On the one hand...yeah, bleah...though Windows 8 isn't all that different from setting up icons on your desktop to run commonly used programs. Also, hit the windows button on your keyboard and bam you're back in the familiar (Windows 7) territory...which is more than I can say for Gnome 3. :-/ On Jan 27, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: > I looked at the computers at Office Max yesterday and got to see Windows 8. It's rubbish! How are you supposed to do anything? > > As a Linux user, I've been so spoiled by the user-friendliness of Linux Mint, Puppy Linux, and antiX Linux. Windows 8 is even worse than Unity. I felt completely out to sea. There were some Windows 7 computers there as well, and Windows 7 (at least in the configuration I saw) didn't look that different from Windows XP, the last Windows OS I have significant experience with. I can't imagine how anyone who likes Windows XP or 7 will like Windows 8. Anyone who objects to Unity will hate Windows 8 even more. > > Microsoft today reminds me of General Motors during the Malaise Era. Windows Vista was Microsoft's Chevy Vega. I expect Windows 8 to go down in history as Microsoft's Chevy Citation, Cadillac Cimarron, or Oldsmobile diesel engine. > > -- > Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list