[absolutezero1287]

Is it just me or is that what they're doing?
I found a screenshot of Windows 7 and it looks a lot like fluxbox.

[aka Brett]

I have seen couple videos and that doesnt look familiar

[absolutezero1287]

I mean, if you look closely at the sidebar you can see that its using drive letters as opposed to /dev/sdx.

It might not be Windows 7. After all, I got this screenshot off of 4chan.

[Squashman]

That doesn't look like any of the screen shots I have seen of Windows 7. I was invited to be a Beta Tester because I am a Microsoft MVP but I really don't have a spare machine to test it on right now.

[moebius]

looks like fluxbox to me

i've seen windows 7

it's just a vista rehash.

[absolutezero1287]

The screenie might be Xandros. That's the one Linux distro that I know of that uses drive letters. Also, I think Open BSD uses drive letters.

Moebius: Windows 7 is just a vista rehash? Why are people calling it "The Linux killer"? It seems to me that as long as their are people that support free software Linux will never "die".

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by absolutezero1287

The screenie might be Xandros. That's the one Linux distro that I know of that uses drive letters. Also, I think Open BSD uses drive letters.

Moebius: Windows 7 is just a vista rehash? Why are people calling it "The Linux killer"? It seems to me that as long as their are people that support free software Linux will never "die".

"As InfoWorld's Kennedy has shown in his tests of the Windows 7 pre-beta version, Windows 7 is essentially Vista with some interface changes, a claim Microsoft CEO Ballmer concurs with --"
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/infoworld...world/119938_1

[RootbeaR]

D looks like a recovery partition.

[absolutezero1287]

Clicked the link...it's sad. I think this might cause more people to start buying Mac OS X. One thing we (and by "we" I mean the *NIX communtity) need to is to try and get people on Linux. I work as a teacher's assistant and they're always complaining about budget. Now, I don't know how much Windows costs but Linux based distros are free. I think Edubuntu would be nice for schools but I'd probably have to appeal to the schoolboard.

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by absolutezero1287

Clicked the link...it's sad. I think this might cause more people to start buying Mac OS X. One thing we (and by "we" I mean the *NIX communtity) need to is to try and get people on Linux. I work as a teacher's assistant and they're always complaining about budget. Now, I don't know how much Windows costs but Linux based distros are free. I think Edubuntu would be nice for schools but I'd probably have to appeal to the schoolboard.

Ditto. The students would be all that much better off. Since windows is so "easy" and "intuitive," they shouldn't have any problem migrating if need be in work environment.

They would have to add an "anti-computer" course though. Anti-virus, anti-spyware...They wouldn't have a clue what you were talking about.

[absolutezero1287]

I'd also need to learn more about Linux. Going to preorder the Linux Bible 2009. I can only teach myself so much.

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by absolutezero1287

I'd also need to learn more about Linux. Going to preorder the Linux Bible 2009. I can only teach myself so much.

I've learned very little in almost 2 years. No need to. PCLinuxOS.

I am having the same thoughts though as there is likely to be a very good future in Linux Home support as has been in past for windows.

I can't see Linux user base getting any smaller, just bigger and bigger.

Thank-you Vista, if it wasn't for you, I may have never found Linux.

[absolutezero1287]

Lol, yea, I owe it all to Vista as well. I got Ubuntu after Vista made my computer choke.
Now I dualboot with Ubuntu and archlinux. I like building my own OS. With archlinux it wasn't hard. You can make an OS and kernel custom tailored to your machine.

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by absolutezero1287

I like building my own OS. With archlinux it wasn't hard. You can make an OS and kernel custom tailored to your machine.

This sounds interesting.

If I ever have a decent second PC I may try that.

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by absolutezero1287

I like building my own OS. With archlinux it asn't hard. You can make an OS and kernel custom tailored to your machine.

Like with Gentoo?

I used to build from source when I used Slackware, way back when. Whenever I installed on a "new" machine, I would start with an outdated Slackware CD I bought years ago and install the base system and networking support. Then, I would pull the latest development tools, glibc, kernel, and X sources and update my system from source. Once X was up, then I would pull some window manager sources and other GUI apps and build my system that way.

Peace...