Four quick windows gripes that don't really involve Ubuntu directly
1. In Windows Vista, I cannot print to my Ubuntu shared printer. No matter how hard I tried. Compare this with the fact that when I have a OSX in the house, it actually prints _better_ to the Ubuntu shared printer than Ubuntu does.
2. Using Windows Vista to move files between Ubuntu drives is slow and crash-prone. I'm not a computer-smart kind of guy, right? I know just enough to be dangerous. Why, using Windows to copy files, do files copy at about 1/4 the speed of the same files being transferred via SFTP?
3. Windows Skydrive, which could be Windows strongest selling point if they didn't screw it up so badly*, doesn't let you upload things in directories. What the good is it then?
4. Ubuntu is not in the default Microsoft spellchecker. Boo!
*Think on this: How do Ubuntista's counter this argument? Q: Why do you use Windows? A: Well, because with Windows comes 5GB of Skydrive which is mine to do with what I want and I can keep my important documents synched up there in case of a system failure."
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For backup purposes, there are many sites that offer free storage, such as Mozy who provides 2 GB of backup for free. Whoops, just remembered that Mozy doesn't support Linux yet! Doh!
If there is not already a Windows SkyDrive alternative, I expect there will be one very soon.
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Submitted by Tristan Rhodes (not verified) on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 08:53.