[IT-News] Windows Nearly Ready For Desktop Use

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NewsForge has an interesting review of Windows XP Home, written from the perspective of a longtime Linux user. The article clearly is intended to be somewhat humorous while making a point to the 'Linux isn't ready for the desktop' crowd. The reviewer does a fair job of pointing out the strengths of Windows along with the weaknesses that would be apparent to someone trying to make the switch from Linux. From the article: "Windows XP can't be considered consumer-ready until it has driver support for common LCD monitors during its installation and bootup procedure, especially if those monitors are easily and routinely recognized by popular Linux distributions. It's possible that the monitor manufacturers aren't willing to give Microsoft and other proprietary operating system companies the information they need to create appropriate drivers and that the manufacturers, not Microsoft, deserve the blame for this problem."

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>[IT-News] Windows Nearly Ready For Desktop Use - Cpt comet 2005-05-28 00:18:56 <
- lol, nice one [nt] - Ret. Gen MiLcHsChNiTtE 2005-05-31 12:23:22

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Message:	On 2005-05-28 00:18:56, comet wrote >NewsForge has an interesting [url=http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/18/2033216]review of Windows XP Home, written from the perspective of a longtime Linux user[/url]. The article clearly is intended to be somewhat humorous while making a point to the 'Linux isn't ready for the desktop' crowd. The reviewer does a fair job of pointing out the strengths of Windows along with the weaknesses that would be apparent to someone trying to make the switch from Linux. From the article: "Windows XP can't be considered consumer-ready until it has driver support for common LCD monitors during its installation and bootup procedure, especially if those monitors are easily and routinely recognized by popular Linux distributions. It's possible that the monitor manufacturers aren't willing to give Microsoft and other proprietary operating system companies the information they need to create appropriate drivers and that the manufacturers, not Microsoft, deserve the blame for this problem."
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