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Current Newswire: Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12 Editor's Note: Do It Yourself "Cloud" Google Chrome OS: First looks, first impressions Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.32 (Part 3) - Storage TV Mythos Renewed: MythTV 0.22 with Many Improvements Enhancing openSUSE 11.2: Adding Repositories and Packages A Northwest Nobel option? (Linus for the Nobel Peace prize) SECURITY: Cloud Computing Security Benefits, Risks and Recommendations Keeping score in test-driven development with Python, PyLint, unittest, doctest, Win a CodeWeavers Linux Gaming Rig Sr Systems Engineer - Solaris - AIX (TX) Next Step Systems US-TX-Houston Post A Job | Post A Resume 5 Reasons why Ubuntu 9.10 is better than Windows 7 Nov 4, 2009, 17 :33 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (4909 reads) (Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols) [ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ] "1) Security "First, Windows 7 is no more secure than Windows has ever been. Is it better than Vista? Sure. Is it faster than XP? Well, not so much. Does it run a ton of popular applications? You betcha. But, is Windows 7 still prone to an endless array of malware programs and stuck with a pre-Internet security model? Yes, yes it is... "2) Cheap "I'm also cheap. I use older computers until they fall apart underneath me. I have Ubuntu 9.10 working great on a 1.4GHz Pentium IV HP with 512MBs of RAM which I got back in 2000. I could no more get a decent version of Windows 7-Home Premium or above-to run on that box than I could get my old Toyota RAV-4 to break 100 MPH on the highway." Complete Story Related Stories: Patch and Patch Again(Nov 04, 2009) No open-source Skype... yet(Nov 02, 2009) Where is Linux's Answer to Microsoft's Small Business Server?(Nov 02, 2009) Open-Source Obama(Oct 30, 2009) Ubuntu 9.10: Linux for Business(Oct 29, 2009) Upgrade Wars: Snow Leopard, Ubuntu & Windows 7(Oct 29, 2009) Linux Incorporated(Oct 27, 2009) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Ubuntu runs nicely    Jukka Svenstr�m Nov 4, 2009, 20:06:47     Five?    Nate Bargmann Nov 4, 2009, 20:46:20     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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