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I’m using openSUSE as OS. Recently I saw windows 7 and my impression is that it seemed to be a ripoff. It felt suspiciously very much like KDE4 for Linux.

Has anyone else tried windows 7?

I’m using openSUSE as OS. Recently I saw windows 7 and my impression is that it seemed to be a ripoff. It felt suspiciously very much like KDE4 for Linux.

Has anyone else tried windows 7?

Not yet, but I seem to remember that initial impressions of Vista was that it was a ‘Mac OSX rip-off’.  There is a common theme here….

Myles

Yes - poor implementations that look a lot like non-poor implementations created by other companies.

:D

I’ve been running win7rc1 since it was released and have had Zero problems.  I even pre-ordered the full version—I’ve *never* paid for an OS before.

IMO the its best running Desktop OS (by MS—not going to bring in the Mac people into the discussion) since Win2kPro.

I’ve not used KDE4, and I’ve used OSX very little (again, not going there)... but I use Gnome somewhat frequently, so yeah, there are some similarities going on… but seriously… we are all a bunch of web developers who quite often mimic what other people have already done… we can’t bash anyone else for doing the same thing.

Plus, I would have to say that I beat the crap out of this install as well…. installed on a 100GB hard drive that throws SMART errors (and only 8GB free right now, I play Crysis with it on occasion (yes, on High settings [4gb system ram and Raedeon 4850 w 1GB ram), oh and running triple monitors…

Funny thing is…. I could say the exact same thing about Ubuntu.  3 years ago.

Myles

Funny thing is…. I could say the exact same thing about Ubuntu.  3 years ago.

Myles

I thought ubuntu was using gnome..?

I’ve been running win7rc1 since it was released and have had Zero problems.  I even pre-ordered the full version—I’ve *never* paid for an OS before.

IMO the its best running Desktop OS (by MS—not going to bring in the Mac people into the discussion) since Win2kPro.

I’ve not used KDE4, and I’ve used OSX very little (again, not going there)... but I use Gnome somewhat frequently, so yeah, there are some similarities going on… but seriously… we are all a bunch of web developers who quite often mimic what other people have already done… we can’t bash anyone else for doing the same thing.

Plus, I would have to say that I beat the crap out of this install as well…. installed on a 100GB hard drive that throws SMART errors (and only 8GB free right now, I play Crysis with it on occasion (yes, on High settings [4gb system ram and Raedeon 4850 w 1GB ram), oh and running triple monitors…

You’re right, I don’t think theres going to be much of an uppset among webdesigners. But isn’t many viruses(windows) very much a result of how folks feel about Microsoft. What verdict will fall upon Microsoft now when they “steal” KDE4..?

I’ve been running win7rc1 since it was released and have had Zero problems.  I even pre-ordered the full version—I’ve *never* paid for an OS before.

IMO the its best running Desktop OS (by MS—not going to bring in the Mac people into the discussion) since Win2kPro.

I’ve not used KDE4, and I’ve used OSX very little (again, not going there)... but I use Gnome somewhat frequently, so yeah, there are some similarities going on… but seriously… we are all a bunch of web developers who quite often mimic what other people have already done… we can’t bash anyone else for doing the same thing.

Plus, I would have to say that I beat the crap out of this install as well…. installed on a 100GB hard drive that throws SMART errors (and only 8GB free right now, I play Crysis with it on occasion (yes, on High settings [4gb system ram and Raedeon 4850 w 1GB ram), oh and running triple monitors…

You’re right, I don’t think theres going to be much of an uppset among webdesigners. But isn’t many viruses(windows) very much a result of how folks feel about Microsoft. What verdict will fall upon Microsoft now when they “steal” KDE4..?

Nobody cares since nobody uses KDE or Gnome 😛

Lies! 😉

n0xie@tinkywinky:~$ gnome-about --version | cut -d " " -f 1,3
GNOME 2.26.1

@noxie, I’m wondering why you have a computer named “tinkywinky”. 😛

I also have lala, dipsy and po 😉

I’ve been running win7rc1 since it was released and have had Zero problems.  I even pre-ordered the full version—I’ve *never* paid for an OS before.

IMO the its best running Desktop OS (by MS—not going to bring in the Mac people into the discussion) since Win2kPro.

I’ve not used KDE4, and I’ve used OSX very little (again, not going there)... but I use Gnome somewhat frequently, so yeah, there are some similarities going on… but seriously… we are all a bunch of web developers who quite often mimic what other people have already done… we can’t bash anyone else for doing the same thing.

Plus, I would have to say that I beat the crap out of this install as well…. installed on a 100GB hard drive that throws SMART errors (and only 8GB free right now, I play Crysis with it on occasion (yes, on High settings [4gb system ram and Raedeon 4850 w 1GB ram), oh and running triple monitors…

You’re right, I don’t think theres going to be much of an uppset among webdesigners. But isn’t many viruses(windows) very much a result of how folks feel about Microsoft. What verdict will fall upon Microsoft now when they “steal” KDE4..?

Nobody cares since nobody uses KDE or Gnome 😛

So what old fashion stuff are you using..?  :coolhmm:

I have a KDE box and a Gnome box.  One of my biggest gripes about running them is the lack of drivers for some of my devices that give me the full access to the device the way Windows does.  It’s the only reason I haven’t dumped Windows. 

Of course, this driver problem is only because there are some hardware manufacturers that just won’t produce anything but a Windows or Mac driver, because those are the major OSes, and they hit most of the base with it. 

If Windows 7 is like KDE, then I might actually jump.  I like KDE better, but perhaps WIndows 7 will give me the drivers I need. 

I suppose I need to download win7rc1 and check it out.

I have a KDE box and a Gnome box.  One of my biggest gripes about running them is the lack of drivers for some of my devices that give me the full access to the device the way Windows does.  It’s the only reason I haven’t dumped Windows. 

Of course, this driver problem is only because there are some hardware manufacturers that just won’t produce anything but a Windows or Mac driver, because those are the major OSes, and they hit most of the base with it. 

If Windows 7 is like KDE, then I might actually jump.  I like KDE better, but perhaps WIndows 7 will give me the drivers I need. 

I suppose I need to download win7rc1 and check it out.

I might try it out as well. But, theres always the treat of getting a virus on a windows-system. I never seem to learn how to protect my windows partitions.  😡

If it’s better then openSUSE/KDE4+ it’s no less the brilliant… Then again, who ever would pay to get license of an os..?  😕

I’ve played about with the RC a bit, and as with everything, there is a slight resemblance to something else
But if anyone (well, students) are interested, you can get a copy of it for £30/$30 here

Thats the UK version, but there’s also a US version