Microsoft.. Linux..

I've been a Linux enthusiast since college days. Windows 95's blue screens of death guided me towards the Linux direction. It was RedHat 5.2 and it has been one hell of a journey since then. So much so it forms my rice bowl of today.

With the launch of Vista, something tht has taken some party to put together in about 5 years, tht is a resource guzzler but boasts beautiful user interface experience, tht would inevitably mean users of Windows XP have just abt 2 years before things start to go obsolete.

IMHO, there's one thing that forms a barrier for Linux reaching desktops by legions. Office suite. The de facto standard has formed to be Microsoft office and this gives the giant a firm grip over their users. While there are office suite alternatives such as Open Office (for Linux/Windows), they just don't do.

A noble cannot possibly say Linux sucks and Microsoft rocks. Microsoft has unlimited funds while Linux is mostly efforts of the mostly unpaid open source community. Compare both the operating systems and you'd definitely be awed.

Do we Vista-fy ourselves, or do we take these 2 years and seek alternatives?

An entertaining read. The author really did a good job on this. You could actually laugh!
Linux Desktop – Is it an Option for Normal Users?
Murmurs of revolt spread through the taverns in the Kingdom of Windows. The flashy new Vista model King William had promised the people had taken 5 years to put into production, and the price matched its splendour. During those five years, the Apple Opera Company had staged several new productions of impressive polish. The upstarts from Google were giving people free software and email services, and there were rumours that Desktop Linux was mature enough to rival Vista.

The LEAVING WINDOWS Project
As I posted here (1), last week I decided that I would NEVER upgrade to Vista as my primary operating system. I find it completely unacceptable to be subject to capricious deactivation with 3 days warning whenever Vista decides it does not like software or hardware I might install (yes, even SOFTWARE can trigger this nonsense...see (2)(3)(4)(5) ).

Linux for Beginners
Some of the greatest benefits and most confusing aspects of Linux are rooted in the fact that there's no one Linux—rather, there are many different operating systems based on the Linux kernel.