And the best desktop operating system is…
Posted on March 13th, 2008 at 8:41 amFor my money, the best desktop operating system is Linux — MEPIS and OpenSUSE at the top with Ubuntu closing in fast, to be exact. But everyone has their own opinion, and over at PC Magazine some old friends and coworkers of mine decided to compare all the most popular desktop operating systems: Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Leopard), and Ubuntu 7.10.
PC Magazine’s OS Wars article was well done and had some interesting results, but I have some thoughts of my own on some of its calls.
First, while Ubuntu does have a clear win in one category — price, of course — there are others where I would have given it higher marks. In the category of installation, the PC Mag staffers had Ubuntu tied with XP at the bottom of the barrel. I would put Vista below both of them. Even with Service Pack 1, Vista installation remains a pain.
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