On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:53:33 -0200, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Then I tried the 11.2 KDE liveCD.  I generally haven't liked KDE, but
>> KDE4 is relatively new and I wanted to give it a fair shake.  Nice
>> environment - I actually kinda liked it.
> 
> yeah, I'm willing to try it too.  It's certainly the most modern GUI
> environment on Linux right now.  But surely GTK and Gnome will catch
> up...

Without a doubt - it's a game of leapfrog.  I did play with KDE4 a bit 
yesterday, and ultimately got frustrated with plasma because it doesn't 
seem to work consistently.

>> Next, I installed Windows 7 Ultimate N on the system.  On the plus side
>> - the installation was FAST.  Of the three full product installs, it
>> was the fastest, actually.
> 
> I have a feeling that lacking such full featured applications such as
> OpenOffice, Gimp, some 4 fully featured text editors, Evolution, a fully
> featured media player like Amarok, and other niceties has something to
> do with it.  But, hey!, one can have loads of fun with notepad and paint
> alone! :D

Oh, yeah, I'm sure that's a factor.  2.2 GB worth of DVD for Win7 vs. 4.3 
GB worth of DVD for openSUSE.

>> So with stock hardware in the Dell laptops, I have to say that the idea
>> that Windows 7 "just works" and openSUSE 11.2 doesn't is complete
>> pants.
> 
> This has been a given for many years by now.  Lucky for Microsoft that
> customers already get their new PC's with Vista SP3 fully installed and
> properly configured by OEM's...

Yeah, I know - and yet there are still claims that Windows "Just works" 
and Linux doesn't.

Jim

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