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29.4.05 22:47 Windows vs Linux: a modern desktop comparison (

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Windows vs Linux: a modern desktop comparison. The page contain a nice comparison of Windows, Ubuntu and Suse screenshots.

Personal opinions:
- booting: Windows black background is nice, Ubuntu, Suse looks very professional
- login: now Windows begins to look like a bonbon, Ubuntu, SuSe is most consistent (same then boot screen)
- Desktop: Windows, Ubuntu and Suse win because of nice artwork
- Menus: I like having menus on the top like Ubuntu have (I also us put my Windows start bar on the top). KDE has the richest taskbar (frequently used apps, desktops, mixer, time+date)
- browser: my top 3: firefox, konqueror, IE
- E-Mail: does Suse really have evolution as standard-mail cient? I though it is kontact
- MediaPlayer: Windows MP is cool. In KDE, it depends what you wanna do: kaffeine for videos, Amarok for music
- IM: choose your network ... not possible with MSN client
- Document folder: I don't like gnome folder. Konqueror is beautifull and powerful (KIO_slaves). Windows explorer is only beautiful.
- System administration: Windows blue background looks cool. Most consistent administration tool is Yast
- Trash: ? no big differences here
- Help: Windows look&feel wins
- run: ALT-F2 is your friend. Many options also.
- Search: I hate Windows default search, switching it back to old search as asap. Don't use search very often with Linux ...
- Taskbar: many addons for KDE
- system update: Yast, one tool for update and installation
- clock: Windows look&feeld wins
- Text editor: windows 0, gnome 1, kate 10. One of the best text editors ever
- File manager; Windows one is not bad, but konqueror is much faster
- image editor: windows 1, gimp 10
- command prompt: windows 0, gnome 10, konsole: 20 (because of tabs)
- add/remove: I generally use Yast or synaptic for package management. Windows: what is package management
- display, keyboard, mouse, sound, taskbar properties: Windows is very easy to use, KDE very powerful.
- use raccounts: L&F: windows
- running processes:
- performance monitor: gnome/KDE have most

As you see, KDE is my preferred desktop. I would use it for my daily work if other things would be as simple as with Windows (printer, network, plug&play, ...). I'm using KDE at home since 6 years at home, and it is becomign better and better. Same for Linux: kernel 2.6 was a big step, hardware detection is working great. I think it is only a matter of time until I will use it for my professional work too.

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