In its defence, its totally skinnable, so it doesn't have to look like that. If you don't like the spangliness, TURN IF OFF
Oooh, you bet I will. Actually, my main objection is the bloat making the damn thing so bloody slow (and no "it flies on my p4 at 1.8 Ghz" - you shouldn't NEED so powerful a chip just to run the bloody OS. Or so much RAM) and the way those wizards treat you like a moron while limiting the configuration options.
From the public announcement, as discussed by
The Register, it looks as though they may be opening their standards (though the phrase "based on" always sounds ominous: M$ are hot on taking standards and making proprietary mods - ask the Java people), but this is to be compensated for by locking the users into other M$ apps. Half the features would only be usable with .Net or Outlook and similar crap. JFC, but I hate paying over the top for an app, only to have to fork out even more for another I don't even like if I want to use all the features I bought the first app for.
At this point, I wandered over to
Xandros, about whose new distro I have heard wondrous things. Pity it doesn't have a PPC version.
