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Win-XP vs Red Hat 7.2 [The Register]
Nov. 21, 2001

Thomas Greene, of The Register, recently spent an enjoyable weekend installing and uninstalling and reinstalling and reuninstalling Windows-XP Home Edition and Red Hat 7.2 Personal Edition, both of which launched recently. Greene came away from that experience with some interesting observations. Greene writes . . .

On XP:

" . . . if you're a basic PC user thinking about buying XP, don't. It's basically malware. It harangues you with nagging, fake-friendly reminders to obtain a Passport and submit to product activation, and treats you like a child when you try to do anything heretical, like install a device driver of which it disapproves."

"You get your first hint of its 'you're an idiot; let Daddy help' posture during the install, where the progress summary informs you that Windows is 'analyzing your computer'. Yeah, right. Analyze this.... "

. . . and on Red Hat 7.2:

"I knew I was going to hate XP, and I was looking for Red Hat to offer something to compete with it. The timing couldn't have been better, if only Red Hat had exploited it."

"What I wanted to see was some indication that Red Hat understands what XP is about and for whom it was developed. I wanted them to make a real leap to coincide with the XP launch and give me an opportunity to say, here's a fabulous OS which will save you money, time, and frustration. I wanted to say, here's an OS any fool can install with ease, and run with pleasure."

"But alas, if XP is dumbed-down to unbearable depths, 7.2 is still bitchy, unpredictable and high-maintenance, like some upper-middle-class girlfriend. It's still stuck in the realm of advanced users. Damn . . ."

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