Comments on: Fight Club: Windows 7 vs Mandriva 2009.1 http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/ The Complete Magazine on Open Source Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:06:51 +0530 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jmaster http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-552 jmaster Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:13:55 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-552 yeah, but can you run kde 4.3 on the same hardware yeah, but can you run kde 4.3 on the same hardware

]]> By: sds81 http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-549 sds81 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:48:42 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-549 I'd like to thank you for the very extensive analysis but there is one very basic matter which should be considered which is that a release candidate is one of many toned-down versions of an operating system. Thus comparing ANY RC of Windows with a full-fledged release oflinux is like playing rummy against someone with only 4 cards instead of the whole hand.<br>What is surprising is that the RC took a long time to install considering its RC nature.<br>Thus it would be safe to predict some problems with Win7 similar to Vista inline with the disk hogging it may do.<br>Wish I had more to contribute since I haven't been able to DL my own RC of Win7.<br>All in all good job but the article should have been postponed to Dec i.e. post the Oct 22 release of Win7 in full bloom. I'd like to thank you for the very extensive analysis but there is one very basic matter which should be considered which is that a release candidate is one of many toned-down versions of an operating system. Thus comparing ANY RC of Windows with a full-fledged release oflinux is like playing rummy against someone with only 4 cards instead of the whole hand.
What is surprising is that the RC took a long time to install considering its RC nature.
Thus it would be safe to predict some problems with Win7 similar to Vista inline with the disk hogging it may do.
Wish I had more to contribute since I haven't been able to DL my own RC of Win7.
All in all good job but the article should have been postponed to Dec i.e. post the Oct 22 release of Win7 in full bloom.

]]> By: Fight: Windows 7 vs Mandriva 2009.1 » AKINFORMÁTICA http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Fight: Windows 7 vs Mandriva 2009.1 » AKINFORMÁTICA Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:58:15 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-292 [...] site Linux For You colocou frente a frente o Windows 7 e o Mandriva Linux, visando uma comparação superficial [...] [...] site Linux For You colocou frente a frente o Windows 7 e o Mandriva Linux, visando uma comparação superficial [...]

]]> By: vibhu http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-550 vibhu Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:55:08 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-550 For me, no review is over till it discusses the gaming angle. <br><br>Linux loses out big time there :( <br><br>And thats why I like Windows... For me, no review is over till it discusses the gaming angle.

Linux loses out big time there :(

And thats why I like Windows…

]]> By: Boudhayan Gupta http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Boudhayan Gupta Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:46:46 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-551 You can still run Linux on a 80386 with 4MB of RAM and 512K Video Memory. It's not a question of how low you can go, its a question of what's the minimum specs at which it is usable. You can still run Linux on a 80386 with 4MB of RAM and 512K Video Memory. It's not a question of how low you can go, its a question of what's the minimum specs at which it is usable.

]]> By: daniel http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-553 daniel Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:44:56 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-553 "Pentium III-based system at a low 17 continuous hours. And the boot time? 17 minutes."<br><br>Yeah right! “Pentium III-based system at a low 17 continuous hours. And the boot time? 17 minutes.”

Yeah right!

]]> By: jmaster http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-304 jmaster Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:35:22 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-304 You can run windows 7 on a pentium III comp with 96 MB of RAM and 1MB of video memory. Don't believe me check out the this link <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/win7low" rel="nofollow">www.tinyurl.com/win7low</a> You can run windows 7 on a pentium III comp with 96 MB of RAM and 1MB of video memory. Don't believe me check out the this link http://www.tinyurl.com/win7low

]]> By: jmaster http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-303 jmaster Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:32:01 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-303 This is a highly biased review. Why do you think iPhone sells ? - Because it has got looks. Windows 7 beats mandriva hands down. You have rated mandriva higher than windows in multimedia capabilities which is grossly biased. It doesnt even ship with all the codecs and compared to it windows has Windows Media Center and coupled with win 7 codecs pack it easily beats mandriva. Regarding the functionality, windows 7 has a different philosophy and it is designed to be kept minimal. You can easily load windows with the gazillons of quality software - Nero, PowerDVD ships with every DVD player, Office suite - Office 2007 or <a href="http://OpenOffice.org" rel="nofollow">OpenOffice.org</a> and many others. Regarding the money concerns you can load open source <br>software you use in linux easily in windows. What matters is the looks and win7 has got it and functionality can be easily extended with open source or proprietary apps. <br> If you have a net connection installation of software is a cakewalk in Linux, but if you don't <br>life can be a dependency hell.<br> Regarding win7 being a memory hog, it doesnt matter. With prices of RAM falling every day, in 2-3 years memory usage of windows will look paltry. How about windows occupying <br>1 GB of total 12 GB ?. <br> Windows 7 is a beta product and it is supposed to have bugs. GNU/Linux doesnt have bugs but KDE 4 is full of them.<br> Final Judgement - GNU/Linux is superb - i am in love with it and i use it regularly. I am a tech enthusiast and you need a bit of it to be able to flirt with Linux. But the desktop environments leave much to be desired. KDE/GNOME don't really match up to windows 7. <br>I don't use windows but for those who just play games, watch movies, surf the net, edit with office and looks do matter and dont want the hassles associated with linux windows 7 is the best available option now and i recommend the investment in it. <br> But every geek worth his salt must definitely use Linux. This is a highly biased review. Why do you think iPhone sells ? – Because it has got looks. Windows 7 beats mandriva hands down. You have rated mandriva higher than windows in multimedia capabilities which is grossly biased. It doesnt even ship with all the codecs and compared to it windows has Windows Media Center and coupled with win 7 codecs pack it easily beats mandriva. Regarding the functionality, windows 7 has a different philosophy and it is designed to be kept minimal. You can easily load windows with the gazillons of quality software – Nero, PowerDVD ships with every DVD player, Office suite – Office 2007 or OpenOffice.org and many others. Regarding the money concerns you can load open source
software you use in linux easily in windows. What matters is the looks and win7 has got it and functionality can be easily extended with open source or proprietary apps.
If you have a net connection installation of software is a cakewalk in Linux, but if you don't
life can be a dependency hell.
Regarding win7 being a memory hog, it doesnt matter. With prices of RAM falling every day, in 2-3 years memory usage of windows will look paltry. How about windows occupying
1 GB of total 12 GB ?.
Windows 7 is a beta product and it is supposed to have bugs. GNU/Linux doesnt have bugs but KDE 4 is full of them.
Final Judgement – GNU/Linux is superb – i am in love with it and i use it regularly. I am a tech enthusiast and you need a bit of it to be able to flirt with Linux. But the desktop environments leave much to be desired. KDE/GNOME don't really match up to windows 7.
I don't use windows but for those who just play games, watch movies, surf the net, edit with office and looks do matter and dont want the hassles associated with linux windows 7 is the best available option now and i recommend the investment in it.
But every geek worth his salt must definitely use Linux.

]]> By: jmaster http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-256 jmaster Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:05:22 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-256 You can run windows 7 on a pentium III comp with 96 MB of RAM and 1MB of video memory. Don't believe me check out the this link <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/win7low" rel="nofollow">www.tinyurl.com/win7low</a> You can run windows 7 on a pentium III comp with 96 MB of RAM and 1MB of video memory. Don't believe me check out the this link http://www.tinyurl.com/win7low

]]> By: jmaster http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-255 jmaster Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:02:01 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-255 This is a highly biased review. Why do you think iPhone sells ? - Because it has got looks. Windows 7 beats mandriva hands down. You have rated mandriva higher than windows in multimedia capabilities which is grossly biased. It doesnt even ship with all the codecs and compared to it windows has Windows Media Center and coupled with win 7 codecs pack it easily beats mandriva. Regarding the functionality, windows 7 has a different philosophy and it is designed to be kept minimal. You can easily load windows with the gazillons of quality software - Nero, PowerDVD ships with every DVD player, Office suite - Office 2007 or <a href="http://OpenOffice.org" rel="nofollow">OpenOffice.org</a> and many others. Regarding the money concerns you can load open source <br>software you use in linux easily in windows. What matters is the looks and win7 has got it and functionality can be easily extended with open source or proprietary apps. <br> If you have a net connection installation of software is a cakewalk in Linux, but if you don't <br>life can be a dependency hell.<br> Regarding win7 being a memory hog, it doesnt matter. With prices of RAM falling every day, in 2-3 years memory usage of windows will look paltry. How about windows occupying <br>1 GB of total 12 GB ?. <br> Windows 7 is a beta product and it is supposed to have bugs. GNU/Linux doesnt have bugs but KDE 4 is full of them.<br> Final Judgement - GNU/Linux is superb - i am in love with it and i use it regularly. I am a tech enthusiast and you need a bit of it to be able to flirt with Linux. But the desktop environments leave much to be desired. KDE/GNOME don't really match up to windows 7. <br>I don't use windows but for those who just play games, watch movies, surf the net, edit with office and looks do matter and dont want the hassles associated with linux windows 7 is the best available option now and i recommend the investment in it. <br> But every geek worth his salt must definitely use Linux. This is a highly biased review. Why do you think iPhone sells ? – Because it has got looks. Windows 7 beats mandriva hands down. You have rated mandriva higher than windows in multimedia capabilities which is grossly biased. It doesnt even ship with all the codecs and compared to it windows has Windows Media Center and coupled with win 7 codecs pack it easily beats mandriva. Regarding the functionality, windows 7 has a different philosophy and it is designed to be kept minimal. You can easily load windows with the gazillons of quality software – Nero, PowerDVD ships with every DVD player, Office suite – Office 2007 or OpenOffice.org and many others. Regarding the money concerns you can load open source
software you use in linux easily in windows. What matters is the looks and win7 has got it and functionality can be easily extended with open source or proprietary apps.
If you have a net connection installation of software is a cakewalk in Linux, but if you don't
life can be a dependency hell.
Regarding win7 being a memory hog, it doesnt matter. With prices of RAM falling every day, in 2-3 years memory usage of windows will look paltry. How about windows occupying
1 GB of total 12 GB ?.
Windows 7 is a beta product and it is supposed to have bugs. GNU/Linux doesnt have bugs but KDE 4 is full of them.
Final Judgement – GNU/Linux is superb – i am in love with it and i use it regularly. I am a tech enthusiast and you need a bit of it to be able to flirt with Linux. But the desktop environments leave much to be desired. KDE/GNOME don't really match up to windows 7.
I don't use windows but for those who just play games, watch movies, surf the net, edit with office and looks do matter and dont want the hassles associated with linux windows 7 is the best available option now and i recommend the investment in it.
But every geek worth his salt must definitely use Linux.

]]> By: Srovnání Mandriva Linux a Windows 7 | MandrivaLinux.cz http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Srovnání Mandriva Linux a Windows 7 | MandrivaLinux.cz Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:21:36 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-250 [...] Linuxforu.com přinesl zajímavé srovnání poslední verze Mandriva Linuxu a chystaných Windows 7. Z přímého srovnání vychází podle [...] [...] Linuxforu.com přinesl zajímavé srovnání poslední verze Mandriva Linuxu a chystaných Windows 7. Z přímého srovnání vychází podle [...]

]]> By: romainberth's status on Monday, 20-Jul-09 16:36:43 UTC - Identi.ca http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-249 romainberth's status on Monday, 20-Jul-09 16:36:43 UTC - Identi.ca Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:37:16 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-249 [...] Windows 7 vs Mandriva 2009.1 : http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/1/ [...] [...] Windows 7 vs Mandriva 2009.1 : http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/1/ [...]

]]> By: Windows 7 vs Mandriva 2009.1 « New Info! http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Windows 7 vs Mandriva 2009.1 « New Info! Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:31:46 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-248 [...] 7 vs Mandriva 2009.1 Segunda-feira - 20, Julho, 2009 — Johnny O site Linux For You colocou frente a frente o Windows 7 e o Mandriva Linux, visando uma comparação superficial sobre [...] [...] 7 vs Mandriva 2009.1 Segunda-feira – 20, Julho, 2009 — Johnny O site Linux For You colocou frente a frente o Windows 7 e o Mandriva Linux, visando uma comparação superficial sobre [...]

]]> By: Wind Milow http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Wind Milow Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:16:40 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-233 I don't beleive in inferior propritery versions of any tools which hides their implementations from the developers world. I strongly support Open Source and i beleive the quote "Human Knowledge belongs to world" Mandriva is rocking... Happy Linux Happy Tux. <br><br>People Lost their hope in the highway patrol(windows). The annoying WGA and loop holes in the security system and the vulnarabilities in windows pushing the users towards Linux and I am thankful to microsoft to get rid of windows for their loosy security whih pushed me towards linux. Since 1998 I am using linux along with windows and since 2006 i completely moved to Linux. I don't beleive in inferior propritery versions of any tools which hides their implementations from the developers world. I strongly support Open Source and i beleive the quote “Human Knowledge belongs to world” Mandriva is rocking… Happy Linux Happy Tux.

People Lost their hope in the highway patrol(windows). The annoying WGA and loop holes in the security system and the vulnarabilities in windows pushing the users towards Linux and I am thankful to microsoft to get rid of windows for their loosy security whih pushed me towards linux. Since 1998 I am using linux along with windows and since 2006 i completely moved to Linux.

]]> By: Wind Milow http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Wind Milow Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:16:40 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-223 I don't beleive in inferior propritery versions of any tools which hides their implementations from the developers world. I strongly support Open Source and i beleive the quote "Human Knowledge belongs to world" Mandriva is rocking... Happy Linux Happy Tux. <br><br>People Lost their hope in the highway patrol(windows). The annoying WGA and loop holes in the security system and the vulnarabilities in windows pushing the users towards Linux and I am thankful to microsoft to get rid of windows for their loosy security whih pushed me towards linux. Since 1998 I am using linux along with windows and since 2006 i completely moved to Linux. I don't beleive in inferior propritery versions of any tools which hides their implementations from the developers world. I strongly support Open Source and i beleive the quote “Human Knowledge belongs to world” Mandriva is rocking… Happy Linux Happy Tux.

People Lost their hope in the highway patrol(windows). The annoying WGA and loop holes in the security system and the vulnarabilities in windows pushing the users towards Linux and I am thankful to microsoft to get rid of windows for their loosy security whih pushed me towards linux. Since 1998 I am using linux along with windows and since 2006 i completely moved to Linux.

]]> By: Boudhayan Gupta http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Boudhayan Gupta Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:25:07 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-206 @Shashwat: I personally keep distro hopping and don't stick with one for long. I get VLC from the online repos; never cared to check out the contribs on the DVD. Yeah, I use all the contribs I can get from the online repos. Artwork -- after Win7 its a letdown. Looks do sell. Bespin? What the hell is that? I haven't really gotten hands on with KDE4 after this review. Waiting for KDE 4.3 (either an openSUSE DVD or the KDE4 Live CD that's become a regular with LFY). Perhaps you can enlighten us all on more holes that you find? Most appreciated :-)<br><br>@Anshul & @LinuxLover: Thanks! This really makes a writer's day! :-D<br><br>@Saurabh: Yeah, I may have been a bit too strong there, but Windows 7's Setup did annoy me a lot after Mdv's, if you know what I mean. And well, what's wrong in a bit of fun in bashing Microsoft? ;-) @Shashwat: I personally keep distro hopping and don't stick with one for long. I get VLC from the online repos; never cared to check out the contribs on the DVD. Yeah, I use all the contribs I can get from the online repos. Artwork — after Win7 its a letdown. Looks do sell. Bespin? What the hell is that? I haven't really gotten hands on with KDE4 after this review. Waiting for KDE 4.3 (either an openSUSE DVD or the KDE4 Live CD that's become a regular with LFY). Perhaps you can enlighten us all on more holes that you find? Most appreciated :-)

@Anshul & @LinuxLover: Thanks! This really makes a writer's day! :-D

@Saurabh: Yeah, I may have been a bit too strong there, but Windows 7's Setup did annoy me a lot after Mdv's, if you know what I mean. And well, what's wrong in a bit of fun in bashing Microsoft? ;-)

]]> By: Linux For You http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Linux For You Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:11:34 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-203 umm... any writer typically "imposes his/her views" on the readers. It's up to the reader to take what all s/he thinks is worth it. :-) Likewise, its very difficult to write something which is not "biased" and completely neutral. How will you justify biasness? Read the scores of Vista reviews published all over the Web -- most will typically compare it with XP, some with other operating systems. The moment you compare it with another OS, and note down flaws of the new system, you're basing your opinion on another system that you're familiar with. That's being biased. If I'm the manufacturer of the product, I can ask you: "Why can't you start getting used to the new way of doing the same thing instead of comparing?"<br><br>As for the fun part in bashing MS, well what's wrong with a little bit of fun?<br><br>Anyway, it's up to the readers to grasp the pun used in the paragraph you've quoted. umm… any writer typically “imposes his/her views” on the readers. It's up to the reader to take what all s/he thinks is worth it. :-) Likewise, its very difficult to write something which is not “biased” and completely neutral. How will you justify biasness? Read the scores of Vista reviews published all over the Web — most will typically compare it with XP, some with other operating systems. The moment you compare it with another OS, and note down flaws of the new system, you're basing your opinion on another system that you're familiar with. That's being biased. If I'm the manufacturer of the product, I can ask you: “Why can't you start getting used to the new way of doing the same thing instead of comparing?”

As for the fun part in bashing MS, well what's wrong with a little bit of fun?

Anyway, it's up to the readers to grasp the pun used in the paragraph you've quoted.

]]> By: Saurabh http://www.linuxforu.com/reviews/windows-7-vs-mandriva-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Saurabh Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:48:36 +0000 http://www.linuxforu.com/?p=1524#comment-202 "The next screen threw up a surprise: it was meant to ask us whether to upgrade or perform a new installation. Typical of Microsoft confusion-creating terminology, the new installation option is called ‘Custom’. But accompanying it was a common Microsoft Bug—the upgrade option was enabled, and below it was clearly stated, “The Upgrade option is enabled only when you are installing Windows from within an Operating System that can be upgraded to Windows 7.”<br><br>This is not good piece of writing, Please moderate the content so that i does not look biased and one sided. This extract sounds ubsurd and the reader feels like the author is imposing his views on him/her.<br><br>Please dont make things "obvious" and be neutral in your approach. I am Linux user for more than 7 Years now and feel that a Lot of Indian community finds fun in bashing microsoft rather than improving the the quality of open source software we build. “The next screen threw up a surprise: it was meant to ask us whether to upgrade or perform a new installation. Typical of Microsoft confusion-creating terminology, the new installation option is called ‘Custom’. But accompanying it was a common Microsoft Bug—the upgrade option was enabled, and below it was clearly stated, “The Upgrade option is enabled only when you are installing Windows from within an Operating System that can be upgraded to Windows 7.”

This is not good piece of writing, Please moderate the content so that i does not look biased and one sided. This extract sounds ubsurd and the reader feels like the author is imposing his views on him/her.

Please dont make things “obvious” and be neutral in your approach. I am Linux user for more than 7 Years now and feel that a Lot of Indian community finds fun in bashing microsoft rather than improving the the quality of open source software we build.

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