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slave:
quote: And Microsoft appears to have a policy of making every release as buggy as possible. If they didn't there would be no need to upgrade.
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Which versions of Windows are you talking about? Microsoft, unlike Linux, has to get it right for major releases. Linux developers are like "eh, who cares if there are a few bugs, we'll fix it down the road." Well, at least you don't have to pay for Linux bugfixes, unlike with Microsoft. (Win 98 was a bugfix for 95 and we all know it)
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by Windows XP User #5225982375:
Hey, if there's one thing I hate about KDE it's the fact that it has TOO many features. I prefer a minimal GUI that doesn't get in my way and will let me Just Work(tm) I do most of my "configurating" in Linux using the console anyway; it's faster, I'm sorry to say. (I'm sure void main would agree with me)
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Yes, the Konsole is a much faster and more profficiant way of using Linux. I've said that in previous posts. IT isn't much of a surprise though considering Linux is a command line OS. The Window Managers are to Linux what Win 3.1 was to DOS.
NT OSes on the other hand are fully GUI and do not depend on an ancient command line OS. The NT GUI will always be better than Window Managers for Linux simply because the OS *is* a GUI.
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by Windows XP User #5225982375:
Which versions of Windows are you talking about? Microsoft, unlike Linux, has to get it right for major releases. Linux developers are like "eh, who cares if there are a few bugs, we'll fix it down the road." Well, at least you don't have to pay for Linux bugfixes, unlike with Microsoft. (Win 98 was a bugfix for 95 and we all know it)
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That is right. As I said, by time Longhorn hits RC-1 status most of the bugs will be ironed out. Every bug that is discovered by time it hits RTM will be fixed. Microsoft has the resources to fix thier software...with Linux you have to depend on geeks who have hardly nothing when it comes to resources. Open Source software will always be buggy and incomplete(like you already said) because of the lack of funds and resources.
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
I couldn't get it to customive the Window backrounds( a.k.a put in background picture kinda like a desktop wallpaper). If the option is available please dotell how to use it.
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In the Konqueror file manager you can set the background to whatever you want by clicking "View->Background Image". You can set background images in the console Windows to whatever you want. You can set the background for the panels/menus including alpha blending/transparency.
I don't believe there is a way to set the background of every application Window to a specific image but you can certainly set it to a color if that is what you mean. And of course you could always modify the source to add that feature if you wanted it, nobody must want it.
hm_murdock:
Okay, I agree with all... there's still a lot of Fisher Price left, but there's also a painful new appearance.
XP User... you mentioned you like having a simple UI... why are you still with Windows? Check out Mac OS X. It's simple. The file manager (Finder) doesn't try to be the entire OS, only a file manager. Looking at those Longhorn screenies made my head swim with the sheer amount of bullshit that's inside a "folder" window. Does anybody else remember when Windows actually put the contents of a folder inside a folder window?
What's with the paper flat blue window decorations, but then having the Aqua rip-off command buttons... oh, and the scrollbars? They look like OS/2 Warp 4.
Longhorn does not contain a new "UI", nor did XP. They had a new appearance for the WinMe UI, which was just Win2K with a few refinements. Win2K was simply Win98 perfected. 98 was just 95 but with crappy IE windows in place of folder windows. The meat and potatoes (cheesy Southern U.S. phrase =^) of the interface are the same. They didn't really improve their lackluster interface... they only made it look gaudy.
Apple's Aqua looks like glass and translucent plastic, and designed to match the appearance of their hardware for the most part. XP is brightly colored styrene plastic with big, easy-to grab titlebars and gimmicky looking icons and curvy, molded gradients, made to look like... fisher price toys.
So, MS copies Apple by creating a new appearance to match their hardware. Does that mean that Windows PCs are fisher price toys? :D
Oh, and someone, zombie I think, commented that Longhorn's WM makes it look more "professional"... if I hear someone use the word professional in reference to how something looks again, I swear, I'm gonna walk into an office building, accost people and make them wear hawaiian shirts, shorts, and nikes.
Does the bidness world care so much about the "professional image" that they now worry what the window manager of the OS running on their computers looks like?
Time for a post in the Lounge!
[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: The Jimmy James / Bob ]
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