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How do I make a "nandroid" of my computer?

I haven't wiped my computer in 6 years.
I'm about to reformat my hard drive and start fresh but want to make a restore image just in case.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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erase system 32 folder , jk
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T.C.P said:
erase system 32 folder , jk
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Lol, how very helpful. I'm looking for recommendations, jackass.
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If your on linux just run dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/place/you/want/it
then to restore just switch if and of. That's what I do. Might work on a Mac too. On windows.. get a Linux live CD and do that?

Phateless said:
Lol, how very helpful. I'm looking for recommendations, jackass.
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Lol. i was helping someone who opened a similar thread a couple days ago, you might take a look at the links I posted there - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276170
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I have cloned hard drives with driveImage xml. It should make a solid copy of your hdd.
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
There is a tutorial out there somewhere. Hope this helps.

Scabes24 said:
Lol. i was helping someone who opened a similar thread a couple days ago, you might take a look at the links I posted there - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276170
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I have the original disk, I'm looking to make a backup image of my hard drive as it is now.
I'm planning to do a clean install of XP pro, just looking to do the exact same thing as making a nandroid backup of my phone.
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Re-installing XP?
Buy a new computer already and switch to 7?

sakai4eva said:
Re-installing XP?
Buy a new computer already and switch to 7?
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7 annoys me. It's too user friendly and all the controls are hidden behind wizards.
I'm thinking of buying a new computer but since it's been 6 years without a wipe I'm sure this one can run faster.
But that is not the point of this thread.
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tvall said:
If your on linux just run dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/place/you/want/it
then to restore just switch if and of. That's what I do. Might work on a Mac too. On windows.. get a Linux live CD and do that?
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I've actually thought of switching to Linux...
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Phateless said:
7 annoys me. It's too user friendly and all the controls are hidden behind wizards.
I'm thinking of buying a new computer but since it's been 6 years without a wipe I'm sure this one can run faster.
But that is not the point of this thread.
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You say too user friendly like it's a bad thing.

Phateless said:
I've actually thought of switching to Linux...
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I love Linux.
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Y u no like Windows 7 ?
I love it more than the Windows Developer Preview .
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sakai4eva said:
You say too user friendly like it's a bad thing.
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I feel like all the controls are intentionally hidden and harder to get to.
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To answer the OP there are several products for creating a Disk Image. Acronis make a good one:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
Vista/Windows 7 have built in imaging capability but as you're on XP you'll have to pay for something. If you're doing a fresh install though, i don't see the benefit of imaging your drive as it is now. It would make sense to do it after you've reinstalled and re-configured your OS so that you have a clean image to go back to in future. What can you do with an image of an old, tired install?
Perhaps you'd just be better off just backing up all of your important data onto a spare drive and forgetting about the image?

Good. Then the noobs will change settings less.

DirkGently1 said:
To answer the OP there are several products for creating a Disk Image. Acronis make a good one:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
Vista/Windows 7 have built in imaging capability but as you're on XP you'll have to pay for something. If you're doing a fresh install though, i don't see the benefit of imaging your drive as it is now. It would make sense to do it after you've reinstalled and re-configured your OS so that you have a clean image to go back to in future. What can you do with an image of an old, tired install?
Perhaps you'd just be better off just backing up all of your important data onto a spare drive and forgetting about the image?
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Thanks for your reply. It's mostly for breadcrumbs, in case I change my mind or forget something.
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Phateless said:
Thanks for your reply. It's mostly for breadcrumbs, in case I change my mind or forget something.
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Honestly I would just run a quick google search (recovery disk/iso for model#) if you can't find any free or cheap available for your model then I would stick to the recovery software option.. there's too many to count but you can usually find free trials for these recovery tools. If not, send me a PM.
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Scabes24 said:
Honestly I would just run a quick google search (recovery disk/iso for model#) if you can't find any free or cheap available for your model then I would stick to the recovery software option.. there's too many to count but you can usually find free trials for these recovery tools. If not, send me a PM.
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Thanks for that. At recommendations from several sources it looks like DriveImageXML is the best place to start.
On a separate note I'm thinking going Linux. From what I've read it sounds like it's community built and supported, much like CM. If that's the case I'm sure I'll love it.

Phateless said:
Thanks for that. At recommendations from several sources it looks like DriveImageXML is the best place to start.
On a separate note I'm thinking going Linux. From what I've read it sounds like it's community built and supported, much like CM. If that's the case I'm sure I'll love it.
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If you don't absolutely need anything that depends on windows. Go linux.
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Might sound stupid(read)

Thank you!!
Might be wrong website but please point me to one comparable to this great site.
I haven't had a computer juss used them alot in school, and other various places. I'm about to purchase one.
I'm juss wondering if its os could be changed like a rom on an android.
It would be uber-cool.
But thanks again.
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Sort of, but not quite. Just get a Windows PC. You can partition the hard drive, install Linux and dual boot the 2 of them.

But it juss wouldnt be like changing a rom as in like aosp or sense?
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You can install Tiny7 if you want a lite version of Windows 7. Other than that it's Linux or OSX (depends on the hardware)
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polar2792 said:
But it juss wouldnt be like changing a rom as in like aosp or sense?
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If you mean is there a friendly recovery menu and stuff?
NO.
You can tell the pc to boot almost any device from the bios.
PC's are not like phones... if you want a modified OS you need to do it yourself.
There are a few modified linux distro's, but a pc is not like a phone... you install the OS and use it, because installing takes allot more time.. so changing your OS constantly is a pain.
PC's are meant to be used.. not re-flashed for mere theme like android.

Juss curious if it would work the same didn't really expect that it would but appreciate the info either way
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!Just! curious why you say juss?

Dead- I planned on it
Droid- lol idk I've always put it I type how I talk
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polar2792 said:
lol idk I've always put it I type how I talk
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Oosay wordswron? Meetoo!!!

Can't we just put one os on each hd and swap them out like sd cards???
Flexibility yo, thas how I be rollin'
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conantroutman said:
Can't we just put one os on each hd and swap them out like sd cards???
Flexibility yo, thas how I be rollin'
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I have a mac, a PC and a linux box, but only 1 monitor. Now THAT'S how you swap OS.

conantroutman said:
Can't we just put one os on each hd and swap them out like sd cards???
Flexibility yo, thas how I be rollin'
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Do I smell hackintosh?
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Archer said:
I have a mac, a PC and a linux box, but only 1 monitor. Now THAT'S how you swap OS.
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Show off
dexter93 said:
Do I smell hackintosh?
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No, its probably just the stench of Alan....

Archer said:
Oosay wordswron? Meetoo!!!
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Lolz
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The best antivirus.

Guys I just want your various opinions on the best antivirus to use on our phone. Speed, performance , optimization, and quick response should all be considered.
And also is it really necessary to have any antivirus on our phone, do they really work to protect our andriod like they claim.
Guys let's hear your opinions.
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Net Quinn, AVG, Avast, Norton can be considered and they help to find the rogue app from the signature and you can see the permissions of app easily. Not compulsory to use them on Android and I don't any of it.

paarkhi said:
Net Quinn, AVG, Avast, Norton can be considered and they help to find the rogue app from the signature and you can see the permissions of app easily. Not compulsory to use them on Android and I don't any of it.
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cool paarkhi. What do you think of Dr web?
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Been using Dr.web myself for 2years works fine for me.
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I have been using couple of anti virus for years but Dr web always found virus in my set I don't know its real or fake .....
But always found virus non of other found signal virus ......
Avg is vest anti virus I would say ....
Never use ...
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hi
my questtion is do we need one i have had an android phone for more than 4yrs and i have never ever used an antivirus and i have had no problem of virus on my SD or phone till date :laugh:

wesleyel said:
cool paarkhi. What do you think of Dr web?
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Never heard and never used, I don't use AVs on my phone

Android is the operating system with market share of more than 70%, it is very difficult to get people not interested in creating a virus to attack the operating system. But after using some AV I have never found it.
Current AV may not be effective enough to counteract the virus?
So I stopped using it.

iswanptr18 said:
Android is the operating system with market share of more than 70%, it is very difficult to get people not interested in creating a virus to attack the operating system. But after using some AV I have never found it.
Current AV may not be effective enough to counteract the virus?
So I stopped using it.
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So you don't use any AVs?
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Not anymore

wesleyel said:
So you don't use any AVs?
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No AVs on the phone for me either

paarkhi said:
No AVs on the phone for me either
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+1 here i have never every used on any android phone i have used and till date have never faced any problem what so ever:good::laugh:

No AV for me too...

Wow so you guys don't use Avs. Could it be the reason you've not had any prob is because you guys don't download or what?
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wesleyel said:
Wow so you guys don't use Avs. Could it be the reason you've not had any prob is because you guys don't download or what?
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The basis for Andoid is of course Linux. I also don't worry with anti-virus on my linux as well. If you grant a virus superuser status you are screwed. So be aware on this point, without Superuser the virus would have to gain such before it could do much damage. Not saying that that can't happen it is just hard to do. Just be careful and you will be fine, probably. lol
On top of that when you install a rom that you download from people in this group, it would be easy to put a keylogger on it without you being aware of it. Then what damage could you do? More significant worry don't you think? Something to think about. Perhaps I am being too paranoid here.

Sergekarol said:
The basis for Andoid is of course Linux. I also don't worry with anti-virus on my linux as well. If you grant a virus superuser status you are screwed. So be aware on this point, without Superuser the virus would have to gain such before it could do much damage. Not saying that that can't happen it is just hard to do. Just be careful and you will be fine, probably. lol
On top of that when you install a rom that you download from people in this group, it would be easy to put a keylogger on it without you being aware of it. Then what damage could you do? More significant worry don't you think? Something to think about. Perhaps I am being too paranoid here.
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He, he. You sand it all. Used sonen for a while but never had a virus on my computers since I started with Linux back in 1998!
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So you guys are somehow saying that there a few viruses on linux than there are for os like windows?
I mean not using avs on Linux is really an air of confidence that the likelihood of getting a virus is rare right.
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wesleyel said:
So you guys are somehow saying that there a few viruses on linux than there are for os like windows?
I mean not using avs on Linux is really an air of confidence that the likelihood of getting a virus is rare right.
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The amount of Viruses on Linux is rare because the percentage of Linux users are only 2-5% of total PC users and Virus makers concentrate on majority, so is the case of Mac (there are very few viruses for mac because the percentage of users are even lower than linux).
I'm on windows 7

wesleyel said:
So you guys are somehow saying that there a few viruses on linux than there are for os like windows?
I mean not using avs on Linux is really an air of confidence that the likelihood of getting a virus is rare right.
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Precisely. U had better chance of winning a jackpot than finding linux virus.

paarkhi said:
The amount of Viruses on Linux is rare because the percentage of Linux users are only 2-5% of total PC users and Virus makers concentrate on majority, so is the case of Mac (there are very few viruses for mac because the percentage of users are even lower than linux).
I'm on windows 7
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Amount of server market share is very small for windows compared to linux- so virus makers could benefit from that too . It's not just the market share reason for fewer linux viruses, there were small number of viruses on linux but failed to make *any major damages* compared to windows. I believe that this is majorly due to design of the os and of course the way you interact with system as root.
top500.org(for supercomputers) reports a marketshare of 92.4% for linux, 3.3% for unix and 0.4% for windows (http://i.top500.org/stats)
Problem with linux is that *some* manufactures doesnt provide good drivers.
Never used windows( except for digitally signing a pdf doc few times on adobe reader) for past 6 years

Galaxy Note with Windows?

Is there a way to fully install Windows 7 OS on a Galaxy Note?
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nztechblog said:
Is there a way to fully install Windows 7 OS on a Galaxy Note?
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Which one would you like to install?
32-bit or 64-bit?

chasmodo said:
Which one would you like to install?
32-bit or 64-bit?
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chasmodo said:
Which one would you like to install?
32-bit or 64-bit?
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Why you're confusing poor guy...everyone in the world knows, that SGN hardware is limited to run Win XP only...nztechblog, I suggest you to install Windows 95 - it's a blast on Galaxy Note!

So can you install win 7 on SGN?
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Probably not.if you can it will be slow
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Either you are talking about windows phone 7 or you are looking at terminal clients.
For the first i'm guessing that there is a better change of wp8 running on your phone. for the second you can look at Remote Desktop by Xtralogic.
I really hope that wp8 rom will be released for samsung note. Would be something really refreshing

Windows is a closed platform so it aint gonna happen

CONTACTMC said:
Windows is a closed platform so it aint gonna happen
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with release i ofcourse mean baked into a rom by one of the XDA developers that can see the value in the far superior windows phone 8

Justice Strike said:
with release i ofcourse mean baked into a rom by one of the XDA developers that can see the value in the far superior windows phone 8
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Not going to happen there is no source for windows phone and no drivers for the notes hardware just not going to happen.
And to answer open in theory you could run windows 7 via a emulator much the same ways xp and 95 is run however the lag would make it completely unuseable
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chasmodo said:
Which one would you like to install?
32-bit or 64-bit?
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Lol
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I'm interested in installing Windows 8 on my Galaxy Note
It looks like a possibility....
dub dub dud techworld
Or is this info jusy hype ?
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zacthespack said:
Not going to happen there is no source for windows phone and no drivers for the notes hardware just not going to happen.
And to answer open in theory you could run windows 7 via a emulator much the same ways xp and 95 is run however the lag would make it completely unuseable
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arm instructionset should be binary compatible. So i don't think there is a problem with having no source. Much the same as that windows runs on any pc regardless off driver support. (ok drivers are needed for peripherals but windows runs well on intel as on amd as on VIA

OP sir the anwser is no.
Thank you.

Off-topic Linux thread!

Haven't seen one here so I decided to make one.
This thread is for talk about any thing Linux. Whether it be a distro, a kernel, OS, mobile Linux, anything! Keep on the topic of Linux, but feel free to talk about anything Linux!
Let me start and tell you my experience with Linux:
It started when my home computer got a virus while I was using Windows 7, tried everything to get it back. I got a recovery disk; nothing, I tried downgrading to xp; virus still persisted. I thought, let me try and use this thing (I called Linux a thing because I didn't know the word OS) a teacher recommended me trying. So I tried to install the latest build (at the time) of ubuntu, 11.04. The problem was that the screen was dim and nothing would be visible. So I had a friend come over who claims to be computer smart (not smart at all) and he said, "why not try an earlier version?" I thought "genius," so I installed it and I started using it. I loved it! It was easy to use and it was virus free! And now I am a happy user (from time to time because I need Windows for video editing) of the latest version of Linux ubuntu!
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Well, Ive asked questions of Ubuntu and Linux Mint somewhere else in OT, let me think.......
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Also, Archer does not appreciate if one starts a thread, and does not initially contribute to it. Simply stating, "This the official OT thread, discuss people!!" Does not count as an initial contribution.
I see that you edited your OP. I retract my statement where I said you did not contribute to your own thread.

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Well, Ive asked questions of Ubuntu and Linux Mint somewhere else in OT, let me think.......
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Also, Archer does not appreciate if one starts a thread, and does not initially contribute to it. Simply stating, "This the official OT <something> thread, discuss people!!" Does not count as an initial contribution.
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I made an initial contribution, thanks for the tip. If a mod wants to lock they can, but I feel Linux needs its own thread.
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I've been using Linux for about 5 years now and never looked back. Absolutely no need for Windows. Arch Linux ftw!
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...but I feel Linux needs its own thread.
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I kind of agree. Linux is an entire different animal than Winders, so it should have it's own thread.
But with the powers that be moving individual device O/T threads here, it'll just get lost in the clutter.
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kindofabuzz said:
Absolutely no need for Windows.
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I don't understand why Linux users hate Windows. I dual boot Windows 8 and I love it. Bet all the Windows haters loved it before they switched to Linux.
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cmason37 said:
I don't understand why Linux users hate Windows. I dual boot Windows 8 and I love it. Bet all the Windows haters loved it before they switched to Linux.
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^This^ I'm dual booting W7 and Mint. Each have there advantages and disadvantages.

I'm learning to use Linux to write ROMs and kernels...
Reading through the guides crazily
And I got w7+Ubuntu
Sorry for my bad English.
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No Windows 8 lovers? Don't knock it til you try it.
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cmason37 said:
No Windows 8 lovers? Don't knock it til you try it.
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Some of us have tried it. We've tried to like it. The tablet interface needs to stay on tablets. It's not being afraid or resistant to change, it's that doesn't work well in the enterprise area, or is not ergonomically acceptable when it comes to touch screen lap/desktops.
The Metro interface is a reverse of what MSFT has done in the past. Instead of shoe-horning a desktop UI into a mobile device, they're trying to put the mobile device UI onto the desktop. Doesn't work that well in either instance.

It's just the start screen. The desktop I'd still there.
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They both are good in there own way, but ubuntu in the future is going to be the dominate OS with Windows next and Mac third.
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cmason37 said:
It's just the start screen. The desktop I'd still there.
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Not really. With legacy apps, yes. Not with the newer apps that they're trying to push.

But the point is you don't have to use the " apps"

cmason37 said:
But the point is you don't have to use the " apps"
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cmason37 said:
But the point is you don't have to use the " apps"
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MSFT is pushing for it. They want software to go through them like Apple does with their store.
Yes, most software isn't Metro'ed yet, but some things I would use in Windows just might eventually go that way.

This isn't a Microsoft thread. STFU about Microsoft.
Anyway, has anyone tried Elementary OS Luna? It's still in beta but I think it's great.

I looked at some reviews of it... Joli OS? It's cool, a cloud OS, you need to register annd you can acces your OS from any browser, or you can boot it off a flash drive,or install it to your hard drive...:thumbup:
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MSFT is pushing for it. They want software to go through them like Apple does with their store.
Yes, most software isn't Metro'ed yet, but some things I would use in Windows just might eventually go that way.
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For most consumers that's a good thing. I think there's always going to be a disconnect between Linux users and mainstream consumer needs. Not that I don't agree but MS is a business and Apple has invented a successful money farm that any business would be happy to replicate.

How would you guys rate Fedora? I'm thinking about trying it.
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