ cuz there’s no OS tantrums or nagging.
Lowell
Jul 7, 2008 at 4:26 pm
“What did Vista do wrong and made you switch to Linux?”
Absolutely nothing. I switched from the Mac OS.
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