As you can tell from my header, I'm not the biggest fan of Vista. I've been experimenting off and on with Linux for almost a year now, and I must say, I'm hooked. I started off with Mandriva 2006, then upgraded to 2007. Finally, about a week ago, I decided to try something new. I'd heard about Ubuntu, about how user-friendly it is, and about how easy it is to use. Well, because of Mandriva I was addicted to KDE, so I decided to try Kubuntu (the KDE version of Ubuntu). At first, I was a little bit put off. They dumbed down the interface drastically, so much in fact, that there was no longer a root(administrator) user. This disturbed me somewhat, but I discovered that this could be turned back on, so on we go. Next, I got my video drivers working, proprietary at first, but then I switched back to open-source because of something I'll get to in a minute. Then, I got my mouse working. It worked fine, except for the forward and back browser buttons, but I got that up and going. I still don't have side-scrolling, which I miss, but I may fool with that later.
Finally, I discovered Beryl. Quite possibly one of the most stunning bits of eye candy I had ever seen. And it has blown anything I had seen about Vista's new UI right out of the water. Beryl is a desktop manager that is capable of stunning 3-D environments and special effects. I'll just let the pictures do the talking.
I rest my case.
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