So you think Vista looks cool. Well, for those who don’t know, check out the video below which shows that ubuntu (with Beryl) is even cooler.

Im sure all you Anti Windows guys liked the way the video ended. And Im sure no one would forget that day when that pc failed irrecoverably.

Well, let me start the war now. Nothing gives me more pleasure in life than writing a DVD with pirated Windows in it, but since the authorities are all around us these days, I am unable to do that anymore. I somehow managed to get a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and installed it on my Virtualbox. The network adapter was not detected.

Virtualbox is a virtual pc software, and the virtual devices that come with it are easily detected by any OS. But it didnt work. Fine, tried to play some music. That too didnt work. Well, tried to configure a network drive, that didnt work either. So, I just shut down the PC, got a spare hard disk, disconnected the linux drives, and installed Vista on the spare drive that I just took out.

It was an old 80 GB IDE Hard Drive, and it was formatted for Linux earlier, and now for installing Vista, I had to reformat it. Fuck, I cant tell you how long it took to format an 80 GB drive. Imagine how much time it would have taken to format a 160 or a 250 GB drive which is common these days. The PC has 4 GB of DDR 2 RAM, and is an AMD Dual Core system. If I thought the PC was bad, I would write that here.

So after the formating, it began to install. After asking for the acceptance of the stupid agreement, formatting, copying of files, and finalization of the installation, the PC finally booted up.

Sound card worked, network worked, everything was fine. But display adapter didnt. I have a very basic display driver that came with the motherboard and I dont have ATI or an Nvidia adapter that needs special driver. So that failed.

Tested all the 3d stuff, the Areo environment etc. Was all good. Great eyecandy. Nothings inside. Same open platform for viruses, trojans and hackers. Microsoft clearly dont want Norton and other companies to loose business.

It was weekend, and I didnt have much use for the PC, so I decided to put it on a simple test. I installed java, and Azureus, the popular torrent client, and started downloading a few torrents, which I expected would be done in 48 hours.

No one ever went near that PC in 48 hours, no other applications were running. After 48 hours when I checked the system, everything was completely fucked up. I checked the PF, and it was showing 5.7 GB. Even Indyahozting’s Windows server’s RAM havent gone that high. When I checked the processes, a lot of tiny processes with random names, each using atleast 100 MB of RAM are there in the process list. Virus? No way. So thats where Vista stands.

Here is a popular picture thats been around for a while about Windows and its Firewall.

If you are with Windows for the Eyecandy, watch the Video above, and you will start using Ubuntu with Beryl.

What that stupid fucker Bill Gates has done till date :

1. He created a company called Microsoft in 1981.

2. Sat at his backyard and created a stupid command line OS and named it Microsoft Disk Operating System. See? Its not a Computer Operating System, its just to operate the Disk. Well, IBM gave it that name, but anyways. He created that, and copied Apple’s Mac OS, and made Windows. Marketed Windows 3.1 which came in 21 floppy discs in mid 1990s, which was dos based.

That later developed into Windows 95, 96, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP, 2003, and now Vista. Dos was highly prone to virus. And Windows was, is and forever will be so. During the phase of the development, Bill Gates has willingly created a Platform for virus makers, so that the Virus Scanners will get business, and a share would definitely go to Microsoft. Similarly, the Nvidia Datasheet is too complicated and closed, and its not open for the Linux people to make drivers for it. That means, people who want to run Nvidia adapters need to buy Windows. This way, Microsoft has been creating a Monopoly over the OS and software market.

But I guess the fall of Microsoft has started. People have started to recognize linux, all sorts of applications for Linux platforms are available these days on the Internet as easy to install bin files, or .deb as required by ubuntu. We have got rpm converters if required.

Linux is for serious users though. Not for boys who want to be playing games all day not facing reality.

For Linux to overtake Windows, and for Windows to start begging for mercy, the following might be needed.

Commercial tieups with huge software companies like Adobe so that there will be linux versions of Photoshop, flash and dreamweaver too. Though GIMP is there for Linux, its not as good as photoshop. Commercial tieups with Gaming Companies like EA to attract the stupid game buffs into linux. Form voluntary organizations, burn Linux DVDs and distribute it to each and every house with a pc in the world. Preach Linux where ever you go. Display them on your automobiles, get T-Shirts, talk about it, spread the good word around. And be glad that you are doing this for providing the next generation a better life. A bug free life, a Virus free life. An environment where our Kids can really use their brains when working on a computer. Eradicate a company that works for money, and promote the mindset of OpenSource.

Free your mind, and the OS will follow (as in microsuck.com)

Windows is for Boys, Linux is for Men. And MAC is for adolescent. Dont go for Vista. Decide what you are.