Ubuntu versus Vista comparison
There are those who believe, really believe in completely open source software, nothing proprietary and it’s a dream, it’s here but for most users it’s just a dream or not a concern at all. It’s Ubuntu versus Vista in everything from installing the operating system to configuring devices and installing drivers and which one comes out on top.
I don’t really color myself a believer in open source, so long as the software package is “free” to use, what do I care if the code is open source or not, I just want good free software, that’s all but I also want it to work with little fuss.
Ubuntu is an okay operating system for being free and not including any proprietary drivers or codecs, there is no default support for most graphic cards by default and to play MP3 files a codec pack is required.
Information Week has a full comparison of Vista and Ubuntu though they don’t really declare a winner; I’ll do it for them.
Vista Wonders
Vista does not even run on my machine. I tried but it is five years old and seems to be all consumed in running the operating system that it has no cycles left to run what I choose. On the other hand Ubuntu works well and is giving me even better operation than Vista, or even Xp for that matter.
DrJ
Tech Without Wires
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It seems to revolve around the InformationWeek article, like so many other blog posts... it's akin to comments about an article...