More reasons Windows 7 will kill Linux

Changing permissions

Changing permissions *inside* Windows 7 folders is complicated, but possible. What was preventing you from changing permissions or accessing the external drive?

i guess that linux folks

i guess that linux folks (witch i used to be for loong time and still am in some way) forgot that computer is not only *the machine that runs mighty linux* but for many people just tool - and windows fits for them.
i remember times when even installation of linux was a pain in the ass, now i can barely see visual difference (and to be honest, linux is turning into same all-in-one bulky dino as windows).
so, what makes difference?

i guess ability to run commercial games and software just-like-that. make linux that will and you kill windows :} but to this time i bet on windows - it's still the most multi-purpose system made.

saying that games are not important, or that you have alternatives on linux... yeah, but it's like hollywood and c-class movies. both are movies, and both might be good, but you can cleary see the difference.

you got wine and cedega (with i commercial and i don't count that as FREE software, even with free version that has no securom so you can not play without no-cd hacks... and so on). and wine... you can play oldies.

so, if you like to play newer games you stuck with windows, same if you use windows-only software, and sometimes you have to. no other free way.

Believe it or not, people

Believe it or not, people would rather keep their old version of windows (XP) than switch to Linux.

Yep. It is quite amazing

Yep.

It is quite amazing that the Linux people always come up with excuse after excuse when over and over again consumers have rejected Linux. People don't want your Linux. Get over it.

Obviously you missed the

Obviously you missed the point. Betamax was better quality but VHS was more convenient. There are great stores available but Walmart is one stop shopping. People in the US generally follow the herd. Look at what people buy and what they don't buy. Hershey chocolate is everywhere, but you have to look for Lindt's. It's not a matter of what is better, it's what people buy. People watch the same old rehashed crap on tv because they know what to expect. Look at how many movies have been remade and they are still making money. Bottom line is most people just want comfort and familiarity. If you live in a world where everybody is not like that then please let the rest of us know where that is. Unless you can market it in a way that makes people see why it is better, they won't go to it. And as far as not making money on LINUX, wake up, ASUS, MSI, ACER, Dell and HP are doing that right now. You don't make the money selling LINUX, you make the money on selling the LINUX box. It's like your cell phone, you pay for the service, you don't ask how it's connected.

"You don't make the money

"You don't make the money selling LINUX, you make the money on selling the LINUX box. It's like your cell phone, you pay for the service, you don't ask how it's connected."

This is exactly part of the problem. For OEMs selling a Linux box is probably more than fine, but the support is what is lacking. Once you sell a Linux (black) box and after six months the buyer needs to reinstall Linux to get support, and while reinstalling the Linux is broken on the box that was sold as a Linux box, the buyer gets angry. And more than rightly so.

The real quality of Linux comes with vendors like Red Hat. But the price of that is probably out of the question for Netbooks, and well, those quality Linux systems lack the desktop experience.

So you're left in a vicious cycle of barely working Linux desktop systems with six months of support. Of course that is fine for OEMs if they really believe that people will buy a new Linux box every six months.