Vista vs. Linux Face-Off: Leveling the Playing Field @ eWEEK

Vikingod · Feb 1, 2007, 01:47 PM

Source: eWEEK
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In this multi-part series, DesktopLinux.com columnist and operating system curmudgeon Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols pits Microsoft's latest wares—Vista—against Linux's fair-haired boy—Ubuntu—to see how the pinnacle of commercial desktop operating systems stacks up against the free, community-developed Linux upstart.

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Feb 1, 2007, 02:01 PM

Very biased, anti-vista article, but I did see something interesting in part 3:

http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT9325931427.html

Quote:

When I switched back to Vista, I tried to play Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot CD. Whoops! Not a single sound emerged from my speakers. After a little investigation, I found that Vista disables media outputs that don't incorporate DRM, when you try to play DRM protected media through them.

That was a kick in the head. I have a fully legal CD in my hand. Any other version of Windows will play it, Linux will play it, Mac OS will play it, and my CD player will play it, but if you're using S/PDIF for your computer-driven audio and Vista, you're out of luck. If you have a card with a Toslink optical digital audio port, you will be able to play it.

The author does "ramble on" quite a bit, but I guess that's not such a bad thing. It's just a bit drawn out, I guess. Sometimes economy of expression is a good thing.

Part 4 and the other parts aren't up yet, so if folks are interested, they may need to keep coming back every now and then to check if it has been updated.

Feb 1, 2007, 01:47 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Vista vs. Linux Face-Off: Leveling the Playing Field @ eWEEK Source: eWEEK _________ In this multi-part series, DesktopLinux.com columnist and operating system curmudgeon Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols pits Microsoft's latest wares—Vista—against Linux's fair-haired boy—Ubuntu—to see how the pinnacle of commercial desktop operating systems stacks up against the free, community-developed Linux upstart.