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Testing Windows With Linux Eyes

We have read many accounts of how Windows users were disappointed by Linux. The EasyGeek is turning the tables this time. While as a Linux fan it is quite entertaining to read it, the biggest fact to accept is that both of them are different. [Continue]

Linux Is Different, Enjoy The Difference

Most of the times when I see disappointment from people after trying Linux, the cause turns out to be their expectation that the distribution is a clone of Windows. This is what I felt when I read Walt Mossberg’s Ubuntu review. Of course there are distributions that make your life easier, but there is a difference in the core, that cannot be hidden by makeovers. [Continue]

Registry A Mistake

Jeff Atwood explains why Windows registry is a bad idea and recommends Vista’s scheme of storing application specific data. The biggest hurdle for application developers to implement this will be backward compatibility with pre-Vista versions. They might have to have two configuration scheme implementations to do so, which I think will be avoided. [Continue]

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