How Linux can compete with Windows Vista
At first glance, you'd think an operating system like GNU/Linux that installs in less hard drive space and requires a less-beefy computer than Windows Vista would be an automatic sales superstar. Not so! If anything, Linux needs to become more hardware-hungry in order to compete effectively with Vista.
This may seem counterintuitive if you're interested in computational efficiency, but if you're a hardware vendor, the idea of a new, highly-promoted operating system that will force a lot of people to buy new computers makes you lick your chops.
A friend who packages GNU/Linux for commercial sale says the constant need to sell more powerful hardware is a big reason why desktop and laptop vendors love Windows and aren't keen on Linux.
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The whole story is just unfolding
you are 3/4 right:
http://bizcast.typepad.com/clients/2006/06/windows_vista_t.html
Re: atang1
As you said so eloquently; I say bring on the Linux distro I can use, then I will go Linux, even if it is just a Firefox only distro, Google will round out my needs.
Microsoft already abandoned Win98/ME users in this month's "Patch Tuesday" release. They are no longer providing security updates for those versions of Windows. (You need at least Win2k or higher now). Their official excuse is that it'll be too difficult to maintain those older versions. Unofficially, everyone knows MS is trying to force people to adopt more recent versions of Windows.
WTF? I thought you use Linux, atang1.
Updating Linux these days is a piece of cake. For Ubuntu and OpenSUSE, its all "point and click". (by default, their updates are automatic, only requiring you to say you want to update, then it will. It will then tell you if you need to reboot. And that's only when the Kernel or some other major component has been updated)...Most of the time, you don't reboot. (You may need to press Alt-Ctrl-Backspace to restart the GUI part...If an update requires it.)
I usually disable auto updating as I prefer to be in control of things. My view is, if the computer obeys me. If it shouldn't be doing anything until I say so. I also don't like how these "easy to use" distros load all these extra services and such that I will never use. It poses a security risk if you have unnecessary services on.
Even the "hard distros" are easy to maintain.
For distros like Arch Linux, its => pacman -Syu
(It'll be similar with Debian, Gentoo, etc but with their own package management solutions...So same principles, different implementations).
That's it!
I'm not sure why people say maintaining Linux is hard, but from my experience, its a snap.