Out friendly Penguin here, linux, provided a very good platform for alot of developers to explore and implement their own linux based OS.
In fact, there are hundreds of linux based OS (or simply called Linux Distributions) available for free download all over the net. To name a few, we have Ubuntu, Mac os, Opensuze, Gentoo, Arch Linux, etc
Here are the SCREEN SHOTS of (almost all) available distributions of linux. If you intend to switch to linux based os, please do visit this page. http://www.seoexpertconsultants.com/index.php?linux.
Whats so interesting about the linux community is that it gives infinite flexibility.( Eg. if you are a programmer, and you happen to NOT like some of the features in ubuntu, you can, simply edit its registry, input your own process and get it to work, legally. You do not have to worry about infringement rights, encryption and such that using windows would...)
You might also notice that most OS have very simple interface. The advantage is that it offers superb simplicity and accessibility. Whatever you need to use, is simply, there. You don’t have to search high and low to find any problems you are trying to find and access your compliers, notepad and anything things you need to do computing. And if thats not sufficient, you can always look at the opensource community forum for free applications, softwares to help you with whatever that need to be done.
Have a look at LINUX FORUM to look at the thousands of open source projects that you can download for free! This includes games to office to photo/song editors and alot more. Of course, there are alot more forums out there offering even more free opensource softwares. Do try to seek them out!
And also since the programs can be edited as-per-you-happy, there’s no limit to how things can change to suit your demand or the futuristic needs. Just use the programs codes as basis to what you intend to do, copy the codes and make amendments to create a better one! If you like some parts of a program and another part of another, just do a combination! Merge both, omit the useless parts and create a more powerful, dedicated program for your needs!
For the consumer users, most of us will happy to know linux based os are free! This means you ave the power to change os whenever you are happy. The applications are for free too. Another thing to note is that you wouldn’t see annoying updates here and there.
For the consumer users, most of us will happy to know linux based os are free! This means you ave the power to change os whenever you are happy. The applications are for free too. Another thing to note is that you wouldn’t see annoying updates here and there.
Before we go into the technical specifications of Windows 7, why don’t we start off our excitement about Windows 7 by watching a video about Windows 7 and its new features?
Technical details about Windows 7
Minimum hardware requirements for Windows 7 | ||
Architecture | 32-bit | 64-bit |
Processor | 1 GHz 32-bit processor | 1 GHz 64-bit processor |
Memory (RAM) | 1 GB of RAM | 2 GB of RAM |
Graphics Card | DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver model 1.0 (For Aero) | |
HDD free space | 16 GB of available disk space | 20 GB of available disk space |
Optical drive | DVD drive (only to install from DVD/CD Media) | |
- BitLocker (a full disk encryption feature, ie. used to protect data) requires a USB flash drive to use BitLocker To Go.
- Windows XP Mode (read below for more information) requires an additional 1 GB of RAM, an additional 15 GB of available hard disk space, and a processor capable of hardware virtualization with Intel VT or AMD-V enabled.
Windows XP Mode is a feature which allow users to run programs that are suited for Windows XP. It is like a virtual machine, enabling users to run the virtual machine via the Windows 7 interface with a few clicks. It’s like having 2 operating systems running on a desktop/laptop. However, it is only available for the Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise editions. With Windows XP Mode, this means that we can test our programs and applications on the virtual machine without worrying about affecting our main operating system, Windows 7. Isn’t that great?
Commercial value of Windows
| Desktop market share for September 2009 |
| Total Windows – 93.10% |
| Windows XP – 71.79% |
| Windows Vista – 18.80% |
| Windows 7 – 1.18% |
| Windows 2000 – 0.93% |
| Windows 98 – 0.13% |
| Windows Me – 0.12% |
| Windows NT – 0.11% |
| Windows CE – 0.04% |
| Non-Windows – 6.90% |
It seems like Windows XP is still the most popular Windows Operating system currently. With the launch of Windows 7, will we see a change in the statistics? What do you think? Do share your views by posting a comment on this blog entry.
Windows 7 vs Windows Vista
Special thanks to Wikipedia for the information and Youtube for the videos.
!! News flash !!
The Google Chrome OS, coming out in 2nd half 2010! http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
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