Response to “101 reasons why Linux is better than Windows” – Part 8
This is a response (Part 8) to the web blog entitled “101 reasons why Linux is better than Windows”(http://cityblogger.com/archives/2007/01/24/101-reasons-why-linux-is-better-than-windows/)”. The author tries to discredit Windows by giving many reasons why Linux is “better”.
I will do my best to show how this is not the case. Operating systems are just tools. If you try to make one OS look “better” than another, you could possibly lead people into the wrong direction. Please note that the author has not written all 101 reasons on his blog. It appears he stopped writing it a while back. I will respond to everything he has currently written.
Direct quotes from the author are in red and my responses are in black. Please note that I mean no disrespect to the author in anything I say.
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75) Cool integration between Calendar application and Desktop calendar. For example if you add an appointment into Evolution, it will show up in your Desktop Calendar in Gnome as well when you click on time.
Not a big deal, and not a good reason to switch to Linux.
76) You can have multiple work-spaces, its like having multiple desktops. Instead of having all your applications on one desktop, you can have them sorted on multiple desktop workspaces and easily switch between them. For example you can make one workspace for work, one for music, one for emails, one for browsing and so on. This can be in a grid or linearly organised.
Windows 10 can do multi-desktops.
77) You don’t need to create a Microsoft Live account and remember another stinking password just because you wanted to play Solitare.
Not a big deal, and not a good reason to switch to Linux.
78) Encoding compressed video files is a dream once you get ffmpeg compiled. In windows normally it costs money to get a program to encode video and often the encoded files don’t play on the device.
You can use the free program called Handbrake. This will do what you want.
79) games made natively for Linux run faster than the same game on Windows.
Why would a game compiled for Linux run faster than the same game compiled for Windows?
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Well this is the end of Part 8! Click here for Part 9!
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