"Ubuntu 9.04 Is As Slick As Win7, Mac OS X" - I hope so.
An interesting article from ZDNet Australia about the UI of latest Linux distribution Ubuntu 9.04:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10226746-92.html
If all LeMai says is true, I cannot verify it myself, then finally Linux is truly becoming a "normal" user alternative and not something that requires a degreee in engineering to make sure it works on your PC.
But 2 "dark spots" for me in the article:
- How LeMai can say that the implementation of Spaces is "erratic" without saying why, is out of my reach - I don't get it - I have used the multiple desktops of Linux and gave up after I realised that keeping a window on a desktop was not that straightforward and that visually you had no clue of what is on what desktop clearly as it is with Spaces, except a tiny icon on the taskbar. That Apple came late on implementing multiple desktop support - I fully agree though.
- Moreover, the comment of Leopard running "sluggishly" on a G4 with 1GB RAM: clearly LeMai has never used Vista on a computer that runs XP "like a breeze" with 1GB - thank goodness they finally are fixing this with Windows 7 (I tried the beta on my old PC, with 700MB RAM and it works *really* good - read more on that here).
