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Since the launch of Vista and Windows 7, I haven’t really warmed to them, I just kept asking myself “But XP is grand, why change the product so radically, why not try and improve XP”. They didn’t. So I am gradually porting my self over to Ubuntu Linux instead.
I have always [...]

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Windows 7 has a glassy look which has been inherited from Vista, but has been added many more usability enhancements along with it. The UI features such as jump lists, themes, desktop gadgets, aero peek, aero shake and many more have been embedded.
Windows 7 overcomes the drawback of Windows Vista [...]

According to a senior IBM executive, Microsoft’s Windows Vista launch was the best recruiter for Linux on the desktop.
Bob Sutor, vice president for Linux and open source at IBM, was speaking on the publication of a global survey on Linux deployment on the desktop, commenting that there was a gradual erosion of Windows use within [...]