Is Ubuntu better then 7?

[nrr]

Who cares?

NT (NT 3.1, NT 3.51, ..., Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, whatever) trumps Linux as far as kernel-land is concerned. The NT kernel is completely type safe, modularly designed, and very small. Compared to the Linux kernel, it does very little, and that makes reading a disassembly of it much easier. That, in turn, makes it much easier to audit.

On the other hand, Linux trumps NT in user-land. The GNU tools are amongst the best (with the exception of GCC, which is a festering pile of shit compared to LLVM's Clang and Microsoft's cl.exe), and most of the APIs are easier to deal with.

That's all I have to say about that.

 

[Slyck]

Who cares?

NT (NT 3.1, NT 3.51, ..., Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, whatever) trumps Linux as far as kernel-land is concerned. The NT kernel is completely type safe, modularly designed, and very small. Compared to the Linux kernel, it does very little, and that makes reading a disassembly of it much easier. That, in turn, makes it much easier to audit.

Linux's 'rings' of permissions pretty muck push NT over in terms of security.

 

[nrr]

Linux's 'rings' of permissions pretty muck push NT over in terms of security.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc768129.aspx

Protection domains are a feature exposed by the hardware, not the software.

 

[Shomti]

I personally use Ubuntu. I've never hit a snag that I can't fix... though I will say outright that I could be the exception to the rule. First off, my dad is my own little tech-support division; if there's ever a problem, he knows exactly what to do to fix it, because he's been running Ubuntu for as long as I can remember. Literally as long as I can remember. Secondly, all I do with my computers (desktop and netbook) is write, browse the internet, and occasionally screw around with some casual games or other things like Blender. I'm inclined to say, though, with my experience of Linux, if you don't want a gaming rig or high-end graphic art tools, that Ubuntu is better.

Incidentally I'm running Kubuntu, actually, and very happy with it. I upgraded my netbook to Lucid Lynx, 10.04, today, very smooth update, no real issues, and I'm going to do the same for my desktop later. But, like I said, I don't do much with my computers; as a matter of fact, my desktop was old when my dad bought it for me a few years ago, and I'm perfectly happy with it. 512 megabytes of RAM is enough for me. My netbook has more and I never use all of it. So your mileage may vary.

 

[Jak31]

Actually I have found that the on my laptop, that runs Ubuntu 10.04 with the GNOME desktop,can run higher end games with WINE 1.42. I only can say I like Windows 7, don't really use it outside of work. So I can comment on the features everyone like in a home PC.

 

[Alkatraz]

set ur computer to dual-boot ubuntu and windows 7 imo

 

[yiffytimesnews]

Hey I ran Windows then Ubuntu and back to Windows again. Don't get me wrong Ubuntu is a great OS, but you can't do everything on it. There is also a severe driver issue with more things than I care to mention. Then there are programs...also a huge issue...I forget if there is 7 or 11 ways to install programs in Ubuntu. Most of those ways you have to be a computer expert to understand what you have to do without crashing anything.

If you run Ubuntu or not it really depends on what your planning on doing. Basic use your fine...anything else there could be problems.

 

[catsin]

I'm thinking of chaing OS's to Ubuntu after my copy of Windows 7 suddenly decided to have a massive serious of issues.

I manly use my pc for a magazine made in Indesign and a photoshop every now and then.

Thing is I'm more of a hardware rather then software kindof guy. Or should I try another Linux system?

Oh, and I'm not going anywhere near a Mac or XP so don't even suggest it.

Ubuntu is fine for the average user. But ask yourself the following:
Are you a gamer?:If so, most games surprisingly work, but they may lag a bit more, and some require workarounds.
Do you mind switching most of your software?: Ubuntu doesn't have MS office, or paint, or photoshop (however you can run all 3 in WINE without an issue), they have open source alternatives, trust me, if you want to use linux as a daily system, try to use the software in the repo. It's better that way.
Do you mind change?: Ubuntu is NOT windows, it works differently, acts differently, and is completely different. If you like the way windows worked, and you said NO to change, forget ubuntu.
Linux IMHO is worth it, but it's not for everyone, thus, I recommend a dual boot for most people.