Re: Tried GNOME , KDE ... looks like its back to Windows
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:01 pm
...actually it is fair, given that the hardware platform is (by your measure) also very old -- a Dell Latitude D400 laptop, complete with a sticker proclaiming "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP". I think it is imminently fair to compare the latest possible Windows XP installation disk (SP2) on this laptop to Linux Mint. A basic installation of XP-SP2 failed to support 99% of the core functionality of the laptop (despite the sticker!), while a basic installation of Linux Mint supported all of the hardware without the need to install any extra drivers.vortexmak wrote:Comparing to Windows XP is not really fair since its a very old OS, Linux on the other hand gets updated quite frequently. You would'nt have needed any drivers if you had used Windows 7.
Windows 7 ?? Well, that would have been an unfair comparison, as I doubt Win7 would run very efficiently on that laptop. ...and, I doubt the hardware would be any better supported under Win7 than WinXP. Moot point, anyway, as I don't plan on spending any money or time trying out the latest Microsoft attempt at an operating system.