ok ok ok I keep hearing all these people say something to this effect: " XP/Vista requires me to reboot constantly! "
What the hell kind of jacked up system are you running these Operating systems on?? I had XP installed on one of my older machines and it gave me ZERO problems really, and I custom Built a system to install Vista on and its running great....24/7 have rebooted this machine maybe 3 times in the few months ive had it installed.... Come on people... read the Recommended system requirements NOT the bottom of the line system requirements!
Windows does give a ton of problems that require reboots even on good systems. I'm running with an Athlon64 3700+, GeForce 7900GT, 1GB RAM, Audigy2 zs, and MSI K8N-SLI mobo just to give a few of the specs. Only a year old and Windows XP still gives a ton of problems (blue screens at least once a month, installation errors about 75% of the time, recognizes my flash drive but doesn't assign it a drive letter no matter what drivers I use, etc.). In general XP seems fairly stable but it does have some meajor problems. Maybe you're just lucky with your computer.
Anyway, it sounds like ubuntu will have more users pretty soon. And once it gets more users, more people will 1. tell their friends about how great it is and 2. demand drivers, software, support, etc for it. Somebody will end up providing all these things that people will demand, making ubuntu even better. Since it will be made better, more people will get it, and the cycle continues. So as long as a significant number of people get ubuntu on their new computers (say 3%-7% for starters) its popularity will grow and it'll be another big contender along with Windows and OSX.
The thing I'm really hoping for is for game developers to start offering their games with compatibility on all operating systems. It wouldn't surprise me to see it happen considering how many people are buying Macs these days. It wouldnt even be that hard really, all they need to do is compile their program for all 3 OS's. Then the customer just needs to make sure to buy the right copy for their OS. It looks like an end to Microsoft's reign of terror is finally in sight.
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ok ok ok I keep hearing all these people say something to this effect: " XP/Vista requires me to reboot constantly! "
What the hell kind of jacked up system are you running these Operating systems on?? I had XP installed on one of my older machines and it gave me ZERO problems really, and I custom Built a system to install Vista on and its running great....24/7 have rebooted this machine maybe 3 times in the few months ive had it installed.... Come on people... read the Recommended system requirements NOT the bottom of the line system requirements!
Windows does give a ton of problems that require reboots even on good systems. I'm running with an Athlon64 3700+, GeForce 7900GT, 1GB RAM, Audigy2 zs, and MSI K8N-SLI mobo just to give a few of the specs. Only a year old and Windows XP still gives a ton of problems (blue screens at least once a month, installation errors about 75% of the time, recognizes my flash drive but doesn't assign it a drive letter no matter what drivers I use, etc.). In general XP seems fairly stable but it does have some meajor problems. Maybe you're just lucky with your computer.
Anyway, it sounds like ubuntu will have more users pretty soon. And once it gets more users, more people will 1. tell their friends about how great it is and 2. demand drivers, software, support, etc for it. Somebody will end up providing all these things that people will demand, making ubuntu even better. Since it will be made better, more people will get it, and the cycle continues. So as long as a significant number of people get ubuntu on their new computers (say 3%-7% for starters) its popularity will grow and it'll be another big contender along with Windows and OSX.
The thing I'm really hoping for is for game developers to start offering their games with compatibility on all operating systems. It wouldn't surprise me to see it happen considering how many people are buying Macs these days. It wouldnt even be that hard really, all they need to do is compile their program for all 3 OS's. Then the customer just needs to make sure to buy the right copy for their OS. It looks like an end to Microsoft's reign of terror is finally in sight.