Comments on: Vista is teh WOW. And no, I am not just saying that. http://www.linkartist.com.au/blog/tealou/tea/general/vista-is-teh-wow-and-no-i-am-not-just-saying-that/ Design, Freelancing, and everyday business blog of LinkArtist Multimedia Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: linuxman http://www.linkartist.com.au/blog/tealou/tea/general/vista-is-teh-wow-and-no-i-am-not-just-saying-that/#comment-5698 linuxman Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:25:04 +0000 http://tealou.com/?p=305#comment-5698 Ahem, as a qualified, professional Nerd and a user of Linux, XP and Vista, the Aero interface (the pretty screen in Vista) is nice and all and works very well, but until you've seen and used Beryl on Linux you cannot say that nerds can't design a pretty interface. Beryl and Linux run on my crappy home computer which would need 1000s of dollars worth of upgrades to make it Vista ready, plus the cost of Vista itself. $180 does sound fairly cheap though, but $0 sounds better to me. Don't give me the "180 is a small price to pay for ease of use and hassle free installation" Linux installed hassle free and easily. It required no modifications to the default settings - except installation of my video card driver - and you would have to install that on Vista as well. Check out Beryl vids on youtube if you would like to see what it does. IMO it is better and more customisable than Aero on Vista. Also, its free. Some vids I quickly found to illustrate the basic concepts are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7QraljRfM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0ZtcxHUSDQ Ahem, as a qualified, professional Nerd and a user of Linux, XP and Vista, the Aero interface (the pretty screen in Vista) is nice and all and works very well, but until you’ve seen and used Beryl on Linux you cannot say that nerds can’t design a pretty interface.

Beryl and Linux run on my crappy home computer which would need 1000s of dollars worth of upgrades to make it Vista ready, plus the cost of Vista itself. $180 does sound fairly cheap though, but $0 sounds better to me. Don’t give me the “180 is a small price to pay for ease of use and hassle free installation” Linux installed hassle free and easily. It required no modifications to the default settings - except installation of my video card driver - and you would have to install that on Vista as well.

Check out Beryl vids on youtube if you would like to see what it does. IMO it is better and more customisable than Aero on Vista. Also, its free.

Some vids I quickly found to illustrate the basic concepts are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7QraljRfM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0ZtcxHUSDQ

]]> By: Shandar http://www.linkartist.com.au/blog/tealou/tea/general/vista-is-teh-wow-and-no-i-am-not-just-saying-that/#comment-5228 Shandar Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:30:10 +0000 http://tealou.com/?p=305#comment-5228 Works like a CHAMP! :) Thanks for the help! Works like a CHAMP! :) Thanks for the help!

]]> By: Shandar http://www.linkartist.com.au/blog/tealou/tea/general/vista-is-teh-wow-and-no-i-am-not-just-saying-that/#comment-5227 Shandar Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:11:49 +0000 http://tealou.com/?p=305#comment-5227 Good God A-L-L Friday! Where do I send the check?!?!??!?!? You are a genius above genius Tea! Good God A-L-L Friday! Where do I send the check?!?!??!?!? You are a genius above genius Tea!

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