Windows 7

MikeWhitehead

Conor wrote: »

Yes I am. It is based on the Windows Server 2008 kernel.

Vista and Server 2008 have almost always been using the same code base - neither is based on one another.

Conor_3

MikeWhitehead wrote: »

Ok I'll give him that Vista has gained market share from its release, but that's not really a fair comparison. You can't compare a single OS to a kernel on which many OSs are built. Therefore, the comparison should be Windows and Linux.

Why? I was comparing Windows Vista to Linux DISTRIBUTIONS which is what that source of data you were using does as it uses Browser ID strings to get its figures - or are you claiming now that Linux kernels come with FF/Konq/Opera built in?

DatabaseError

linux goodies...w00t!
I use openoffice and the gimp, I don't really buy any other software (except games) so I guess the freebies won't interest me too much
the dual boot is/was a good idea, it was what I was doing...until...I realised that linux was gaining me nothing, yet costing me time trying to get it all working

Conor_3

MikeWhitehead wrote: »

egwwqwinnned

You may want to do a CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE as it appears your X-session has crashed.

Conor_3

tonyhague wrote: »

the dual boot is/was a good idea, it was what I was doing...until...I realised that linux was gaining me nothing, yet costing me time trying to get it all working

Me too. I played with it, customised the hell out of it and then realised that all it did was duplicate what my Windows install did with a 1990's interface and rubbish font engines but that if I wanted to use my printer, my DVB-T tuner to watch freeview or browse shared files on my desktop, I needed to boot back into Windows. So one quick bootrec /fixmbr and grub was gone.

MikeWhitehead

Conor wrote: »

You may want to do a CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE as it appears your X-session has crashed.

That actually made me chuckle

My cat attacked my keyboard.

MikeWhitehead

Conor wrote: »

Me too. I played with it, customised the hell out of it and then realised that all it did was duplicate what my Windows install did with a 1990's interface and rubbish font engines but that if I wanted to use my printer, my DVB-T tuner to watch freeview or browse shared files on my desktop, I needed to boot back into Windows. So one quick bootrec /fixmbr and grub was gone.

I don't think we'll ever agree on this subject will we?

Conor_3

MikeWhitehead wrote: »

The fact remains that the kernel is all the same kernel, simply altered.

So no different to Linux? Oh wait, yes it is - it's had a complete rewrite.

Check the command prompt (ever used edlin?) - it's a pre-MS-DOS command which is still included today.

What is?

there is a system folder (derived from 16bit platform usage), a system32 folder (derived from 32bit platform usage). I think you need to learn the difference between SHELLS and KERNELS. The kernel isn't (directly) what makes the UI different.

So do you. A folder has nothing to do with the kernel.

Your comments on WINE are also based somewhat in the past.

The past being a fortnight ago.

Oh and it's interesting to note how you've now changed tack and are claiming you're just on about the kernel when you refer to Linux now you realise you're losing face.

MikeWhitehead

Conor wrote: »

Oh and it's interesting to note how you've now changed tack and are claiming you're just on about the kernel when you refer to Linux now you realise you're losing face.

My first comment (IIRC, it was oh-so-long ago) was the fact that each version was based on their predecessor. That basis is their kernel and (to a degree) codebase.

How have I changed tack? I'm not losing face, I'm getting bored of your digressions.

Conor_3

MikeWhitehead wrote: »

My first comment (IIRC, it was oh-so-long ago) was the fact that each version was based on their predecessor. That basis is their kernel and (to a degree) codebase.

How have I changed tack? I'm not losing face, I'm getting bored of your digressions.

You claimed Windows was losing market share to Linux. You then claimed in a later post that Linux was just the kernel. However desktop market share tends to be gleaned using browser ID data recorded from websites etc. AFAIK, the linux kernel doesn't have a browser built in so when bleating on about market share, you must have been referring to distros when you said "Linux".

Like most Linux apologists, you suddenly start bleating on about how "Linux is the kernel" when faced with indisputable facts.