first impression

Vista? In a Linux Blog? Yep, but only because Vista has had such an impact on the tech community, and the computer-using world as a whole.

Come see a Linux users' first impression of Vista.

First week experience with KDE as desktop environment. What are the most striking features?

My roommate thought it was a wolf in teh moon... I shooped thing different...

Being a fervent fan and a loyal user of the Ubuntu family, especially the autumn releases, I have decided that I could not wait and that I had to test the Beta build and get the first impression of the newcomer.

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I eventually decided myself to install Ubuntu, but the key point is: I want to keep my laptop with XP because I have installed the softwares that support my needs.

This week I'm at the Open Source Convention in Portland, aka OSCON. First impression, before showing up: it seems all focused on big business.

Echoes: "The first impression Xfe gave me was of a solid, full-featured, powerful and good-looking file manager.

I have to admit, I was really impressed by this application, and I've never used it before. Since I'm a KDE guy, my file manager of choice was always Konqueror and I was never able to get used to Nautilus, Krusader, Thunar or ROX-Filer.

But Xfe is a completely new and pleasant experience. Let me tell you what I've found so nice about it..."

A first impression of Mandriva Linux 2009.0, and a bit of a retraction of some of the things I've said about KDE4.