Will Feisty Fawn be teh new hotness?

What will Ubuntu do that XP doesn't? First of all, it doesn't a hell of a lot more to be honest. The major plus is the fact that it's free (as in free beer). It does run faster in my experience, and doesn't get viruses. You can install most of the features in XP, that you can in Ubuntu, but it's usually a lot harder.
 
And again i will bring up the point its harder is because its shuns everythng thats not open source away.

Double edge sword my friends...if you want linux kernel to be more popular distros HAVE to be more leanant on this point.
 
Ubuntu is going to include binary drivers as soon as the implementation is a bit more stable. They were planned for Feisty Fawn but aren't going to make the cut. Binary graphics drivers for nVidia and ATI are actually already in the package databases and are installable with little work. But they're going to have to make it even more accessible for the average user.
 
I just installed Ubuntu 6.1 on my system and it is quite a snappy OS. But im gathering that is possibly from it not needing an Antivirus scanner. I fucking hate the new update to McAfee from Comcast. I can no longer right click and disable. It is fucking hidden within menus.
 
...I just wish that I knew how things in Linux relate to Windows as in services and file structure. First Linux ive messed with for more than 10 minutes and im still confused.
 
6.10 is snappier than 6.06, and 6.10 is definitely a lot snappier than Suse 10. Linux nor needing an anti-virus app is the reason why I use it, and OSX, for net surfing and have relegated XP to just gaming. Internet transactions over the net? I only use Linux; there is no way I'm using a Windows machine.

My PC used to take 3 minutes to get to the desktop. Once I removed McAfee it took less than45 seconds.

If you're paranoid you could install Clam-Av in Linux, but then chances are that you'll also be running a firewall, too.
 
XP kills Ubuntu in boot-up times. They used to be on par, before I discovered XP SP2 wasn't installing SATAII drivers automatically. Boot times dropped, literally, to 4 seconds or so. I would've never discovered it either, if it weren't for my older computer that beat my new one in booting Windows. Maybe Ubuntu doesn't recognize my SATAII drive, among other things (video card, etc)
 
Actual performance > boot times
For RAM and CPU management (especially with multiple cores), almost any version of Linux will blow XP and previous versions of Windows out of the water. Vista's an improvement on them, but I still prefer Linux.
 
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