Windows 7 is enough to kill Linux on the desktop

[dragonbite]

If Microsoft had released Windows 7 instead of Vista there would have been no rise of Ubuntu or OSX.

Windows 7 is enough to kill Linux on the desktop - The Inquirer

In regards of look, a well-situation openSUSE installation with KDE 4 will look just as good or better and without the high hardware specs!

[conram]

Really? Is it equipped with f*a*r*t bombs enough to kill linux?

[ChildZ]

it's IMPOSSIBLE

[GofBorg]

> 'Windows 7 is enough to kill Linux on the desktop - The Inquirer'
> (http://tinyurl.com/7dyue7)

That's assuming Linux was ever on the desktop. At last count it
still hadn't cracked 5%. OSX was the winner of MS failure.
Windows 7 is fast I will say that, but it's very poor compared
to KDE/GNOME. As it is still in early beta, they do have time to correct
the artwork and usability. It's not going to kill anything, but I think
it will stop the trending away from Windows.

[dragonbite]

I just keep thinking that a hardware vendor selling notebooks with openSUSE (or SLED) installed running KDE 4 could go head-to-head with Windows and OS X.

[ken_yap]

Linux was never a serious threat to Windows on the desktop. In fact Vista's biggest enemy is XP. This is typical of MS, they spend squillions on development, and still manage to put out something half-baked that takes a few revisions to establish, usually when the hardware speeds have caught up. Essentially W7 is still Vista with its hardware requirements, but with a better UI. The Vista name is poison, so they had to come up with a new name.

Now on netbooks it's a different story. Acer and other manufacturers have been using Linux as a hardball bargaining chip to force MS to keep XP alive there. Much as MS hates to keep XP going, it missed the boat when netbooks came out and it's scrambling to claw back ground. Expect XP to be around for quite a while due to netbooks.

[conram]

Originally Posted by ken_yap

Linux was never a serious threat to Windows on the desktop. In fact Vista's biggest enemy is XP. This is typical of MS, they spend squillions on development, and still manage to put out something half-baked that takes a few revisions to establish, usually when the hardware speeds have caught up. Essentially W7 is still Vista with its hardware requirements, but with a better UI. The Vista name is poison, so they had to come up with a new name.

Now on netbooks it's a different story. Acer and other manufacturers have been using Linux as a hardball bargaining chip to force MS to keep XP alive there. Much as MS hates to keep XP going, it missed the boat when netbooks came out and it's scrambling to claw back ground. Expect XP to be around for quite a while due to netbooks.

His enemy is his own shadow.
On a side note, I just found a flier of dell in my mailbox at home:
Inspiron mini 9, Intel atom processor n270, mini os powered by ubuntu 8.04, 1gb memory, 4gb solid state drive, price $349.00 canadian. Not bad.
10-years ago I bought an intel celeron e-machine desktop with win 98 without a monitor for a thousand bucks Canadian dollar.

[BenderBendingRodriguez]

His review was completely unprofessional. Claiming Windows 7 is enough to kill Linux? He personally admitted that he used Ubuntu, what, is it the only distro there?? Ubuntu is used mostly by Linux newcomers and the reviewer looks like one. The title is just to make another flame war (although i didn't see any people defending Windows or Linux). Anyway, useless article...

[brucecadieux]

I have been using Linux on my desktop before Linux was supposedly ready for the desktop.

Oh wait a minute, the naysayers are still saying it isn't ready for the desktop.

Therefore, it can not be killed, as it isn't there.

[TheMask]

Well dudes, maybe you can help me on this one?
Please don´t leave me.

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Thanks for all help in advance!
-P.-