Sanchara (September 6, 2008 at 5:16 am)

I agree. I actually much prefer vista to XP. That being said my perdominant experience with XP was highschool computers whereas I run Vista on a very nice, clean computer. I'm often surprised by what people find difficult. working in tech is begging to make my superiority complex worse...XD

Pocomoi (September 6, 2008 at 4:18 am)

That is true, the main reason being: you MUST LIKE your computer in order to use Linux. You can't just use it now and then and not worry about its state. You get to care for it, so to speak (perhaps the high degree of customization makes you grow fond of it, since it feels more like "yours.") Those that can't care for a computer and just chat or surf a bit, will prefer Windows. But maybe not Vista... it's not as "easy" as XP.

Pocomoi (September 6, 2008 at 4:12 am)

I own a rather old P4 laptop with a 64MB ATI Radeon 9000... do you think it COULD take such pounding? I did manage to get Project Looking Glass to work, albeit not very smoothly. If you say 64MB is enough... is it? Really?

LordDestros (September 6, 2008 at 3:33 am)

Beryl re-merged with the Compiz project some time ago to form Compiz Fusion which is better in terms of both functionality and effects. I don't believe the author recorded the Vista demo first hand as subtitles are present while there are none when the CF demo starts up. However, CF is considered far less resource consuming by most as many have reported to run it fine on 64MB (and even 32MB) graphics cards. The other problem with Aero is the lack of customization which CF provides.

Sanchara (September 6, 2008 at 1:39 am)

from most of my conversations with more experienced computer people than my self I get the impression that Linux somewhat requires the user to have a brain lol. I think both have their merrits. It really depends on what you're trying to use it for.

tylerbees123 (September 6, 2008 at 12:17 am)

lol fuck all of you i have perfection....i have a mac and 2pc's 1 with vista and the other with ubuntu beryl

Pocomoi (September 5, 2008 at 11:05 pm)

On the video: there's an important performance difference. Aero seems quite sluggish, while Beryl/Compiz looks insanely dynamic. Did you use the same computer? Beryl seems to have "cooler" effects as well, and the multiple desktop issue can't be emphasized enough (I couldn't live without at least 3 desktops...) A clear winner, I thought -if this is a competition. Either way, they're both rather flashy and impressive.

Pocomoi (September 5, 2008 at 10:48 pm)

Same here, but it was Slackware that did for me... My computer hasn't crashed in months! Besides, I take high customization over -over what? Oh, yeah... ability to play more games, maybe- anytime!

Cirex1223 (September 5, 2008 at 10:15 pm)

I use UbuntuLinux also and honestly I couldn't see going back to windows, EVER.

Iminurcomputorz (September 5, 2008 at 8:03 pm)

GNU/Linux have Exec-Shield implemented in the kernel. It provides protection against stack, buffer and pointer overflow attacks. Anything that try to write code into data structures or overwrite them.