Comments on: I heard the news today, oh boy

By: Mikko

Mikko — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:28:23 +0000

And though the news was rather sad, // well, I just had to laugh..

By: bryan

bryan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:06:51 +0000

I’ve used bbLean and the offshoots for years and, honestly, if you like openbox, fluxbox or blackbox on linux – you’ll be fine. There’s a bit of difference, but not all that much.

The state of tiling on windows is pretty sad, honestly. There’s a program called HashTWM, but it’s a poor imitation of DWM and not worth the trouble, in my opinion.

Regarding Cygwin, I honestly don’t think it’s worth the trouble. If I’m on Windows and need a shell, I just use Console2 with either the BASH port to windows or the standard shell.

By: gullars

gullars — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:43:22 +0000

I haven’t been running windows on my machines in years, not because I have something against it, just because linux fits me better.
If I would try it out now I think that I would try out one of the alternative shells, like bbLean or the like, has anyone any experience with those? A tiler would be fun too, but I’m not sure how well it would work without a good shell, if I install cygwin too, I have just a worse imitation of a linux system :p

By: sertse

sertse — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:33:31 +0000

It’s worth wondering, are there no real practical technological breakthroughs since Win XP to be worth upgrading?

Internet works, usb support is there, I can manage wifi, bluetooth whatever with it.

It wasn’t always the case in previous editions

There’s no real hard limitations..

By: ajlec2000

ajlec2000 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:18:51 +0000

I’ve got an XP laptop and I do use it for certain proprietary software. Updates tend to break it so I don’t put it on line. Extended support for it is purely anecdotal for me.

By: el mariachi

el mariachi — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:09:20 +0000

In the mean time Microsoft will release Windows 8, seeing from the speed they have been releasing Windows…

I still use Xp in Virtualbox because I need stupid Office and I own an iPod touch in an IBM seminar, would be a shame to dump something free right? hehe