XP or Vista?

[marvin steve]

hi all
What would you choose? XP or Vista?
Why?

[Robbe]

Do you remember when Microsoft launched XP. "XP's ****!, XP sucks! and so on", the same happened when they released Vista, although Vista somehow deserved it in the beginning, but after a while even Vista have had imporvements and today I would choose Vista, without a doubt.

Why choose between XP and Vista? Why not Windows 7? The new Windows 7 64 bit version is awesome! (compared to Windows in general).

...or you can use Linux (for example Ubuntu).

[cfajohnson]

hi all
What would you choose? XP or Vista?

No.

Why?

Windows is not free software (in neither the sense of free beer or free speech).

I only use software that honours the four freedoms outlined by the Free Software Foundation:

* The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
* The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
* The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
* The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

[arindra]

Ofourse windows vista would be my first preference. What's yours?