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janrinok
on Sunday April 06 2014, @08:46PM
from the but-not-the-year-of-the-Linux-desktop dept.
from the but-not-the-year-of-the-Linux-desktop dept.
A recent poll by The Inquirer asked, "Which operating system will you use after Windows XP support ends on 8 April?"
Among respondents, 33 percent said they will move to Windows 7, 17 percent will stick with XP, 13 percent will switch to Linux, 11 percent will get Windows 8, and 5 percent said OS X.
So most will switch to Windows 7, but many would rather stay with Win XP without support than switch to Linux.
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Poll: More Will Switch to Linux Than to Win8
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Your goose is cooked.
(Your current chick is burned up too!)
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday April 06 2014, @09:32PM
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by caseih on Sunday April 06 2014, @09:59PM
True, but Windows was also pretty horrid back then. Also many Windows users, including me, still pined for the good old days of dos. For me the release of kde 1.x was the tipping point. That made Linux easy enough to use that I switched and never looked back.
Nowadays, Linux is of course much better. But I doubt we'll see huge Linux adoption. Most likely people will buy a new Wal-Mart special running Windows 8, install classic shell and be done with it.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Sunday April 06 2014, @10:28PM
I switched to NT back then, but really should have switched to Linux. It took me another 10 years. I hope lots more take the opportunity now that it's (in my opinion) at least as usable as Windows 7 and more than Windows 8.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Pslytely Psycho on Monday April 07 2014, @12:02AM
No, most will buy a new wally world lappy and do nothing at all to the interface.
Classic shell or even booting into the desktop to avoid Metro seems to be something only the tech sites know of.
I have Shelled or redone the boot on ALL of my friends computers (9 all total have purchased new equipment since 8 came out. I am not a tech, just that guy they know who's good with their 'puters)
Everyone, without exception was ecstatic afterwords. Not one had ANY IDEA it could be done that way. None asked me to do it. All of them were me going "You know, you don't HAVE to use that ungodly interface, if you want it to boot strait to desktop, I can do it for you..." All accepted, none believed they had the choice in the first place. NONE had watched the instructional video that appeared when they first turned on their new machine.
Yes, next time I move I think I have 9 favors to call in....Muhahahahaha!
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday April 07 2014, @01:11AM
Not really.
We were using it as our file server back then with no particular problems.
Samba was in its early releases back in 95, and it was at least as stable as Windows and a whole
lot cheaper than Netware.
True, its windowing system was primitive then, but for our uses, Linux (First RedHat, then S.u.S.E. in 64) were spot on for the task we needed.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.