Russia to adopt Linux as national operating system by 2015

[Sazzy]

Me: Where the hell is My computer;
Linux: Windows noob,there is NO My Computer!

That's one hateful linux user then, as even I know there's a similar folder to "my computer" on linux :/ (eg the home folder or something?)
Rather than being supportive, said user is making it more difficult for the windows user to migrate

It's hard,extremely hard,impossible to make your migration from a os to another and get a positive feeling out of it,and it's mostly because people expect windows out of linux.

In all honesty, I believe that Windows, OS X and general linux distros are all looking more and more like eachother every day.

[Instab]

In all honesty, I believe that Windows, OS X and general linux distros are all looking more and more like eachother every day.

trü, windows stole many ideas from osx and linux desktops are some sort of a mixture of both

[Sazzy]

true, windows stole many ideas from osx and linux desktops are some sort of a mixture of both

Agreed, but that goes both ways ;o) Both Apple as linux distros implement stuff that MS or either one has "invented"
Also, "stole" is such a bad word... Let's call it inspiration instead.

[Instab]

Agreed, but that gös both ways ;o) Both Apple as linux distros implement stuff that MS or either one has "invented"

sure, however especially vista and win7 labeled some major 'inventions' as exclusive new feature

Also, "stole" is such a bad word... Let's call it inspiration instead.

hehe, agreed

[SBfreak]

What do you guys think? Will the Russians build their own independent distro? Or use something based on gentoo or something because I heard Russians have a pretty good taste when it comes to software.

[Sazzy]

sure, however especially vista and win7 labeled some major 'inventions' as exclusive new feature

That's just marketting ^^ we all know marketting is full of lies, even for honest companies.

What do you guys think? Will the Russians build their own independent distro? Or use something based on gentoo or something because I heard Russians have a pretty good taste when it comes to software.

They'll probably go with something ubuntu-like~

[SBfreak]

I certainly hope not.If they do something new then we'll have a lot more to choose from.Hell they can even make their own desktop environment,that would be epic.

[Sazzy]

I certainly hope not.If they do something new then we'll have a lot more to choose from.Hell they can even make their own desktop environment,that would be epic.

Doing new things costs A LOT of money. With the crisis still not fully over, I'm not sure that's the way they will prefer to take at this time. Plus it would have to be made soon, making it even more expensive.

Customizing, maybe. New, no.

[Instab]

That's just marketting ^^ we all know marketting is full of lies, even for honest companies.

of course but the other parties in this case didn't go that far so they stood out in a negative way

[Sazzy]

of course but the other parties in this case didn't go that far so they stood out in a negative way

I agree, but isn't that kind of "their loss" ?

[Instab]

I agree, but isn't that kind of "their loss" ?

rather a poor execution of copyright laws