| Vista vs. Linux software wars - bundled apps |
Feb. 21, 2007
In this fourth episode of a series that pits Microsoft's new Vista OS against SimplyMEPIS Linux, DesktopLinux.com columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols compares the operating systems' bundled games, browsers, and instant communications applications.
"In the last episode, the question was how each operating system would work, or not, with the hardware on my HP Pavilion Media Center TV m7360n PC," writes Vaughan-Nichols. "The answer was that neither OS worked perfectly with the computer, but Ubuntu/MEPIS -- yes, the Linux system -- actually worked better with the PC than did Vista. In no small part, that was because Vista's built-in DRM (digital rights management) gets in the way of viewing or listening to high-quality video or music.
"In this episode, I turn my attention to the software that both OSes include in their standard packages. Since I was using Vista Ultimate, the Vista with all the bells and whistles, I should note that it has more applications built in than its siblings. Similarly, MEPIS, a professional-grade adaptation of Ubuntu, comes with more applications than a vanilla Linux distribution, although with less than some Linuxes, such as Novell's openSUSE or SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop), or Xandros's Professional Linux desktop," he continues.
"You can, of course, add software to both operating systems, but that's the subject of the next episode in this series. Today's topic is what you get in the box, or download as part of the system."
Read the latest episode in this interesting series to find out how the two OSes compared:
A Vista vs. Linux Matchup
Part 4: Software Wars - Bundled Apps
In case you missed the previous installments of this series, you can catch up on what you missed here:
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