"if it does the job for you, excellent. But the idea that windows is unremittingly and irredeemably awful, whilst Linux is flawlessly compiled from love and kittens, is outdated and wrong."

Agreed, although I cannot get on with the Win7 (and Vista) UI. Things seem to be hidden from you for no real reason.

e.g. The MRU documents list in Win7 is gone. As a developer where I may be using the same documents for weeks if not months this was very useful. I cannot find anywhere where I can turn it back on.

In contrast, in Linux, I can turn anything on and off as I wish, and it's generally all in the same place(s). If it isn't, I could add it myself.

I think it's the fact that I have to pay for an OS that is generally unstable - I've had Win7 blue (well black) screen on me a few times - specifically when trying to interface with hardware (which is my job) and that takes an age to set up (admittedly, Win7 is a bit quicker than XP/Vista), and then I have to download and install a huge host of 'updates'.

It just chokes in the throat a bit, after having parted with money for it.
(dchurch bah, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 10:32, 1 reply)

well :P
taskbar, properties, start menu, customize, check the 'recent idems' box - you now have them back! I think they were removed by default because too many hamfisted husbands had their porn stash accidentally revealed.

Anyway, I don't want windows to stop going wrong - it'd take a large chunk out of my income :)
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 10:44, closed)

Ahh dude!
I owe you a beer!

Thanks for that - I couldn't see the wood for trees!
(dchurch bah, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 13:42, closed)

No worries
I had a similar problem completely overlooking 'open folder location' in the new search

Also, re things being hidden from you - have a look at 'godmode'. Just about everything is presented in one very easy-to-use page.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 20:20, closed)

Hmmm
will google that tomorrow.

(very reminicent of Doom ;-) )
(dchurch bah, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 20:44, closed)

Aye
It's nothing more than a shortcut, really - nothing to download - but the resulting agrgeagation of useful stuff saves hours of finding out where MS has hidden stuff. I named mine 'noclip' rather than godmode, because I'm sad.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 22:11, closed)