The Economist Suggests Linux For Netbooks 445
Trepidity writes "In its roundup of how to choose a netbook, The Economist suggests that users 'avoid the temptation' to go for a Windows-based netbook, and in particular to treat them as mini laptops on which you'll install a range of apps. In their view, by the time you add the specs needed to run Windows and Windows apps effectively, you might as well have just bought a smallish laptop. Instead, they suggest the sweet spot is ultra-lite, Linux-based netbooks, with a focus on pre-installed software that caters to common tasks. They particularly like OpenOffice, which they rate as easier to use than MS Word and having 'no compatibility problems,' as well as various photo-management software." Besides which, does Windows offer spinning cubes for coffee-shop demos?
Spinning cubes? (Score:4, Funny)
Besides which, does Windows offer spinning cubes for coffee-shop demos?
No, just flying chairs
A bit too early... (Score:1, Funny)
Finally! (Score:4, Funny)
Finally, the big breakthrough.
This time it's definitely true: 2009 is the year of Linux on the deskt... netbook!
Re:No compatibility problems? (Score:4, Funny)
Well.... f*ck. I can't go back and edit my post now.
I hereby officially retract what I wrote there, about horseshit. I stand by what I wrote about OO.o's excellent formula editor, though.
Re:I'm guessing that wasn't on their radar screen (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It's right for you. Will you be allowed to buy (Score:2, Funny)
Which won't mean a thing when that Chinese company suddenly finds that its exports have been blocked and that the US media is filled with stories about how they use lead, melanine, or Polonium-210 in their manufacturing processes.
Nothing that can be proven, of course, but then have you ever asked to see proof when that has happened before?
Re:No compatibility problems? (Score:1, Funny)
[citation needed]
Re:No compatibility problems? (Score:5, Funny)
We have an XML open standard: Office Open XML. The free software community just refuses to implement it because they hate innovation and enjoy kicking puppies.
Re:No compatibility problems? (Score:1, Funny)
No, it was sent out as .odt and I only have MS Office :P
Re:No compatibility problems? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Spinning cubes? (Score:5, Funny)
Flying Toasters?
THATS BRILLIANT!
Maybe we could make a program that only runs after the screen has gone black...we could call it...After...Black. Or something.
Re:No compatibility problems? (Score:2, Funny)
Do you remember a rumbling sound you may have noticed some minutes back that was accompanied by dimming of lights around you?
That would have been the joke harmlessly passing over your head and blotting out any lighting in the area.
Re:I'm guessing that wasn't on their radar screen (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm guessing that wasn't on their radar screen (Score:2, Funny)
(if you take points off such things it makes sure you don't take points off for repeating the same mistake)
Such as using 'threw' instead of through......
Re:No compatibility problems? (Score:2, Funny)
No, please, don't go away! Please! We have very important questions! Is there God? What is the meaning of life? When will the Year of Linux on the Desktop happen? Please!