[Ubuntu-be] vista - ubuntu (usability)

[Kristoff Bonne]

Zirell,

ZIRELL schreef:
> Op het gebied van vista = virus - indringers - spyware - trojans -
> adware valt vista nog best mee (voor het moment) werk nu al 2 maande
> onder vista ultimate en nog altijd geen last van gehad. MAAR de rest
> zuigt drivers die verdwijne na instalatie, niet compatible met xp (
> dan krijg je een scherm met ONLY FOR WINDOWS XP!) bij redelijk veel
> software gehad  :) een hoop blauwe schermen...

Raar want daar hetgene ik gehoord had in één of andere podcast van een
computer-programma op DLF was er op dat vlak -compabiliteit met vorige
software- eigenlijk relatief weinig problemen. Het was eerder de drivers
waar zij problemen mee hebben.
(maar voor dat laatste heb je op linux ook wel eens last).


Now, without wanting to go into a "vista sucks, linux rules" kind of
logic would I be interested to have a good comparison between linux
(ubuntu in this case) and vista; in the view of the general usability of
the system.
(just to have an idea of what would be the best to say when people as this).

Now, I have never seen vista (but I do have a mac so based on what I
hear, I should have a pretty good idea of what vista looks like. :-)),
so -as you know both vista and linux- I would be interested in your
opinion about it.

So,
- the "search engine" in the start (i.e. mac's spotlight). What do we
have on linux that matches this? Beagle?

- the "gadgets/widgets". This is something that does not exist in itself
on linux.

Anybody any idea of exactly what widgets are standard on the vista sold
in Belgium? Weather? (we have that on linux inside the panel)
Stock-exchange tracker (euronext?) calculator? currency convertor, ...

Are there central websites for these kind of tools on linux?


- The "windows reorganisor" (what's it called on vista, on mac it is the
when you go to the left-top corner of your screen).
Perhaps we can put the virtual desktops as an alternative to this.

Do somebody know if the sun "project looking glass" GUI is getting
ported to ubuntu?


- Other stuff?
(e.g. the 3D desktop xgl?; how does it compair to vista's user interface).

The transparent windows, etc.



BTW.
I know some time ago; there was some discussion that vista was going to
have all kind of limitations incorperated into it; like it would not
play mp3 above a certain bitrate or you would not be able to run hacked
or copied software on it.
Is this now correct or not?


Cheerio! Kr. Bonne.