I know I'm planning to try to permanently switch off to Linux when Vista starts saturating the market and XP is completely unsuppored anymore. It took me quite awhile before going to XP from 2k (I first installed XP in late 2004 or early 2005, as a thought)
JD Hal V. Engel wrote: > On Sunday 27 August 2006 12:17, GWMobile wrote: > >> Having run into so many windows versions upgrade problems working on >> both flight sim and xplane over the past 10 years I highly suggest that >> any vista issues be IGNORED until at least 20 % of the population >> actually has it AND the first vista patch has been issued by microsoft. >> >> It's just a programmed plan of obsolence by microsoft that drains >> development from other issues. >> >> I have a strange feeling that the recent privacy intrusions regarding >> unauthorized computer version checking and reporting to microsoft in >> recent windows xp "patches" and the daunting vista hardware requirements >> and they widespread availability of free "try it without installing it" >> linux boot cdroms will actually prompt a large number of people to >> finally switch to linux at long last. >> > > I agree that more users are thinking about Linux and other open source > systems > and these systems are becoming more viable all the time. I almost use Linux > exclusively now and the only thing I still use Windows for is to build > Windows binaries of my own software projects. But I am starting to work with > VMPlayer for this and I expect that at some point soon I will do this work in > a virtual windows session running on my Linux desktop. > > >> Interestingly new releases of flight simualtor since dos 5.5 have >> actually been one of the primary motivators for people to upgrade their >> computer systems. >> >> Might I suggest making flightgear work well on linux might actually do >> the same for linux? >> > > FlightGear works much better when I am booted to Linux then it does on the > same hardware booted to Windows XP. So I think FlightGear is already there. > > >> But first priority should be to make flightgear work well on the systems >> out now. >> > > One of the main advantages of having open source software work well on > Windows > and/or the Mac is that it helps to get folks who are running a proprietary OS > thinking about the possibility of switching to an Open Source Software (OSS) > OS. The truth is that we are at a point now where for the vast majority of > users there are viable OSS solutions for everything that they are currently > doing with proprietary software and at some point, like when Windows forces a > big change that is very costly to users, many users will bite the bullet and > switch. > > Linux surpassed the number of Macs on the desktop in late 2004 at 2.8% of the > installed base and by the end of this year there will be more than twice as > many Linux desktop machines as Macs at about 6% of the installed base. So we > are already seeing a tremendous growth in the number of Linux users. Linux > has dominated the server market for some time now. > > >> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 5:42 am, Chris Metzler wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:47:04 -0700 >>> >>> Evan Platt wrote: >>> >>>> Is FL not Vista >>>> compliant, or is there a known fix / issue? >>>> >>> It's hard to develop for Vista when you don't *have* Vista. Vista has >>> not >>> yet been released, and no developers (that I know of) are in the beta >>> test >>> circle. I'm sure Vista will end up fully supported; but I wouldn't >>> expect >>> any Vista-specific issues to get fixed quickly. With that said: >>> >>> 1. Are you sure the problem *is* Vista-specific? OK, fgrun fails; but >>> maybe it's failing for some non-Vista reason. >>> >>> 2. You might try the -devel list. The developers who fix bugs are >>> (mostly) >>> there. >>> >>> 3. If it really is the case that MS has introduced something in Vista >>> that breaks software that worked OK on XP/2000/ME/etc., then they're >>> either >>> really stupid again, or really evil and greedy again, or both. >>> >>> -c >>> >>> -- >>> Chris Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> (remove "snip-me." to email) >>> >>> "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since >>> I >>> have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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