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[Boz]

I really hope now that Linux blows up, a lot of companies and game developers switch to it and publish their games (starting with Valve) and we dump Microsoft once and for all.

Hopefully Windows 8 failure will be the beginning of it. I'm really sick and tired of them. Decades of existence and they came out with 2 Windows that were worth something.

[Mouettus]

I have absolutely no problem with the new start screen. I love it and the new improvements as well. Integrating apps was a nice addition as well. Everything is fine.... except for the FAWKEN CLOWN COLORS!

I need some some eye candy that would look professionnal as well. I don't think it's too much to ask. And I don't think it would hurt the performance too much as well. Even Android has some nice UI touches that makes it look more like a serious OS; unlike a great product wrapped in fisher price like MS is pushing right now!

[Dot Matrix]

Boz, on 05 August 2012 - 16:16, said:

I really hope now that Linux blows up, a lot of companies and game developers switch to it and publish their games (starting with Valve) and we dump Microsoft once and for all.

Hopefully Windows 8 failure will be the beginning of it. I'm really sick and tired of them. Decades of existence and they came out with 2 Windows that were worth something.

Cool. Then don't use them. But, they're not going anywhere. Linux has proven to have far too many problems that consumer don't want to be of any interest To OEMs.

[MrAnalysis]

If your not happy with the way windows 8 looks then skin it. You can make it look like w7 with a few minor tweaks i am sure within the next month someone will make a transformation pack for windows 8 to make it look like windows 7.

You can already download classicshell to make the start menu come back, you can edit registers or the UXtheme equivalent to add the aero theme from windows 7, and you can boot right into desktop and in theory disable metro if you like! All the software to do this is around its just not all bundled into a 1 click and your up and running looking like windows 7 package.

Meh why hang around in the past, same thing was said about the way windows xp, windows vista and longhorn looked. Your grow used to it and move on with the times.

[.Neo]

MrAnalysis, on 05 August 2012 - 18:08, said:

If your not happy with the way windows 8 looks then skin it. You can make it look like w7 with a few minor tweaks i am sure within the next month someone will make a transformation pack for windows 8 to make it look like windows 7.

You can already download classicshell to make the start menu come back, you can edit registers or the UXtheme equivalent to add the aero theme from windows 7, and you can boot right into desktop and in theory disable metro if you like! All the software to do this is around its just not all bundled into a 1 click and your up and running looking like windows 7 package.

Meh why hang around in the past, same thing was said about the way windows xp, windows vista and longhorn looked. Your grow used to it and move on with the times.

You clearly don't understand what the OP is talking about.

[Aethec]

Boz, on 05 August 2012 - 16:16, said:

I really hope now that Linux blows up, a lot of companies and game developers switch to it and publish their games (starting with Valve) and we dump Microsoft once and for all.

Hopefully Windows 8 failure will be the beginning of it. I'm really sick and tired of them. Decades of existence and they came out with 2 Windows that were worth something.

I didn't know you were so good at programming operating systems. Why don't you build your own and show us what a good OS is then?

[.Neo]

Aethec, on 05 August 2012 - 19:49, said:

I didn't know you were so good at programming operating systems. Why don't you build your own and show us what a good OS is then?

I take it you can reproduce every product in existence you have an opinion on as well? If not your reply holds no meaning.