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Spider Jerusalem

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10. Long run, for tablet devices and touchscreens? Probably a winner.

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 06:05 PM

Oct 2012

For laptops and desktops? A loser. But tablets and touchscreens are the future of the operating system market, so Microsoft is focusing there. It's the same thing the GNOME Foundation (behind the GNOME desktop for Unix-like operating systems) and Canonical (of Ubuntu Linux) have done with GNOME 3 and Unity, respectively. They represent a major departure from the traditional desktop paradigm in ways that a lot of people find confusing and unnecessary, and have proven to be very polarising among users (with Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, throwing a hissy fit and saying "Fuck GNOME, I'm off to XFCE"...but Linus has form, he chucked his toys out of the pram and switched to GNOME when KDE4 replaced KDE3).

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Real users have no clue how to use Windows 8 [View all] MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 OP

our whole house is still on XP......... kooljerk666 Oct 2012 #1

One PC (Windows 7) and a few laptops running Ubuntu 12.04. MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 #3

Look at Unity and GNOME 3 Spider Jerusalem Oct 2012 #12

Games are coming along now for Linux. But most use Wine for gaming. MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 #5

I was a designer/draftsman & now my hands hurt too much to play........ kooljerk666 Oct 2012 #25

I'm playing too much Tekkit to play anything else! MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 #26

iMac with OSX and Ubuntu here... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2012 #15

Windows 8 The Revolution Oct 2012 #2

"Maybe I'm just more of a tech person" It is possible MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 #4

Yes, you are. I'd say "interface" was the clue. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #7

Yes, the video is selling something. tridim Oct 2012 #6

It's unanimous: Thank gawd for Mac Berlum Oct 2012 #8

word PD Turk Oct 2012 #17

Lol, you fan boys crack me up. Like a cult! Logical Oct 2012 #20

It's very easy to use once you've figured out the basics War Horse Oct 2012 #9

It will depend on whether users want to put up with the learning curve. MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 #11

I hear ya. It's a half-assed PC OS War Horse Oct 2012 #18

Long run, for tablet devices and touchscreens? Probably a winner. Spider Jerusalem Oct 2012 #10

Yes MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 #13

Windows 7 is hands down the best combination of OS and UI Microsoft's ever come up with Spider Jerusalem Oct 2012 #16

Nice set-up MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 #19

I agree, Win7 really is good War Horse Oct 2012 #24

Actually, this reminds me of my first encounter with the Mac caraher Oct 2012 #14

Only time will tell. MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 #22

I am still trying to figure out 7. Truly. LittlestStar Oct 2012 #21

It's the settings that still get me. Hunting for the icon, that used to be in that folder MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 #23

I'm a long-time PC tech... Tommykun Oct 2012 #27

Everyone hated XP when it came out tessar Oct 2012 #28

Loser for sure. Is it not intended for desktops? Dash87 Oct 2012 #29