Linus Torvalds likes the Google Chrome OS Linux desktop

Originally Posted by vasa1

Since this twist of the topic doesn't seem off-topic (!!!), I'd rather be wrong with SJVN that right with Ed Bott.

Of course. You hate Microsoft, everyone knows that. lol

[chronomatic]

Originally Posted by funkydude

To be fair I generally avoid zdnet altogether. But looking at his past articles now, I don't see anything about Linux. In other words he sticks to his own "field" instead of making up lies and nonsense about the subjects he disagrees with. Sounds a hell of a lot more mature than SJVN

All Ed Bott has written about for the past two months was the OSX Flashback trojan. Sure, he rarely writes about Linux, but he does leave comments about it in the comments section, usually bashing it, etc.

So, yeah, I think both SVJN and Ed Bott are shills, but I do find SVJN's shilling to be more accurate. Ed Bott just likes to pretend Windows is the only OS that exists (except when he mentions OSX and Flashback).

[vasa1]

Yes, I hate Microsoft and that is evident in all / most / some of my posts.

Originally Posted by vasa1

Yes, I hate Microsoft and that is evident in all / most / some of my posts.

And you may have (in)valid ideological/political reasons, but those are probably off topic to discuss (unrelated to technology). I feel sorry for your drama, but not much because I don't share your views of course.

Grr argh. Useless eyecandy transparency in GUIs needs to die. Everyone knows netbook GPUs are terrible, so why do all these "netbook friendly" OSes employ so much eyecandy?

And Aura does look like a prettier, Start-menu-less version of Aero. And the name is uncomfortably close too. Have to wonder what drove Google's "innovation" there, a lawsuit from Microsoft would be rather unhealthy.

[Hungry Man]

Yes, it was really ironic that when Unity came out it was aimed at netbooks but ran wayyyyy worse. This isn't so much the case now but definitely it's still slowe rthan older UIs.

Yeah it looks a lot like a regular desktop now.

Only because of Vista/7 Aero rubbish. Blur! Drop shadows! Window borders an inch thick! My netbook's battery life is 6 hours with Windows XP's defaults, and 4 1/2 with Windows 7's.

[funkydude]

Originally Posted by Gullible Jones

Only because of Vista/7 Aero rubbish. Blur! Drop shadows!

You must love the unity panel then

Originally Posted by Gullible Jones

Window borders an inch thick! My netbook's battery life is 6 hours with Windows XP's defaults, and 4 1/2 with Windows 7's.

Odd because XP's UI isn't hardware accelerated. I'd wager it was something else consuming more battery.

Possibly, it might be something to do with the ACPI drivers. Linux without pcie_aspm=force also drains the battery.

[sunoracle]

Originally Posted by chronomatic

So, yeah, I think both SVJN and Ed Bott are shills, but I do find SVJN's shilling to be more accurate. Ed Bott just likes to pretend Windows is the only OS that exists (except when he mentions OSX and Flashback).

These guys are all pundits, and they make their living by saying things that are designed to get attention. They live for controversy, so it's no wonder that they take the rather extreme stands that they do. Think of them as professional trolls.

[kjdemuth]

Hey not to hijack the thread but Where can one get the latest chrome OS?

[vasa1]

Originally Posted by kjdemuth

Hey not to hijack the thread but Where can one get the latest chrome OS?

Here?

[Hungry Man]

I think you can only buy ChromeOS on chromebooks. OTherwise you use ChromiumOS.

[Ring0]

Where can one get the latest chrome OS?

here:

http://getchrome.eu/download.php

or:

http://susestudio.com/a/jMOVxa/chrome-os-linux

[Hungry Man]

Chrome OS Linux is not related to Google.

This doesn't seem t obe it.

The other link might be.