Comments on: Anger: XP no more? http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/ Life expressed as sins Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: cathyf http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-763 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:47:14 +0100 http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-763 Well a quote from The Moose does seem apropos: "The first time microsoft releases a product that doesn't suck, it'll be a vacuum cleaner" Well a quote from The Moose does seem apropos: “The first time microsoft releases a product that doesn’t suck, it’ll be a vacuum cleaner”

]]> by: Largenfirm http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-762 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:50:44 +0100 http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-762 I use Ubuntu, but prefer OpenSuSE. Of course, I've been using UNIX and its derivatives for 30 years. Started on Version 6 in 1979, running on a PDP-11 with 36K of core. Bit of a shock for one of the young programmers I've been working with when this came up at lunch on Thursday - he's only 29! "I've got code older than you!" Snort! He'd never seen paper tape, nor 8" floppies, and punch cards were the stuff of legends. n00b. Srsly. Large I use Ubuntu, but prefer OpenSuSE.

Of course, I’ve been using UNIX and its derivatives for 30 years. Started on Version 6 in 1979, running on a PDP-11 with 36K of core.

Bit of a shock for one of the young programmers I’ve been working with when this came up at lunch on Thursday - he’s only 29!

“I’ve got code older than you!”

Snort! He’d never seen paper tape, nor 8″ floppies, and punch cards were the stuff of legends.

n00b. Srsly.

Large

]]> by: Largenfirm http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-761 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:45:45 +0100 http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-761 Sinner, Windows has always run better for me when encapsulated in a VM - I find WinXP to be significantly more stable, largely, I suspect, because the VM presents old, stable "hardware" devices, which use the least-buggy windows drivers. WinXP also runs faster on a VM hosted by Linux - everything but games! Linux does a better job of caching disk, paging, and the IP stack is about 10x faster than WinXP's stack. Windows in a VM benefits from all these. Seems counter-intuitive, but I've years of benchmarking that shows that MS products blow, and are steadily getting worse with each generation. Large Sinner,

Windows has always run better for me when encapsulated in a VM - I find WinXP to be significantly more stable, largely, I suspect, because the VM presents old, stable “hardware” devices, which use the least-buggy windows drivers.

WinXP also runs faster on a VM hosted by Linux - everything but games!

Linux does a better job of caching disk, paging, and the IP stack is about 10x faster than WinXP’s stack. Windows in a VM benefits from all these.

Seems counter-intuitive, but I’ve years of benchmarking that shows that MS products blow, and are steadily getting worse with each generation.

Large

]]> by: Sinner http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-760 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:17:03 +0100 http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-760 Chell, LinSpire is based on the Ubuntu core. Best distro IMHO. Chell, LinSpire is based on the Ubuntu core.

Best distro IMHO.

]]> by: anon http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-759 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:10:35 +0100 http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-759 Read some of today's modern sins and confess your own, anonymously at http://iconfessmyself.blogspot.com Read some of today’s modern sins and confess your own, anonymously at http://iconfessmyself.blogspot.com

]]> by: Chell http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-758 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:58:59 +0100 http://thesins.blogsome.com/2008/04/15/anger-xp-no-more/#comment-758 Great post! The fact that Microsoft is ditching XP for such a monstrosity speaks volumes. But XP is monstrous in its own way. The company doesn't seem to be at all about quality. The only reason people are supporting XP is that it's all they know. Or at least, it's all they <i>comfortably</i> know. If Linux were shipped, as a standard, on nearly all new computers, we'd be singing a different song. I've never tried a Mac, but would love to someday. They're supposed to be excellent for media creation. You've got me curious about Linspire now too. It seems like Ubuntu is pretty comfortable to those I've coaxed away from Windows. ;) It is lacking, though, in support for programs written for Windows. Which is good and bad. Great post! The fact that Microsoft is ditching XP for such a monstrosity speaks volumes. But XP is monstrous in its own way. The company doesn’t seem to be at all about quality. The only reason people are supporting XP is that it’s all they know. Or at least, it’s all they comfortably know. If Linux were shipped, as a standard, on nearly all new computers, we’d be singing a different song. I’ve never tried a Mac, but would love to someday. They’re supposed to be excellent for media creation. You’ve got me curious about Linspire now too. It seems like Ubuntu is pretty comfortable to those I’ve coaxed away from Windows. ;) It is lacking, though, in support for programs written for Windows. Which is good and bad.

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