Well you cant really compare vista and unbuntu in terms of functionality and all but I am guessing you are upgrading just for the new look, so in that case Vista has the edge. I've used Ubuntu 6.06, although it was very usable but not exactly a great looker.
Great and informative thread! I use Mandriva 2008 and have Vista Ultimate too. I like both of them but mandriva seems lot more stable and it uses less system resources. Since I have 2Gb memory, Vista works well. I like it's look and it is fast, but it needs more fixes and service packs before I would recommend it from my heart. Maybe a lite version... ;-) I use VMWARE Workstation with WinXP under Linux if I want to run a program which is not available for Linux or I cannot find something similar. This kind of system works quite well together. I use GRUB for booting and I am satisfied with it.
I don't know about ubunto guess i need to go do some research then come back... any useful links on ubunto?
There is no Ubuntu 7.06, the previous version was 7.04 and the current one is 7.10. Their version numbers represent the year and month of a release. So 7.04 means it's been released in 2007, month 4 (April). You can read it like this: 2007.04 (Ubuntu 7.04) 2007.10 (Ubuntu 7.10 released this October) 2008.04 (Ubuntu 8.04 that will be released in April 2008) And so on, every six months there is a new version with incremental, but significant improvements. The current version, 7.10, comes with 3D enabled by default on computers with supported cards, with new GNOME 2.20 desktop which, among other things, features improved "Appearances" settings (all in one to manage all look-and-feel of the OS) and some other less visible features. It's called Ubuntu, not Ubunto. As for useful links here are some to start with: - http://www.ubuntu.com - http://ubuntuforums.org - http://ubuntuguide.org - http://www.ubuntuvideo.com And of course, if you'd like a nice and cozy community to help you with it, there is also my own site linked from the signature as "Freedomware Support" on which we support all people starting to or already using what we call "Freedomware" which is also known as "Free Software" or "Open Source". Cheers
Good News Skype for Linux 2.0 Beta just released. Finally Video! http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/
Sweet ass! Going to have to try to get on this, haven't even checked if my webcam works with Ubuntu natively or not. It sucks that Ubuntu is getting all the credit for Linux these days, but it's really a great distribution and it's getting people turned onto Linux so I can't complain too much. Debian is a great distro, but Ubuntu has a lot more updated packages and has some great support these days so in many ways it's superior.