Windows 10: Rumor pegs Windows 9 release for next year, Windows 10 as a Cloud OS.

Just as bad imo. Windows 7 Professional costs me R2500 per PC. I pay it and get to use it indefinitely. Now MS introduce a subscription plan instead. If it is $99 per year then that over R1000 per year over here. Hardly value for money...

 

I think, I'm going to keep Win 8.1 until 1/10/2023 because I don't like subscriptions based OS and Cloud :grumpy:

 

I think it really depends on the individual. Myself it is not a necessary evil, albeit my youngest son swears by it (Apple Cloud). It seems that for those on the go it is nice to have, but all of us old farts just can't seem to find a use for it. . .*Doh

 

Not necessarily. Most of Africa doesn't have any internet at all. Having a cloud OS would mean the same as not having a PC unless you were in a major city...

 

Everybody should get up to speed on Linux. They have some really nice options. See here.

 

A rumor is a rumor is a rumor and nothing more.

I think I actually once read that Windows 9 or 10 was to be a cloud OS back when Windows 8 was still in Preview builds. I doubt they'd do that for so many reasons, namely the HUGE push back everyone will have against that. Just look at what happened with the Xbox One. There was a push for some cloud based features and DRM, but then that was reversed because of negative feedback.

There was a rumor back in Windows 8 that it would support Xbox 360 games.

 

If they have such an accelerated release cycle, it's conceivable they could make niche OS's. Rather then "this is the next OS for everyone", it could be "here is a cloud OS for those who want it". Or "here is a desktop oriented OS". But I rather doubt it since they seem hellbent to get the same interface across all devices. What's their latest tag line?

"Windows: One experience. On every device. For everything in your life."

 

Great link. Cheers.

Always wanted to play around with WMWare Player. Is it free?

 

Yes. . .*Thumbs

 

That's good. Is it really that much better than VBox?

 

vBox is another option. But I had some problems with it and switched to VMware Player after using vBox for years. I find it easier to use than vBox - but that may be just me.

 

I spent more than a month to put that package together. I am pleased that it is of some use.

 

It is *Thumbs

And since we're on the subject, how do you rate Zorin? Is it a better Linux experience than the other distros? I've bren wanting to try it for ages...

 

Zorin is the easy entry point to Linux. You get a complete system and really have to do nothing to run it. I tuned mine a bit to reduce the options that I don't need (as you can see in the video), but that is not really necessary. The only iffy setup is for the VMware Tools. But that I explain in the tutorial that is referenced in the video. No rocket science, just lengthy going thru all the commands that I provide here.

The complete opposite is Fedora. There you get a bare bone system with which you can do nothing - can't even play a song or a video. And if you are not expert in Terminal (their rather complex Command Prompt), forget it. You don't go anywhere.

Another good option that I like is Mint Mate (not the other Mint distros). Watch the first video and then have a look at the second picture link. The setup is a bit more involved than Zorin but very simple thru the UI. And the VMware Tools is only 2 commands.

 

I went with Linux Mint Mate, as per your recommendation from a previous post and have found that I rather like it.